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DANCE FLOOR OPEN!The most recognized singer from the Colombian Pacific coast, Latin Grammy-nominated Nidia Góngora is part of the 2025-26 Mid Atlantic Tours 2025-26 Roster. She recently collaborated with the Colombian reggaetón artist Feid, as well as the Costa Rican poet Shirley Campbell Barr. She released her recent work Pacífica Maravilla.
Prof. Góngora holds a degree in Early Childhood Education, and is a researcher of traditional music from the Southern Colombian Pacific, a region whose music has been declared Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. For the past 12 years, she has been conducting ongoing musical training with children in both school and community settings in rural and urban areas of Cauca and Valle del Cauca through the Fundación Escuela Canalón, a project that preserves and promotes the cultural identity values of the region.
Throughout her 20+ years of international experience as a composer and performer, Prof. Góngora has successfully built bridges between the traditional music of her native Timbiquí (Cauca) other world genres. She has been featured in and on the cover of popular magazines such as El Espectador, The Guardian, and The New York Times.
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