José Pablo Moncayo

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”.