A podcast with the best Argentine tango and folklore musicians

Ariel Ramírez (1921-2010)

Ariel Ramírez (September 4, 1921 - February 18, 2010) was an Argentine composer, pianist and musical director.

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Anibal Arias (1922 – 2010)

Anibal Arias, the guitar in tango Welcome to the “The Masters of Music tell” podcast. Today I present my conversation with the late guitarist Anibal Arias, in an interview...

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Paula Liffschitz

Today I introduce you to an exceptional woman I interviewed in January 1999: flutist and bandoneonist Paula Liffschitz. Since then, Paula has toured all over the world, in the...

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Gustavo Beytelmann (1945)

Gustavo Beytelmann was my composition teacher when I studied bandoneon at the Rotterdam Conservatory from 1993 to 1998. Since the death of Osvaldo Pugliese in 1995, Gustavo Beytelmann is...

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Hugo Baralis (1914 – 2002)

He was born in Buenos Aires on April 2, 1914 and was the son of Hugo Ricardo Baralis, who had played double bass in the famous orchestras of Eduardo...

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Carlos Garcia (1914 – 2006)

Today's podcast features pianist Carlos Garcia. I interviewed him in January 1999 in a confectionery on Corrientes Avenue. Only a few steps separated us from the Alvear Theater, where...

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Osvaldo Pugliese (1905 – 1995)

Today we have an interview with Osvaldo Pugliese. When I met him and interviewed him in Rotterdam in 1993, the great master was already 88 years old. He was...

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Victor Hugo Villena (1979)

Now you can listen to a conversation I had with the wonderful bandoneonist Victor Hugo Villena in early March 2020. He is one of the best musicians of the...

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Horacio Malvicino (1929)

Horacio Malvicino was born on October 20, 1929 in Concordia, province of Entre Ríos. At the age of 19 he moved to Buenos Aires. Very soon he joined the...

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Nelly Omar (1911 – 2013)

Nelly Omar was born in Buenos Aires on September 10, 1911. At the age of 13 she didn't dream of becoming a singer or an actress - she wanted...

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Emilio Balcarce (1918 – 2011)

Today we have an interview with Emilio Balcarce, violinist, bandoneonist, conductor, composer and arranger, who died in 2011. On January 5, 1999 I finally met him in the dressing...

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Enrique Cadicamo (1900-1999)

Today's podcast features an interview with the wonderful poet and tango composer Enrique Cadicamo. When I visited him in January 1999, he was already 99 years old and therefore...

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Osvaldo Piro (1937)

Enrevista with the gan Maestro of the bandoneon Osvaldo Piro

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Mario Abramovich (1926 – 2004)

Save another interview I had in January 1996 with a great violinist and co-founder of Sexteto Mayor: Mario Abramovich.

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Rodolfo Mederos (1940)

I met Rodolfo Mederos in 1995. I approached him after a concert at the San Martín Cultural Center and asked if I could take bandoneon lessons with him. I...

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The best podcasts and interviews with the most legendary musicians of the argentine tango and folklore music like Mercedes Sosa, Horacio Salgán, Osvaldo Pugliese y Astor Piazzolla a.o. )

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