Death of a tango legend
mainArgentine media have announced the death of Leopoldo Federico, virtuoso of the bandoneon and founder of a tango orchestra. He was 87.
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He belonged to the “golden times” of different composers and Tango musicians in Argentina!! He has to be one of the last that still were remembered, and I feel – as an Argentenean – very proud of your hommage to Leopoldo Federico, plus last week, the death of Horacio Ferrer, that worked w/Piazzola and the other Argentenean opera: “Maria de Buenos Aires”!!!