Iván Zuleta Barros

Iván Zuleta Barros
Born (1976-10-27) 27 October 1976
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

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

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

References

  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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