An English translation of an interview with Emilio Balcarce.
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 room of the legendary tango club “El viejo Almacén” during a rehearsal of the Tango School Orchestra.
At that time Balcarce was already over 80 years old. But still he radiated such vitality and enthusiasm that I was immediately drawn to him. He had dedicated himself to tango for more than 60 years and had written arrangements for the most important orchestras of the golden age, for Anibal Troilo, Osvaldo Pugliese, Alfredo Gobbi and others. And he was a violinist in the Orquesta Típica de Osvaldo Pugliese since 1949 and in the Sexteto Tango since 1968.
He told me about the importance of Carlos Gardel and Julio De Caro, about how different the styles of the great orchestras were in the golden age of tango and about the importance of each arranger. And how he began to play the bandoneon at an advanced age.
Listen to what Emilio Balcarce has to say about his rich musical life with tango!
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