Uña Ramos

Uña Ramos
Ramos playing quena flute
Background information
Born(1933-05-27)27 May 1933
Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina
Died23 May 2014(2014-05-23) (aged 80)
Paris, France
Genres
OccupationMusician
InstrumentQuena

Mariano Uña Ramos (27 May 1933 – 23 May 2014) was an Argentine musician.

Uña Ramos was born in Humahuaca, Argentina, near the border with Bolivia. He was a renowned Andean musician and composer, a virtuoso of the quena, the end blown bamboo flute of the Andean Altiplano. He died in 2014 in Paris.