3rd BELGRADE TANGO FESTIVAL 2006
Juan Eduardo Gimenez
Uruguay
He was born in Uruguay, Las Piedras, Montevideo‘s suburb. A city with deeply-rooted traditions of tango where such prominent tango musicians as Jorge Rivero, Eduardo Gilardoni, and “the voice of tango” Julio Sosa, were born. He studied musicology, singing and composition at the Higher School of Music in Motenvideo.
He traveled to Chicago where he gave tango concerts together with
the “Chicago Opera Theater” group.
For the first ever time in Lithuania he organized argentine tango and folk
dance show performance from Paris, ( “Le Fleuve aux selles de vent” )
He won the first place as tango singer, at the “Astor Piazzolla’s World Contest”.
Together with Diego Ocampo and Valeria Ardito, he organized tango master lessons
and performances conducted by Miguel Angel Zotto, Carlos Gavito, and Pepito Avellaneda.
At the moment Eduardo Gimenez, is in focus to expand tango all around the baltic countries.
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