Orlando «Cholo» Valderrama is one of the most successful artists of colombian llanera music. With more than 30 years of career and over 15 albums recorded, he has become one of the big names in the llanero folklore.
He has traveled along the world as an ambassador of the traditional music. He has visited several times countries like China, Japan, Korea, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and of course Venezuela, where he received the "florentino de Oro" price Honoris Causae.
In 2008 he became a recipient of the latin grammy award in the category of best folklore album. . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
