Orangel Maestre

Orangel Maestre
Also known asEl Pangue
Born (1961-09-19) 19 September 1961
Villanueva, Colombia
GenresVallenato

Orangel Maestre Socarrás[a] (born 1961), also known as El Pangue, is a Colombian vallenato accordionist. He was crowned vallenato king in 1984 for winning the professional accordionist competition of the Vallenato Legend Festival. He has recorded albums with singers including Silvio Brito and Iván Villazón.

Biography

Maestre was born on 19 September 1961 in Villanueva, in the Colombian department of La Guajira.[1] His parents were Tomás Camilo Maestre Murgas and Gloria Socarrás.[2]

Maestre performed at the Vallenato Legend Festival for the first time in 1973, aged 12, in the child accordionist category.[1] He came second in 1973 and 1974, and won the competition in 1975.[3] In 1984, Maestre was crowned vallenato king for winning the professional accordionist competition of the festival. In the final he performed the paseo "El Mejoral" (written by Rafael Escalona), the merengue "El Hombre de Malas", the son "El Alto del Rosario", and the puya "La Vieja Gabriela" (written by Juan Muñoz).[4] Also in the final were Egidio Cuadrado (who came second), Miguel Ahumada (third), and Alberto Rada.[1] In 1988, Maestre won the accordionist competition of the Festival Cuna de Acordeones.[3] He appeared in the 1986 film La Boda del Acordeonista.[1]

Maestre has recorded several albums with singer Silvio Brito.[4] He has also recorded with Rafael "El Cachaco" Jiménez, Juan Piña, Iván Villazón, and Beto Zabaleta.[4][5] Maestre plays in the style of "acordeón picado", created by Israel Romero, which was popular in vallenato between 1975 and 1994.[6]

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d José I. Pinilla Aguilar (2005). "Maestre Orangel". Cultores de la Música Colombiana (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). p. 433. ISBN 958-33-7841-0.
  2. ^ Didier Hernández (11 January 2023), "Último adiós a Tomás Camilo Maestre Murgas, padre de la dinastía Maestre Socarrás" [Final farewell to Tomás Camilo Maestre Murgas, father of the Maestre Socarrás dynasty], Diario del Norte (in Spanish), retrieved 22 February 2026
  3. ^ a b Luis Ortiz Barrios (8 June 2023), "Le robaron valiosos acordeones al ex rey vallenato 'Pangue' Maestre" [Valuable accordions stolen from former vallenato king 'Pangue' Maestre], Infobae (in Spanish), retrieved 22 February 2026
  4. ^ a b c Gustavo Cuello Díaz (2 May 1984), "Orangel Maestre, nuevo rey vallenato" [Orangel Maestre, new vallenato king], El Tiempo (in Spanish), p. 15A, retrieved 22 February 2026
  5. ^ Víctor Manuel García M. (10 June 1995), "Pangue Maestre y Juan Piña", El Tiempo (in Spanish), retrieved 22 February 2026
  6. ^ Abel Antonio Medina Sierra (2022). "Periodos en la música vallenata: Periodo del pique (1975–1994)". Introducción a la vallenatología (in Spanish). Bogotá: Editorial Uniguajira. pp. 107–109. ISBN 978-628-7581-15-9. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
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