DeCoSEAS

Eva Cuenza

2024 Fellow

Home Country: Philippines
Hosted by: Citra Research Center (Indonesia)

Eva Cuenza finished her Bachelor of Music (Musicology) degree, magna cum laude, from the University of the Philippines at Diliman. She concentrated on the Maguindanao kulintangan performance under the tutelage of Prof. Aga Mayo Butocan. Her performance minors are voice with Sir Jonathan Velasco and piano with Prof. Mita Antonia Fernandez. She is trained in different world music performance ensembles like that of Kalinga (Northern Philippines) bamboo instruments, Korean Samul nori, Afro-Latin music, and the Javanese gamelan. She has been presenting papers and writing cultural research entries including the Cultural Center of the Philippines Online Encyclopedia of Philippine Art 2020 article about kuratsa music. Her research interests include Waray music expressions, Maguindanao kulintangan, and other gong music cultures like that of the Javanese gamelan

Research Outcomes:

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