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