My Favorite Composer

Ramon Pagayon Santos

Ramón Pagayon Santos (born 25 February 1941) is a Filipino composer,
ethnomusicologist, and educator known for being the Philippines' foremost living
exponent of contemporary Filipino classical music, for work that expounds on
"the aesthetic frameworks of Philippine and Southeast Asian artistic traditions,"
and for finding new uses of indigenous Philippine instruments.

I like his compositions because he has found a way to fuse electronic

components with elements of indigenous Philippine music.

Santos was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres in 1987. He was one of
six people added to the roster of National Artists of the Philippines in 2014.