DIRECTLY FROM BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
Guillermo Fernandez & Tango Lovers Orchestra
GUILLERMO FERNANDEZ
Lead Singer - Producer - Composer - Actor - Arrangeist
Guillermo Fernandez born in Buenos Aires in the San Telmo neighborhood. Known as Guillermito Fernandez was a prodigy child interpreter of Rio de la Plata music. He started his career at the early age of 6 years old becoming a recognized figure.
A big name such as Anibal Troilo was one of his repetoire teachers.
He was a non-stop prodigy figure of TV in important and popular programs such as "La Feria de la Alegría". Afterwards, he joined the cast of "Grandes valores del tango and from there he began an upward career, performing on the most important stages in the country, also abroad.
He performed at the mythical tango house “Caño 14” where Aníbal Troilo, Roberto Goyeneche and the great dancer Juan Carlos Copes were also present.
His trajectory is very extensive and has won numerous prestigious awards such as the Latin Grammy, ACE, Gardel, Estrella de Mar, Konex and the Gaviota de Plata, Lira de Oro at Viña del Mar Festival. He has recorded countless albums for various record labels and has performed all over the world and he is now the star and lead singer of TANGO LOVERS COMPANY.
LAUTARO GRECO
Bandoneonist, pianist and composer, is the brightest star of the modern Argentine music world. At his young age he has acquired incredible fame standing on the same stage with the most venerable Argentine tango artists. Having graduated as a pianist from the music conservatory named after Astor Piazzolla, Lautaro chose bandoneon as his main instrument playing it since his early childhood. His father was his first maestro, bandoneonist, Pablo Greco. Among other greatest and legendary musicians in Argentine tango who were on the same stage with Lautaro are Rubén Juarez, Fernando Suarez Paz (the violinist of Astor Piazzola), Raúl Lavié, Guillermo Fernández (singer), Rubén Blades, and many others. Lautaro played for 4 years at the legendary orchestra «Sexteto Mayor» and took part in the CD recording which was awarded with the «Carlos Gardel» Prize as the best tango album of 2008. Lautaro Greco is one of the recognized 4 best bandoneonists of the world, the other 3 being Mosalini, Marconi, Pane – all of them represented in the special project, championship-festival «Bandoneonazo» in Buenos Aires. He is a Grammy and Latin Grammy award recipient for “Songplay” with Joyce DIDonato (Grammy winner 2019) “Revolucionario” bandoneonist with Quinteto Astor Piazzolla (Latin Grammy winner 2019) “Tangos” (Grammy winner 2014) and 2021 Latin Grammy Nominee.
EMILIANO GRECO
Pianist, music arranger, composer and deputy musical director of “Tango Lovers Company” which has been awarded "Best Show of the Year" by the Association of Critics of Entertainment of New York (ACE, 2015) and FOX Music USA (2017) and for "Best International Production" by the Association of Entertainment Producers of Uruguay (2016, 2017). He has also musically directed renown tango shows such as: Mora Godoy Company, Rojo Tango, O Tango, Tango Legends, Cafe de los Angelitos and many more, touring Europe, Asia and the Unites states extensively with his music. Emiliano graduated as Music Profesor specialized in Piano, from the “Astor Piazzolla” Conservatory of Music of the City of Buenos Aires. He also graduated from the Tangueros Styles Conservatory “Argentino Galván" as Arranger Musician specialized in Tango styles, endorsed by the National Academy of Tango. Took private classes with renowned professors José Ogivieki, Nicolás Ledesma, Susana Agrest, Manolo Juárez and Fernando Pérez.
LIVE MUSIC BY THE BEST DJs
DJ Rod Relucio - Chicago
Rod been dancing all his life. Although his background early in his life has been mostly in hip hop and street dancing, he has fully committed himself to Argentine Tango. One can still see the lasting influence of his street dancing in his innovative tango style.
Together with Jenny (since 2009) they believe that connection, musicality, and technique are the keys to fully appreciate the beauty of Tango. In their classes they want to concentrate on how to be comfortable inside the embrace, based on the logic and naturalness of the movement. They travel all around the U.S. as well as abroad to perform and share their tango knowledge at festivals and weekend workshops.
DJ Iv Manos- Greece
Tango found me for the first time in 2008 but i started getting classes regularly since 2012.
For me tango means many things,but if i had to choose one word to describe it, it's EMBRACE !
I started djing in Athens local milongas and practicas since 2014 and all around Europe since 2016 in many festivals, marathons and milongas. I love creating a great atmosphere on the dancefloor playing mostly tangos from Golden Age,but also some Guardia Vieja and new recordings as well !!
Looking forward meeting you all on the dancefloor!!
DJ Cigdem “Ciko” Tanik - New York
Ciko has been DJing since 2009. She has experience with both Traditional and Alternative Tango Music since she ran weekly and monthly events in NYC that had both rooms. She has DJ’d at big and small events in the NYC and various communities and festivals around the US over the years.. to name a few; Montreal Nuevo Festival, Chicago Tango Week, Philly Tango Festival, Florida Keys Marathon, Cleveland Tango Bowling Marathon..
She does not discriminate between different eras of Tango Music. She likes a wide range from 1920s to 2020! She loves discovering what moves her audience and dancers in the room so she can work together with them in creating a great event. She gives as much importance to her Cortinas as her Tandas cause she believes that they are instrumental in creating the vibe for the night.
DJ Charrua - Uruguay
Rodrigo Saraibe, riginally from Uruguay, studied sound and light engineering in Buenos Aires in Argentina. Rodrigo has been working as a sound engineer, DJ, and stage manager since 1995, and has ample experience as a promoter of rock and Tango events and stage in Buenos Aires, and worked in Miami, FL. for various local bands and TV shows as a music designer. Rodrigo resides in Chicago IL since 2002, where he has been working in the integration of audio and visual arts using his sound and light design skills. As a native Uruguayan, Rodrigo began discovering his origins from him by exploring tango music. His passion for Tango music has lead him to acquire an extensively impressive collection of music.
He has been DJ in some of the most prominent Tango Milongas, Festivals and Marathons in the US, including Chicago, IL., Miami, FL, Tampa, FL, Seattle, WA, Los Angeles, CA., San Francisco, CA., San Diego, CA ., Sacramento, CA ,. Boston, MA, NYC, Minneapolis, MN ,. Detroit, Mi, St Louis, MO, Washington DC ,, Philadelphia, PA., Raleigh, NC, Madison, WI. Detroit, Mi. Ann Arbor, Mi.