2021 Stowe Tango Music Festival with Hector Del Curto
August 1st 2021
Rita Davidson Barnea, Editor Accordion USA News


The 2021 Stowe Tango Music Festival will be held in Stowe, Vermont, USA from August 19th to 22nd, organized by Artistic Director, Hector Del Curto. This year’s event will feature live in-person events at Palais de Glace on August 21st, as well as online events including the premieres of tango documentaries produced by The Argentine Tango Society on August 19th, 20th and 22, 2021.
Born into a family of bandoneon players, Mr. Del Curto was introduced to the world of Tango and bandoneon by his grandfather, Héctor Cristobal. By the age of 17, he had won the title “Best Bandoneon Player Under 25” in Argentina, and was invited to join the orchestra of the legendary Osvaldo Pugliese, the “Last Giant of Tango.” In 1999, Mr. Del Curto received the Golden Note Award from the Italian–American Network in recognition of his artistic achievements. As a music director, he directed the spectacular show “Forever Tango” on Broadway and founded the Eternal Tango Orchestra, a ten piece ensemble. Since the Lincoln Center début in 2003, the Eternal Tango Orchestra (now the Hector Del Curto Tango Orchestra) returned to Lincoln Center for three more engagements and performed at other various venues including the Skirball Center for Performing Arts.
Schedule for August 21st live events as follows:
1:30 to 2:30 PM: “Why Does It Sound So Good?” Musicality Workshop by Hector Del Curto
2:30 to 3:30 PM: “Sequence in Milonguero style and salon style” Dance Workshop by Aldo & Paula
3:30 to 4:30 PM: “Structure of Milonga Traspie Sequences” Dance Workshop by Aldo & Paula
7:30 to 8:15 PM Festival Concert by Hector Del Curto Tango Quintet – Hector Del Curto, Gustavo Casenave, Sami Merdinian, Jisoo Ok, Pedro Giraudo, Santiago Del Curto & special guest clarinettist Eric Abramovitz
8:15 PM to 12:AM Festival Milonga with Live Music by the Quintet and guests including the musicians of the Bandoneon Workshop and DJ by John Coppens
For details email: stowetangomusicfestival@gmail.com