Enrique Carmelo Alessio (January 8, 1918 – September 8, 2000) was an Argentine musician. He is famed for his
bandoneón
The bandoneon () or bandonion is a type of concertina particularly popular in Argentina and Uruguay. It is a typical instrument in most tango ensembles. As with other members of the concertina family, it is held between the hands, and playe ...
accordion
Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...
skills. Alessio was also a composer and
orchestra leader
The concertmaster (from the German ''Konzertmeister''), first chair (U.S.) or leader (UK) is the principal first violin player in an orchestra (clarinet or oboe in a concert band). After the conductor, the concertmaster is the most significant ...
best remembered for his compositions "Amar Para Qué," "Bien Porteña," "Cantemos Corazón," "Te Odio y te Quiero," and "Un Tango para mi Vieja".
1918 births
2000 deaths
Argentine people of Italian descent
Argentine musicians
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