Cacho Tirao
Cacho Tirao (actually: Oscar Emilio Tirao ; born April 5, 1941 in Berazategui , Gran Buenos Aires , † May 20, 2007 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine guitarist and composer of folk music .
life and work
Oscar “Cacho” Tirao started playing guitar at the age of four and soon appeared on the radio for the first time. At the age of 16 he played in the orchestra of the Teatro Argentino de La Plata. From 1968 to 1971 he was a member of the famous Astor Piazzolla quintet . He worked with Osvaldo Tarantino , Dino Saluzzi and Rodolfo Mederos and accompanied Joséphine Baker .
As a soloist he played strange and self-composed tangos , milongas , sambas , cuecas , chacareras and various other musical genres. His outstanding compositions include “La Milonga de Don Taco”, in memory of his father, the “Milonga del niño deseado”, dedicated to his grandson, and the Bossa nova “Sonveri”, which appeared on the 1980 CBS best-of album “Selección Especial de Cacho Tirao ”was published.
Cacho Tirao recorded 36 records, his first being “Mi guitarra, tú y yo” in 1971, and his last being “Renacer” in 2006, when he had to overcome a partial paralysis caused by a stroke . His most celebrated work is the concerto for guitar and symphony orchestra "Conciertango Buenos Aires", which was released in Belgium in 1985. Tirao achieved greatest fame in Argentina in the 1970s when he played the series "Recitales Espectaculares"; one of his records sold more than 1 million times in 1978.
Cacho Tirao died of a heart attack in 2007 .
Web links
- Carlos Galilea: Cacho Tirao, guitarrista argentino ( El País , June 4, 2007, Spanish, accessed September 28, 2012)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tirao, cacho |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tirao, Oscar Emilio (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentinian guitarist and composer of folk music |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berazategui , Gran Buenos Aires |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 20, 2007 |
| Place of death | Buenos Aires |