Leandro Díaz (composer)
Leandro Díaz | |
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| Born | February 20, 1928 Latin |
| Instruments | Singing |
| Years active | 1935–2013 |
Leandro José Díaz Duarte (February 20, 1928 – June 22, 2013)
During the 38th version of the Vallenato Legend Festival, Diaz was proclaimed "King for Life of the Vallenato Legend Festival" along with Rafael Escalona, Emiliano Zuleta Baquero, Calixto Ochoa, Adolfo Pacheco and Tobías Enrique Pumarejo.[2]
Early years
Díaz was born in a farm named "La Casa de Alto Pino" in the locality known as Lagunita de la Sierra then corregimiento of Hatonuevo in the Commissary of La Guajira which in 1928 pertained to the municipality of Barrancas.[3][4]
Díaz was born blind but that was not an impediment for him to develop a sense of the world he could not see. His parents took him to the Virgin of El Carmen festivities every year, vacation time in which his cousins visited him and sang to him for fun.[3] He composed his first song at the age of 17 years and named it "La Loba de Ceniza".[4]
On October 4, 1948, Díaz decided to move to Hatonuevo where he participated in numerous parties with friends and which he was always asked to sing. He met local musician "Chico Bolaño" and established a friendship. Bolaño died shortly, death that inspired Díaz to compose the song "Mañana".[3]
Life in Tocaimo
Díaz began to travel the region as a singer and established for a while in village of
He also composed during time the songs "La Primavera" and "La Ford Modelo" among others. Another hit song, recorded by vallenato singer Jorge Oñate, was "A mi no me Consuela Nadie". Diaz met vallenato accordionist Pedro Julio Castro, a native of San Juan del Cesar and traveled the region for gigs.[3]
Family
Díaz then met Elena Clementina Ramos, with whom he ended up having eight children, including singer Ivo Díaz. In 1993 Ivo composed the song "Dame tu Alma" to honor his father. The song won at the Vallenato Legend Festival as best song. He is the father of three children.[3]
See also
References
- ^ EL TIEMPO (22 June 2013). "Murió el juglar vallenato Leandro Díaz" (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ^ Boletin de Prensa - Festival Vallenato (March 11, 2005). "Rafael Escalona, Emiliano Zuleta Baquero, Leandro Diaz, Calixto Ochoa Y Adolfo Pachecho: Reyes Vitalicios de la Cancion Vallenata". elvallenato.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- ^ a b c d e f Tary Escalona (February 20, 2008). "Leandro Díaz: Felíz cumpleaños". Vallenato FM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2008-03-26. [dead link]
- ^ a b Revista Cromos No.4036 (June 5, 1995). "Leandro Díaz: El Homero Criollo". Revista Cromos (in Spanish). Retrieved 2008-03-26.
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External links
- (in Spanish) Colarte: Leandro Diaz[permanent dead link]
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