Henry Pimienta Pushaina

Musician graduated from Fine Arts, University de Atlantico Colombia. Researcher and creator of the First Portfolio of Wayuu Works for Guitar. His compositions and presentations have visited venues such as: Circulart, El Banco de la Republica, El Teatro Colón, El Carnaval Internacional de las Artes, El Mercado Cultural del Caribe, MUCIWA. WAYUU FILM SHOW, FICCIF Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival, Celebrate Music - MinCultura. Among others. Protagonist of the documentary “Wayuu Musicians and New Ways of Transmitting Traditional Melodies” Produced by Aleker Films. He has worked as a creator of Original Music in different audiovisual productions such as the series “Las Visitantes” produced by LaCaracolaFilms, “El Silencio de la Semillas” produced by the Fondo Mixto de la Guajira, the series “Palaa” produced by Ultrasonido. Among others. Winner of the "Share What We Are" Call. Min culture. Winner of the "Art in Isolation" call. La Guajira Mixed Fund. He currently directs the guitar training process at the Uribia Cultural Center, La Guajira. He continues to research and create music inspired by his culture. He is also working on the release of his first guitar album “Suurula Wayuu” with the important objective of bringing the Wayuu repertoire on guitar to different national and international stages. His songs are living portraits of that territory through the Guitar. The songs of birds are reflected, the crying of women at wakes, the sound of footsteps meeting the dead... These are rhythmic and melodic similarities in the communion of a traditional sawawa flute. and the Jadechi (song characterized by nasality), to narrate the events of their community.