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celso piña in 2012 . -lsb- http://www.latunarecords.com latunarecords.com -rsb- monterrey , nuevo león ; méxico solo_singer 06 april 1953 vocals , accordion cumbia , tropical , sonidero , vallenato celso piña.jpg celso piña
 celso piña singer-songwriter , musician , producer
celso piña

celso piña -lrb- born april 6 , 1953 -rrb- is a professional singer , composer , arranger , and accordionist mainly in the genre of cumbia .
celso piña is a pioneer in the mixture and fusion of tropical sounds with many of his works having elements of musica norteña , sonidero , ska , reggae , rap/hip-hop , r&b , etc. .
piña is also known as el rebelde del acordeón or the cacique de la campana .
piña started playing music in his small town with his brothers eduardo , rubén and enrique .
together they would go to several homes and perform for local citizens , especially teenage girls from their neighborhood .
in 1980 , celso piña bought his first accordion and was introduced to the world of cumbia .
he spent numerous hours of practice and work in the popular district of colonia independencia , south of the city of monterrey , mexico .
having lived for a majority of his life there , he titled one of his songs `` mi colonia independencia '' , which is located at the heavily populated area of cerro de la campana at monterrey .
piña 's group decided to change their musical rhythm to encompass a more tropical style during the mid-1980s after having seen aníbal velásquez and alfredo gutiérrez in concert at `` baile de las cintas -lrb- reproducción of música mediante cintas -rrb- '' .
the group decided to switch into the genre of cumbia , and became what today is celso piña y su ronda bogotá .
piña taught himself how to play the accordion with no formal training .
as a result he was able to create the unique sound he is well known for .
his most popular songs include , `` la cumbia de la paz '' , `` el tren '' , `` como el viento '' and `` la piragua . ''
josé barros was featured in the song `` sufran con lo que yo gozo '' along with mexican singer gloria trevi .
celso has done several successful international tours that included countries as germany , spain , portugal , denmark , sweden , czech republic , italy , france , morocco , colombia , nicaragua , guatemala , argentina , chile , canada and the united states .
