Gerard Salonga
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Gerard Salonga
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Gerard Imutan Salonga |
| Born |
October 11, 1973 Manila, Philippines |
| Occupation(s) | Arranger, Conductor |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Associated acts | FILharmoniKA, Lea Salonga, ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra |
Gerard Imutan Salonga (born October 11, 1973) is a conductor, musical arranger, orchestrator and musical director from the Philippines. He is also the music director of the ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra. He is the younger brother of Tony Award-winning singer-actress Lea Salonga.
Gerard began his musical education, taking piano lessons, at the age of 5. He later collaborated with his sister, the Tony award-winning singer-actress Lea Salonga, singing duets in her first album, Small Voice ("Happiness"), as well as taking part on the eight Metro Manila Popular Music Festival as interpreters for the second placer song entry "Musika, Lata, Sipol at La La La" by Tess Concepcion in 1985. Gerard is naturally associated with Lea throughout the length and breadth of her distinguished singing career, but had since successfully established his own stature and identity in Manila's music scene.
Gerard completed his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1994, and briefly studied music theory with noted Filipino composer Ryan Cayabyab. He subsequently went to the United States to pursue arranging studies at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts where he graduated summa cum laude and received Berklee's Contemporary Writing and Production Achievement Award. Gerard worked briefly at Sony Pictures as an orchestrator and music copyist before returning to the Philippines in 1999.
Upon his return, he embarked on carving his own niche in the local musical landscape. He initially guest-conducted and arranged music for the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra and Manila Philharmonic Orchestra; and by 2005, he had garnered his third consecutive Aliw Award for Best Musical Director. He won his fourth, in 2008.
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