Antonio Agri

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Antonio Agri in the quintet by Astor Piazzolla (1970)

Antonio Agri (born May 5, 1932 in Rosario / Santa Fe ; † October 17, 1998 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine violinist who was active as a classical and tango musician.

Agri was a student of Dermidio Guastavino in his hometown . At the age of fifteen he made his debut as a professional musician in a tango quartet, later he became a member of the orchestras of Julián Chera , Lincoln Garrot and José Sala , the quartet Los poetas del Tango (with Antonio Ríos , José Puerta and Omar Murtagh ) and the quintet Arcos Torres -Agri .

Through Nito Farace Agri became acquainted with Astor Piazzolla , who accepted him in 1962 in his Quinteto Nuevo Tango and in 1963 in the Nuovo Octeto . In 1968 he played the solo violin in Piazzolla's opera María de Buenos Aires . He also played in the orchestras of Osvaldo Fresedo , Horacio Salgán , Mariano Mores , Alberto Caracciolo and Roberto Pansera . After almost 15 years of working with Piazzolla, he founded his own string ensemble in 1976.

In the 1990s he made recordings as a guest of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , accompanied Yo-Yo Ma on a concert tour through the USA and performed in Paris with the flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía . He founded his own quartet based in Paris, which he led with Juan José Mosalini and with which he played duos with his son Pablo Agri . He was also co-founder of the Nuevo Quinteto Real with Horacio Salgán , Ubaldo De Lío , Leopoldo Federico (later Néstor Marconi ) and Omar Murtagh (later Oscar Giunta ). A few months before his death he recorded the CD Antonio Agri-Tango Sinfónico . His compositions include titles such as Retrato de Alfredo Gobbi , Ciudad triste , Los mareados , Éxtasis , Romance del diablo , Milonga del ángel , Otoño porteño and SP de nada .

Antonio Agri died of cancer at the age of 66.

His son Pablo Agri, born in 1968, is also a renowned tango and classical violinist.

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  1. ↑ Clarín.com: Murió el violinista Antonio Agri. Retrieved September 22, 2019 (Spanish).
  2. ^ Pablo Agri, con el tango y el violín desde la cuna, esta noche en Plataforma Lavardén. Retrieved September 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Agri, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentinian classical and tango violinist
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Rosario (Santa Fe)
DATE OF DEATH October 17, 1998
Place of death Buenos Aires