The Trío Morales Pino was a Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

n band. The band recorded a large number of discs with traditional Colombian music. The trio was innovative in its use of Colombian traditional instruments: the Bandola

Bandola

This article refers to various South American instruments. Bandola is also Portuguese for Mandola.The Bandola is one oif many varieties of small pear-shape chordophones found in Venezuela and Colombia...

, Tiple

Tiple

Tiple is the Spanish word for treble or soprano, is often applied to specific instruments, generally to refer to a small chordophone of the guitar family. A tiple player is called a tiplista.-Colombian tiple:...

, and guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

. Its name was inspired by Pedro Morales Pino, one of the most beloved composers and musicians in Colombia.

The main members of the Morales Pino Trio were:

• Álvaro Romero Sánchez - director, composer and guitarist
• Diego Estrada Montoya - Bandola
• Peregrino Galindo - Tiple

The trio developed a successful career in the Colombian musical scene, recording over 24 LP records with record label Sonolux.