“The Stars of This Edition”
Five exceptional tango master couples and four of Argentina’s best live orchestras come together to create something truly unique — a festival unlike any other in the world.
Featured:
●5 internationally renowned Top 5 Tango Maestros
●4 live orchestras filling the nights with unforgettable energy
???? Four orchestras, four nights, one heartbeat: the rhythm of tango.
ORQUESTA LA JUAN D’ARIENZO
Founded in 2012 torecreate the famous Tangostyle of “El rey del Compás”, the onethatbecameahingeintangointhe’30:
la Orquesta Juan D’Arienzo. Conducted by the bandoneonist Facundo Lázzari, complete the line Ricardo Badaracco, Oscar Yemha y Lucas Pantarotto, violins Pablo Ginzburg, Emilio Pagano y Juan Pablo Cravenna, piano Federico Perez, doublebass Andrés Santarsiero, and it’s Singer, Fernando Rodas. During the last 10 years the orchestra has made more than 20 tours in Europe, América and Asia, taking Tango to Italy, Germany, Portugal, Denmark, France, England, the US,
Canada, Brasil, Colombia, Japan, Taiwan and more. The orchestra have recorded three albums: Cortando Clavos (2014), Siciliano (2018), Bienvenido a este sector (2018) and
La Juan D’Arienzo 10 años (2022). It has been awarded the TangoAwardfor Best Orchestra 2018
La Romántica Milonguera
Formed in 2016, they achieved viral success in 2017 thanks to two music videos of famous tangos, “Poema” and “Invierno,” which garnered their first millions of views on YouTube.
From there, their recognition grew not only locally but also internationally, leading them to perform in the United States, several countries in Europe and Asia, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and Uruguay.
“La Romántica Milonguera was born from a chat with the idea of creating a novel in the style of ‘Rolando Rivas Taxista’ and adapting it for a typical Argentine orchestra, capturing the essence of a quintessential Argentine product.”
Over time, La Romántica has developed a unique aesthetic that, along with the exploration of its own sound and the audiovisual work of its music videos, reveals a younger community within the tango scene, more connected to digital technology. This allows us to imagine a dystopian vision of tango as a continuation of popular culture, rejecting snobbery, academicism, and partisan politics. It brings us closer to understanding tango as a more social phenomenon, one that resonates with current generations.
With 4 LPs and 6 EPs, the orchestra’s repertoire extends beyond tango: they have also performed their own versions of songs by the Beatles and even Sandro and Gilda.
Orchestra Sonder Tango
This orchestra has the particularity of having all musicians from Argentina with a highly qualified career in Tango, living in Europe. We created this orchestra in 2019 to have the opportunity to share our culture (tango and arrangement) with the world. We have been playing in a lot of milongas, concerts and shows where we share the stage with dancers such as: Miguel Angel Zotto and Daiana Guspero, Carlitos Espinoza and Agustina Piaggio, Facundo Piñero and Vanesa Villalba, Jonathan Saavedra and Clarisa Aragón, Cristian Palomo and Melisa Sacchi, Aoniken Quiroga and Elisa Sarrubbi, Sebastian Arce and Mariana Marinova, Javier Rodriguez and Moira Castellano, Sebastian Achaval and Roxana Suarez, Chicho Frumboli and Juana Sepulveda, Julian Sanchez and Bruna Estellita, and other fantastic dancers; and Festivals such as: Italy-Trani, Holland -L’aya, France- Tarbes en Tango, Spain- Granada, Poland- Recuerdo Warsaw Tango, Dubai, etc. He has been part of famous international companies such as “Tango x 2” with Miguel Angel Zotto, “Tango Legends”, “Conexion Piazzolla” with Leo Calvelli and Guillermo Fernandez. In February of this year (2023) we recorded, in Argentina, our first album “Seguime si podes” with the collaboration of different singers: Guillermo Fernandez, Martin Troncozo and Federico Pierro. Currently, we are touring different countries such as: Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, England, Holland, Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Greece, Albania, Portugal, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Romania, Czech Republic, Finland, Scotland, Turkey, Dubai, Oman, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, China, South Korea, Egypt, etc.
Tango de Nácar
You could say it’s the national Tango team.
Tango de Nácar is a new show born from the collaboration of five of the most outstanding musicians in today’s tango scene.
Far beyond a traditional quintet, this ensemble represents a convergence of legacies: decades of experience, personal styles, and musical philosophies woven together to create something deeply new. Like nacre, formed layer by layer over time, Tango de Nácar is a sonic reflection of tango’s history and its ongoing evolution.
Drawing inspiration from the great masters of all times — Pugliese, Piazzolla, Troilo, Gobbi, Salgán, among others — and reimagining their works through original arrangements, the group explores the boundaries of tango and lets them dissolve naturally into other contemporary musical languages.
The result is not a rupture, but a deepening: a dialogue between eras, styles, and identities.
Tango de Nácar is more than a project. It is a luminous offering: a tribute to the soul of tango, reimagined by those who carry it in their blood.
The ensemble recorded their debut album, “Retratos,” released in July 2024, featuring original arrangements that combine sophistication, emotion, and a bold musical vision.
Guillermo Fernández
His teachers included Aníbal Troilo, Roberto Goyeneche, Lucio Demare, Roberto Grela, and Astor Piazzolla.
As an actor, he has starred in three films: “La Canción de Buenos Aires” (1980), “Me robaron el papel picado” (2013), and “Punto Ciego” (2015).
He was awarded the Konex Prize in 2005 and 2015 for “Best Tango Singer of the Decade,” and won the ACE, Estrella de Mar, and Florencio Sánchez Awards for his shows “El Romance del Romeo y la Julieta” with Florencia Peña, “María de Buenos Aires” by Astor Piazzolla, “Lo que me costó el amor de Laura” with Alejandro Dolina, and “Mosqueteros del Tango” with Rubén Juárez and Raúl Lavié. He received the Gardel Award for Music for his four albums, and a Grammy Award for his work “Tango como yo lo siento” (Tango as I Feel It) with Arturo Sandoval.
His new 2024 album, “El Cantor de Tangos” (The Tango Singer), featuring arrangements, original compositions, and classics, has received two Gardel Award nominations: “Best Tango Album” and “Best Tango Song” for one of his own compositions.
His children’s tango book and CD, “El Tango es Puro Cuento” (Tango is Pure Story), which was declared of Cultural Interest by the Buenos Aires City Legislature, has become a bestseller. Based on this, he has created a highly popular musical show for children.
He produced, directed, and hosted his own program on Public Television, “Sarpando Tangos” (Taking Off with Tangos), for three seasons, earning two Martín Fierro Award nominations.
In 2016, Guillermo Fernández produced, wrote, and starred in the operetta “Gardel, el musical,” receiving nine Hugo and ACE Award nominations and becoming one of the hits of the Buenos Aires theater season, garnering excellent reviews from the national media.
He recently starred in Astor Piazzolla and Pierre Philippe’s opera “Crimen Pasional,” which was a great success with audiences and critics alike, earning ten Hugo Award nominations for Musical Theater and winning the award for “Best Lead Actor in a Musical.”
At the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and the legendary Teatro Real, Madrid’s opera house, he starred in “The Embrace of Tango and Flamenco,” alongside Antonio Carmona and Miguel Poveda.
In 2019, he sang at the Medellín Tango Festival on June 24th in a tribute to Gardel, in the auditorium set up at the Olaya Herrer Airport, accompanied by the Medellín Symphony Orchestra with arrangements by himself and Cristian Zárate.
In 2021, he wrote the soundtrack for the film “Two to Tango,” filmed in Brussels, with choreography and performance by Aníbal Lautaro, an Argentine choreographer residing in Belgium.
In 2022, he musically directed and sang at the Argentine event at Expo Dubai, winning the award for “Best Country Show” among 164 exhibiting nations.
He recently completed an extensive tour of 50 cities across Europe, which lasted more than a year and a half.
Guillermo Fernandez and Cristian Zarate premiered a work for symphony orchestra and choir, the Argentine Tango Mass, in 2023 at the Buenos Aires Cathedral. They will take it to Puerto Rico on December 8, 2023, at the Symphony Hall of the Bellas Artes Theater, and to Europe in 2025.
In 2024, he toured 20 cities in the United States with the show TangoLovers, and also took his show “Tribute to Gardel” to Puerto Rico and Colombia.
Guillermo Fernandez recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Tango Academy, and was also named an Honorary Academician.
He won the 2024 Gardel Award for Music for his album “El Cantor de Tangos” and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Tango Album in 2024.
