17th–18th century

* Juan de Lienas (c. 1640) * Francisco López Capillas (c. 1615 – 1673) * Juan García de Zéspedes (c. 1619–1678) *

Manuel de Sumaya Manuel de Zumaya or Manuel de Sumaya (c. 1678 - 21 December 1755) was perhaps the most famous Mexican composer of the colonial period of New Spain. His music was the culmination of the Baroque style in the New World. He was the first person in the ...

(1678–1755) * José María Bustamante (1777–1861) *

José Mariano Elízaga Elízaga Prado, José Damián (27 September 1786 – 2 October 1842) was a Mexican composer, music theorist, pianist, organist and teacher. He was the Kapellmeister of emperor Agustín I of Mexico and was the first great Mexican composer of ...

(1786–1842)

First half of the 19th century

Cenobio Paniagua Cenobio Paniagua y Vásques (September 30, 1821, Tlalpujahua, Michoacán – November 2, 1882, Córdoba, Veracruz) was a Mexican composer. Paniagua completed his studies in violin and became the Second Conductor of the Cathedral Orchestra of M ...

(1821–1882) *

Aniceto Ortega Aniceto de los Dolores Luis Gonzaga Ortega del Villar (17 April 1825 – 17 November 1875) was a Mexican physician, composer, and pianist. Although he had a distinguished career as a physician and surgeon, he is also remembered today for his 1871 ...

(1825–1875) * Macedonio Alcalá (1831–1869) *

Melesio Morales Melesio Morales (sometimes spelled Melisio Morales) (December 4, 1838 – May 12, 1908) was a Mexican composer. Morales was born and died in Mexico City, where he studied music; two of his operas, written in Italian, were performed there. He ...

(1839–1908)

Second half of the 19th century

* Felipe Villanueva (1862–1893) *

Gustavo Campa Gustavo Emilio Campa (8 September 1863 in Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North Americ ...

(1863-1934) *

Ricardo Castro Ricardo Castro Herrera (Rafael de la Santísima Trinidad Castro Herrera) (7 February 1864 – 27 November 1907) was a Mexican concert pianist and composer, considered the last romantic of the time of Porfirio Díaz. Life Castro was b ...

(1864–1907) *

Juventino Rosas José Juventino Policarpo Rosas Cadenas (25 January 18689 July 1894) was a Mexican composer and violinist. Life and career Rosas was born in Santa Cruz, Guanajuato, later renamed Santa Cruz de Galeana, Guanajuato, and still later into Santa Cru ...

(1868–1894) *

Miguel Lerdo de Tejada Miguel Lerdo de Tejada (July 6, 1812 – March 22, 1861) was a Mexican statesman, a leader of the Revolution of Ayutla, and author of the Lerdo Law, extinguishing the right of corporations, including the Roman Catholic Church and indigenous ...

(1869–1941) * Alfredo Carrasco (1875-1945) * Julián Carrillo Trujillo (1875–1965) * Manuel María Ponce (1882–1948) *

Candelario Huízar Candelario Huízar García de la Cadena (2 February 1883 - 3 May 1970, Mexico City) was a Mexican composer, musician and music teacher. He completed four symphonies, leaving a fifth unfinished, and a string quartet, but is remembered most for his ...

(1883–1970)

First half of the 20th century

Carlos Chávez Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez (13 June 1899 – 2 August 1978) was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He was influenced by nativ ...

(1899–1978) *

Silvestre Revueltas Silvestre Revueltas Sánchez (December 31, 1899 – October 5, 1940) was a Mexican composer of classical music, a violinist and a conductor. Life Revueltas was born in Santiago Papasquiaro in Durango, and studied at the National Conservatory ...

(1899–1940) * Eduardo Hernández Moncada (1899–1995) * Alfonso de Elias (1902-1984) *

Luis Sandi Luis Sandi Meneses (22 February 1905, Mexico City – 1996), was a musician, teacher and composer. Biography The complete name is Luis Sandi Meneses. Born February 22, 1905 in Mexico City, the only child of Genaro Sandi and María Meneses. ...

(1905–1996) *

Higinio Ruvalcaba Higinio Ruvalcaba (11 January 1905 in Yahualica, Jalisco – 15 January 1976 in Mexico City) was a Mexican violinist and composer. He received his first lessons when he was 4, from his father, who was an upholsterer who played cello in the local ...

(1905-1976) * Daniel Ayala Pérez (1906–1975) *

Miguel Bernal Jiménez Miguel Bernal Jiménez (16 February 1910 – 26 July 1956) was a Mexican composer, organist, pedagogist and musicologist. He is widely regarded as the best representative of 20th century Mexican religious music, in addition to his important co ...

(1910–1956) *

Blas Galindo Blas Galindo Dimas (February 3, 1910 – April 19, 1993) was a Mexican composer. Biography Born in San Gabriel, Jalisco, Galindo studied intermittently from 1931 to 1944 at the National Conservatory in Mexico City, studying with Carlos Chávez ...

(1910–1943) * Salvador Contreras (1910–1982) *

José Pablo Moncayo José Pablo Moncayo García (June 29, 1912 – June 16, 1958) was a Mexican pianist, percussionist, music teacher, composer and conductor. "As composer, José Pablo Moncayo represents one of the most important legacies of the Mexican national ...

(1912–1958) *

Mario Ruiz Armengol Mario Ruiz Armengol (known as "Mayito" or "Mister Harmony") (March 14, 1914 in Veracruz, Mexico – December 22, 2002 in Cancun, Mexico), was a Mexican pianist, composer, arranger, conductor and music teacher. He was the son of pianist and cond ...

(1914–2001) *

Luis Herrera de la Fuente Luis Herrera de la Fuente (April 25, 1916 – December 5, 2014) was a Mexican conductor, pianist, violinist, composer and writer of the 20th century. De la Fuente gained many recognitions and awards in Mexico and worldwide. He conducted the Orqu ...

(1916-2014) *

Carlos Jiménez Mabarak Carlos Jiménez Mabarak (January 31, 1916 in Tacuba (Mexico), Tacuba, Mexico – June 21, 1994 in Mexico City) was one of the most prolific Mexican composers of the 20th century. His music belongs to the transition from the Mexican Nationalis ...

(1916–1994) * Manuel Enríquez (1926–1994) * Gloria Tapia (1927-2008) * Francisco Savín (1929-2017) * Rosa Guraieb (1931-2014) *

Eduardo Mata Eduardo Mata (5 September 19425 January 1995) was a Mexican conductor and composer. Career Mata was born in Mexico City. He studied guitar privately for three years before enrolling in the National Conservatory of Music. From 1960 to 1963 he ...

(1942–1995)

Second half of the 20th century

* Julio Estrada (born 1943) * Graciela Agudelo (1945–2018) * Francisco Núñez (1945) *

Daniel Catán Daniel Catán Porteny (April 3, 1949 – April 9, 2011) was a Mexican composer, writer and professor known particularly for his operas and his contribution of the Spanish language to the international repertory. With a compositional style ...

(1949–2011) * Arturo Marquez (1950) * Marcela Rodríguez (1951) *

Eduardo Diazmuñoz Eduardo Diazmuñoz is a highly prolific Mexican-Spanish-American conductor, composer and arranger, performer and educator. He studied piano, cello, percussion, and conducting at the National Conservatory of Music (Mexico). In 1978, 1979 he became a ...

(1953) * Javier Álvarez (1956) * Guillermo Galindo (1960) *

Hilda Paredes Hilda Paredes (born Tehuacan, Puebla, 1957) is one of Mexico's leading contemporary composers, and has received many prestigious awards for her work. She currently resides in London, and is married to the noted English violinist, Irvine Arditti. B ...

(born 1957) * Victor Rasgado (born 1959) * Ana Lara (1959) * Víctor Rasgado (1959) * Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon (born 1962) * Carlos Sánchez-Gutierrez (1964)
Armando Luna Ponce
(1964-2015) * Mariana Villanueva (1964) * Gabriela Ortiz (1964) *

Juan Trigos Juan Trigos (born February 26, 1965) is a Mexican composer and conductor who created the "Hemofiction Opera" genre. Biography Juan Trigos was born in Mexico City, and studied music at the National Conservatory and the Instituto de Liturg ...

(1965) *

Javier Torres Maldonado Javier Torres Maldonado (born 1968) is a Mexican composer internationally recognized for, mostly, his orchestral, chamber, vocal and electro-acoustic works. Biography Born in Chetumal (Mexico), José Javier Torres Maldonado studied violin and co ...

(1968) *

Enrico Chapela Enrico Chapela (born January 29, 1974) is a Mexican contemporary classical composer, whose works have been played by multiple major orchestras and has been commissioned to compose for institutions such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Nation ...

(1974) {{Composers by nationality Mexican classical composers Mexican