Ramón Tapales
Filipino administrator, composer, conductor and violinist Ramón Tapales was born at Baybay in Leyte on 17 February 1906.
His compositions include the Philippine Suite (1933) for orchestra.
He was the first dean of Philippines University's Music College, when it became a university in 1946, and he was the first conductor of the Philippines Uiniversity's Mixed Chorus, now known as the UP Concert Chorus.
Ramón Tapales died in Daly City, California, USA on 22 February 1995, aged eighty-nine.