The day commemorates the birth of Anibal "Pichuco" Troilo. Wednesday, July 11 Anibal Arias and Osvaldo Montes Fundacion La Casa del Tango Guardia Vieja 4049 21,30 hs. Entrada 10 pesos Tel: 4863-0463
Thursday, July 12 Former musicians of Anibal Troilo's orchestra playing original arrangements Jose Votti, Juan Alsina, Ernesto Baffa, Jose Colangelo, Osvaldo Berlinghieri, Alcides Rossi, Anibal Arias, Raul Garello, and the singer Nely Vasquez Centro Cultural Torquato Tasso Defensa 1575 (San Telmo) 22,30 hs. Entrada - free (get in line early) Tel: 4307-6506 Anibal Arias has been playing the guitar since age 4 (and turns 85 on July 20). Although he studied classical guitar, he decided to dedicate himself to revitalizing Argentine popular music in 1940. Since then, he has collaborated with many famous tango musicians and singers: Hector Maure, Jose Libertella, Luis Stazo, Anibal Troilo, Libertad Lamarque, Edmundo Rivero, Susana Rinaldi, Oscar Alonso, Roberto Goyeneche and Julio Sosa, to name a few. He also belonged to the Cuarteto de Guitarras de Alberto Ortiz. He has toured in Brazil, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Holland, the United States, and Japan. He has received numerous prizes and honors such as la Orden del Porteno de la Asociación Gardeliana (1985), the Gardel de Oro del Centro Cultural del Tango (1986) and the Premio Fundacion La Casa del Tango (1987) where he is its current president. Since 1980, he has been a soloist with the Orquesta de Tango de Buenos Aires. He co-founded the Escuela de Musica Popular in Buenos Aries, where he teaches the history of tango and guitar styles. He is also the Professor of History and Poetics and guitar at the Conservatorio de Estilos Tangueros "Argentino Galvan" de la Academia Nacional del Tango. Osvaldo Montes, bandoneonist, director and arranger was born in 1934 in Rosario in the Province of Santa Fe. When he arrived in Buenos Aires, he began his tango career with the group of Raul Bianchi, and he went on to play in the orchestras of Emilio Orlando, Armando Lacava, Miguel Calo, Enrique Mario Francini, Atilio Stampone, Leopoldo Federico and Horacio Salgan. He toured in the United States with Mariano Mores in 1975. He joined the Tango Orchestra of the City of Buenos Aires and later travelled with Les Trottoirs de Buenos Aires in Paris where he remained for a number of years, later touring in Europe and the Far East. He then formed a trio with Norberto Digoraro and Gabriel De Lio. Currently he forms a duo with Anibal Arias and is head bandoneon professor at the Conservatorio de Estilos tangueros "Argentino Galvan" of the Academia Nacional del tango.
