Chino Toledo

Josefino “Chino” Javier Toledo (born March 6, 1959) is a Filipino composer and conductor. Biography Early life Josefino Toledo is born on March 6, 1959, to Victor Toledo and Lolita Javier. Born to a musical family, his father Victor was the founder and directors of Pangkat Kawayan, a musical ensemble of bamboo instruments played by elementary school students. It was his father who first taught him the rudiments of music. He likewise played in his father’s ensemble during his childhood days, playing the marimba and xylophone. Education His first formal music studies was at the Laperal Music Academy which he simultaneously took alongside his high school education at the Far Eastern University. He enrolled at the University of the Philippines College of Music, graduating with a Bachelor’s of Music in Composition in 1979. His teachers at the conservatory include the national artists Lucio San Pedro, Ramon Santos, and Jose Maceda. in Paris through a grant by the French government. A rockefeller grant enabled him to pursue graduate studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music, graduating in 1986. He eventually became the music director and conductor of the Manila Symphony Orchestra from 1