Biography
Juancho Valencia is a Colombian composer, producer, arranger and pianist. He is known for his work fusing traditional Colombian genres such as cumbia with jazz, symphonic and contemporary elements. He leads the group Puerto Candelaria and runs the production company Merlín Producciones.
Valencia studied at the Universidad de Antioquia and graduated in music from the Universidad EAFIT in Medellín. He has composed for film and television, including the Netflix series One Hundred Years of Solitude (2024), on which he collaborated with Camilo Sanabria. He also created and directed the musical content for the series La Sinfonía de los Bichos Raros.
His awards include two Latin Grammy wins (in classical music and cumbia categories) and multiple India Catalina awards, including for best musical direction.
