Pedro Ipuche Riva

Pedro Ipuche Riva (26 October 1924 – 25 December 1996) was an Uruguayan composer of classical music.

According to the catalogue by the Uruguayan musicologist Elsa Sabatés in Músicos de aquí, Vol 4 (published by C.E.M.A.U.

[1] He began his musical studies with the composers Carlos Giucci and Vicente Ascone, but dissatisfied with his first compositions, he destroyed them all and became a lawyer.

When Carlos Estrada created the Conservatorio Nacional de Música (National Conservatory of Music), Ipuche Riva completed the course in composition.

After receiving his diploma he went to Paris to study with Jean Rivier and Noël Gallon at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique.