Saturday, July 21 Fundacion La Casa del Tango Guardia Vieja 4049 21,30 hs. Entrada 10 pesos Tel: 4863-0463
Anibal Arias has been playing the guitar since age 4. 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 among others. He also belonged to the Cuarteto de Guitarras de Alberto Ortiz. He toured Brazil, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Japan, and the United States. 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 Aires, 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 (where American musicians studied with Arias for the past two weeks).
