Álvaro López (Colombian musician)

Álvaro López
Also known asAlvarito López
Born
Álvaro López Carrillo

(1958-08-22) 22 August 1958
Santa Marta, Colombia
GenresVallenato

Álvaro López Carrillo[a] (born 1958), also known as Alvarito López, is a Colombian vallenato accordionist. He was crowned vallenato king in 1992 for winning the professional accordionist competition of the Vallenato Legend Festival, and in 2017 he was king of kings. López has recorded several albums with singers including Jorge Oñate and Diomedes Díaz.

Biography

López was born on 22 August 1958 in Santa Marta, in the Colombian department of Magdalena.[1] His father Miguel López and uncle Elberto López were both vallenato accordionists, and were vallenato kings at the Vallenato Legend Festival in 1972 and 1980 respectively.[2]

López began playing accordion as a child, and started performing at the age of 14.[1] He won the amateur accordionist competition of the Vallenato Legend Festival in 1976 and 1979.[3] In 1986, López released the album Ahora con Álvaro López with Jorge Oñate, the first of eleven albums that they recorded together.[4] López and Oñate also won several Golden Congos at the Barranquilla Carnival.[1] López has also recorded with Beto Zabaleta and Rafael Santos Díaz, and was the last accordionist to record an album with Diomedes Díaz.[3][4]

In 1992, López won the professional accordionist competition of the Vallenato Legend Festival and was crowned vallenato king.[2] In 2017 he won the king of kings competition, open only to previous kings, defeating Christian Camilo Peña (second), Almes Granados (third), and his cousin Navin López.[5] El Universal reported that the favourite to win had initially been Wilber Mendoza, son of Colacho Mendoza.[4] López was accompanied by Widinso Arias Martínez on caja and Ricardo José Vega Vásquez on guacharaca; they performed the merengue "Alcirita" (written by Luis Enrique Martínez), the paseo "Consuelo" (by Rafael Escalona), the puya "Dejala Vení" (by Nafer Durán), and the son "Delicado y Cencillito" (by Pacho Rada).[6]

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ a b c José I. Pinilla Aguilar (2005). "López Álvaro". Cultores de la Música Colombiana (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). p. 414. ISBN 958-33-7841-0.
  2. ^ a b Claudia Arango Holguín (2 May 2017), "La felicidad de "Alvarito" como nuevo Rey de Reyes" [The happiness of "Alvarito" as the new King of Kings], El Colombiano (in Spanish), retrieved 18 February 2026
  3. ^ a b "Álvaro López Carrillo, nuevo Rey de Reyes del Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata" [Álvaro López Carrillo, new King of Kings of the Vallenato Legend Festival], El Espectador (in Spanish), 1 May 2017, retrieved 18 February 2026
  4. ^ a b c Rubén Darío Álvarez P. (2 May 2017), "Álvaro López, el peso de una dinastía" [Álvaro López, the weight of a dynasty], El Universal (in Spanish), retrieved 18 February 2026
  5. ^ Leonardo Herrera Delgans (1 May 2017), "Álvaro López, nuevo rey de reyes del Festival Vallenato" [Álvaro López Carrillo, new King of Kings of the Vallenato Festival], El Tiempo (in Spanish), retrieved 18 February 2026
  6. ^ "La Dinastía López tiene al cuarto Rey de Reyes" [The López Dynasty has its fourth King of Kings], El Universal (in Spanish), 1 May 2017, retrieved 18 February 2026
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