Patricia Teherán

The Colombian folk singer Patricia Teherán was just 25 when she died but during her short musical career the various albums she recorded left a permanent legacy within the world of traditional Colombian 'vallenato' music. The five albums Teherán recorded between 1990 and 1995 demonstrated her outstanding vocal talent and she is acknowledged to be one of the most significant and influential female vocalists within the genre. In the late 1980s Teherán came to the attention of the singer Graciela Caballos who mentored the young artist and persuaded her to join the all-female vocal ensemble Las Musas del Vellenato. Teherán went on to record three albums with Caballos and these albums are now considered to be classic examples of vallenato music. She recorded two further albums as a solo artist - 'Con aroma de mujer' in 1994 and 'Adiós a la Diosa' in 1995. Teherán's career was cut short when she was driving home from a concert in Barranquilla in 1995 and was involved in a fatal accident after suffering a puncture.

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