José Pablo Moncayo was first played on NTS on 16 September 2022. Songs played include Danzón No. 4.

José Pablo Moncayo was a composer born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He studied in the National Conservatory, working at the same time as pianist in restaurants and for the radio. In the year 1942 thanks to a scholarship of the Berkshire Institute, he was able to study under Aaron Copland, American composer and orchestra director. As companions he had Blas Galindo, Savior Contreras and Daniel Ayala in the assembly of chamber music baptized as the “Group of Four”.

In 1931 he was a percussionist for the Symphonic…