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Lucio D. San Pedro, Sr.February 11, 1913
Angono, Rizal, PhilippinesFilipino
Also known as ‘LSP’
Composer, Teacher
Known for National Artist of the Philippines for Music, composer of hymns like
Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno
Spouse(s): Gertrudes San Pedro (née Díaz)
Children1. Rhodora San Pedro2. Bienvenido San Pedro3. Ma. Conchita San Pedro4. Ma. Cristina San Pedro5. Lucio San Pedro, Jr.
San Pedro came from a family with musical roots.He succeeded his late grandfather as the local church organist. By then, he had already composed songs, hymns and two complete masses for voices and orchestra.
Early Life
He also studied harmony and orchestration under Vittorio Giannini and took classes at Juilliard in 1947.
After studying with several prominent musicians in the Philippines, he took advanced composition training with Bernard Wagenaar of the Netherlands.
He has taught at the Ateneo de Manila University, virtually all the major music conservatories in Manila.
College of Music of the University of the Philippines, Diliman, where he retired as a full professor in 1978. He later received the title Professor Emeritus from the University in 1979.
He also became a faculty member of the Centro Escolar University Conservatory of Music in Manila.
His other vocation was teaching.
San Pedro died of cardiac arrest on March 31, 2002 in Santa Teresita Hospital, Quezon City, Philippines, at the age of 89.
Many peers from the Order of National Artists attended his tribute at the Tanghalang Pambansa, including: Napoleón Abueva, Daisy Avellana, Leonor Gokingco, Nick
Joaquín,Arturo Luz, José Maceda, and Andrea Veneración.
He is buried in his hometown of Angono, Rizal.
