Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer and conductor (born 1899)

Carlos Chávez

Mexican composer (1899–1978)

Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He was influenced by native Mexican cultures. Of his six symphonies, the second, or Sinfonía india,…