Background
Jesefino Chino Toledo was born on March 6, 1959 Manila, Philippines. Son of Victor Odulio and Lolita Esteban (Javier) Toledo.
Paris, France
Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Case Western Reserve University
Paris, France
Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique
Jesefino Chino Toledo was born on March 6, 1959 Manila, Philippines. Son of Victor Odulio and Lolita Esteban (Javier) Toledo.
Jesefino studied music at the University of the Philippines in Manila, Philippines in 1979. Also, he was a student of the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris, France. In 1986 he studied at the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, United States at the Department of the Cleveland Institute of Music.
From 1980 to 1983 Jesefino worked as an instructor at the University of Philippines. Also, Josefino was an instructor at the University of St. Thomas in Quezon City, Philippines from 1980 to 1983. In 1982 he was a principal percussionist of the Manila Symphony Orchestra in Manila, Philippines. He held this position until 1983. In two years he became a music director in Siena-Letran Chorale in Quezon City, Philippines. He worked there until 1989.
Since 1987 Jesefino works as a Professor at the University of the Philippines. In this year he was a director in Score Music Consultant Company in Manila, Philippines. Since 1990 he works as an executive director in Miriam College Center for Applied Music.
Josefino Chino Toledois is a full professor of music composition and theory at the University of the Philippines. Josefino Chino Toledo is the founding music director of Metro-Manila Concert Orchestra (MMCO) and the Grupo 20/21, a modular music ensemble.
The United States premiere of his composition "Sulyap sa simbahan ng quiapo mula sa kalye echague" at Lincoln Center, New York was critically praised by the New York Times and New York Concert Network. Toledo’s works also include music for theater, films and revisions and editing of Philippine Sarsuwelas.
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. 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.
Josefino Chino Toledo is cited in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (United Kingdom); 20th Century Composers of Asia (Japan); Komponisten der Gegenwart (Germany); Philippine Encyclopedia for the Arts; Who’s Who in International Music (England); and Who’s Who in Australasia and Far East (England).
Quotes from others about the person
Art critic and National Artist Leonor Goquingco: "Toledo is one of the (Philippines) finest and best conductors ever".
Music critic Rosalinda Orosa described Toledo as "a composer-conductor of considerable worth" and "…an ingenious, remarkably original composer of singular creativity and imagination.”
Jesefino married to Immaculada Concepcion Ramos on October 18, 1986. They have a daughter: Charisse Loraine Toledo.
