Dorindo Cárdenas
Dorindo Cárdenas | |
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| Birth name | Daniel Dorindo Cárdenas Gutiérrez |
| Also known as | El Poste de Macano Negro[1] |
| Born | 14 February 1936 Aguabuena, Panama |
| Years active | 1950s–2010s |
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Daniel Dorindo Cárdenas Gutiérrez (born 1936), known as Dorindo Cárdenas, is a Panamanian musician and songwriter. He is particularly known for having founded and led the group Orgullo Santeño, and for his compositions "El Solitario" and "Decimoquinto Festival en Guararé".
Biography
Cárdenas was born on 14 February 1936 in Aguabuena, Panama.[2] As a child he learned violin from Clímaco Batista Díaz and Francisco "Chico Purio" Ramírez.[2]
As a young man Cárdenas moved to Chiriquí with a group of friends calling themselves Paraíso Istmeño.[1] There he started learning accordion and founded a musical group called the Águilas Istmeñas (Spanish for "isthmian eagles"), whose name changed in July 1957 to Orgullo Santeño (Spanish for "Santeño pride").[1][3] Orgullo Santeño's first single "Santiago de Los Anastacios"/"Pueblo Nuevo" was recorded in 1958.[2]
Rogelio Córdoba was famous in Panama at the time Orgullo Santeño was formed, and was performing on the accordion accompanied by singer Eneida Cedeño. Cedeño came to sing with Orgullo Santeño, and she went on to wed Cárdenas and sang with him until the late 1990s.[1]
Cárdenas wrote over 200 songs,[1] and often toured in Panama and Colombia.[4] He was still performing in 2014 but has since retired, and Orgullo Santeño is led by his son Adonis Cárdenas.[1][3] In 2025 a street in Cárdenas' hometown Aguabuena was named after him.[5]
Personal life
Cárdenas was married to Eneida Cedeño, and is currently married to María Rosa Vergara, with whom he has two children.[1]
Musical style and compositions
In 1988 Cárdenas wrote "El Solitario", which has been performed by Colombian Alfredo Gutiérrez as a vallenato, by El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico as a salsa, and by Panamanians Samy and Sandra Sandoval and Spaniard Enrique Bunbury.[1]
Cárdenas' instrumental composition "Decimoquinto Festival en Guararé" was given lyrics by Alfredo Gutiérrez and became a hit when recorded by Los Corraleros de Majagual as "Festival en Guararé".[6] The titular festival is the Festival de la Mejorana, which has taken place annually in Guararé since 1949.[6]
Cárdenas has written over 200 songs, and other notable compositions of his include "Al Galope de mi Caballo" and "Olvidemos el Pasado".[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Dorindo: el acordeonista que ya no está triste ni solitario" [Dorindo: the accordionist who is no longer sad or lonely], La Estrella de Panamá (in Spanish), 23 February 2014, retrieved 22 May 2025
- ^ a b c Leslie R. George (1999). "Cárdenas, Dorindo [Daniel Gutiérrez]". In Emilio Casares Rodicio (ed.). Diccionario de la Música Española e Hispanoamericana (in Spanish). Vol. 3: Canción – Corell. Sociedad General de Autores y Editores. p. 174. ISBN 84-8048-306-7.
- ^ a b Emily Torres Muñoz (26 July 2024), "Ayer y hoy: 67 años celebra el conjunto de Dorindo Cárdenas" [Yesterday and today: Dorindo Cárdenas' group celebrates 67 years], El Siglo (in Spanish), retrieved 22 May 2025
- ^ Manuel Vega Loo (2 March 2025), "El acordeonista Dorindo Cárdenas está hospitalizado en Chitré" [Accordionist Dorindo Cárdenas is hospitalised in Chitre], La Estrella de Panamá (in Spanish), retrieved 22 May 2025
- ^ Esther Ortega S. (17 February 2025), "Carretera en la provincia de Los Santos llevará el nombre del músico Daniel Dorindo Cárdenas" [Road in Los Santos province to be named after musician Daniel Dorindo Cárdenas], La Estrella de Panamá (in Spanish), retrieved 22 May 2025
- ^ a b Gustavo Gómez Martínez (21 September 2019), "¿En qué edición va el famoso Festival de Guararé? Esta es la historia" [What edition is the famous Guararé Festival at? This is the story], RCN Radio (in Spanish), retrieved 22 May 2025
External links
- Dorindo Cárdenas discography at Discogs