source: elmiradornocturno.blogspot.ar/search/label/Tango?updated-max=2013-09-23T14:28:00-03:00&max-results=20&start=97&by-date=false Posted by Leonardo Liberman Pablo Antonio Agri born on May 5, 1932 in Rosario, Santa Fe and died on October 17, 1998. Violinist, composer and conductor, was highlighted in the classical and tango music and is considered among the greatest exponent of tango violinists of the generation of 50. He studied violin with Dermidio Guastavino and Córdoba after its debut in 1947, took his first artistic steps in orchestras devoted to popular music. In Rosario played in ensemble Provincianos, Hector Lincoln Garrott, and the orchestras of José Sala, and José Antonio Ríos Corna. With the latter, with Omar Murtagh and José Puerta formed in the 50s, all Poets of Tango, with whom he recorded for the Trio label. In November 1960 she performed with the charango player Jaime Torres and bandoneon player Rodolfo Montironi Cholo. In 1961 he created the Quintet Bows Antonio Agri, a group with which granted the chamber music sounds played tangos. His partnership with Omar Torres bandoneonista culminated in the co-direction of the Orchestra Torres-Agri. The unique virtues displayed as an instrumentalist allowed him to integrate Provincial Symphony Orchestra Rosario until 1962, year in which he was tempted by Astor Piazzolla to join the New Tango Quintet that made Jaime Gosis, Oscar Lopez Ruiz and Quicho Diaz and Elvino Vardaro group that would shake the foundations of tango movement. The Conjunto 9 plays in Rome, 1972 From left to right: Tarantino, Piazzolla, Agri, Diaz Baralis, Panik, and Corriale Bragato. Agri joined the group replacing Vardaro and played with Piazzolla for 15 years of fruitful artistic work on stages in America and Europe. He quickly distinguished himself from his predecessor in the set of Piazzolla and this allowed you a brilliance that hinted at the fine sensibility of an artist who, even when kept firmly planted in the foundations of tango feet, could give a unique flight to interpretation. Antonio Agri in June 1973, when integrated Piazzolla Quintet; Manzi him Michelangelo, Hugo Balzo, Agri and Osvaldo Tarantino. In 1974 Agri joined the Symphony Orchestra of the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires and in 1976 formed the Agri Antonio Arcos set to play a repertoire of compositions benefited from the contribution of famous arrangers as Aquiles Roggero, Rodolfo Mederos and Martin Darre. He then created the Camerata Antonio Agri, with whom he released the repertoire of Piazzolla. It was frequently summoned by the great Argentine orchestras such as Aníbal Troilo, Osvaldo Fresedos, Mariano Mores and Horacio Salgán, among others, which contributed to the unmistakable sound of his violin on recordings of famous tango masters. During his stay in Paris, France, joined the Agri-Mosalini Tango Quintet, with Juan José Mosalini on bandoneon, Osvaldo Caló in piano, guitar and Leonardo Sanchez Roberto Tormo on bass. He recorded with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Chinese cellist Yo Yo Ma, on the remarkable album Soul soul of tango or tango with which he won the Grammy Award. He presented with guitarist Paco de Lucia and Italy recorded a Stradivarius violin recording running, violnista owned and orchestral manage Salvatore Accardo. In the 90s he joined the Royal New Quintet and made recordings with the bandoneon virtuoso Leopoldo Federico. In his long and fruitful career Antonio Agri was awarded the Konex Award in 1985, 1995 and 2005, post mortem, and after a presentation offered by their Joint Arcos in Mateo Booz Theatre, was named Citizen of Rosario in 1986. While it was not a composer, Antonio Agri, in the last years of his life he wrote, unexpectedly even for him, a concerto for two violins and orchestra. The work is called No claim to anything and was recorded by an orchestra of sixty musicians directed by Pedro Ignacio Calderón. In an article published by the daily La Nación, February 2, 1998, said: There are three moments of urban music. Because Im not a composer. Have arisen suddenly my head .. (...) My son Paul says to me one day: Dad you have to write a tango concert for violin and orchestra. I answer: I am not a composer. Paul insists. And suddenly I appear melodies. I get up at 3, 4 in the morning and scored. So all this was coming. When I could hear harmonized in a processor, not I could believe. It sounded beautiful. And I said: Blessed be God who gave me this in the twilight of my life! .
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