Argentina's new generation leading tango revolution
By Luis Andres Henao | China Daily | Updated: 2011-08-19 07:59
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Osvaldo Pugliese, one of Argentina's most famous composers, used to say that tango doesn't start to make sense until you are in your thirties.
But a young generation of musicians, lyricists and composers are proving him wrong.
Moving away both from purist rhythms and the electronic fusions of the late 1990s, the new generation fills up venues playing compositions with contemporary themes that aim to put tango back in the spotlight on the national scene.
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