Cristóbal Repetto

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Cristóbal Repetto at TFF Rudolstadt , 2009

Cristóbal Repetto (born July 9, 1979 in Maipú , Argentina ) is a tango singer and composer . He is called the successor of the tango icon Carlos Gardel because of his voice and his vintage style .

Life

Cristóbal Repetto, who was born on the Argentine national holiday, grew up in the small provincial town of Maipú and, influenced by folklore and tango, began to sing at the age of 16. In 1996 he took 3rd place in a competition in his hometown. In the same year he was on stage with Mariano Mores . In 1998 he began studying music and journalism in Buenos Aires . He took singing and composition lessons and performed in traditional tango bars in the city. Daniel Melingo soon began promoting his career. After an appearance in the tango channel Sólo Tango , Gustavo Santaolalla became aware of him and invited him to work on the first album of his Bajofondo Tango Club (which was awarded a Latin Grammy ) and to go on a world tour.

Even if Repetto's voice is compared with that of Carlos Gardel, there are no pieces by the master, who died in an accident in 1935, on his debut CD from 2004, "... to avoid this direct comparison," as Repetto says in an interview with Elke Koepping . The sound of the CD is not only influenced by Repetto's nasal voice, but also by Javier Casalla with his straw violin . This instrument can best be described with a mixture of violin and gramophone . Repetto can also be heard together with Casalla's violin on Daniel Melingo's CD Maldito Tango, which was released in 2007 .

Prizes and awards

  • 2003 with Bajofondo Tango Club: Latin Grammy in the category "Best Pop Instrumental Album"
  • 2003 with Bajofondo Tango Club: Premio Gardel in the category "Mejor Álbum Dance Electrónica"
  • 2005 with Bajofondo Tango Club: nominated for the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards in the country category "Américas"
  • 2005 as a soloist: nominated for the Premio Gardel in the category "Best Album by a Male Tango Artist"
  • 2015 as a soloist: nominated for the Premio Gardel in the category “Best Album by a Folklore Newcomer”

Discography

  • 2004: Cristóbal Repetto (Universal)
  • 2014: Tiempo y silencio (Sony Music Argentina)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See the concert review by Elke Koepping for tangokultur.info from the March 2006 edition, here in a republication on her blog Tangolazarett: Elke Koepping: Goldkehlchen und die three guitarists. In: Tangolazarett. January 6, 2019, accessed January 6, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Interview with Oliver Commer: "Tango is like Heavy Metal". In: latein Amerika-nachrichten.de. January 1, 2006, accessed January 6, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Tom R. Schulz: The man with the gramophone in his stomach. In: welt.de. March 19, 2006, accessed January 6, 2019 .
  4. ↑ See the interview conducted by Elke Koepping for tangokultur.info from the December 2005 issue, here in a republication on her blog Tangolazarett, since the tangokultur.info archive is no longer accessible online: Elke Koepping: Cristóbal Repetto in an interview. In: Tangolazarett. January 7, 2019, accessed January 7, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Tom R. Schulz: Nightingale with Quartet. In: welt.de. March 24, 2006, accessed January 6, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Interview with Daniel Melingo on the publication of Maldito Tango by Elke Koepping : Daniel Melingo - Das Tango-Panoptikum des Señor M. In: Tangodanza: Medien (Hrsg.): Tangodanza . tape 34 , no. 02/2008 . Tangodanza Verlag, 2008, ISSN  1438-8847 .
  7. ↑ Nominations on bbc.co.uk

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personal data
SURNAME Repetto, Cristóbal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine tango singer
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Maipu , Argentina