Tango Mahi “Tanda of the Week” – instrumental tangos by Orquesta Tipica Rodolfo Biagi. Milongueros tend to either love dancing to Biagi music or to avoid dancing to it, for all sorts of reasons. Dancers who love it include those … Read More
4 Milongas in 3 days 28 – 30 May 2021 Whoa Tangueros! Hola! WAITING LIST REMOVED – EVERYBODY WHO’S REGISTERED IS IN! (BUT ALL EVENTS NOW CLOSED) We are delighted to announce we’ve found space! Now everyone who is registered … Read More
Tango Mahi “Tanda of the Week” is a tanda of Astor Piazzolla music by the Swingle Singers and Astor himself. Astor was a pianist, bandoneonist, composer, arranger and band leader, who developed a distinctive new style of tango music. His … Read More
Tango Mahi “Tanda of the Week” is a tanda of valses be the Pedro Laurenz orquesta tipica. Pedro Laurenz was an extremely talented bandoneon player, composer and orquesta leader, whose orquesta had a somewhat lower profile than many famous tango … Read More
Tango Mahi “Tanda of the Week” – Edgardo Donato y sus muchachos (i.e. Edgardo Donato and his boys”) featuring three vocalists. His choice of orquesta name reflected Donato’s sense of humour, his mischievous streak and his desire that the orquesta … Read More
4 Milongas in 3 days 28 – 30 May 2021 Now that Auckland is back to Level 1, we’re delighted to announce an event we’ve been planning for some time. Kelly, Michiko, and I have arranged 4 milongas all on … Read More
Tango Mahi Tanda of the Week – Orquesta Tipica Alfredo Gobbi ALFREDO GOBBI Alfredo Gobbi was a virtuoso violinist. His father, Alfredo Eusebio Gobbi, was an internationally renowned Uruguayan singer, guitarist, dancer, acrobat and composer, who wrote the lyrics to … Read More
Tango Mahi Tanda of the Week – Orquesta Tipica Lucio Demare featuring Juan Carlos Miranda singing songs of Demare and poet Homero Manzi – In the early 1920s Lucio Demare was in his mid-teens, had been playing solo piano professionally … Read More
Tango Mahi – Tanga of the Week – Ángel D’Agostino Orquesta Tipica featuring Angel Vargas. Ángel D’Agostino was born in 1900 into a very musical Buenos Aires family. The family’s friends included leading local and touring international musicians and composers … Read More
Tango Mahi Practica “Tanda of the Week” – Vals tanda by Alfredo de Angelis Orquesta Tipica featuring Carlos Dante and Julio Martel Alfredo de Angelis was born in 1910, played piano with a variety of musicians during the 1930s and … Read More