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Alberto Podestá
Alejandro Washington Alé, better known as Alberto Podestá (22 September 1924 – 9 December 2015), was an Argentine tango singer. Childhood and youth Born in the city of San Juan, Argentina, San Juan, his father died when he was very young, which led to financial difficulties for him, his mother, and his five siblings. With the help of their grandmother, he had to work from an early age, as did his older brother. He only studied up to sixth grade of primary school and took part in a school radio program hosted by one of his teachers. There, Alberto learned some songs by the popular Carlos Gardel and performed them in a children's show titled ''Rayito de Sol'', where each student had to sing a popular song of the time. For that performance, he was nicknamed "Gardelito." In his youth, he also sold chocolates at a cinema owned by a family friend to earn money and help support his family. After performing on LV5 Radio Los Andes, the comedic duo Buono-Striano arrived in the provin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Juan, Argentina
San Juan () is the capital and largest city of the Argentina, Argentine Provinces of Argentina, province of San Juan Province (Argentina), San Juan in the Cuyo (Argentina), Cuyo region, located in the Tulúm Valley, west of the San Juan River (Argentina), San Juan River, at above mean sea level, with a population of around 112,000 as per the (over 500,000 in the metropolitan area). It is a modern city with wide streets and well-drawn avenues with wide sidewalks and vegetation of different species of trees irrigated by canals, from which it derives its nickname ''oasis town''. It has an important accommodation infrastructure and transportation. It highlights modern buildings and the surroundings, the reservoir and Ullum dam, spas, museums, large plantations of vines, and various types of agriculture, with wine being the most important. History and architecture Before the arrival of the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish Conquistadores, the Huarpe Indians inhabit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Rufino
Roberto Rufino (6 January 1922 – 24 June 1999) was an Argentine tango singer and actor. He was active during the genre’s Golden Age of tango and is primarily known for his work with several prominent tango orchestras, particularly that of Carlos Di Sarli. Life Early life Roberto Rufino was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He began singing at a young age in 1935 and made his first radio appearance in his early teens. By the late 1930s, he had become involved in the professional tango circuit in Buenos Aires. Career Rufino's professional debut occurred in 1939 when he joined the orchestra of Carlos Di Sarli. He recorded his first track with Di Sarli, ''En un beso la vida'', that same year. His tenure with Di Sarli marked the beginning of his visibility in the tango scene, where he became associated with a number of popular recordings. Throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, Rufino collaborated with several other leading tango orchestras, including those of Aníbal Troilo, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Di Paulo
Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic '' Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albertino in Italian as well as ''Tuco'' as a hypocorism. It derives from the name Adalberto which in turn derives from '' Athala'' (meaning noble) and ''Berth'' (meaning bright). People A * Alberto Abadie (born 1968), Spanish economist * Alberto Abalde (born 1995), Spanish basketball player * Alberto Abarza (born 1984), Chilean Paralympic swimmer * Alberto Abdala (1920–1986), Uruguayan attorney, politician, painter, and Vice President of Uruguay from 1967–1972 * Alberto Abengózar (born 1989), Spanish footballer * Alberto Ablondi (1924–2010), Italian Catholic bishop * Alberto Acereda (born 1965), Spanish professor * Alberto Achacaz Walakial (1929–2008), Chilean Kaweskar * Alberto Achá (1917–1965), Bolivian footballer * Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academia Nacional Del Tango De La República Argentina
Academia Nacional del Tango de la República Argentina is an institution in Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the Avenida de Mayo above the Café Tortoni. Overview The museum was established on June 28, 1990, by national decree with the aim of collecting, sorting, reviewing and saving from loss or destruction the cultural heritage of the tango. The founder and first president was the poet and tango lyricist Horacio Ferrer. Activities The Academy has a comprehensive library and regularly conducts seminars, workshops and exhibitions. Publications The Academy has produced a series of publications in different formats (books, magazines, booklets) and the newspapers ''El Chamuyo'' and ''El Chamuyito''. See also * List of music museums * Café Tortoni The Café Tortoni is a coffeehouse located at 825 Avenida de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina. First opened in 1858 by a French immigrant whose surname was Touan, it was named ''Tortoni'' after the Parisian café of the same name l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osvaldo Fresedo
Osvaldo Fresedo (May 5, 1897 - November 18, 1984), nicknamed ''El pibe de La Paternal'' ("the kid from La Paternal") was an Argentine songwriter and director of a tango orchestra. He had one of the longest recording careers in tango history, from 1920 to 1980. Career Fresedo was born into a middle-class family in La Paternal, Buenos Aires, Argentina. His mother gave him the first music lessons. While he was still small, his family moved to a working-class neighborhood, and it was there he began his interest in tango. He learned to play the bandoneón and as a teenager joined several of the most famous orchestras of the era of the ''Guardia Vieja'' ("Old Guard"). In 1920 traveled to United States. In Camden, New Jersey he recorded a few albums with a quartet that also included violinist Tito Rocatagliatta and pianist Enrique Pedro Delfino. Back in Buenos Aires, he formed his first orchestra which, from the outset, displayed his trademark style. Although his style evolved somewh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Grela
Roberto Grela (28 June 1913 – 6 September 1992) was an Argentine tango guitarist and composer. Many consider him the best tango guitarist. Professional career He was born at 773 Cochabamba Street, in the San Telmo neighborhood (at that time a poor neighborhood south of downtown Buenos Aires), with the name Roberto León Grela. His father and uncle formed the duo Los Hermanos Belpasso. Grela learned to play the mandolin at gatherings in the home of his uncles Octavio and Juan, which were also frequented by the guitarist Manuel Parada, who—when Grela was seven years old—convinced him to start playing the guitar (instead of the mandolin, which he liked more). In 1930, at the age of seventeen, he began playing the guitar professionally, accompanying Roberto Maida on radio LR3, and later also worked with Charlo (with whom he also performed in Montevideo, at the Justicia cinema). During his long career, he accompanied many performers, including Jorge Casal, Osvaldo Cordó, Fer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopoldo Federico
Leopoldo Federico (12 January 1927 – 28 December 2014) was an Argentine bandoneon player, arranger, director and composer. Life Born in the district of Once in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Federico was one of the most prolific bandoneonists in the history of tango. He was also a member of a number of many major orchestras of the 1940s and 50s, including those led by: Juan Carlos Cobián, Alfredo Gobbi, Víctor D'Amario, Osmar Maderna, Héctor Stamponi, Mariano Mores, Carlos di Sarli, Horacio Salgán and Aníbal Troilo. By 1952 he was making frequent appearances at the Tibidabo cabaret and was often heard on Radio Belgrano. In 1966 he formed the Cuarteto San Telmo' in collaboration with the famous tango guitarist Roberto Grela who had previously played with Anibal Troilo. In 1955 he joined Astor Piazzolla's Octeto Buenos Aires and later that year, with his own orquesta típica Orquesta típica, or simply a típica, is a Latin American term for a band w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osvaldo Pugliese
Osvaldo Pedro Pugliese (December 2, 1905 – July 25, 1995) was an Argentine tango musician. He developed dramatic arrangements that retained strong elements of the walking beat of salon tango but also heralded the development of concert-style tango music. Some of his music, mostly since the 1950s, is used for theatrical dance performances. In Buenos Aires, Pugliese is often played later in the evening when the dancers want to dance more slowly, impressionistically and intimately. Personal life His father, Don Adolfo Pugliese (1877–1945), pushed him to work harder; his mother, Aurelia Terragno (1880–1947), often whispered to her son while he was practicing, ''¡Al Colón!'' (''To the Colón!''), referring to Buenos Aires' famous Teatro Colón, where only the country's finest artists play. His other brothers ''Adolfo Vicente'' and ''Alberto Roque'' were violinists. He was married two times, to María Concepción Florio and to Lydia Elman. His first wife died in 1971, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio Sosa
Julio María Sosa Venturini (2 February 1926 – 26 November 1964), usually referred to simply as Julio Sosa or El Varón del Tango, was a Uruguayan tango (music), tango singer. Biography Sosa was born in Las Piedras, Uruguay, Las Piedras, a Canelones Department suburb of Montevideo, Uruguay. He moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1949, where he became famous with the Orquesta Francini-Pontier the Orquesta típica formed by the violinist Enrique Mario Francini and the bandoneonist Armando Pontier. Working with numerous other orchestras, he was reunited with Pontier in 1955, with whom he recorded several best-selling albums on the RCA Victor and Columbia Records, Columbia labels and became one of the most important tango singers in the genre's history. He married Nora Ulfeldt in 1958 and had a daughter. His marriage ended in separation, however, and he settled into a relationship with Susana Merighi. His towering masculinity and reserved strength earned him the nickname ''El Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Olmedo
Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere * Carlos (crater), Montes Apenninus, LQ12, Moon; a lunar crater near Mons Hadley People * Carlos (given name), including a list of name holders * Carlos (surname), including a list of name holders Sportspeople * Carlos (Timorese footballer) (Carlos Mateus Ximenes, born 1986) * Carlos (footballer, born 1995) (Carlos Alberto Carvalho da Silva Júnior), Brazilian footballer * Carlos (footballer, born 1985) (Carlos Santos de Jesus), Brazilian footballer Others * Carlos (Calusa) (died 1567), king or paramount chief of the Calusa people of Southwest Florida * Carlos (singer) (1943—2008), French entertainer * Carlos the Jackal, a Venezuelan terrorist Arts and entertainment * ''Carlos'' (miniseries), 2010 biopic about the terrorist Carlo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floreal Ruiz
Floreal Ruiz (29 March 1916 – 17 April 1978), also known by the nickname "El Tata," was an Argentine tango singer, lyricist, and composer. Life He was born in the Flores neighborhood. His first jobs were related to upholstery, his father's trade, and home delivery of milk and bread. In his teenage years, around 1934, the voices of Carlos Gardel, Ignacio Corsini, and Agustín Magaldi could be heard on the radio, and Floreal was exploring singing by performing serenades with his friend Hugo del Carril. Despite his father's opposition, he took part in singer selection contests using the pseudonyms Fabián Conde and Carlos Martel. In 1936, he won a competition on Radio Fénix. Professional career In 1938, he joined José Otero's orchestra, and in 1939, he recorded the Club Platense March. In 1942, he made his debut on Radio Prieto using his real name. He had a brief stint with the Armenonville orchestra led by Alberto Mancione, and then joined Alfredo De Angelis’s orchestr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmundo Rivero
Leonel Edmundo Rivero (June 8, 1911 – January 18, 1986) was an Argentine tango singer, composer, and impresario. Biography Early days Rivero was born in the southern Buenos Aires suburb of Valentín Alsina. Joining his father in some of his travels, he was exposed to the lifestyle and the music of the gauchos of Buenos Aires Province from his early days. His maternal great-grandfather, named Lionel, was a British immigrant, and fought against the Pampas tribes in the mid-19th century, being wounded by a spear. From him, Rivero inherited his blond hair and his first name. In his teens, Rivero's family moved to the Belgrano neighborhood, in the days where tango developed as a dancing phenomenon, but also as an ever more complex music form under the "ABC" of composers/directors Arolas, Bardi, and Cobián. At the same time, the themes of tango lyrics evolved from light-hearted ribaldry into more complex stories delving on love and manly honor. Rivero learned classic guitar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
