Les Luthiers is an Argentine comedy-musical group, very popular also in several other Spanish-speaking countries including Paraguay, Guatemala, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Bolivia, Cuba, Costa Rica and Venezuela. They were formed in 1967 by Gerardo Masana, during the height of a period of very intense choral music activity in Argentina's state universities. Their outstanding characteristic is the home-made musical instruments, some of them extremely sophisticated, which they skillfully employ in their recitals to produce music and texts full of high class and refined humor. From 1977 until his death in 2007, they worked with Roberto Fontanarrosa, a renowned Argentine cartoonist and writer.
Cantata Laxatón is the second album by Les Luthiers, released in August 1972.
Les Luthiers – , album released in October, 1973.
The fourth album of Les Luthiers, released in November 1976. From now on, there are no individual credits for the songwriters, although it's been confirmed later that both 'Teresa y el oso' and 'Doctor Bob Gordon...' were composed by Ernesto Acher, with script by Marcos Mundstock. 'Serenata Mariachi' originated from Lopez Puccio and Maronna, and then it was revised lyrically by Mundstock and musically by Acher. As for 'Mi aventura por la India' and 'La yegua mia', actual authorship has never been officially confirmed, and the public's relied on educated guesses.
Mastropiero que nunca was a theatrical humour/music show by Les Luthiers. It was first performed on Friday 9 September 1977 and last done on Sunday 27 February 1983. It consisted of nine new live numbers, which ranged from a madrigal to a salsa skit.
Muchas gracias de nada is the sixth album by Les Luthiers, recorded live in the Teatro Coliseo. It was released in October 1980.
Carlos Alberto Daniel López Puccio is an Argentinian multi-instrumentalist, orchestral and choral conductor, composer, singer, arranger and one of the current members of Les Luthiers.
Jorge Maronna is an Argentine multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer, author and a founding member of the comedy-musical group Les Luthiers. Born August 1, 1948, in Bahía Blanca, he joined I Musicisti while still a teenager, and helped Gerardo Masana and Carlos Iraldi build the first informal instrument, the "contrachitarrone da gamba", a blend between a guitar and a cello, and it's played like the latter one. In 1967, he was part of the four people who left I Musicisti and formed Les Luthiers. There, he and Masana composed most of the music for early shows, and to this day Maronna still pens many musical pieces for the group, often in collaboration with one of his bandmates.
Marcos Mundstock was an Argentine musician, writer, comedian, actor, broadcaster and copywriter. He had dual nationality of Argentina and Spain, having obtained the latter in 2012.
Carlos Núñez Cortés is a pianist, actor, composer, multi-instrumentist and singer. He has been a member of Les Luthiers since 1969 until 2017, when he retired. He also wrote 3 books : "Los juegos de Mastropiero", "100 caracoles argentinos" and "Memorias de un luthier".
Ernesto Acher is an Argentine comedian, actor, composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and orchestral conductor. Between 1971 and 1986 he was a member of the celebrated Argentine group Les Luthiers, with which he acted as composer, comedian, singer, and performer on more than twenty instruments, some of which he created himself. Before separating from the group, he was involved in individual projects as composer – including a soundtrack, a quartet for clarinet and strings, a string sextet and a symphonic poem for viola and orchestra. In 1988 he founded the La Banda Elástica (The Elastic Band), gathering some of the most outstanding Argentine jazz musicians. The band dissolved in 1993. Since then he has developed several musical and comedy projects, and performed as an orchestral conductor.
Marisela Hernandez, commonly known as simply Marisela, is a Mexican-American singer. In 1984, she recorded her first album at the age of 18, and continued to release albums into the 1990s. Her cover version of Barbara George's single "I Know ", titled "Ya No", peaked at number-one in the Billboard Latin Songs chart in 1990. As a child she starred in Villa Alegre.
The 6th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held in Los Angeles at the Shrine Auditorium on Thursday, November 3, 2005. It was the first ceremony to be broadcast by Univision in the United States. Ivan Lins was the big winner, winning two awards, including Album of the Year. He is the first and only Brazilian and Portuguese-language artist to win Album of the Year to date. Alejandro Sanz was honored with Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Juanes won three awards including Best Rock Solo Vocal Album.
Jessica Wanda Judith Cirio Perutich, better known as Jésica Cirio or Jessica Cirio, is an Argentine model and dancer. She was born in Lanús, Buenos Aires and has appeared on the Argentine reality show Cámara en Mano as well as in pictorial spreads in Revista Hombre.
Events from the year 1942 in Argentina
Gitano is a 2007 album of zarzuela arias sung by tenor Rolando Villazón, with the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid conducted by Plácido Domingo, for Virgin Classics.
La Cuaima, also known as Carmencita, la Cuaima, is a Venezuelan telenovela created by Carlos Pérez that premiered on Radio Caracas Televisión on August 6, 2003, and ended on February 9, 2004. It stars Catherine Correia as the titular character.
The 21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held on Thursday, November 19, 2020 and broadcast on TelevisaUnivision. The 2020 Latin Grammy ceremony was anchored from the American Airlines Arena in Miami, though the health protocols enacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic meant there was no live audience in the venue, and performances were presented from remote locations from many parts of the world. The telecast marked the 21st anniversary of the Latin Grammy Awards and honored musical releases within Latin music released from June 1, 2019 to May 31, 2020. Nominations were announced on September 29.
Pedro Antonio Giménez Cortés, better known as Antón Jiménez, is a Spanish flamenco guitarist and composer. He began and developed his career playing with Diego el Cigala, and Joaquín Cortés, on their international tours. He received the National Guitar Award in 1995, and is an honorary member of the International Music Council CILM - UNESCO. He also collaborated on the album "The New School Of Flamenco Guitar" nominated for the 2003 Latin Grammy Awards. He has also been a composer for the Ballet Nacional de España and the companies of Lola Greco, Rocío Molina, and Rafael Amargo.
