Iván Zuleta Barros

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Iván Zuleta Barros
Born (1976-10-27) 27 October 1976 (age 48)
Urumita, Colombia
GenresVallenato
Years active1984–present
Relatives

Iván Zuleta Barros[a] (born 1976) is a Colombian accordionist. He played accordion with Diomedes Díaz in the 1990s, and won the accordionist competition of the Vallenato Legend Festival in 2025.

Biography

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Zuleta was born on 27 October 1976 in Urumita, in the Colombian department of La Guajira, to Fabio Zuleta Díaz and Denia Barros.[1] Emiliano Zuleta Baquero is his paternal grandfather.[1]

Zuleta began performing at the age of 8, and in 1988 was rey infantil at the Vallenato Legend Festival.[2] At 18 he recorded the album Un Canto Celestial with Diomedes Díaz, replacing Juancho Rois (who had died in a plane crash in 1994) as Díaz' accordionist.[3] Zuleta later left Díaz, who was in legal trouble, to tour Europe with Julio Iglesias.[4]

In 2025 Zuleta won the professional accordionist competition of the Vallenato Legend Festival, and was conferred the title of vallenato king (Spanish: rey vallenato).[5] In the final, Zuleta performed the songs "El Gallo Viejo", "La Pule", "María de Jesús" and "A la Dinastía Zuleta".[1] Jairo Andrés de la Ossa Otero and Camilo Andrés Molina Luna came in second and third place respectively.[1] El Heraldo wrote that Zuleta's win was "more than a personal victory, it represents recognition of a dynasty of musical tradition that has shaped vallenato from its roots: the Zuleta family."[6]: q  Zuleta pledged his winnings to charity, saying "I don't need the prize money. I'm going to donate it to a foundation for the rehabilitation of homeless people with addiction problems."[1]: q 

Notes

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  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Zuleta and the second or maternal family name is Barros.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Ludys Ovalle Jácome (4 May 2025), "Iván Zuleta Barros, nuevo Rey Vallenato, destinará premio para la rehabilitación de habitantes de calle" [Iván Zuleta Barros, the new Vallenato King, will allocate his prize money to the rehabilitation of homeless people], El Tiempo (in Spanish), retrieved 15 August 2025
  2. ^ Alvaro Oviedo C. (15 December 1994), "A Iván Zuleta se le nota la dinastía" [Iván Zuleta clearly comes from the dynasty], El Tiempo (in Spanish), retrieved 15 August 2025
  3. ^ Victor Manuel García M. (20 May 1995), "Un Zuleta para el fin de siglo [sic]" [A Zuleta for the end of the century], El Tiempo (in Spanish), retrieved 15 August 2025
  4. ^ Marcos Fidel Vega Seña (2005). "Iván Zuleta Barros y los hijos de Diomedes". Vallenato: Cultura y Sentimiento (in Spanish). Bogotá: Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia. pp. 83–85. ISBN 958-8205-69-7.
  5. ^ Tatiana Orozco Mazzilli (5 May 2025), "Iván Zuleta Barros fue coronado como Rey Vallenato de la edición 58 del Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata" [Iván Zuleta Barros was crowned Vallenato King at the 58th Vallenato Legend Festival], Radio Nacional de Colombia (in Spanish), retrieved 15 August 2025
  6. ^ Jhonatan Díaz (4 May 2025), ""Esta corona es para toda mi dinastía": Iván Zuleta, nuevo Rey Vallenato" ["This crown is for my whole dynasty": Iván Zuleta, new Rey Vallenato], El Heraldo (in Spanish), retrieved 15 August 2025
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