The Julio Nakpil Project was launched on May 21 at the Nakpil-Bautista House on Barbosa Street in Quiapo, Manila. This is the first massive undertaking in the Philippines to memorialize the life and works of Julio Nakpil – a great Filipino artist, a pianist and composer who was also patriot and was a member of the Katipunan.

The Julio Nakpil Project was made possible through the Salikha Creative Grants from the Commission on Higher Education and the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (CHED-NCCA) with help from the Bahay Nakpil-Bautista Foundation. Historical Musicologist Professor Maria Alexandra Inigo Chua, PhD, headed the team from the University of Santo Tomas Research Center for Culture, Arts and Humanities which worked on the Project.