Andrés Linetzky

Andrés Linetzky is one of the most important tango artists of the new generation. He was born on October 30, 1974 in Avellaneda and is one of the few disciples of maestro Horacio Salgán. He was also a student of Rodolfo Mederos and has qualifications from El Instituto Municipal de Música (música clásica), and la Escuela de Música Popular de Avellaneda (Jazz y tango) Linetzky’s group, VALE TANGO was formed in 1999.

Since then the group has toured the world performing at festivals in Argentina, Brazil, Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium and Italy Vale Tango performed in the film “Assassination Tango” directed by and starring Robert Duvall and produced by Francis Ford Coppolla. They play a Linetzky composition titled REY DE COPAS which was nominated in 2003 for the Clarin Awards.

Linetzky is a renowned composer and arranger and has presented his compositions at festivals in Buenos Aires, France, Shanghai and Rome among others. His musical arranging credits include Alejandro Kreiman (Spain), The Tango Society of Centrall Illinois (EE: UU), Tango School Orchestra, Orquesta del Tango de Buenos Aires, National Orchestra, Juan de Dios Filiberto music, Erica Di Salvo Orchestra, Trio Federico Pereiro, Maggie Ferguson and Tango Project Loca Bohemia and Gerhard Urban (Austria).

He is also in demand to compose, direct and conduct for shows and musicals, some of which have included Tita, Tango X2, Tango Baile, Danza Maligna,Tangos de La Cruz del Sur and Tango Sonico: The Rose. He appeared with these shows in Buenos Aires and on tours inclusively to France, Italy, Israel, The Netherlands, The United States, England, Greece and Hong Kong. Linetzky was a member of The Tango Orchestra of the city of Buenos Aires for five years.

Their album “Live at the Colon” was nominated for a Grammy. Previous directors of the orchestra have included Raul Garello, Carlos Garcia, Julian Plaza, Osvaldo Piro, Joseph Libertella, Joseph Colangelo, Pascual Mamone, Atilio Stampone, and Leopoldo Federico

OTHER GROUPS

Director of the Orchestra TangoVia composed of important young musicians of today. He recorded a CD and toured France with this orchestra.
Carlos Buono’s orchestra in 1999 toured around 50 cities in Japan.
Orchestra Mariano Mores-tour of Chile.
Accompanied Ernesto Baffa, Fernando Romano, Abel Cordoba, Tito Reyes, Raul Lavie, Guillermo Galve, Maria Garay, Neotango sextet, Fernando Soler, Julio Pane, Municipal Orchestra of Tango in Avellaneda
Pianist in Trio Carlos Corrales and the Ramiro Gallo Quintet (CD “Florece”)
Leader “Inspiration” the first tango orchestra comprised of Argentine Jews.
Pianist on tour in Japan in 2005 accompanying violinist Yuki Kamakura
Arranger and director Ariel Ardit’s group, touring many cities including The Buenos Aires Tango Festival at Parco Della Music in Rome.
August 2008, he transcribed original scores and led the orchestra tribute to Anibal Troilo with musicians Fernando Suarez Paz, Guillermo Fernandez, Pablo Agri, Federico Pereiro, Marcelo Nisim, among others.
2009 Linetzky led the Civic Music Orchestra of Cordoba in performances at the Teatro del Libertador and the Festival de Tango de La Falda and in 2010 directed two performances in honor of Agustín Bardi and Anibal Troilo.
Recorded a piano solo album with unreleased tracks from Horacio Salgán (Raras partituras 4)
June 2010 he conducted the orchestra “Le Grand Tango” at Teatro May 25 in Buenos Aires performing a comprehensive selection of his original compositions of which a CD was released.
August 2010 he conducted the Orchestra of Rio de La Plata, comprising Argentine and Uruguayan musicians at the Festival de Tango de Buenos Aires and in 2011 in the Teatro Solis in Montevideo.
2010 Quartet arrangements for Tango Project Loca Bohemia with Australian, Maggie Ferguson and recorded the CD in Buenos Aires in August 2011

PRIZES

Shortlisted for REVELACION DEL TANGO in the Clarin awards 2002 performances
First prize in the “Osvaldo Pugliese” 2005 Organized by National Endowment for the Arts.
In March 2006, Secretary of Culture of the city government of Buenos Aires, selected him as one of six young composers to compose and present an original work at the Tango Festival of Buenos Aires 2006
Linetzky was awarded by decree no. 1924 Outstanding Citizen of the City of Avellaneda in April 2008.

EDUCATIONAL

Part time professor at the Orquesta Escuela De Tango Emilio Balcarce.
During 2011 Linetzky travelled to Río Gallegos Conservatorium in Brazil every month to teach tango.
In August 2011 he finished his first “Seminario de arreglos para tango” (Arranging tango for Piano)

DISCOGRAPHY TANGATA REA

Noches de Buenos Aires (Winter and Winter) 1997, piano y arreglos
Tango Alla Bailla (Winter and Winter) 1998, piano y arreglos

CARLOS BUONO

En vivo, Japón (1998), piano

FERNANDO SOLER

Tangos (1999), piano

JAIME WILENSKY

Pasión en Tango (Musipak) 2000, dirección, piano y arreglos
Pasión en Tango II (Musipak) 2001, dirección, piano y arreglos
Tango nuevo (Musipak) 2002, tango electrónico, dirección, piano y arreglos
Pasión en Tango III (Musipak) 2004, dirección, piano y arreglos
Pasión en Tango IV (Musipak) 2008, dirección, piano y arreglos
Tango nuevo 2.0 (Musipak) 2008, tango electrónico, dirección, piano y arreglos
Tango nuevo 2.1 (Musipak) 2008, tango electrónico, dirección, piano y arreglos Nominado al Grammy 2009
Tango nuevo 3.0 (Musipak) 2010, tango electrónico, dirección, piano y arreglos

NEOTANGO