Maestro Jairo Alberto Bocanegra Peña was born in Ibague, study music and singing at the Music Conservatory of Tolima, especially as a soloist of the famous Choir of Tolima, where precisely arezzo Italy, in 1969 ranked second in world competition and choir in the 70s was the winner of 4 major national festivals of song demonstrating his talent as an interpreter, composer, getting a fabulous offer of CBS International, now called Sony Music, in an alternating exitómetro next to Roberto Carlos Leo Dan Leonardo Fabio among others. In 1982 he had the opportunity to participate in the International festival OTI. In 1992 he represented our country in the Latin American Festival celebrating the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America event held at the legendary Teatro Colón de Bogotá with the support of the Philharmonic Orchestra where he presented the work of authorship entitled American Indian. The master Bocanegra was honored to share a record album anthology alongside the weighted teacher Rafael Escalona, Jorge Villamil, Alvaro Dalma and songs inspired by Isaac Tacha Ecológicas. He has received awards from the Municipal Government, Departmental National army of Colombia and other private institutions. His songs have been performed by recognized figures of the song and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil del Conservatorio del Tolima, Banda Sinfónica de Bogotá, among others. Among others is the composer of Song Ibagué Sueño Encantado dedicated to his hometown, the anthem of the Cooperative Movement, Songs in Melgar, the anthem "The Soldier's Song", the anthem of the 50 years of the School of Lancers, the Bambuco " Mild and Tasty "that represents the history of coffee and" The Right to Life ", a work that has been embraced by the Church and spoke of a creature that is in the belly of the Mommy and goodbye to her because she is that will abort.