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Lara Marie Moscardon Maigue (born June 7, 1991) is a
Filipina Filipinos ( tl, Mga Pilipino) are the people who are citizens of or native to the Philippines. The majority of Filipinos today come from various Austronesian ethnolinguistic groups, all typically speaking either Filipino, English and/or other ...
singer and songwriter who won the 2017
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s for Best Classical Performer and the 2018 Aliw Awards for Best Female Crossover Performer.


Early life

Lara was born to Filipino composer and arranger, Professor Rayben Maigue, and soprano, Nanette Moscardon, who also became her first classical mentor. She was later trained by Fides Cuyugan-Asensio at the
University of the Philippines The University of the Philippines (UP; fil, Pamantasan ng Pilipinas Unibersidad ng Pilipinas) is a state university system in the Philippines. It is the country's national university, as mandated by Republic Act No. 9500 (UP Charter of 200 ...
College of Music, where she graduated majoring in Voice.


Career

A classically-trained soprano, Lara's musical repertoire also consists of singing opera, Kundiman, jazz standards, broadway, OPM, as well as her own original compositions. Since 2010, Lara has promoted Filipino music in different parts of the world with solo cultural concerts in Florence, Italy; Canberra and Sydney, Australia; Singapore and New Delhi, India. Her foray into song writing came in 2013, where she became one of the top five finalists in the song writing competition headed by
Ryan Cayabyab Raymundo Cipriano Pujante Cayabyab (born ; May 4, 1954), known professionally as Ryan Cayabyab, is a Filipino musician, composer and conductor. He was the Executive and Artistic Director for several years for the defunct San Miguel Foundation ...
and
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, the
Philippine Popular Music Festival The Philippine Popular Music Festival (also known as Philpop) is an annual songwriting competition organized by the Philpop MusicFest Foundation and was launched in 2012. The creation of the festival was inspired by the defunct Metro Manila Popular ...
(Philpop) for her composition, “Sa’yo Na Lang Ako,” interpreted by singer/actress
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. She later on tried her hand at acting and became one of the lead stars in the musical teleserye on TV5, “
Trenderas ''Trenderas'' is a Philippine weekly musical drama series to be broadcast on TV5. It stars Isabella de Leon, Katrina Velarde and Lara Maigue. It premiered on September 13, 2014, and ended on December 27, 2014, it aired every Saturday at 9:30 PM ...
", where she was nominated for “Outstanding Breakthrough Performance by an Actress” by the
Golden Screen TV Awards Golden Screen TV Awards is a yearly awards night that recognizes the outstanding programs and personalities from different TV networks in the Philippines including ABS-CBN, TV5, GMA Network, among others. It was created in 2004 by the Entertai ...
. In 2015, Lara became one of the top 12 finalists in Philpop, with her entry, “Nasaan.” Prior to her becoming a finalist, Lara also wrote teleserye and movie theme songs interpreted by some of the Philippines’ known recording artists—including
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, Jaya, and
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. In 2017, Lara won the
Aliw Award The Aliw Awards by the Aliw Awards Foundation, Inc. was established by the renowned Philippine journalistbr>Alice H. Reyes to recognize achievements in the live entertainment industry in the Philippines. It was founded in 1975 by the National Press ...
for Best Classical Performer. The same year, she portrayed the role of 'Ligaya Paraiso' in the award-winning movie turned into a musical "Maynila Sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag" directed by
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. In 2018, Lara went back to television, this time as segment host of Sagisag Kultura TV, a program by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts on PTV-4. She also reprised her role as Monica in Giancarlo Menotti's opera, “The Medium.” While Lara continued to grace many a-corporate and private events, she continued to perform alongside veteran concert performers. Gary Valenciano's Awit at Laro was a project where she had double participation in – as composer of Piko, interpreted by
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, and Interpreter of Patintero, a composition of National Artist for Music Ryan Cayabyab and Jose Javier Reyes, along with the AMP Big Band. She also played the role of interpreter to fresh compositions like the theme song of Cinemalaya entry “Kung Paano Hinihintay Ang Dapithapon.” In between all these performances, Lara was selected to participate in the master class of noted opera singer,
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during the Hong Kong International Operatic Singing Competition 2018. She also emerged as Finalist at the Singapore Lyric Opera Asean Vocal Competition. Toward the end of the year, Lara signed up under Star Music and launched her very first single, her originally written piece, Kung Puwede Lang Naman. Under Star Music, she will release more of her original compositions as well as some covers. Before the close of 2018, the Aliw Awards Foundation nominated her for two categories, Best Female Classical Performer and Best Female Crossover Performer. Lara Maigue was declared Best Female Crossover Performer for 2018. Lara is signed with Alcasid Total Entertainment Artist Management (ATeam), where she has performed as special guest in the concerts of
Ogie Alcasid Herminio Jose Lualhati "Ogie" Alcasid Jr. (; born August 27, 1967) is a Filipino singer-songwriter, television presenter, comedian, parodist, and actor. He is currently the President of OPM (Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-Aawit). Early care ...
,
Gary Valenciano Edgardo Jose Santiago Valenciano (, born August 6, 1964), also known as Gary V., is a Filipino singer-songwriter, dancer, musician, actor, music producer and television host. Valenciano has released 39 albums, and won the Awit Award for "Bes ...
and most recently Regine Velasquez-Alcasid, as an opening act in Velasquez’ 30th anniversary concert, R3.0. Lara is currently training under Filipino-American tenor, Arthur Espiritu. She divides her time as an artist and as managing partner and vocal coach in her family's music school, the Maigue Music Studio (MMS). In 2021, Lara signed up with
Star Magic ABS-CBN Center for Communication Arts, Inc., trade name, doing business as Star Magic (formerly known as ABS-CBN Talent Center), is the Talent agency, talent agency owned by ABS-CBN Corporation based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines t ...
as part of their Black Pen Day event, as part of the ATeam's partnership with Star Magic. In August 2021, she began temporarily filling in as part of the New Gen Birit Divas, until
Zephanie Dimaranan Zephanie Odhene Liwag Dimaranan (born February 14, 2003), known mononymously as Zephanie, is a Filipino singer, actress and host. She is known as the winner of the first season of ''Idol Philippines''. Dimaranan is dubbed as "''This Generation' ...
transferred to
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in 2022, when Fana was named as her permanent replacement.


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