Hortensia Lanao

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Lanao, and, for married women, the optional marital name is de Rozo.
Hortensia Lanao de Rozo
Born(1928-02-16)16 February 1928
Santa Marta, Colombia
DiedSeptember 2023(2023-09-00) (aged 95)
GenresVallenato

Hortensia Lanao de Rozo (1928–2023) was a Colombian teacher and vallenato songwriter. She was the first woman to win the unpublished song competition of the Vallenato Legend Festival, with the paseo "¿Qué hago Señor?" which she wrote about the murder of her friend Milciades Cantillo Costa.

Biography

Lanao was born on 16 February 1928 in Santa Marta, in the Colombian department of Magdalena.[1] She worked as a teacher in Valledupar.[2]

In 1995, Lanao won the unpublished song competition of the Vallenato Legend Festival, with the paseo "¿Qué hago Señor?". She was 67 years old at the time, and was the first woman to have won the competition.[3][4] Lanao wrote "¿Qué Hago Señor?" in two hours, and it concerns the murder of her friend Milciades Cantillo Costa by hitmen.[2] The song was performed at the festival by La Decisión Vallenata, with Erick Escobar on vocals and "Nayo" Quintero on accordion.[1] Lanao had entered the competition five times before, but always using the pseudonym "Flor del Valle"; 1995 was the first year that she entered under her own name.[2] The competition had 234 other entries, including compositions by Santander Durán Escalona and Luis Egurrola.[2]

Lanao had seven children.[3] She died in September 2023.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Marcos Fidel Vega Seña; Alejandro Alzate Giraldo; Daniela Castaño Arango (2026). "Mujeres ganadoras de la categoría: Canción Inédita en el Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata (Valledupar – Colombia)" [Winning women in the category: Unpublished Song at the Vallenato Legend Festival (Valledupar, Colombia)]. Anagramas Rumbos y Sentidos de la Comunicación (in Spanish). 24 (48). Universidad de Medellín: 1–26. doi:10.22395/angr.v24n48a12. ISSN 2248-4086.
  2. ^ a b c d Álvaro Oviedo C. (2 May 1995), "La Vieja Chencha le Ganó a los Grandes en Mejor Canción Inédita" [La Vieja Chencha beat the greats in Best Unreleased Song], El Tiempo (in Spanish), retrieved 15 March 2026
  3. ^ a b Juan Rincón (19 May 2022), "Hortensia Lanao de Rozo, pidió borrar la violencia del Valle" [Hortensia Lanao de Rozo called for an end to violence in the Valley], El Informador (in Spanish), retrieved 15 March 2026
  4. ^ Marcos Fidel Vega Seña (2005). "Galería de reyes: Una mujer en la canción inédita". Vallenato: Cultura y Sentimiento (in Spanish). Bogotá: Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia. pp. 42–43. ISBN 958-8205-69-7.
  5. ^ Jesús Lugo Suárez (1 October 2023), "Murió Hortensia Lanao primera Reina de la Canción Vallenata Inédita del Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata" [Hortensia Lanao, the first Queen of the Unreleased Vallenato Song at the Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata, has died], El Heraldo (in Spanish), retrieved 15 March 2026
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