Matilde Díaz
Background information
Birth nameAura Matilde Díaz Martínez
Born(1924-11-29)29 November 1924
San Bernardo, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Died8 March 2002(2002-03-08) (aged 77)
Colombia
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer

Aura Matilde Díaz Martínez (1924-2002), better known by her artist name Matilde Díaz,[1] was a Colombian performer of porros and boleros. She was the wife of Lucho Bermúdez, who was also known for his porros and boleros.[2] She became the first woman to be a lead singer for a Colombian orchestra.[3] Díaz died on 8 March 2002 from cancer in Bogota.[4] She was posthumously inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame on 10 April 2002, one month after her death.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Matilde Díaz. Cantante de todos los Tiempos". Encuentro Latino (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Hernandez, Deborah Pacini (25 January 2010). Oye Como Va!: Hybridity and Identity in Latino Popular Music. Temple University Press. p. 113. ISBN 9781439900918.
  3. ↑ Wade, Peter (August 2000). Music, Race, and Nation: Musica Tropical in Colombia. University of Chicago Press. p. 105. ISBN 9780226868448.
  4. ↑ "Resumen de la Semana". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 10 March 2002.
  5. ↑ "International Latin Music Hall of Fame Announces Inductees for 2002". 5 April 2002. Retrieved 31 October 2015.


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