'Juanda Caribe', one of the Gold Congo winners at the 2022 Orchestra Festival

This weekend, a new edition of the Orchestra Festival was held, considered one of the most important events in the country not only because of the number of new talents it hosts, but also because of the interest it arouses in thousands of Barranquilleros and attendees from other regions of the country.

This festival takes place within the framework of the Barranquilla Carnival, and as a great novelty for the 2022 edition, a musical marathon was held that reached 12 hours uninterrupted, also celebrating its return to the Romelio Martínez stadium.

Genres such as vallenato, cumbia, merengue, salsa, champeta and tropical came together on the same stage in search of the Congo de Oro, the highest award awarded by this event, and in the middle of the festival, a tribute was paid to Alcibiades Antonio Acosta Agudelo, better known as' Checo 'Acosta, one of the emblems of the Carnival held in 'Curramba, la bella'.

The artist has received the Gold Congo on nine occasions, becoming an ambassador of this festival nationally and internationally. On stage, the one born in the Atlantic municipality of Soledad performed the best of his carnival repertoire, taking a tour of those successes that have become inevitable during the days of revelry.

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At the end of his concert, he thanked his mother, now deceased and from whom he inherited the “love for the Barranquilla Carnival”, and the musical talent he inherited from his father, Alci Acosta; and subsequently, the performances of the talents that were competing for the Congo de Oro were held. In total, there were five juries in charge of choosing the deserving of the precious statuettes.

The judging team consisted of José Vásquez 'Quévaz', keyboard player, arranger and producer; Leonardo Bermudez, guitarist, music producer, bassist, composer, arranger and vocalist; Roberto Calderón, singer-songwriter, guitarist and composer; and Hermides Pérez Bossa, graduated in music, bassist, guitarist, multi instrumentalist, session musician, arranger and conductor of orchestras. Juan Santo Domingo, Notary of Soledad (Atlántico), a lawyer specializing in Notarial Law and also a musician, was the overseer of juries.

Among the winners was influencer Juan David Muñoz, known as 'Juanda Caribe', was one of the winners, taking the award to the category 'Best New Artist', also notable for his production entitled 'El Parquecito', which has become a success in the Caribbean region.

His presentation, made in the early hours of this Monday, was followed by hundreds of attendees, and later, it remained to wait for the decision of the jury, which hours later, decreed the influencer Barranquilla as the winner.

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The gushing reaction of him and his musicians was not long in coming, and through his Instagram account he shared with his followers the moment when they were named the winners of the Congo d'Or; in addition, he posted a photo of himself just before getting on the stage, where he announced that the celebration would take place this Monday in his native Barranquilla.

On the other hand, this is the complete list of winners at the 2022 Orchestra Festival:

Tropical Category: Latin Super Combo (Córdoba)

Salsa: Danny Daniel (Cartagena)

Merengue: Dionis K-From One

Urbano: Oscar Prince (Barranquilla)

Folklore: C-Tambó (Barranquilla Orchestra)

Revelation: 'Juanda Caribe' (Barranquilla)

Best Voice: Caliope (Barranquilla singer)

Career: Alfredo De la Fe (Cuban violinist)

Vallenato: Nelson Velásquez (First time the vallenato artist won a Gold Congo)

Best instrumentalist: Joan Camilo Silvera.

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