A podcast with the best Argentine tango and folklore musicians
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...
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...
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...
Mercedes Sosa (1935 – 2009)
MERCEDES SOSA was born in San Miguel de Tucumán on July 9, 1935, in a humble home. From those years comes his attachment to popular artistic expressions. Just out of...
Heraclio Pérez (1904 – 2002)
Heraclio Pérez was born on March 2, 1904 in San Luis de Palmar and grew up in Puerto Tirol, in the province of Chaco. In 1930, at the age...
Juan Quintero (1977)
Juan Quintero was born on July 22, 1977 in San Miguel de Tucumán. His parents Coco and Marilí were musicians and sang in the Provincial Choir of Tucumán.
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...
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...
Roque Librado Gonzalez (1934 – 2020)
Roque Librado Gonzalez was born on July 20, 1934 in San Luis del Palmar, province of Corrientes. He was able to make a living with music from a very...
Carlos Aguirre (1965)
Carlos Aguirre is a virtuoso of all kinds of musical styles between Argentinean and Brazilian folklore, improvised music and jazz.
Dino Saluzzi (1935)
One of the most fascinating bandoneonists of our time is called Dino Saluzzi. It combines the traditional way of playing the bandoneon in Argentine folklore and tango with the...
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...
Juan Falú (1948)
Juan Falú was born on October 10, 1948 in San Miguel de Tucumán, in northwestern Argentina. His paternal grandparents were Syrian immigrants.
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...
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. )
