With all the corresponding protocols, Los Mulenga performed in CABA. Beautiful place to start the year with pure tango.
Continue readingAstor Piazzolla: 2021 marks the centenary of his birth
Born in the coastal city of Mar del Plata, Argentina in 1921, Piazzolla was a prominent Argentine composer and bandoneon player.
Continue readingThe Three Wise Men and tango
Sleep my baby Peter, Papa Balthasar is about to arrive, wrapped in cloud and sky. ... Sleep my baby Peter.
Continue readingDecember 11, National Tango Day - Reflections on Tango in 2020
2020 brought forced changes, ruptures in personal time and social space, work challenges, constraints all around but
Continue readingNovember 30: International Mate Day
The National Mate Day is celebrated on November 30, in commemoration of the birth of the Guaraní commander Andrés Guasurarí,
Continue readingThe boy's dream
EL SUEÑO DEL PIBE (1945) Music: Juan Puey Lyrics: Reinaldo Yiso They knocked at the door of the humble house, the voice
Continue readingTalks with tango people: Julia Marini
Julia Marini, dancer, tango teacher, graduated from the Tango Interpreter career at the Universidad Nacional de las Americas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Continue readingNovember 10: Tradition Day
Tradition Day is celebrated in Argentina on November 10, the date chosen in commemoration of the
Continue readingHomero Manzi: born on November 1, 1907
Homero Manzi was born in the city of Añatuya in the province of Santiago de Chile. His birth name was Homero Nicolás Manzione, he was an Argentine poet, politician, screenwriter and film director, journalist, author of several memorable tangos and milongas, among them Barrio de tango (1942) , Malena (1941 - with music by Lucio Demare), Milonga sentimental (1931 - with music by Sebastián Piana), Romance de Barrio (1947) and Sur (1948 - with music by Aníbal Troilo).
Continue readingCafés porteños: looking at them from the outside
October 26th is celebrated as the Day of the Cafés of Buenos Aires. This date was instituted in commemoration of
Continue readingTalks with tango people: Damián Márquez
Today we interviewed Damian Marquez, leonine, dancer and Charo's father. We invite him to talk about his life in these days.
Continue readingMallorca Tango Festival from home
From October 19th to 25th, Mallorca Tango Festival comes to your home. Since 2008 the festival brings together friends
Continue readingInterview with Patricia Serafini and Stewart Yerton in Hawaii
You know Mariposita by Romantica Milonguera? With the ukulele?
It's like "Hawaiian tango".
TTD and MFT: Tango and the Gender Perspective
In October, the Tango-Dance Workers together with the MFT "Movimiento Feminista de Tango" (Feminist Movement of Tango) carry out a cycle of lectures and
Continue readingOctober 4, 2009 Mercedes Sosa died
La Negra Sosa passed away 11 years ago at the age of 74. Her voice is one of the most recognized and consecrated in Argentine and Latin American popular music.
Continue readingMilongueros, The Compass of Buenos Aires
On Saturday, September 26, the film "MILONGUEROS, El compás de Buenos Aires" (with English subtitles) was presented by
Continue readingseptember 29: milonguerx day
Today is a special day for the milonguera community. Instituted in July 1993 by Oscar Héctor, on this date
Continue readingKsenija Sidorova: Latvian "Princess of the Accordion
After seven months of silence, Ksenija Sidorova presents her instrument on September 30 at 8.30 pm with
Continue readingFrom St. Louis to Poznan, the adventures of José Torres Duval
With shows planned in Switzerland,
Poland and Germany during 2020, the orchestra La San Luis Tango, made up mostly of José's family, had to cancel its entire show schedule because of the pandemic. On the other side of the ocean, in San Luis, are his grandmother
and his daughter Sol Magalí, 15, whom he often sees via Zoom,
whom he often sees via Zoom.
Chronicles of the pandemic.
Tango at the 37th edition of the European Heritage Days, September 19 and 20
In 2009, Argentine tango became the first element inscribed by UNESCO on the World Heritage List.
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