Arsenio C. Nicolas

Dr. Arsenio Nicolas is a musicologist, philologist and historian of the performing arts from the Philippines, specialized in Southeast Asian musical forms and instruments.

With a PhD. from Cornell University, USA, Dr. Arsenio Nicolas is a visiting professor at the College of Music at Mahasarakham University, Talat, Thailand.

He has authored numerous essays on Southeast Asian music and musical instruments, including ​“Early Musical Exchange between India and Southeast Asia” (in Early interactions between South and Southeast Asia: Reflections on cross-cultural exchanges, ed. PY Manguin, A. Mani and G. Wade, Singapore and Delhi, 2011).