Dante beriong biography

By Christine Biaoco*

People winning the national, regional or local music competitions that speak about our culture and achievements as Filipinos never cease to amaze me with their talent.

Dante beriong biography

My admiration for them continues to grow especially when they are the one composing these songs because they really use their talent to touch the Filipino lives. This is evident in their splendid and soulful renditions. Music is their way of expressing their compassion and patriotism to our country.

            I come from San Jose, the capital town of Antique where a lot of provincial music competitions such as “Tukib Antiqueño” are held to hone the Antiqueño talents.

As a child, I enjoyed watching our local artists sing Kinaray-a songs and marvel at how they put their hearts at it. Dante M. Beriong is one of our local artists who made music history when his composition was chosen as the official Philippine Centennial Independence theme song.

His achievement was such a great m