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Hilario Sanchez was a musician, arranger, and composer from Chiapas, Mexico. He studied piano, marimba, and trumpet before moving to Mexico City in 1957. In 1962, he joined a tropical music octet and toured France, Switzerland, Italy, Mali, Senegal, and Morocco. He began his career as a jazz pianist in France in 1964, performing with notable musicians such as Bill Coleman, Stephane Grappelly, and Red Mitchel, as well as with his wife, Micheline Chantin. In 1973, he recorded "Vibraphonie," a project commissioned by French radio and television. After two trips to Cuba, he returned to Mexico, where he worked as a musical composer for plays and recorded the album "Jazzteca" with his wife, produced by Roberto Morales. In 1979, he composed the music for the ballet "Eréndira," inspired by a story by Gabriel García Márquez. His compositions have been performed by the Latin American Quartet and the Chamber Orchestra of Fine Arts, among other chamber ensembles. In May 1991, he performed a piece for eighty musicians with the Banda del Conservatorio Nacional de México. Sanchez was also the author of several symphonic works, including "Dodecaforítmica" (1986), "Amor al arte" (1990), "Danza en Peyotepec" (1990), "Máscaras mexicanas" (199

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