Niño Cesar Tiro
*31 March 1980
Works by Niño Cesar Tiro
Biography
Niño Tiro's music is anachronistic, eccentric, and outright melodic. Heralded as a " composer born in the wrong time," his music is described as "Neo-Classical and Neo-Romantic with a dash of the modern idiom." Since 2018, Niño has garnered many academic and cultural accolades as a composer. He is a recipient of the Philippine National Award: The NCCA's 2021 Ani Ng Dangal Award in Music. Born in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, he started piano lessons at the age of five. In his teens, upon realizing his passion for music regardless of genre, he pursued a life in music, playing the piano and bass in a band and orchestral setting. He has two Bachelor of Music degrees under his belt: Piano and Composition. He is currently pursuing his Masters's degree in Composition. In 2020, he was the only Filipino composer of the "250 Piano Pieces for Beethoven International Composition Project" by international pianist Susanne Kessel. His works were prominently featured in UCLA's 2020 Contemporary Music Score Collection. In 2021, He co-wrote the soundtrack with Italian Violinist Tullio Vidmar to the restored 1911 Italian Silent film Pinocchio. He is a grantee of the NCCA's 2022 Competitive Grants Program. He is presently faculty of The Conservatory of Music, Theater, and Dance of Liceo de Cagayan University.
About the music
Niño Tiro's music is anachronistic, eccentric, and outright melodic. Heralded as a " composer born in the wrong time," his music is described as "Neo-Classical and Neo-Romantic with a dash of the modern idiom."