Wilber Nicolás Mendoza

Wilber Nicolás Mendoza Zuleta, was born in Valledupar on January 24, 1964, after trying five times he was crowned King of the Accordion in the professional category of the Vallenata Legend Festival, in the 46th edition of the year 2013. Since he opened his eyes and ears, he has been listening to the accordion and Vallenato songs, in addition to the accordion, he plays the guitar, the piano, sings and sees, like the minstrels of yesteryear and for being the heir of the "Mendoza and Zuleta Vallenato dynasties". , for being the son of Fanny Zuleta and the great Nicolás "Colacho" Mendoza, world icon of Vallenato accordion music, who was King Vallenato in 1969 and first King of Kings in 1987, the highest category with which the most great interpreters of the Vallenatos Kings every ten years, party companion and favorite of the Nobel Prize, Gabriel García Márquez, Rafael Escalona, Leandro Díaz, Emiliano Zuleta Baquero, Alejo Durán, Luis Enrique Martínez among others.