Paco Peña is a Spanish flamenco composer and guitarist. He is regarded as one of the world's foremost traditional flamenco players.
The music of Argentina includes a variety of traditional, classical and popular genres. One of the country's most significant cultural contributions is the tango, which originated in Buenos Aires and its surroundings during the end of the 19th century and underwent profound changes throughout the 20th century. Folk music was particularly popular during the 20th century, experiencing a "boom" in popularity during the 1950s and 1960s thanks to artists such as Atahualpa Yupanqui and Mercedes Sosa, prominent figures of the Nuevo cancionero movement. In the mid-to-late 1960s, the countercultural scene of Buenos Aires originated Argentine rock, considered the earliest incarnation of Spanish-language rock for having an autochthonous identity that differed from that of England or the United States. It was widely embraced by the youth and since then has become part of the country's musical identity as much as traditional music. According to the Harvard Dictionary of Music, Argentina also "has one of the richest art music traditions and perhaps the most active contemporary musical life.
Carlos Moscardini is an Argentine composer and guitarist. He is professor of guitar at the Gilardo Gilardi Conservatory of Music and Manuel de Falla Conservatory of Music in Buenos Aires.
Ricardo Alberto Darín is an Argentine actor, film director and film producer, considered one of the best and most prolific actors of Argentine cinema.
Son of the Bride is a 2001 Argentine comedy drama film directed by Juan José Campanella and written by Campanella and Fernando Castets. The executive producers were Juan Vera and Juan Pablo Galli, and it was produced by Adrián Suar. It stars Ricardo Darín, Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Eduardo Blanco and Natalia Verbeke.
Jorge Cardoso [full name: Jorge Ruben Cardoso Krieger] is a classical guitarist, composer, researcher, medical doctor and teacher. He has performed in Europe, America, Asia and Africa, and has frequently participated in international festivals, conferences, seminars, radio and television.
Víctor Hugo Díaz was a tango, folklore and jazz harmonicist.
Rubens Osvaldo Jesús Udaquiola Laport is a Uruguayan-Argentine actor and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. In 2000, he earned Martín Fierro Award for his portrayal in television comedy Campeones de la Vida.
Pepe is a pet form of the Spanish and Portuguese name José (Joseph). It is also a surname.
Eduardo Falú was an Argentine folk music guitarist and composer.
César Isella was an Argentinian singer and songwriter of folk music. He joined Los Fronterizos from 1956 to 1966, was one of the main figures of the "Movement of the New Songbook", and in the 1990s he discovered and sponsored the singer Soledad Pastorutti. He has written the music for "Canción con todos", regarded as the Latin American anthem.
Syrian Argentines are Argentine citizens of Syrian descent or Syrian-born people who reside in Argentina. Argentina has the second highest number of Syrians in South America after Brazil. Syrian immigration to Argentina has been and is currently, one of the most important Arab migration flows into Argentina. Immigration waves peaked in the 20th century, although in recent years due to the constant wars in the Middle East, immigration from Syria has been increasing over time. Like other Arab Argentines, they are universally known as "turcos" ("Turks"), like in the rest of Latin American countries.
This is a list of notable events in Latin music that took place in 2013.
Ricardo Moyano is an Argentinian musician and composer. Son of Irma Capellino and Daniel Moyano, born in La Rioja, Argentina, in 1961. He has lived and worked in various countries, which has influenced the formation of his style. Playing with his friends as musicians has been and remains the preferred and main source of inspiration. Alongside his concert career he has recorded in various countries, alone and with other musicians. He lives in Istanbul and works as a guitar teacher at Yildiz University. He has a YouTube channel on which he uploads various recordings.
Jose Manuel "Anel" Paz is an Argentinian guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer, and recording and mix engineer.
He has been a member of Los Violadores, and Los Politicos.
Juan Cabandié Alfonsín is an Argentine politician, human rights activist and teacher. A member of the Justicialist Party and a founding member of La Cámpora, a kirchnerist youth organization, Cabandié served two terms in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies before serving as Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development by President Alberto Fernández from 2019 to 2023.
Ana María Falú is an Argentine architect and a social activist for human rights and for women's rights. She has been Regional Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women for the Andean Region (2002–2004) and for Brazil and the Southern Cone Countries (2004–2009). She is a researcher and Professor at the National University of Córdoba (UNC), where she is the Director of the Housing and Habitat Research Institute (INVIHAB). In the field of feminist action, she promoted numerous institutional initiatives and contributed to the establishment of women's rights to the city, to housing, and to the habitat. She is co-founder of the Women and Habitat Network of Latin America, of the Centro de Intercambio y Servicios para el Cono Sur Argentina (CISCSA), of UNC's Interdisciplinary Program of Women's and Gender Studies (PIEMG), and of Articulación Feminista Marcosur, among other areas of action in favor of women's rights. In 2013 she won the Feminist Career Award together with other Argentine women.
Federico Fagioli is an Argentine social activist and politician of the Patria Grande Front. Since 2023, he has been a member of the Senate of Buenos Aires Province, representing the Third Electoral Section. From 2019 to 2023, he was a National Deputy for Buenos Aires.
The folkloric music of Argentina traces its roots to the multiplicity of native indigenous cultures. It was shaped by four major historical-cultural events: Spanish colonization and forced African immigration caused by the slave trade during the Spanish domination ; the large wave of European immigration (1880–1950) and the large-scale internal migration (1930–1980).
