2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award: Filipino musician Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab named for ‘unifying power of music’ | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award: Filipino musician Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab named for ‘unifying power of music’ | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

By Lifestyle Desk |New Delhi |Updated: August 2, 2019 1:11:19 pm

2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award: Filipino musician Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab named for ‘unifying power of music’

Cayabyab has served on the music faculty of the University of the Philippines, runs a music studio with his wife, and has conducted free workshops for thousands of students across the country.

Original Pilipino Music icon Ryan Cayabyab has been awarded as the Ramon Magsaysay Award. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

National artist and Pilipino music icon Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab has been awarded the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award which is considered as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize. One of four siblings, Cayabyab was born in Manila. His father was a government employee and his mother used to teach music and was also an opera singer.