Niño Tiro (*1980)
Niño Tiro's music is anachronistic, eccentric, and outright melodic. Born in Cagayan de
Oro City, Philippines, he started piano lessons at the age of five. During his High-School
days, he then explored Rock and played electric bass in a band. Realizing his passion
for music regardless of genre, he pursued playing the piano for his Bachelor's degree in
music while playing Jazz and Rock during his spare time. He also taught piano in a
family-owned studio while pursuing his Bachelor's degree. After he graduated, he was
faculty of the Lourdes College School of Music for 13 years, where he became a
prestigious piano pedagogue and an avant-garde music teacher. He also plays Jazz,
Blues, and Rock as a professional session player in various local bands. In 2004, his
band's song was a radio hit and was #1 for eight weeks on the local airwaves. He
worked in the United States as The Life Teen Music Director in Santa Barbara Catholic
Church. He is currently pursuing a second Bachelor's degree in Music, majoring in
Composition under the tutelage of Horst-Hans Bäcker. He is presently faculty of The
Conservatory of Music, Theater, and Dance of Liceo de Cagayan University, the
Principal Double bass player of the Cagayan De Oro Symphony Orchestra, continuing his passion for
teaching and making music.
"Phantasie für Ludwig"; by Philippine composer Niño Tiro (*1980) is dedicated to Susanne
Kessel.
It is part of Vol. 9 of Susanne Kessel's global composition project "250 piano pieces for
Beethoven".
Susanne Kessel invited 250 composers worldwide to write new piano pieces for Beethoven's
250th anniversary in the year 2020. All pieces refer to Beethoven's music and his life.
Susanne Kessel played the world premieres of all the piano pieces in Beethoven's birth town,
Bonn. There will be more performances also in other cities and countries by the pianist herself.
All pieces are published within a high-quality sheet music edition by EDITIONS MUSICA
FERRUM / London.
The sheet music of this piece will be in Vol. 9 of the project's edition.
All information about the project - and SHOP:
www.250-piano-pieces-for-beethoven.com
"Phantasie für Ludwig"; is a Sturm und Drang piece in A minor based on the Beethoven style of
Classical Romantic composition. There are a few nods here and there from the Meister's
monumental works. The dissonance and melodic and harmonic tension in this piece conveys the
ups and downs of a composer's life and depicts the life of Ludwig succumbing to the frailty of
the human mind and body. The work ends in A, neither major and minor, symbolizing the
continuing struggles that everyone, especially Ludwig, faced in life.
