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, which uses native Yaqui percussion instruments, is probably the most popular.
Carlos Chávez photographed by Carl Van Vechten (1937)
National Conservatory of Music, México City
Chávez's tomb in the Panteón de Dolores, Mexico City
National Symphony Orchestra (Mexico)
The National Symphony Orchestra is the most important symphony orchestra in Mexico. With its origins traced back as 1881, along with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, it is the second-oldest symphony orchestra in the American continent. The orchestra does not have a permanent venue but performs regularly in the Grand Hall of the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City.
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
Mexican National Symphony Orchestra at Palacio de Bellas Artes.