Vincent de Jesus


Vincent Abenojar De Jesus is a Filipino composer, librettist, musical scorer, and musical director for theater, television, and film. He is also a writer, lyricist, actor, singer, and educator.

Biography

He attended the University of the Philippines Diliman College of Music, and majored in piano and voice. He is a member of the Philippine Educational Theater Association since 1985.
He wrote the music and libretto of critically acclaimed hit musicals: SKIN DEEP, ZSAZSA ZATURNNAH ZE MUZIKAL, SI JUAN TAMAD ANG DIABLO AT ANG LIMANG MILYONG BOTO, CARE DIVAS, HIMALA ISANG MUSIKAL and CHANGING PARTNERS.
He has been awarded three Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino - Gawad Urian, two Film Academy of the Philippines - Luna Award, seven Philippine Movie Press Club Star Awards, four Entertainment Press - Golden Screen Awards, one FAMAS Award, one Cinema One Originals Award, one GEMS Award and one Gawad Tanglaw for Best Achievement in Film Music.
He is a two-time recipient of the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature.
He won two Philstage Gawad Buhay Awards for Outstanding Original Libretto, one for Outstanding Musical Direction, one for Outstanding Original Composition, and two for Outstanding Musical.
He has written and acted as Pipay in Euro-Asia and GMA Network's TV series Camera Café, which won the 2008 Asian TV Award for Best Comedy. He co-hosted GMA Network's Wipeout: Matira Ang Matibay with Paolo Contis. He played the role of the "ASSISTANT DIRECTOR" in Cinemalaya's EKSTRA, starring Vilma Santos and portrayed John Lloyd Cruz's father in Star Cinema's THE TRIAL.
He is a composer, writer, musical director, film music composer, actor, and a professor of Musical Theater at the Ateneo de Manila.

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