Julián Rojas

Julián Rojas
Born
Julián Rojas Teherán

(1970-07-23) 23 July 1970
San Andrés, Colombia
GenresVallenato
InstrumentsDiatonic button accordion

Julián Rojas Teherán[a] (born 1970) is a Colombian vallenato accordionist. In 1991 he was crowned vallenato king for winning the professional accordionist competition of the Vallenato Legend Festival.

Biography

Early life and education

Rojas was born on 23 July 1970 in San Andrés, a Colombian island in the Caribbean Sea, to José Gabriel Rojas and Ligia Teherán.[1] He is the youngest of nine children.[2]

At the age of 5, Rojas started learning accordion on the instrument belonging to his brother Jorge.[2] He attended primary school in San Andrés and started high school in Bogotá, but did not graduate.[1]

Music career

In 1988, Rojas competed in the professional accordionist competition of the Vallenato Legend Festival, where he came third.[2] He then went to work with Binomio de Oro, and was encouraged by Juancho Rois to compete again.[2] Rojas competed again in 1991, using an accordion that he borrowed from Rois; Rois also competed, and was the favourite to win. Rojas won the competition and the title of vallenato king, with Rois coming second and Gabriel Julio coming third.[3]

Rojas later performed with other vallenato artists including Pedro García Díaz and Jairo Serrano.[1] He has competed in the king of kings competition of the Vallenato Legend Festival,[4] and has won the professional accordionist competitions of the Festival Cuna de Acordeones in Villanueva and the Festival de Acordeones de Magdalena Medio in Barrancabermeja.[5][6]

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ a b c José Jaime Daza Hinojosa (29 June 2023), "Julián Rojas Teherán le ganó en franca lid a 'Juancho' Rois en la versión 24 del Festival Vallenato" [Julián Rojas Teherán defeated 'Juancho' Rois in a fair fight at the 24th edition of the Vallenato Festival.], Diario del Norte (in Spanish), retrieved 9 November 2025
  2. ^ a b c d Andrés Artuz Fernández (1 February 2015), "Julián Rojas, el Rey de la nota diversa y tradicional" [Julian Rojas, the King of the diverse and traditional note], El Tiempo (in Spanish), retrieved 9 November 2025
  3. ^ Alvaro Oviedo (2 May 1991), "El nuevo rey vallenato, un sanandresano" [A new vallenato king, from San Andrés], El Tiempo (in Spanish), retrieved 9 November 2025
  4. ^ "En video: rey vallenato dio concierto sorpresa en un avión antes de volar" [On video: Vallenato king gave surprise concert on a plane before flying], El Universal (in Spanish), 25 July 2025, retrieved 9 November 2025
  5. ^ "El Cuna de Acordeones, en homenaje a Julián Rojas" [The Cuna de Acordeones, in homage to Julián Rojas], El Tiempo (in Spanish), 16 September 2015, retrieved 10 November 2025
  6. ^ "Julián Rojas, nuevo rey vallenato" [Julián Rojas, new vallenato king], El Tiempo (in Spanish), 4 November 2003, retrieved 10 November 2025
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