Ángel Medardo Luzuriaga Explained

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.

Death

He died on June 19, 2018, at the age of 82 in the city of Quito^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. https://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/noticias/espectaculos/10/fallecimiento-musica-ecuador-medardo Adiós a "Don Medardo", un ícono de la música nacional
2. https://es.paperblog.com/biografia-de-don-medardo-y-sus-players-3157199/ Biografia de Don Medardo y sus Players
3. https://www.eluniverso.com/entretenimiento/2018/06/19/nota/6818765/fallece-angel-medardo-luzuriaga-fundador-don-medardo-sus Fallece Ángel Medardo Luzuriaga, fundador de Don Medardo y sus Players
4. http://www.elcomercio.com/tendencias/donmedardo-luzuriaga-cumbia-fallecimiento-musico.html Don Medardo Luzuriaga, el precursor de la cumbia andina, falleció este martes 19 de junio