"Don Agustín Bardi" by Osvaldo Pugliese y su Orquesta Típica, 1961.

Horacio Salgán

Pianist, leader and composer (June 15, 1916 - August 19, 2016)

He put together his first orchestra in 1944.

About it, he confessed: "The idea of forming it was, in a way, linked to music composing. I began to compose because I wanted to play tango in a pre-established way. I didn't want to be a composer but to play tangos the way I liked. The same happened with the orchestra. As I liked to play tangos in my style, the only possible way was to have my group. Then I put it together. Some people enjoy being bandleaders, but I was interested in my pianistic vocation. I had no intention of creating anything".

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