Freddie Santos
| Freddie Santos | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 29, 1952 Cebu City, Philippines |
| Occupation | Theatre and Concert Director |
Freddie Santos (born February 29, 1956) is a Filipino theatre and concert director.
Santos was born in Quezon City, Metro Manila. His early studies were at Lourdes School (Quezon City), Sacred Heart School and University of Southern Philippines (Cebu City). As a Rotex Scholar in Arvada West, Colorado, he was trained by David Helm in drama and by Rex Nelson in music.
Upon his return to Manila, he was hired by advertising company Dentsu to join its copy department and within three months, he was promoted to copy chief at the age of eighteen. After two years he moved to working in theatre.
He was mentored in voice by his uncle, the baritone Aurelio Santos Estanislao, who at that time headed the Voice Department at the College of Music, University of the Philippines. Santos joined Repertory Philippines. He joined productions of Teatro Pilipino, Musical Theater Philippines and SRO Philippines. He was professionally involved, either as actor, coach, assistant director or director in more than a hundred-stage plays and musicales totaling nearly a thousand performances. After five years with Repertory Philippines where he was also active in the research and publicity committees, he eventually moved to SRO Philippines where the focus was on dinner theater and where he found the freedom to further develop his other skills. Here, Santos wrote an original play adapted from the book Paper Moon and headlined by a very young Lea Salonga during its premiere run. He also nurtured his skill in stage lighting, make-up and choreography.
Freddie Santos has been involved with the performing arts for over thirty years now, winning thrice the Aliw Award for Best Stage Director in the country, the first to win the award in both categories of Stage Musical ('87, '00) and Concert ('08).
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