“La humildad es lo que hace a uno grande.” [“Humility is what makes a person great.”] — Ramiro Saavedra quoting David Pirner, the lead singer of the American alternative rock band Soul Asylum.

Since his jaw-dropping audition, Ramiro Saavedra has been known and recognized nationally as the Peruvian Kurt Cobain. It was last Friday that Ramiro, hailing from Arequipa, won $25,000 for being voted as the best imitator in Peru on the first season of the hottest singing competition TV show in Peru, “Yo Soy” (translation: “I Am”). He arrived in Huancayo 2 days later for the first official “Yo Soy” concert with the other top contestants on the show.