Award-winning composer Winston Raval will present an all-original concert in Hollywood—a musical journey from film scores to Pinoy ethnic jazz.

Winston Raval, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (2018) for his musical scores in nearly two dozen Filipino films, will present an all-original concert on November 16, 2025, at the Celebrity Centre in Hollywood, CA.

The concert will showcase his original compositions—from film, theater, and his personal collection.

For the musical Warrior, Charmaine Clamor and Andrew Shubin will reprise their lead roles in the story written by Carlene Sobrino Bonnivier, based on the hotel eviction tragedy in San Francisco in the early 1970s. Isang Munting Alamat (A Little Fable), often referred to as an ethnic-rock opera, tells a story of Genesis and was the gala show for the reopening of the restored Manila Metropolitan Theater in 1978. Written by Rosauro de la Cruz and originally performed by schoolchildren, its musical numbers will be performed by leading vocal artists in Los Angeles, headlined by Malou Toler, Babes Gutierrez, Trina Marana, and Eric Baul.

Winston Raval’s repertoire will also include selections from the film scores he composed between 1975 and 1983 for 21 Filipino movies, including Himala and Jaguar, directed respectively by Philippine National Artists for Film Ishmael Bernal and Lino Brocka. For Bernal alone, Raval—under the name Vanishing Tribe—scored 18 films. The film score segment will be highlighted by a performance from Mon David.

Joining him live will be a renowned ensemble of instrumentalists forming a jazz group composed of an acoustic trio, a string section, a horn section, and an ethnic ensemble—mirroring the nuances of his Pinoy ethnic jazz compositions. The acoustic jazz trio will perform pieces that exemplify the intrinsic beauty of unadorned music, free from the constraints of commissioned work.

Winston Raval has also received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the San Francisco Filipino-American Jazz Festival (2011), JazzPhil USA in Los Angeles (2013), and the LA-Philippine International Film Festival Reel Award (2019). The San Francisco group additionally honored him as a pioneer of a jazz fusion popularly known as Pinoy ethnic jazz, for his integration of indigenous rhythms and instruments into his work.

During the 2018 Urian Awards, Dr. Bien Lumbera, National Artist for Literature, noted that the Lifetime Achievement Award in Film Music was being granted for the first time in the 40+ year history of the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino—to Winston Raval, “in recognition of the depth and breadth of his musical contribution to Philippine cinema.”

From the silver screen to the jazz stage, Winston Raval Live marks a milestone for a composer whose music has shaped the cultural soundscape of generations.