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Composer
and conductor Professor Josefino Chino Toledo is a recognized figure in Asian
contemporary art music and leads a new generation of contemporary artist who
are establishing a new image for the Philippines in the international music
scene. He is the Chairman of the Department of Composition and Theory at the
University of the Philippines, College of Music; music director of chamber
vocal ensemble AUIT and has conducted the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra in
their subscription and special concerts. From 1985 to 1988, he was music
director of the Manila Symphony Orchestra, As the artistic director of the
1997 Asian Composer's League Music Festival in Manila, he was cited for
remarkably conducting the local premier of twenty contemporary music
compositions during the week-long festival. Toledo was also critically praised
for his conducting of premier performances of new works by Filipino composers
during the Philippine Centennial Celebration and his performances are the 1998
Art Summit Festival in Indonesia. Toledo's own music include works for chorus,
orchestra and chamber ensemble. His compositions have been performed in
Europe, America and Asia - and features in several international music
festivals such as the Focus! Gaudemus, Pacific Music Festival, Horizonte, Hong
Kong Musicarama and the Asian Composer League Festivals. His music has been
described as pure and powerful, and has been cited for it's fusion of
contemporary western language and Southeast Asian aesthetics. Toledo's music I
characterized by great energy and often bears a relationship to the
traditional music of Arts, the Raymund Hubbell Award in Composition from
ASCAP, Asian Cultural Council Grants, a French Government scholarship in
composition, a Young Artists Foundation of the Philippines Award and numerous
other awards. He has also received commissions from the ASEAN Committee on
Culture and Information, New Julliard Ensemble, Cultural Center of the
Philippines, 22nd Century Club of Japan, Hong Kong Sinfonieta, NAMCYA,
Kaszuhito Yamashita, Philippine Ballet Theater, and Ballet Philippines. Visit
his homepage at
http://home.pacific.net.ph/~toledo/
