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Gabriel Rivano ~ Bandoneonist

Gabriel Rivano was born in Buenos Aires in 1958. Descended from a family of musicians, he is the grandson of Adolfo Pérez Pocholo, bandoneonist and composer of the old guard of tango, from whom he inherited his bandoneon. Between 1979 and 1988 he studied bandoneon with Daniel Binelli, Rodolfo Daluisio, Alejandro Barletta and Rodolfo Mederos.
Since 1981 he has been a member of numerous tango groups and has played alongside artists of different genres, such as "Roberto Pansera's Typical Orchestra" - accompanying the singers Alberto Podesta and Roberto Rufino, among others.
He recorded two free tango albums - "Será una noche" and "La Segunda" - in the Gándara monastery, Buenos Aires Province, for the Japanese label Marecordings with the musicians Santiago Vazquez, Marcelo Moguilevsky, Pedro Aznar, Lidia Borda and Edgardo Cardozo.
He played in a duo with Victor Villadangos, Ensemble "La Chimera" - a group with which he recorded an album in a church in Italy and made successful tours around the world - and with a Chamber Sextet presenting his compositions at the Opera of Zurich. Rivano has performed concerts uninterruptedly from 1981 to the present, as a soloist and with different projects, in prestigious auditoriums in numerous countries, from America, Europe, Oceania and Asia. He played five times at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires with different ensembles. He was the first bandoneon player and arranger of "Tango, Vals, Tango" by choreographer A. Stekelman between 1999 and 2004. In 1997 he premiered his "Concerto for bandoneon, guitar and orchestra".
In 2007 Gabriel Rivano won the first prize in the international composition contest of the Argentine Secretary of Culture with his "Concierto para bandoneón y Orquesta Sinfónica". In 2015 he premiered his "Concerto for Bandoneón y Banda Sinfónica" together with the Symphonic Band of Buenos Aires. He currently distributes his artistic activity between Argentina and Europe, where he performs Bandoneon solo concerts and participates in other projects with renowned musicians.
The K&K Verlagsanstalt produced in 2006 live with the Gabriel Rivano Trio the CD “La Luminosa” as part of the Castle Concerts. The trio members are Gabriel Rivano (bandoneon), Victor Villadangos (guitar) and Mónica Taragano (traverse flute).