Carlos Galván (musician)

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Carlos Galván (actually Juan Carlos Mostowyk ; born May 22, 1940 in Tigre ; † August 1, 2014 ) was an Argentine bandoneonist and tango musician.

Galván grew up in the Mataderos district of Buenos Aires. He had bandoneon lessons from the age of seven and performed as a professional musician at the age of fourteen. In 1958 he became a member of Los Cuatro para el Tango , with which he made several recordings. From 1965 to 1968 he accompanied the singer Argentino Ledesma as a member of Jorge Dragone's orchestra . From 1971 to 1974 he accompanied the singer Hugo del Carril , in 1976 he played the musician Aníbal Troilo in the film Los chicos crecen .

From 1980 he worked as the conductor of an orchestra with the singer Enrique Dumas for twenty years . In addition, he has accompanied singers such as Floreal Ruiz , Alberto Marino , Edmundo Rivero , Miguel Montero , Roberto Goyeneche , Virginia Luque , Roberto Rufino , Jorge Valdez , María de la Fuente , Néstor Fabián , Hugo Marcel and María Graña . Since 1987 he was engaged in the Casablanca in San Telmo , where he accompanied the singers performing there. He was also the musical director of a radio series moderated by Silvio Soldán .

In 1992 Galván appeared at the Exposición Universal de Sevilla with Beba Bidart . The following year he went on a concert tour through the Caribbean with Juan Carlos Granelli and María José Mentana . As musical director and conductor, he participated in the television program La noche con amigos . In 1998 he recorded the CD Simplemente Luisito with the singer Luis Cardei . In 2003 he toured Japan with his orchestra and Enrique Dumas. In 2005 he accompanied the singer Patricia Torre with a quintet on the CD Nostalgia de tango .

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SURNAME Galvan, Carlos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mostowyk, Juan Carlos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentinian bandoneonist and tango musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Tigre (Argentina)
DATE OF DEATH August 1, 2014