Ángel Medardo Luzuriaga

Ángel Medardo Luzuriaga (14 September 1935 – 19 June 2018) was an Ecuadorian musical artist, precursor of the Andean cumbia[1].

Biography Medardo was born in Loja on 14 September 1935[2], and in his music he extolled the beauty of the Ecuadorian territory, especially that of the province of Manabí. On 11 September 1967, he founded the orchestra "Don Medardo y sus Players", a group with which he had a record production of 105 albums. He died on June 19, 2018, at the age of 82 in the city of Quito[3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ Adiós a "Don Medardo", un ícono de la música nacional (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Biografia de Don Medardo y sus Players (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Fallece Ángel Medardo Luzuriaga, fundador de Don Medardo y sus Players (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Don Medardo Luzuriaga, el precursor de la cumbia andina, falleció este martes 19 de junio (in Spanish)
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