Cipriano De Guzman

Cipriano “Zip” De Guzman , the Philippines’ up and coming, debonair Baritone par excellence has won the First Prize of the 2016 and 2017 American Protégé International Vocal Competition at the Carnegie Hall( Weill) in New York City. De Guzman, graduated with academic distinction in three Bachelor’s degrees: Major in Communication Arts as an academic scholar from the University of the East (Manila); Bachelor in Music Education Voice Emphasis minor in Piano(Cum Laude) and Bachelor’s Degree n Music Major in Vocal Performance minor in Choral Conducting at the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Maestra Irma Ponce-Enrile Potentiano and Jun Francis Jaranilla. He trained for choral conducting under Professor Fidel Calalang Jr.“ Zip has the ‘i