Carlos Moscardini

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Carlos Moscardini (born 1959) is an Argentine composer and guitarist. He is prof
essor of tango guitar at the Gilardo Gilardi Conservatory of Music and [Manuel d
e Falla] Conservatory of music in Buenos Aires.
Moscardini was born in Lomas de Zamora, in the Gran Buenos Aires metropolitan ar
ea.[1]
After winning the Soloist Prize for guitar at the first New Popular Music Meetin
g in his province, he recorded his first solo album, El corazon manda, on Epsa r
ecords. The album features compositions of his own and arrangements of famous Ar
gentine folk music. His work won him the public admiration of the guitarist Juan
Fal.[1]
Carlos Moscardini has performed throughout Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Norway, Swe
den, Belgium, Denmark and Germany. He has played with the band Nan at the Montre
al Jazz Festival. In Japan, he performed over 50 concerts as The History of the
Tango. The Buenos Aires Teatro San Martin appointed him composer and arranger. H
e has lectured on the interpretation of Argentine music at the Norges Musikhgskol
e in Oslo, at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, and at the Acadmie
de musique in Ghent.[1]