A podcast with the best Argentine tango and folklore musicians
Antonio Agri (1932 – 1998)
Today we also celebrate the 100th anniversary of Astor Piazzolla's birth with a very special interview: violinist Antonio Agri was for a long time a close collaborator of the...
Carlos Aguirre (1965)
Carlos Aguirre is a virtuoso of all kinds of musical styles between Argentinean and Brazilian folklore, improvised music and jazz.
Horacio Salgán (1916 – 2016)
In 1999 I had the great joy of being able to chat with one of my favorite composers at a tango festival in Zurich: the great Horacio Salgán. ...
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...
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...
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...
Eduardo Falú (1923 – 2013)
More than 20 years ago, I had the great honor of chatting with the wonderful guitarist and composer Eduardo Falù at his home. Eduardo Falú was born on July...
Suma Paz (1938 – 2009)
We begin this series dedicated to folklore with the great lady of southern singing: Suma Paz was born on April 5, 1938 in Santa Fe, but grew up in...
Domingo Cura (1929 – 2004)
On December 23, 1996 I interviewed Domingo Cura, the most prominent percussionist in the history of folk music in Argentina.
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...
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...
Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908 – 1992)
Atahualpa Yupanqui (in Quechua, he who comes from distant lands to say something) was born in Campo de la Cruz, in José de la Peña, Pergamino district (in the...
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...
Juan Cedrón (1939)
Today you will listen to an interview with the emblematic poet, composer, singer and guitarist Juan "Tata" Cedrón, who in his songs fights for freedom and social justice against...
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...
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. )
