Here you’ll find sought-after live orchestras, duos, soloists and tango DJs for great tangomusic at every event. A compilation of useful contacts for beginners, experienced dancers, professionals, organizers, tango teachers, and other tango aficionados!
Tango DJs for every musical taste
Whether it’s a local milonga, marathon, festival, encuentro, or a private party: for everything there’s the right tango DJ who ensures great atmosphere with carefully selected tangomusic! Here, we introduce some DJs.
Damián Boggio: The Argentinean who lives in Italy plays exclusively authentic vinyl records from his extensive private collection. In the past, he was for years the house DJ at the famous Salon Canning in Buenos Aires. Website
Flavia Cristaldo grew up in Buenos Aires and lives in Starnberg. For 19 years, she has been involved with tango and is a professional dancer and tango teacher. As a DJane, she plays atmospheric, traditional tandas. Facebook
Analía del Giglio – “La Rubia” from Rosario/Argentina currently lives in Spain and is one of the most sought-after DJanes worldwide. She’s never missing from any of the important international festivals. Facebook
Ariel Salto is one of the best-known DJs from Buenos Aires and plays there at the most important milongas. Ariel is regularly invited to Europe for festivals. His style is traditional. Facebook
Gustavo Gómez from Misiones/Argentina lives near Munich, is a tango teacher and show dancer. As a DJ, he plays a powerful, emotional style that leaves no one cold. Website
Flavia Cristaldo- Gustavo Gomez
- Analía del Giglio (La Rubia)
- Ariel Salto
More well-known DJs who have already played at numerous international tango events, along with their music style: Marcelo Rojas (traditional), Theresa Faus (traditional), Christoph Grohs (traditional), David Mancini (traditional), Sonja Armisén (neo), Jochen Lüders (neo), Anthony Cronin (traditional), Melina Sedó (traditional), Jonas Maria “Joma”, Massimo Tessari …
Performers of tangomusic
Tangomusic is diverse: there are tango songs or chansons with guitar accompaniment, small chamber-music ensembles, or orchestras in full lineup. Here, we introduce some of the most popular current duos, soloists, or tango orchestras that travel around the world to perform live at milongas, festivals, and encuentros.
Ranas – Dúo Porteño De Tango
Leandro Schnaider and Pablo Schiaffino, the famous Dúo de Tango, enchant every audience with their virtuoso interplay of bandoneón and piano. Website
The internationally celebrated Dúo Ranas, consisting of Leandro Schnaider (bandoneón) and Pablo Schiaffino (piano), was founded in 2007 and has been touring Europe twice a year ever since. Their exacting and passionate approach to listening, decoding, and condensing the old recordings left behind by the great orchestras of the previous century is typical. They play wonderfully danceable tangos, valses and milongas, and have already recorded three CDs.
Sexteto Milonguero
The Argentine formation Sexteto Milonguero has made waves around the world with its energetic style and released 3 CDs. Singer and frontman Javier Di Ciriaco released his first solo CD in 2017.
The Sexteto Milonguero with its exceptional vocalist Javier Di Ciriaco was, for many years, considered the “hottest” tango orchestra in the world. In summer 2020, to the fans’ disappointment, it announced its dissolution. It was founded in 2006 with the wish to bring back the typical music of the old tango venues: classic arrangements paired with a contagious sense of joy in performing. In their tango concerts, the six musicians literally had the halls boiling. They interpreted the well-known standards freshly and in a contemporary way; in addition, they played their own compositions. From 2006–2020, the Sexteto Milonguero toured regularly through Europe, Asia, South and North America. After that, it announced its dissolution—disappointing many fans.
Duo Ranas
Sexteto Milonguero
Carlos Quilici
La Romantica Milonguera
Noelia Moncada
Beltango Quinteto
La Juan D’Arienzo
Carlos Quilici y Los Tauras
Carlos Quilici y Los Tauras — the quintet around the outstanding bandoneón player has delighted audiences for years with its highly danceable, rhythmic style. Facebook
Twenty years ago, Carlos Quilici founded the quintet Los Tauras in the Argentine port city of Rosario. Since then, it has been a success story: with 4 CD recordings, several European tours, and constant media presence in their home country, the musicians have truly won their place in the hearts of milongueros. The quintet convinces on the one hand with its rhythmically shaped style, and on the other with the virtuoso and passionate playing of the musicians—directly taking hold of the dancers’ feet. Carlos Quilici, the quintet’s leader and bandoneón player, is a fixture of today’s tango music scene in Argentina as well as in Europe.
Orquesta Romántica Milonguera
The 10-member orchestra became known for its original music videos. It plays heartfelt new interpretations of popular classics with harmonious vocal duets. Facebook
In this young group from Buenos Aires, Argentine tango is romantic. The repertoire of five women and five men prefers the sensual, melting crowd-pleasers of bygone times and brings them back to life virtuously. Excellent female singers such as Marisol Martinez, Hache de Huilén, and Ximena Gimenez—as well as singer Roberto Minondi—alternate when interpreting the pieces or sing in two-part harmony in a duet. The orchestra became known above all for its professional and witty music videos, and it is currently one of the most sought-after tango formations.
Noelia Moncada
The young singer performs as a soloist and with various orchestras. She regularly travels to Europe for concerts and has already released 7 albums. Website
Noelia Moncada is considered the best tango singer of the younger generation. She was the female voice of the festival celebrating Astor Piazzolla’s 90th birthday. On all the important live stages in Buenos Aires and in Europe, she gives tango concerts as a soloist or with orchestral accompaniment.
Roberto Siri
The great old master of tango (born 1939) played with the biggest musicians of the golden era. He performed with various formations and traveled to concerts around the world until his death in 2025. Facebook
Roberto Siri is a legend of tangomusic. In tango’s golden age, he was known as the youngest conductor in the Americas, and at the age of fourteen he founded his own sextet. He studied with masters such as Horacio Salgan, stepped in for Rodolfo Biagi on his tour, and accompanied the singer legend Raul Berón for twenty years. He was an original, a gifted pianist, and toured the world as an ambassador of Tango Argentino. In addition, he devoted himself to training young tango musicians.
Beltango Quinteto
With five excellent musicians from Belgrade, perfect virtuoso playing technique comes together with passion and a deep understanding of tango. Website
Alexandar Nikolic, bandoneón player, founder and artistic director of the Quinteto Beltango from Belgrade, said in an interview: “We are totally unusual.” This is due to the special nature of how they make music: the highest virtuosity and perfect playing technique among all the musicians comes together with an authentic passion for the Tango. The quintet plays not only traditional tangos, but also original compositions with elements from Balkan music.
La Juan D’Arienzo
The 10-member young orchestra refreshingly brings Juan D’Arienzo’s style back to life. The arranger is Facundo Lázzari, the grandson of Carlos Lázzari, who arranged for D’Arienzo himself. Website
The orchestra was founded in 2012 in Buenos Aires with the goal of authentically reviving the incomparable rhythmic style of “Rey del Compas” Juan D’Arienzo and presenting it in the new clothing of the next generation. These highly talented young musicians bring energy to the stage that creates enthusiasm. They deliver a full, captivating sound where nobody can just sit and do nothing. To listen to—or a reason to learn to dance!
More tango musicians & information
From Argentina: Tango Bardo, El Cachivache, Cuarteto Mulenga, Orquesta Victoria, El Afronte, Leonel Capitano, Romántica Milonguera, La Juan D’Arienzo
From Russia: Solo Tango Orquesta, Tango En Vivo
From Poland: Bandonegro
From Italy: Quinteto Angel, Hyperion Ensemble, Orquesta Caminito, Tango Spleen
From the Netherlands / Germany:
Cuarteto Rotterdam, Sexteto Cristal
If you want to find out about the best-known orchestras and personalities from tango’s golden era, you’ll find some famous names in our Tango Lexicon.
A real tango encyclopedia with all information about musicians, orchestras, composers, and tango texts can be found on the four-language Argentine site Todotango.
Books, CDs, sheet music, teaching videos and films about tangomusic are available in large selection in the online shop of the magazine Tangodanza.
Listen to tango on Spotify
On the music platform Spotify, in cooperation with the music platform„Danza y Movimiento“, we compiled playlists that you can listen to free of charge: tangos, milongas, and valses in all styles—from traditional to modern. There is also a playlist with Argentine folklore, which in recent years has become increasingly popular at European tango events. It’s worth taking a look! Just click on the name of the playlist you want to be redirected directly to Spotify.
Spotify playlists
Danza y Movimiento – Music
DyM music is a globally unique platform for Latin American music. It offers a music shop with more than 6,000 titles, the music publisher “Ediciones La Palmera”, and a large collection of GEMA-free music. This includes about 480 tango tracks that are free of copyright. Very interesting for DJs and organizers of milongas! Here you can go to Danza y Movimiento.
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Cover photo (bandoneón player Ignacio Claramonte from Sexteto Milonguero) and photo of Roberto Siri at the piano: Thomas Lackner
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