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Noli Aurillo's Ode to Tacloban, a beautiful piece he composed as tribute to the devastation of the City by Supertyphoon Yolanda https://youtu..
Musician, Magician, Maverick
March 26, 1959 – October 16, 2021
Manuel Noli Quiño Aurillo, acoustic guitar soloist, arranger, and composer who cut across musical genres, went by many names.
He was “Señor” or “Nyor” to fellow musicians, a testament to the respect his skill commanded among the best of the best. After a performance, people would chant “Au Au” for the awe he inspired among those who listened to him.
He has been described as a maverick, a savant, a musical genius, a finger-plucking wizard, but also as a kind and generous man with simple needs, just a few wants, firm convictions — and a really big heart.
His oldest sister, Elsa Aurillo-Aquino, recalls that on Noli’s birth in 1959, all the newborns in the hospital developed an oral thrush that made it difficult for them to be fed.
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“I was then 13 years old and was my mother’s assistant in taking care of Noli. We had to use a medicine dropper to give him his milk. He struggled, but he survived.” She kn