Cristóbal MarYán works have been played by Yo-Yo Ma, Johnny Gandelsman, The Orchestra of the Americas, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Jeffrey Zeigler and the String Orchestra of New York City among others. He was resident composer at The Orchestra of the Americas from 2019 - 2020 and is currently composer in residence at OAcademy, in addition to being First Secretary at the Mexican Embassy in China. His work draws inspiration from Mexican folk music and contemporary classical music. In addition to the music, MarYán regularly imagines visuals that accompany his pieces and directs visual artists to create compositions that interact with the music he writes.