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Javier Echecopar Mongilardi (Lima, Perú; June 23, 1955) is a Peruvian musician, composer and musical researcher. His knowledge of popular tradition and the colonial baroque period has allowed him to find a point of confluence between classical and traditional music.

Biography
He was born in Lima and grew up in a musical family environment. He began his musical training with private teachers at the age of eight, the age at which he was given his first guitar. He is the nephew of the first female pilot of Peru, Carmela Combe.