MAESTRO LUCIO D. SAN PEDRO
Lucio Diestro San Pedro, Sr. (February 11, 1913-March 31, 2002) was a Filipino composer and teacher who was proclaimed a National Artist of the Philippines for Music in 1991. Today, he is remembered for his contribution to the development of Filipino re-gional band music and for his well-known compositions such as the Filipino lullaby, "Sa Ugoy ng Duyan and the symphonic poem, Lahing Kayumanggi San Pedro came from a family, with musical roots and he became his career early.
When he was still young, he succeeded his deceased grandfather as the local church organist By then, he had already composed songs, hymns and two complete masses for voices and orchestra.
After studying with several prominent musicians in the Philippines, he took advanced composition training with Bernard Wagenaar of the Netherlands. He also studied harmony and orchestration under Vittorio Giannini and took classes at Juilliard in 1947. On May 9, 1991, President Corazon C. Aquino proclaimed San Pedro a National Artist of the Philippines for Music.
Among his most notable achievements was serving as the conductor of several distinguished ensembles, such as the San Pedro Band of Angono (formerly led by his father) and became Banda Angono Numero Uno or the Angono National Symphonic Band.