{{short description|Latin American composer collective}} :'''''Los Cinco''' is also the name of the founders of the Mexican American Youth Organization.'' <!-- Unsourced image removed: thumb|right|Enrique González-Medina -->
'''Los Cinco''' (in English: "The Five") is an unofficial collective of Latin American composers living and working in Los Angeles. These composers include: Daniel Catán, Miguel del Águila, Aurelio de la Vega, Enrique González-Medina, and Carlos Rodríquez.
Meant to draw a comparison between this collective and a group of avant-garde Parisian composers active in the 1920s known as "Les Six", the term "Los Cinco" was originally coined by Sean Bradley, an American conductor. Bradley first presented these composers as a collective in public performance, and the label Los Cinco first appeared in print in a Los Angeles Times review dated August 3, 2004.
The music by these composers shares "certain common features, including a vibrancy of ideas, no fear of sensuality or humor, and an infectious passion."<ref>Josef Woodard. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-aug-03-et-woodard3-story.html "Sharing 'Latin' humor and passion"], ''LA Times'', 3 August 2004. Accessed 21 June 2016.</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-aug-03-et-woodard3-story.html L.A. Times article where the term "Los Cinco" first appears in print] * More on the web about Sean Bradley * More on the web about Daniel Catán * More on the web about Miguel del Águila * [http://www.dwightwinenger.net/delavega.htm More on the web about Aurelio de la Vega] * [http://sites.google.com/site/egonzalezmedina/ More on the web about Enrique González-Medina] * [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-09-ca-56262-story.html More on the web about Carlos Rodriguez]
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