Luis Eduardo Bermúdez Acosta, known as Lucho Bermúdez, was a Colombian musician, composer, arranger, DJ, director, and performer, born on January 25, 1912, in Carmen de Bolívar, and passed away on April 23, 1994, in Bogotá. He is regarded as one of the most significant interpreters and composers of Colombian music in the 20th century. Bermúdez was instrumental in adapting traditional Colombian musical styles such as cumbia and porro into modern rhythms, which became national identity symbols starting in the 1930s. His work had a substantial impact throughout Latin America.