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Nafer Durán

b. 1932

Colombian composer

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Born 1932. Nafer Durán is a Colombian composer.

Náfer Santiago Durán Díaz (born 1932) is a Colombian accordionist and songwriter. In 1976 he was crowned by winning the accordionist competition of the Vallenato Legend Festival, and he played accordion on Diomedes Díaz's debut album.

Biography Durán was born on 26 December 1932 in El Paso, in the Colombian department of Cesar (though at the time still in Magdalena). His parents were Náfer Donato Durán Mojica and Juana Francisca Díaz Villarreal, and Alejo Durán was his brother.

Durán was crowned when he won the accordionist competition of the Vallenato Legend Festival in 1976. Later that year he played accordion on Herencia Vallenata, the debut album of Diomedes Díaz. In 2009 Durán travelled to France, accompanied by guacharaquero Álvaro Mendoza and caja player Jorge Luis Zuleta, and a recording of their concert in Paris was released as a live album.

Durán married his wife Rosibel Escorcia Mure in the 1950s, and they have twelve children together.

Compositions Durán writes songs in the genre of vallenato, and is particularly known for playing his accordion in a minor key. His best known song is "Sin Ti", which he wrote for his wife while he was away working in Mompox. The song has been recorded by Carlos Vives. Other notable compositions by Durán include "La Chimichagüera" (recorded in 1975 by Rafael Orozco and Emilio Oviedo), "El Estanquillo", and "Mi Lamento".

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Colombian composer

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Nafer Durán was born on 26 December 1932.

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Nafer Durán is a composer.

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Nafer Durán

· Wikidata: Q24567660

· DBpedia: Náfer Durán

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