Luis Bordón

Luis Bordón (1926-2006) was a Paraguayan composer and interpreter of the Paraguayan harp. Early life and career Luis Bordón was born in the city of Guarambaré, Paraguay on August 19, 1926, and from a very early age he showed interest towards the art of musical performance, supported and promoted by his father. He began his studies with the Paraguayan harp and soon after developed a delicate and particular style which was “impossible to be imitated by anyone,” according to comments from people who heard him play. Since 1950 and for several years he joined the orchestra of Julián Rejala, a Paraguayan folk music band, which conducted tours around the country and then to the neighbouring country of Brazil, highlighting his participation in the group as the leading musician. Interpreter of the Paraguayan harp, along with his colleagues Félix Pérez Cardozo, Digno García, Albino Quiñónez, Cristino Báez Monges and others. He settled with his art for a long time in Brazil where he developed most of his career, being considered in the decades of the ’70s and ’80s as an artist of greater success in presentations and record sales throughout Brazil. In the neighboring country, he recorded 34 al