concert
Carlos Vives y Silvestre Dangond

Before graduating with a publicist degree from Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, Carlos Vives was already involved in music, joining various bands and participating in theatrical productions. His career took a significant turn in 1982 when he landed a role in the Colombian television series Tiempo Sin Huella, launching a successful acting career that later extended to Puerto Rican television.

After appearing in teen programs as both a singer and actor, Vives secured the lead role in the telenovela Gallito Ramírez, which propelled him to stardom. He later returned to his roots in Santa Marta, on Colombia's northern coast, for the telenovela Escalona. This project allowed him to reconnect with his "costeño" heritage and, more importantly, to revive classic vallenato songs by renowned composer Rafael Escalona. The soundtrack for Escalona became a massive hit, dominating radio airwaves and CD sales, and played a crucial role in popularizing vallenato music in regions of Colombia that had previ...

Silvestre Dangond is a prominent Colombian singer, composer, and percussionist who has become one of the most influential figures in modern vallenato. Born Silvestre Francisco Dangond Corrales on May 12, 1980, in Urumita, La Guajira, he is widely recognized as a leader of the "Nueva Ola" (New Wave) movement, a style that modernized traditional vallenato for a younger generation.

Dangond spent much of his youth in Valledupar, the heart of vallenato culture, after his family relocated there when he was a year old. Music was a constant presence in his upbringing; his father encouraged his participation in local children's festivals, and his godfather was the legendary vallenato singer Jorge Oñate. These early influences were pivotal, and by the age of 13, Dangond had already recorded a song written by the acclaimed composer Octavio Daza.