Jose Maceda

 

José Maceda

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In this Filipino name, the middle name or maternal family name is Montserrat and the surname or paternal family name is Maceda.
José Maceda
Background information
Born
José Montserrat Maceda

31 January 1917
Manila, Philippine Islands
Died5 May 2004 (aged 87)
Quezon City, Philippines
Occupationscomposer, pianist, conductor
Instrumentpiano
 Order of National Artists of the Philippines

José Montserrat Maceda (31 January 1917 – 5 May 2004) was a Filipino ethnomusicologist and composer.[1] He was named a National Artist of the Philippines for Music in 1998.[2]

Life

Maceda was born on 31 January 1917 in Manila, Philippines, he studied piano, composition and musical analysis at École Normale de Musique de Paris in France. After returning to the Philippines, he became a professional pianist, and later studied musicology at Columbia University, and anthropology at Northwestern University. He also started teaching at the University of the Philippines.[3]

Starting in 1952, he conducted fieldwork on the ethnic Music of the Philippines. From about 1954, he was involved in the research and composition of musique concrète. In 1958, he worked at a recording studio in Paris which specialized in musique concrète. During this period, he met Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis. In 1963, Maceda earned a doctorate in ethnomusicology from the UCLA.[4] He began pursuing a compositional career more vigorously. At the same time, he held concerts in Manila until 1969, in which he performed and conducted. This series of concerts introduced Boulez, Xenakis and Edgard Varèse to the Filipino public.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Maceda

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