Luis Felipe Ramón y Rivera, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Luis Felipe Ramón y Rivera

Venezuelan musician

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1913

Place of Birth: San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela

Date of Death: 22-Oct-1993

Profession: writer, composer, poet, musician

Nationality: Venezuela

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Luis Felipe Ramón y Rivera (August 23, 1913 - October 22, 1993) was a Venezuelan musician, composer and writer.
Director of several orchestras and the founder of The National Typical Orchestra, he was also for twenty years the director of the National Institute of Folklore.
He founded the International Foundation of Ethnomusicology and Folklore (now Centro de La Diversidad Cultural) in 1988 and donated the bulk of his estate to it when he died.
He authored more than 20 works of Venezuelan folklore.