Josefino Chino Toledo
Composer - conductor Chino Toledo’s music has been described as "pure and powerful", and cited for its
fusion of contemporary western language and Southeast Asian aesthetics. Music critic Rosalinda Orosa
described Toledo as “a composer-conductor of considerable worth” and “…an ingenious, remarkably original
composer of singular creativity and imagination.” His music is characterized by great energy and often bears a
relationship to the traditional music of Southeast Asia.
Toledo’s works also include music for theater, films, scoring libraries, orchestrations and arrangements
for different performing forces, and revisions and editing of Philippine Sarsuwelas.
Josefino Chino Toledo is a composer-conductor. He is currently the Executive Director of Miriam College
Center for Applied Music, and a full professor of music composition and theory at the University of the
Philippines. Toledo is the founding music director of Metro-Manila Concert Orchestra (MMCO) and the
Grupo 20/21, a modular music ensemble.
Chino studied music at the University of the Philippines, Cleveland Institute of Music – Case Western
Reserve University in the U.S., and at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris.
As a conductor, he is noted for premiering works of Filipino composers as well as other Asian
composers and has conducted concerts in Japan, Indonesia, Australia, and China. He was the associate
artistic director and conductor of the first Asia-Europe Music Camp by the Asia-Europe Foundation.
Toledo’s own compositions are regularly performed in international festivals, concerts and recitals in US,
Canada, Lithuania, Brazil, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, France, Austria, Netherlands, Germany, and
almost all asian countries
1. San Andres B (opera in 2-act)
CHAMBER WORKS / SOLOS
2.Mga Sulyap sa Simbahan ng Quiapo Mula sa Kalye Echague (Glimpses of Quiapo Church From
Echague Street) (chamber ensemble)
Zachary Woolfe, THE NEW YORK TIMES.
“Josefino Chino Toledo’s “Glimpses of Quiapo Church From Echague Street”,a musical exploration of a spot
in Manila, had some of the riotous good spirits,,,and a delightful part for mandolin — but also sections of
solemnity. It ended with the players singing a Philippine ritual chant with charmingly unprofessional voices, a
moment that could have felt gimmicky but was just lovely.”(9/23/12)
3.Hoy! (for trombone and percussion)
4. Dasal (for alto flute, cello and marimba) [music excerpt]
5 Sigaw (chamber ensemble)
6. Hinga (for flutes and nose flute)
7. Auit (for 12 voices, guitar and 2 percussion)
8.Salita-an (for guitar, viola, cello and marimba)
9.Kwaderno Para sa Kwerdas (solo guitar) [music excerpt]
10. Cayco Folio, Solos for Piano
a. Altered Images
b. Reflected Images
c. Layered Images
d. Traced Images
11. Trenodya ke Lean at sa mga Pinaslang, Pinapaslang at Papaslangin Pa Dahil sa Walang Hanggang
Walang Kadahilanan, Ika-4 na Piyesa (for flute and piano)
ORCHESTRA
12. Kantus: Tagabawa (for orchestra) [music excerpt]
13. Ekontra: Kongruo: Iunktum (for piano and orchestra)
14. Dignum et Iustum Est (chorus and orchestra)
15. Kulambo: Isang Kayumangging Puntod (chorus and orchestra)
16. Sandaang Tagpi-Tagpi (chorus, gongs and orchestra)1998
17. Trenodya ke Lean at sa mga Pinaslang, Pinapaslang at Papaslangin Pa Dahil Sa Walang Hanggang
Walang Kadahilanan, Ika-6 na Piyesa (for orchestra)
CHORAL
18. Alitaptap (for chorus and Filipino indigenous instruments)
19. Mga Awit ng Paglingap (for 16 voices and bamboo percussion)
20. Ako ang Daigdig (v.1, for chorus);
(v.2, chorus and small percussion instruments)
21.Misa Lingua Sama-Sama (for chorus and small percussion instruments)
a. Santo Sanctus
b. Gloriya
c. Kredo
d. KorDei
e. Kristo Kyrie
