Alberto Castilla Buenaventura (Bogotá 9 April 1878 - Ibagué 10 June 1937),[1] was a Colombian composer. He was born in Bogotá. He was also an engineer, journalist, poet, writer, mathematician and musician. He founded the Conservatory of Tolima in 1906.[2]
He composed the famous Bunde of Tolima instrumental music to which Nicanor Velásquez added verses to create what is now the Hymn of the Tolima Department.