El chacombo oscar aviles biography

Peruvian guitarist and composer

Óscar Guillermo Avilés Arcos (March 24, – April 5, ) was a Peruvian guitarist, singer, and composer.

He began his musical career in , at the age of 15 as a cajón player for the duo "La limeñita and Ascoy".

In , with the string group"Núñez, Arteaga & Avilés" won the radio contest organized by the journalist Roberto Nieves from the newspaper "La Noche", as a result of which he became known as "La Primera Guitarra del Perú" (The First Guitar of Peru).^[1]

In he became part of "Los Trovadores de Perú" along with Miguel Paz, Oswaldo Campos and Panchito Jiménez.

In he became part of the trio "Los Morochucos" with Alejandro Cortéz and Augusto Ego Aguirre, with whom he would perform intermittently until

In he founded the first Criollo-style Guitar School which was in business until

Between and he directed the group "Conjunto Fiesta Criolla" together with Humberto Cervantes, Panchito Jiménez and