Colombia Dispatch Video: Turco Gils Accordion Academy

Name: Colombia Dispatch Video: Turco Gils Accordion Academy
Uploaded: 2018-09-12
Duration: 343154
Description: In Valledupar, Colombia, Turco Gil operates a school to teach local children how to play vallenato music. Listen to Juan David Atencia, a blind 9-year-old prodigy play the accordion (Kenneth Fletcher/SmithsonianMag.com)

In Valledupar, Colombia, Turco Gil operates a school to teach local children how to play vallenato music. Listen to Juan David Atencia, a blind 9-year-old prodigy play the accordion (Kenneth Fletcher/SmithsonianMag.com) (05:43)