 Iván Villazón

Villazon spent his childhood in the city Valledupar where he attended middle school in the Colegio María Montessori.He grew up loving "parrandas" (parties) that his father Crispin organized with local musicians like Colacho Mendoza, Adán Montero, Ovidio Granados, Rodolfo Castilla and Alejo Duran, among many others.