Armando Salarza

Armando V. Salarza is an internationally acclaimed concert organist, harpsichordist, conductor and the titular organist of the Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas City, Philippines. He is the ambassador of pipe organ music in the Philippines, in the local and international arena.

As a youngster, Salarza was a member of the Las Piñas Boys Choir. He obtained his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Austria, funded by a scholarship provided by the Las Piñas Bamboo Organ Foundation. As a world-renowned concert organist, Salarza has given performances in numerous countries. In 2003, Salarza became the conductor of the Las Piñas Boys Choir, leading the choir to a gold in the children's category of the 5th World Choir Game in Graz, Austria, in 2008. He has served as the artistic director of the International Bamboo Organ Festival and on the faculty of the University of the Philippines.

In 1987, he served as assistant conductor during the 1987 papal visit of Pope John Paul II to Australia, while in 2015, he played the Pels organ at the Manila Cathedral during the papal visit of Pope Francis.