[Tango-A] SA: 85th birthday concert of Anibal Arias on July 21

[Janis Kenyon]

Saturday, July 21
Fundacion La Casa del Tango
Guardia Vieja 4049
21,30 hs.
Entrada 10 pesos
Tel: 4863-0463

Anibal Arias has been playing the guitar since age 4. Although he studied
classical guitar, he decided to dedicate himself to revitalizing Argentine
popular music in 1940. Since then, he has collaborated with many famous
tango musicians and singers: Hector Maure, Jose Libertella, Luis Stazo,
Anibal Troilo, Libertad Lamarque, Edmundo Rivero, Susana Rinaldi, Oscar
Alonso, Roberto Goyeneche and Julio Sosa among others.  He also belonged to
the Cuarteto de Guitarras de Alberto Ortiz.  He toured Brazil, France,
Spain, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Japan, and the United States. He has
received numerous prizes and honors such as la Orden del Porteno de la
Asociación Gardeliana (1985), the Gardel de Oro del Centro Cultural del
Tango (1986) and the Premio Fundacion La Casa del Tango (1987) where he is
its current president.  Since 1980, he has been a soloist with the Orquesta
de Tango de Buenos Aires.  He co-founded the Escuela de Musica Popular in
Buenos Aires, where he teaches the history of tango and guitar styles.  He
is also the Professor of History and Poetics and guitar at the Conservatorio
de Estilos Tangueros "Argentino Galvan" de la Academia Nacional del Tango
(where American musicians studied with Arias for the past two weeks).