Bowery Poetry Club: "Dancing Tango With Maria" Featuring Maria Cangiano, Vocals, Octavio Brunetti, Piano and Victor Prieto, Accordion

(PRWEB) May 17, 2005

Dancing With Maria: Tango Music and Milonga Night.

A new generation of Tango/Jazz musicians come together to interpret old and new tango songs from Discepolo to Piazzolla on May 26, 10pm @ New York’s famous Bowery Poetry Club. The Argentine singer, Maria Cangiano, who did her debut at Joe’s Pub in April, 2005, with her show “Tango & Beyond,” combines drama and singing in her interpretation of old and new Tango songs as “mini-operas” or melodramatic stories. Called by her many fans, “Anna Magnani with voice,” Ms. Cangiano, originally from Argentina, has a unique voice within Argentine Tango’s new generation of musicians.

“The depth and power of Maria Cangiano’s woeful, soulful voice brings the nostalgic nature of the music to life,” Brooklyn Press, 2002. The Argentine pianist, Octavio Brunetti, has performed in very important tango groups, such as Bernardo Monk’s Mass Tango and Pablo Aslan’s Avantango among others. In 2004 he got the first award as piano performer at the first New York Tango Competition.

The Spanish Jazz avant-garde accordionist, Victor Prieto has performed with Paquito D’Rivera, Oscar Stagnaro, David Sammuels, Mark Walker, Diego Urcola, Raul Jaurena, Lilonel Loueke among others, He teaches Master Classes in Spain, Italy, Portugal and USA.

The night combines a musical performance and a Milonga, Tango dancing, afterwards. The Bowery Poetry Club will offer a special Argentine Menu for the night.

$ 10 in advance (http://www.bowerypoetry.com)

$ 15 at door

Bowery Poetry Club,

308 Bowery (between Bleecker street & Houston)

212.614.0505

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Chilean Singer/Actor Antonio Prieto Dies at 85

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) July 16, 2011

Chilean singer/actor Antonio Prieto passed away a victim of cardiac arrest 9:45 p.m., July 14, 2011, at the age of 85 at a private clinic in Santiago, Chile. Prieto was known in Latin America as The Romantic of the Romantics. As the Frank Sinatra of Latin America, he was said to have a voice that made people fall in love. During his 50-year career Prieto recorded over 1000 songs, acted in more than 33 films and had the first variety television show in all of South America, which aired in Chile, Argentina, Spain and Mexico. In the 1950s, he was brought to the US by friends Fernando Lamas and Esther Williams with a contract to make 10 films. In 1965 he performed at the legendary Hollywood Bowl and in 1995 a 20 Greatest Hits CD of his work was released.

Born Juan Antonio Espinoza Prieto on May 26, 1926, in Northern Chile, he was considered by critics as an icon of the Latin Bolero genre and first became a star in the 1950s. His charm and versatility made him one of the most popular singers of his time. Prietos singing of such songs as La Barca and El Reloj by Mexican composer Roberto Cantoral gained him international fame. In 1961 his greatest hit, La Novia, was translated into several languages and played at millions of weddings across the Latin world. The song was later known as The Wedding in the United States and United Kingdom, where it also achieved great success. Although the song was about a man who is watching the love of his life get married to someone else, in his real life Prieto married the woman of his dreams, who passed away over a decade ago.

Early on in his career Prieto studied with Marcel Marceau and applied that showmanship to his work. Although he has acted in over 33 films, he is best known internationally for the prominent role of Don Miguel Rojo, the eldest of the three bandit Rojo brothers in Sergio Leones A Fistful of Dollars along side Clint Eastwood. He also appeared in the international 1963 release of The Sword of Zorro among others.

Prieto was diagnosed with Alzheimers in 2002 and lost his voice a few years later. Following his diagnosis he began compiling his artistic legacy. He commenced putting in order his hundreds of musical recordings, the films in which he performed and homemade tapes made with friends like Joao Gilberto and Alberto Cortez. He also began work on an autobiography, which was completed by journalist Gonzalo Rojas, and took part in compiling his 100 greatest hits. He has lived away from the public spotlight for the last few years.

Antonio Prieto will be buried Saturday, July 16, in the city of Vina del Mar, Chile, where he lived with his family before becoming ill. He is survived by four children and 13 grandchildren. His friendship will especially be missed by his son-in-law, bass virtuoso and film composer Stanley Clarke. Prieto will live forever in his music and his family and fans memories of his powerful presence.

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