Wilfrido Vargas

Wilfrido Radamés Vargas Martínez is a Dominican musician, composer, arranger and band leader. He was instrumental in making the merengue style a worldwide phenomenon. He was surrounded by musical influences; namely, his father Ramón, an accordionist and guitarist, and his mother Bienvenida, a flute player and guitarist. Vargas began his musical studies early, attending the Municipal Academy of Music beginning at age 10. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrid...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)