Julián Plaza
Julián Plaza (* 9. July 1928 in General Manuel Campos, La Pampa , † 19th April 2003 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine tango composer and arranger , bandoneon player and pianist .
Plaza had his first bandoneon lessons from his father and was a student of Félix Lipesker in Buenos Aires from the age of eleven . In 1943 he became a member of Eduardo Donatos , shortly thereafter of Antonio Rodio's group. In 1949 he joined the Miguel Calós Orchestra, to which he was a member for ten years. He also toured Italy, Greece, Turkey, Syria and Lebanon with Eduardo Bianco , performed with Carlos Di Sarli and worked as an arranger for Atilio Stampone and Florindo Sassone .
In 1959 he became a bandoneonist in Osvaldo Pugliese's orchestra, for which he wrote a number of arrangements. In 1968 he founded the Sexteto Tango with the bandoneonists Osvaldo Ruggiero and Víctor Lavallén , the violinists Emilio Balcarce and Oscar Herrero and the double bass player Alcides Rossi - all musicians from Pugliese's orchestra - in which he played the piano himself and with which he made recordings on the Victor label . In 1992 he separated from Sexteto Tango . He performed again with Caló's orchestra and founded a bandoneon quartet with Alfredo Marcucci , Ernesto Franco and Atilio Corral .
Works
- A lo moderno
- Danzarín
- Sensiblero
- Melancólico
- Nostálgico
- Disonante
- Dominguera
- Payadora
- Nocturna
- Morena
- Milontango
- Buenos Aires-Tokyo
- Color tango
- Cuánta angustia (text by Manolo Barros )
swell
- Todo Tango - Julián Plaza
- Totango - Julian Plaza
- Find A Grave - Julián Plaza
- Naxos - Julian Plaza
- Julián Plaza in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Plaza, Julián |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine tango composer, arranger, bandoneonist and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | General Manuel Campos, La Pampa |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 2003 |
| Place of death | Buenos Aires |