Antonio Agri

Antonio Agri ( born May 5, 1932 in Rosario / Santa Fe, † October 17, 1998 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine violinist who was active as a classical and tango musicians.

Agri was in his hometown of students Dermidio Guastavino. At fifteen, he debuted as a professional musician in a tango quartet, later he joined the orchestra of Julián Chera, Lincoln Garrot and José Sala, the Quartet Los poetas del Tango ( with Antonio Ríos, José Puerta and Omar Murtagh ) and the quintet Arcos Torres -Agri.

By Nito Farace Agri became acquainted with Astor Piazzolla, who recorded it in 1962 in his Quinteto Nuevo Tango and 1963 in the Nuovo Octeto. In 1968 he played the solo violin in Piazzolla's opera Maria de Buenos Aires. He also played in the orchestras of Osvaldo Fresedo, Horacio Salgán, Mariano Mores, Alberto and Roberto Caracciolo Pansera. In 1976 he founded his own string ensemble.

In the 1990s, he played recordings as a guest of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra one, accompanied Yo- Yo Ma on a concert tour of the United States and entered Paris with the flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía on. He founded his own quartet, based in Paris, which he directed with Juan José Mosalini and with whom he played duets with his son Pablo Agri. He was also co-founder of Nuevo Quinteto Real with Horacio Salgán, Ubaldo De Lío, Leopoldo Federico (later Néstor Marconi) and Omar Murtagh (later Oscar Giunta ). A few months before his death, he recorded the CD Antonio Agri - Tango Sinfonico. His compositions include titles such as Retrato de Alfredo Gobbi, Ciudad triste, Los Mareados, EXTASIS, Romance del diablo, Milonga del ángel Otoño porteño and SP de nada.

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