I have known bandoneonist Juan José Mosalini since 1992, when I started studying the bandoneon. Because I went every month to Gennevilliers, a suburb of París, to take bandoneon lessons with él. In 1998, Mosalini hired me for his Grand orchestre de tango, and I played there until 2001.

So we had many opportunities to talk about his love for the bandoneon and his musical career. Juan José Mosalini was born on November 29, 1943 in José Paz, Buenos Aires Province HisHis parents loved the music, so Juan José began to learn the bandoneon of small.

At 17 years old, Mosalini wins first prize in a television contestn and start working professionally. Over the next few years he played in the most famous orchestras of those years, with Osvaldo Pugliese, José Basso, Horacio Salgan and Leopoldo Federico, among others. With Daniel Binelli he founded the Quinteto Guardia Nueva, an important impulse for the renewal of tango.

In 1977 Juan José Mosalini emigrated to París, where he founded the group Tiempo Argentino with other exiled Argentine musicians such as Gustavo Beytelmann, Enzo Gieco and Tomas Gubitsch.

Since then, he has not only founded and played in various ensembles in Europe, but has recorded numerous albums and composed music for films.

He has also promoted the bandoneon in France and created a collection of scores for the bandoneon. Juan José Mosalini told me in 1999 so many details of his musical career, when we returned from Limoges, where we had performed with his typical orchestra the night before.

In another conversationn, me SpokeOr of the importance of the bandoneon and of its efforts to establish it in France. Then mand likeíto introduce them all these interesting conversations with John José Mosalini in upcoming episodes from our podcast series. Listenn you sames all That which he told me this great bandoneonist, so important for the development of bandoneon and tango in Europe.