(b. 1967, Manila).
Filipino composer, now resident in Germany, of mostly chamber and multimedia works that have been performed in Europe.
Mr. Hilario studied violin as a scholar of the Philippine High School for the Arts in Los Baños, Laguna from 1979–83 and had private lessons in violin with Gilopez Kabayao from 1985–89. He studied composition with Ramón Pagayon Santos and Josefino Chino Toledo at the University of the Philippines Diliman in Quezon City from 1985–88. He later studied composition with Mathias Spahlinger and electronic music with Mesías Maiguashca at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg in Freiburg im Breisgau from 1992–96, on a scholarship from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst.
Among his honours are the Kompositionspreis from the city of Stuttgart (1997) and the Kunstpreis Berlin, Musik from the Akademie der Künste in Berlin (2011).
He is also active in other positions. He participated in numerous projects with film and theatre directors in the Philippines from 1985–92 and performed as a violinist in the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra in Manila from 1988–92.
He lectured at the Ferienkurse in Darmstadt in 2000.
He has lived in Germany since 1992.
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
Ang Pagdadalamhati – The Lamentation (improvisation template/music-theatre work), 2 trios, participating audience, projections, 2017
Bevölkern Sie Ihre ganz eigene kleine Welt! (video–text opera), 10 players, 2020
ORCHESTRAL:
trinity rejoice, 2008
cost of production divided by total number of played notes equals cost per single note, percussion, large orchestra in 2 groups (piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, 2 percussion, 13 violins, 5 violas, 4 cellos, 3 double basses; flute, oboe, English horn, 2 clarinets, bassoon, 3 French horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, bass trombone, 2 percussion, 13 violins, 5 violas, 4 cellos, 3 double basses), projections (by the composer), 2015
CHAMBER MUSIC:
ay, flute, clarinet, trombone, cello, piano, percussion, 1993
ang, 2 double basses, 3 percussion, 1994
pakikisama, percussion, ensemble (2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 saxophones, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 2 guitars, piano, celesta, vibraphone, violin, 3 violas, double bass), 1995
p'tak(t), viola, cello, double bass, 1996, revised 2010
avec eric, bass flute, alto saxophone, fixed media, 1997
kibô, violin/viola, 1997
Überentwicklung-Unterentwicklung, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, bassoon, French horn, trombone, double bass, 1998
katalogos (version 1998), English horn, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, 3 percussion, viola, cello, 1998 (also version as katalogos [version 2008], 2008)
[lo], 2 cellos, 2 double basses, 27 metronomes (9 operators, including all of the players), 2000
Mann mit Akkordeon beim Pirouettieren, accordion, 2001
Karaoke Exotique Remix, variable ensemble (any 1–6 players from: flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano), 2009
white rice (Gebrauchsmusik mit Haltbarkeitsdatum für 2 Saxophonisten), sopranino saxophone (+ alto saxophone), soprano saxophone (+ tenor saxophone), 2011
Diplozoon Paradoxum, 12 saxophones, 2012
sie kann nicht sprechen, non-obligatory ensemble, music-notation software, 2022
MULTIMEDIA/PERFORMANCE:
early 70s, three scenes in Brooklyn Street, Cubao, accordion, ensemble (3 bass clarinets, 2 baritone saxophones, 2 trombones, 3 percussion, double bass), Super 8 silent films (3 projectors), 1999
phonautograph, countertenor, 4 female voices, trombone, 4 turntables, live electronics, 2002
Schöner Götterfunken! Bilder einer Ausstellung einer Ausstellung (video–text opera), 2 saxophones, percussion, live electronics, 2006, revised 2013
showdown (music & filmclip series 1), percussion, Super 8 film (collage of Western movies, compiled by the composer), 2007
sini(n)gang mix, 2 percussion, c. 10 amateur musicians, 2 video beamers (by Ian Victoriano), shadow play (by Alwin Reamillo), live electronics, live cooking show, 2010
slap Schlag, Klaps + stick Stock, string quartet/4 percussion, 2010, revised 2013
wait here for further instructions (for projected score, silent audience and improvising musicians), 2011
Fünf Räume, Sieben Musiker:innen, ensemble, fixed media, 8 doors, 2018
Als der Löwenmensch aus dem Lonetal im August 2021 endlich ein Zoom-Meeting mit seiner Verwandtschaft, dem Wildschwein aus Sulawesi, machen konnte (art exhibition–radio play/sound installation), 2021
Upended withdrawal / macédoine series 1 (electronic music with mobile phones), 2021–22
An Berlingers Pro-These / macédoine series 2, 4 trombones (all + percussion), electric violin, 2 electronic keyboards, fixed media (10 tracks), mobile phones (from the audience), 2022–23
Kara_wOke-pieces (video–sound installation with live music), voice (+ ad hoc instruments), bass clarinet (+ contrabass clarinet), trombone, percussion, 2 video projectors, 8 loudspeakers, 2025