Born in Tierradentro (Cauca, Colombia) and died in Popayán (Cauca, Colombia). He trained with Antonio Maria Valencia and travelled to Paris to study at the École Normale de Musique. He was a great teacher with profound pedagogical skills. In the 1960's he travels to the United States and toured around the country. He returned to Colombia where the Bachelor of Music was created in the faculty of arts at the National University. He was a teacher a the Conservatories of Bogotá, Cali and Popayán He composed the music for the play "At the Right Hand of God" and wrote a lot of music for teaching children.