NAHAN - Ernani Cuenco for Solo Guitar (Tremolo)

Nahan (Where) - Ernani Cuenco arr. Monching Carpio

Ernani J. Cuenco is a seasoned musician born on May 10, 1936, in Malolos, Bulacan. A composer, film scorer, musical director and music teacher, he wrote an outstanding and memorable body of work that resonates with the Filipino sense of musicality and which embody an ingenious voice that raises the aesthetic dimensions of contemporary Filipino music. Cuenco played with the Filipino Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Manila Symphony Orchestra from 1960 to 1968, and the Manila Chamber Soloists from 1966 to 1970. He completed a music degree in piano and cello from the University of Santo Tomas where he also taught for decades until his death in 1988.

The later works of Cuenco have enriched the Filipino love ballad by adding the elements of Kundiman to it. Nahan is a song about longing for the love that has faded. Lyrics of the song were written by National Artist for Literature, Levi Celerio.