The group was founded on June 8, 2001, due to efforts made by Juan Arroyo, Carlos Alberto Cárdenas, Daniel Kudó and César Sangay.
[1] In April, 2001, approximately, Juan Arroyo and Carlos Alberto Cárdenas, by then students at the National Conservatory of Music in Peru, began to discuss the possibility of creating an association of Peruvian composers.
They shared this idea with Daniel Kudó and César Sangay, also students, and began to organize small meetings to listen to music and make short analysis.
That same day Circomper is founded with an Internet list, till date the principal means to coordinate the activities of the group.
Since its founding, Circomper has made periodical meetings to listen to music and Peruvian composers have been invited to make presentations on their work.