Chila Jatun
Chila Jatun, meaning "Little Greats" in Quechua, is a Bolivian folk group from Cochabamba formed in 2005 by eight young musicians, many related to the Hermosa family. The lineup includes Gonzalo Hermosa Camacho (director), Jonathan Hermosa Andresen, Huáscar Hermosa Castro, Ulises Hermosa Fernández, Luis Medrano Hermosa, Branly Yáñez Enríquez, Mario Orellana Olivares, and Luis Hinojosa Heredia. They started when Gonzalo and his brothers Benjamín Frontanilla Hermosa and Ulises, Luis, and Jhonatan turned playing guitar into a band, debuting in Potosí in 2005.
Their big break came in 2014 at the Viña del Mar Festival in Chile, where they represented Bolivia in the folklore category and earned high scores, though they did not win after a controversial tie-break. Bolivia honored them with the Condor de los Andes Knight award, and they received several local distinctions.
They released the album Rompiendo Fronteras and made a video for Tarabuco. In 2015 they performed in Buenos Aires with Los Kjarkas; in 2016 they toured Europe. In 2018 they performed Devoto de Corazón for the Urkupiña festival; Huáscar Hermosa later started a solo career but remains with the group.
In 2019 they again represented Bolivia at Viña del Mar, finishing fourth. From 2021 to 2022 they toured internationally with Ojitos de Luna and joined Los Kjarkas for a major show in Buenos Aires. They released Volvió a Latir with Milena Warthon, which went viral online.
In 2023 they received the Heroína Juana Azurduy de Padilla civic honor medal for promoting Potolo culture, celebrated their 15th anniversary with a Lima concert, and released Juntos Sonamos Más Fuerte with Bonny Lovy, Lu de la Tower and Luciel Izumi to highlight Bolivia’s diversity.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 12:27 (CET).