It has been almost six months since President Aquino proclaimed the new National Artists, but there’s no sign they will be formally honored as required by law.
On the same day the monstrous rains of Typhoon “Mario” submerged Metro Manila, conductor-composer and National Artist for Music Francisco Feliciano quietly passed away after a long battle with cancer, which has reached stage 4. He was 73.
Ramon P. Santos and Francisco F. Feliciano are celebrated contemporary composers and noted pedagogues. They have received international awards and their works have been critically acclaimed.
Malacañang released the list of the new National Artists late Friday night but one name was conspicuously missing.
After a long wait, Malacañang signed on Friday the proclamation orders declaring the new National Artists of the Philippines.
Composer and musicologist Ramon Santos, whom President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo dropped in 2009 from the roster of National Artists elected by the joint board of the Cultural Center of the
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