On 1 November 2014, in a ceremony held in Washington, DC, the Organization of American States awarded him with the title "Compositor de América" for his contributions.
He also alongside Peruvian artists notably Juan Mosto and Pedro Pacheco, an initiator of a new era of Creole music, melodic in style, which to this day remains popular.
His compositions have been interpreted by a great number of Creole music singers including Cecilia Barraza, Eva Ayllón, Lucía de la Cruz, La Limeñita y Ascoy, Armando Manzanero, Cecilia Bracamonte, Óscar Avilés, Lucila Campos, Verónikha, María Obregón, Jesús Vásquez, Aurora Alcalá, Lorenzo Humberto Sotomayor, Manuel Donayre, Lucha Reyes as well as some composition by interpreters of other genres like Gianmarco and William Luna.
In the 1980s, he wrote and sang "Manos morenas", a popular viral song dedicated to the Peruvian women volleyball team.
He also composed hymns dedicated to historical figures like Francisco Bolognesi and Miguel Grau Seminario.