After six weeks of FREE tango classes all over the capital, the festival presents an incredible offering of FREE concerts beginning today. The free classes continue through Sunday which now include master classes for foreign visitors as well as classes given in English and French by Marisa Galindo. Some program information is available at www.tangocity.com There are at least 14 concert venues each day of the festival.
There will be a special exhibition from museums of a tango collection at the Palais de Glace, which was the ballroom where tango made its social debut. The public will have the chance to appreciate for the first time the collection of drawings and tango lyrics of P.B.T. magazine, original scores, cameras, photographs, portraits, movie posters, costumes, musical instruments, old record players, and many other pieces from the collection of Museo del Cine, Museo de la Ciudad, Museo Casa de Carlos Gardel and Museo del Tango. Here's a sampling of the festival program: Wednesday - Feb 28 Duo Salgan - De Lio at C.C. San Martin Sexteto Mayor and Alberto Podesta at Club Atletico Huracan Thursday - March 1 21,00 Milonga with Quintino Gotanova, Sexteto Mayor at C. C. del Sur 19,00 Los Reyes del Tango, Color Tango at C. C. San Martin 19,30 Homenaje to Maestro Juan Carlos Copes at Palais de Glace 19,00 Atilio Stampone and Nestor Marconi at Estudio Auditorio de Radio Nacional 22,00 Nelly Omar sings at Teatro Presidente Alvear Friday - March 2 22,00 Orquesta Beba Pugliese at Centro Cultural del Sur 22,00 Milonga with Los Reyes del Tango at C. C. Plaza Defensa 22,00 Miguel Zotto presents "Una Noche de Tango" at C. C. Recoleta Terraza 18,00 Gloria y Eduardo give a class and exhibition at C. C. San Martin 21,30 Gente de Tango at C. C. San Martin 20,30 Milonga at Palais de Glace with Orquesta de Musica Argentina Juan de Dios Filiberto directed by Atilio Stampone with Nestor Marconi and Ballet Nacional de Tango Saturday - March 3 18,00 Milena Plebs and Ezequiel Farfaro give a class and exhibition; Orquesta Municipal de General San Martin at C. C. San Martin 19,30 Milonga de la Calle Corrientes: Los Reyes del Tango, Orquesta Beba Pugliese, Orquesta Escuela de Tango, Julio Pane Trio, Color Tango, Osvaldo Requena Sexteto, Invitada Karina Rivera, Sexteto Mayor, Julian Plaza Quinteto Sunday - March 4 21,00 Pablo Ziegler y su Quinteto Nuevo Tango at C. C. Recoleta Terraza 18,00 Carlos y Alicia present a class and exhibition at C. C. San Martin followed by Orquesta Escuela de Tango directed by Maestro Emilio Balcarce and Orquesta Beba Pugliese 20,30 Milonga with Color Tango at Palais de Glace 19,30 Milonga with Gente de Tango and Los Reyes del Tango at Glorieta de Barrancas de Belgrano And the final festival event at Parque Sarmiento beginning at 18,00: A grand milonga with Orquesta Imperial, Almagro Argentino, Color Tango, Sabatino Sexteto, Octeto San Telmo, Quintino Gotanova, Sexteto Arrabal, Los Reyes del Tango, Orquesta Fernandez Branca, Orquesta Beba Pugliese, Orquesta Gigi De Angelis, Jose Colangelo, Julio Pane Trio, Gente de Tango, Orquesta Escuela de Tango with the finale at 21:30 with Sexteto Mayor Summer is a great time to come to Buenos Aires!!!!!!!!!! Pichi
