Tango musicians

The list Tango musicians includes Érica García, Olavi Virta, Astor Piazzolla, Carlos Gardel and Libertad Lamarque. The list consists of 101 members and 3 sublists.

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Tango

Argentinian partner dance

Argentine tango musicians
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Finnish tango musicians
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Uruguayan tango musicians
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Érica García

Argentine singer

Overview: Érica García (born April 6, 1968, In Buenos Aires) is an Argentinian composer, singer and an actress. She was nominated in the Latin Grammy Awards of 2000 for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for her ...

Date of birth: 6 April 1974

Age: 51

Nationality: Argentinean

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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21st-century Argentine singers 118T

21st-century women singers 8,493T

21st-century guitarists 1,266T
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Olavi Virta

Finnish actor-singer

Overview: Olavi Virta (originally to 1926 Oskari Olavi Ilmén) (27 February 1915 in Sysmä, Grand Duchy of Finland – 14 July 1972 in Pispala, Tampere, Finland) was a Finnish singer, acclaimed during his time as the ...

Date of birth: 27 February 1915

Date of death: 14 July 1972

Age: 57 (age at death)

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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20th-century male singers 5,297T

20th-century Finnish singers 63T

People from Mikkeli Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) 86T
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Astor Piazzolla

Argentine composer, bandoneon player and arranger (1921–1992)

Overview: Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed Nuevo ...

Date of birth: 11 March 1921

Date of death: 4 July 1992

Age: 71 (age at death)

Nationality: Argentinean

Occupation: Songwriter

Gender: Male

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Pupils of Nadia Boulanger 44T

Male songwriters 322T

Georges Delerue Award winners 60T
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Carlos Gardel

Argentine singer, songwriter, actor and tango artist

Overview: Carlos Gardel (born Charles Romuald Gardès; 11 December 1890 – 24 June 1935) was a French Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was ...

Date of birth: 11 December 1883

Date of death: 24 June 1935

Age: 51 (age at death)

Nationality: Uruguayan

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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20th-century Argentine male singers 81T

Male actors from Toulouse 11T

Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1935 12T
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Libertad Lamarque

Argentine actor

Overview: Libertad Lamarque (24 November 1908, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina – 12 December 2000 in Mexico City, Mexico) was a mexican nationalized argentinian actress and singer, one of the icons of the Golden Age ...

Date of birth: 24 November 1908

Date of death: 12 December 2000

Age: 92 (age at death)

Nationality: Argentinean

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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20th-century Argentine women singers 63T

20th-century Argentine singers 70T

20th-century women singers 3,657T
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Pino Presti

Italian musician

Overview: Giuseppe Prestipino Giarritta (born 23 August 1943), professionally known by his pseudonym Pino Presti, is an Italian bassist, arranger, composer, conductor and record producer from Milan. He is a 5th-dan ...

Date of birth: 23 August 1943

Age: 81

Nationality: Italian

Occupation: Karate

Gender: Male

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Italian multi-instrumentalists 5T

20th-century Italian conductors (music) 146T

21st-century Italian conductors (music) 105T
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Gotan Project

French musical group

Overview: Gotan Project is a musical group based in Paris, consisting of musicians Eduardo Makaroff (Argentine), Philippe Cohen Solal (French) and Christoph H. Müller (Swiss, former member of Touch El Arab).

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Musical groups from Paris 98T

Tango music groups 13T

French musical groups 205T
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Adriana Varela

Argentine singer

Overview: Adriana Varela (born Beatriz Adriana Lichinchi on May 9, 1952 in Avellaneda, Argentina) is an Argentine tango singer, with a successful career that encompasses many records, as well as minor movie roles ...

Date of birth: 9 May 1952

Age: 73

Nationality: Argentinean

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Female

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Tango singers 47T

Argentine female singers 130T

People from Avellaneda 81T
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Gustavo Santaolalla

Argentinean, Composer

Overview: Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla (born 19 August 1951) is an Argentine musician, composer, and record producer. He won Academy Awards for Best Original Score in two consecutive years, first for Brokeback M ...

Date of birth: 19 August 1951

Age: 73

Nationality: Argentinean

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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Argentine male film score composers 22T

Animated film score composers 77T

Best Original Music BAFTA Award winners 46T
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Wiera Gran

Polish singer

Overview: Wiera Gran, real name Dwojra Grynberg (20 April 1916 – 19 November 2007) was a Polish singer and actress.

Date of birth: 20 April 1916

Date of death: 19 November 2007

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: Polish

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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20th-century Polish women singers 24T

20th-century women singers 3,624T

20th-century Polish singers 128T
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Pablo Ziegler

Argentine composer

Overview: Pablo Ziegler (born September 2, 1944) is an Argentine composer, pianist, arranger based in New York City. He is currently the leading exponent of nuevo tango, thanks to the skills and reputation he g ...

Date of birth: 2 September 1944

Age: 80

Nationality: Argentinean

Occupation: Pianist

Gender: Male

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Zoho Music artists 22T

21st-century male musicians 9,676T

Male pianists 806T
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Julio Sosa

Uruguayan musician

Overview: Julio María Sosa Venturini (February 2, 1926 – November 26, 1964), usually referred to simply as Julio Sosa or El Varón del Tango, was a Uruguayan tango singer.

Date of birth: 2 February 1926

Date of death: 26 November 1964

Age: 38 (age at death)

Nationality: Uruguayan

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

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People from Las Piedras, Uruguay 11T

20th-century male singers 5,297T

Tango singers 47T
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Roberto Goyeneche

Argentine singer

Overview: Roberto Goyeneche (January 29, 1926 in Saavedra, Buenos Aires – August 27, 1994 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine tango singer of Basque descent, who epitomized the archetype of 1950s Buenos Aires' bohemian ...

Date of birth: 29 January 1926

Date of death: 27 August 1994

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: Argentinean

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

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20th-century male singers 5,297T

20th-century Argentine singers 67T

Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery 298T
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Aníbal Troilo

Argentine musician

Overview: Aníbal Carmelo Troilo (July 11, 1914 – May 18, 1975) was an Argentine tango musician.

Date of birth: 11 July 1914

Date of death: 19 May 1975

Age: 60 (age at death)

Nationality: Argentinean

Occupation: Musician

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Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery 298T

Argentine tango musicians 65T

20th-century conductors (music) 2,118T
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Osvaldo Pugliese

Argentine tango composer, pianist and arranger

Overview: Osvaldo Pedro Pugliese (Buenos Aires, December 2, 1905 – July 25, 1995, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine tango musician. He developed dramatic arrangements that retained strong elements of the walking beat ...

Date of birth: 2 December 1905

Date of death: 25 July 1995

Age: 89 (age at death)

Nationality: Argentinean

Occupation: Composer

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Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery 298T

Musicians from Buenos Aires 102T

Argentine tango musicians 65T
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Carlos Di Sarli

Argentine musician

Overview: Carlos Di Sarli (January 7, 1903 – January 12, 1960) was an Argentine tango musician, orchestra leader, composer and pianist.

Date of birth: 7 January 1903

Date of death: 12 January 1960

Age: 57 (age at death)

Nationality: Argentinean

Occupation: Musician

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Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery 298T

Argentine tango musicians 65T

20th-century pianists 2,068T
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Juan Carlos Thorry

Argentine actor, musician, and director

Overview: Juan Carlos Thorry (June 28, 1908 in Coronel Pringles – February 12, 2000 in San Antonio de Padua), born José Antonio Torrontegui, was an Argentine film actor, tango musician and director.

Date of birth: 28 June 1908

Date of death: 12 February 2000

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: Argentinean

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery 298T

Male tango film actors 6T

Argentine film actors 152T
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Francisco Canaro

Musical artist

Overview: Francisco Canaro (November 26, 1888 – December 14, 1964) was a Uruguayan violinist and tango orchestra leader.

Date of birth: 26 November 1888

Date of death: 14 December 1964

Age: 76 (age at death)

Nationality: Uruguayan

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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20th-century male musicians 12,801T

People from San José de Mayo 13T

Male violinists 1,628T
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Maggie Ferguson

Australian musician

Overview: Maggie Ferguson (born in Sydney) is an Australian violinist and bandoneonista who studied orchestral tango at Orquesta Escuela de Tango Emilio Balcarce in Buenos Aires from 2003. In 2009, with the Sydney ...

Date of birth: 1952

Age: 72

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Violinist

Gender: Female

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Year of birth missing (living people) 37,022T

Musicians from Sydney 160T

21st-century violinists 838T
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Amelita Baltar

Argentine singer

Overview: Amelita Baltar (September 24, 1940) is an Argentine singer, one of the leading voices of tango, that appeared in the 60's to be considered, along with Susana Rinaldi, as a modern counterpart of older divas ...

Date of birth: 24 September 1940

Age: 84

Nationality: Argentinean

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Female

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Tango singers 47T

Singers from Buenos Aires 67T

Argentine female singers 130T