Lisandro Meza, one of many greatest names in Colombian music, died on Saturday (Dec. 23) at the age of 86, virtually three weeks after being hospitalized because of a stroke, knowledgeable the Specialized Clinic La Concepción in Sincelejo, in his native state of Sucre, Colombia, the place he was.
“La Concepción regrets to report the sensitive death of maestro Lisandro Meza Márquez, minstrel of sabanera music, cumbia, porro, vallenato and disseminator of Colombian music to the world,” the clinic mentioned in an announcement signed by its supervisor, Guillermo Ruiz.
Meza’s household confirmed the passing of their “pillar” on the singer’s official account on X (previously Twitter,) saying that “his love, wisdom and music will continue to inspire us,” and thanking everybody’s “support and condolences at this difficult time.” The Colombian Ministry of Culture highlighted that “his art embraced cumbia, porro, paseo and vallenato” and that “songs like ‘El Guayabo de la Ye’ and ‘El Hijo de Tuta’ will remain forever in our memory.”
Born on Sept. 26, 1937 in Los Palmitos, Meza grew to become recognized within the Nineteen Fifties with compositions that grew to become well-liked within the Colombian Caribbean, in keeping with El País. In 1965, he joined Los Corraleros de Majagual as an accordionist, a bunch wherein he labored with different greats vallenato singers and songwriters akin to Alfredo Gutiérrez and Calixto Ochoa. In 1969, he competed within the Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata and got here in second place, after Nicolás “Colacho” Mendoza, however the attendees said that Meza ought to have received, and nicknamed him since then “el Rey sin Corona” (“the King without a Crown”,) stories the identical newspaper.
Over the a long time, Meza recorded dozens of albums, of his personal or with different teams, releasing hits akin to “Senderito de Amor,” “El Macho,” “El Hombre Feliz,” “Ni que Estuviera Loco,” and lots of others.
“Maestro Lisandro Meza, on behalf of all the Colombian people, thank you for being born in this land. Until we meet again,” Carlos Vives wrote on his X account, the place he additionally revealed three images of himself with the accordionist and musician.
Other Colombian artists expressed their sorrow for his passing. “Lamenting the death of maestro Lisandro Meza. Condolences to all his family and friends,” wrote Juanes. While Jorge Celedón tweeted: “Maestro #LizandroMeza, a great of Colombian musician, leaves us today. I feel enormous sadness for his departure […] I will always remember that noble hug and greeting every time we met.”
Meza was married for greater than six a long time to Luz Domínguez and, in keeping with totally different media retailers, and he was the daddy of 16 kids.
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