A podcast with the best Argentine tango and folklore musicians
Leda Valladares (1919 – 2012)
Singer, songwriter and researcher Leda Valladares is a phenomenon. Born in Tucumán in 1919. As a teenager he is enthusiastic about jazz, blues and classical music. "Before I looked...
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...
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...
Ubaldo de Lio (1929 -2012)
Today you can listen to a conversation with another great tango master: the guitarist Ubaldo De Lio. For more than 50 years he played with the wonderful composer and...
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...
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...
Juan José Mosalini (1943 – 2022)
I have known bandoneonist Juan José Mosalini since 1992, when I started studying bandoneon. Because I went every month to Gennevilliers, a suburb of Paris, to take bandoneon lessons...
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. ...
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...
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...
Lilian Saba (1961)
Today I present to you the pianist, arranger and composer Lilian Saba. I interviewed her in her beautiful home in January 2009.
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.
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...
Ariel Ramírez (1921-2010)
Ariel Ramírez (September 4, 1921 - February 18, 2010) was an Argentine composer, pianist and musical director.
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...
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. )
