Antonino Buenaventura was born on May 4, 1904, in
Baliuag,
Bulacan. He was born in a family of musicians; his father Lucino Buenaventura was a musician at the Spanish Artillery Band in Intramuros. He studied under
Nicanor Abelardo at the
University of the Philippines Diliman Conservatory of Music and graduated in 1932 with a Teacher's Diploma in Music, major in Science and Composition and became an assistant instructor at the Conservatory. He also studied composition for a
post-graduate degree under
Jenő Takács. ) After the war he became conductor of the devastated
Philippine Constabulary Band for 16 years and he brought it back to its former glory. He became the music director of the
UST Conservatory of Music in 1961 and the
UE School of Music and Arts in 1964. He married the violinist Rizalina Exconde and they have 4 children, namely Antonino Jr., Arturo, Maria Beatriz Lourdes Salipsip, and Roberto. == Music ==