Electronic and festival era

Key orchestras

1. Orquesta Típica Fernández Fierro78
2. Orquesta Típica Imperial64
3. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)62
4. Orquesta Romantica Milonguera61
5. Orquesta El Arranque42
6. Orquesta Típica Silencio41
7. Orquesta Escuela de Tango36
8. Orquesta Típica Sans Souci35

Recordings per orchestra: TangoCloud catalogue

What happened

1. 2000

   Arturo Penón: Dies at home in Bernal. source

2. 2000

   Domingo Federico: Dies in Rosario. source

3. 2000

   Donato Racciatti: Dies in Montevideo. source

4. 2000

   Rodolfo Cieri: Dies on 4 June. source

5. 2000

   Atilio Stampone: Appointed director of the Orquesta Nacional de Música Argentina Juan de Dios Filiberto. source

6. 2000

   María Celia Blanco: Opens Lo de Celia Tango Club in the former Re Fa Si. source

7. 2000

   Libertad Lamarque: Dies in Mexico City. source

8. 2000

   Damian Rosenthal: Moves to Paris, where he lives for more than ten years. source

9. 2000

   Orquesta Escuela de Tango: Created by the city culture secretariat with Emilio Balcarce as director, on Varchausky's proposal. source

10. 2000

    Orquesta Típica IMPERIAL: Joins the youth section of the Academia Nacional del Tango. source

11. 2000

    Orquesta Escuela de Tango: Records De contrapunto for Epsa Music (dated 2000 in one article, 2001 in the other). source

12. 2000

    Omar Vega Boston: Teaching milonga classes in Argentina; Elizabeth Wartluft assists him. source

13. 2000

    Alicia Monti: Films the instructional series Learn to tango with Carlos and Alicia. source

14. 2000

    Olga Delgrossi: Records a 20-track CD in France with Julio Cobelli and Waldemar Metediera. source

15. 2000

    COLOR TANGO (Roberto Alvarez): Con estilo para bailar vol. 2, recorded with Leopoldo Federico. source

16. 2000

    Fabian Salas: Begins touring internationally with Carolina del Rivero. source

17. 2000

    Milena Plebs: Begins dancing with Ezequiel Farfaro. source

18. 2000

    Quinteto Suárez Paz: North American tour with his quintet and the dancer Julio Bocca. source

19. 2000

    Emilio Balcarce: Becomes director of the Orquesta Escuela de Tango, proposed by Ignacio Varchausky. source

20. 2000

    Daniel Binelli: Moves to the United States and forms a duo with pianist Polly Ferman. source

21. 2000

    José García: Dies in Buenos Aires. source

22. 2000

    Gustavo Naveira: Teaches at the Centro Cultural Torcuato Tasso. source

23. 2000

    Enrique Alessio: Dies in Mar del Plata, where he had recently settled. source

24. 2000

    Enrique Díaz: The Buenos Aires legislature names him tango double bassist of the century. source

25. 2001

    Alfredo Belusi: Dies in Buenos Aires after surgery at the Hospital Penna. source

26. 2001

    Juancito Averna: Dies. source

27. 2001

    Rosa Cove: Photographed dancing with Pocho at Mundo Latino. source

28. 2001

    Orquesta Escuela de Tango: First class of trained musicians graduates in December. source

29. 2001

    Ines Muzzopappa: Starts dancing tango (six years before the 2007 title, per Página/12). source

30. 2001

    Cristina Sosa: Switches from classical dance to tango (about seven years before 2008, per Página/12). source

31. 2001

    Quinteto Ángel: Christian Gerber founds the quintet; Bernhard von der Gabelentz is a founding member. source

32. 2001

    Alicia Pons: Starts teaching at festivals abroad, in North America, Asia and Europe. source

33. 2001

    Natalia Hills: Filmed dancing Gallo ciego with Carlos Gavito (November). source

34. 2001

    Carlitos Espinoza: First teaching in Europe. source

35. 2001

    Cecilia Berra: Begins teaching. source

36. 2001

    Jesús Hidalgo: Wins the national Hugo del Carril singing contest. source

37. 2001

    Orquesta Típica Fernández Fierro: Founded in Buenos Aires as the Fernández Fierro, with Chino Laborde as singer. source

38. 2001

    Flaco Dany: Janis Kenyon begins filming him in Buenos Aires milongas. source

39. 2001

    Pancho Martínez Pey: Begins performing with Gabriela Amalfitani, their first joint engagement a March tour between South Africa and Argentina. source

40. 2001

    Leonardo Lerman: Dances with his student Eugenia Ramírez Miori at CITA. source

41. 2001

    Geraldine Rojas: Teaching at the Hamburg festival with Javier Rodríguez, the earliest of their festival listings. source

42. 2001

    El Chino Laborde: Records Envasado en origen with the Orquesta Típica Fernández Fierro. source

43. 2001

    Orquesta El Arranque: First album Cabulero on Epsa Music; in May, the Latin Tinge production at Lincoln Center, New York, with Wynton Marsalis. source

44. 2001

    Orquesta Típica IMPERIAL: Plays the Buenos Aires Tango Festival, and again in 2002. source

45. 2001

    Orquesta del Tango de Buenos Aires: Records En vivo en el Colón at the Teatro Colón with Julián Plaza and Atilio Stampone as guest conductors; issued by Epsa Music and certified gold. source

46. 2001

    Elsa María Bórquez: Co-founds the Asociación de Maestros, Bailarines y Coreógrafos de Tango Argentino. source

47. 2001

    Mora Godoy: Premieres "Tanguera" as lead dancer and choreographic director. source

48. 2001

    Carmencita Calderón: Honoured by the Buenos Aires Legislature for spreading tango and milonga. source

49. 2001

    Maria Rivarola: Co-founds the Asociación de Maestros, Bailarines y Coreógrafos de Tango Argentino. source

50. 2001

    Sandra Luna: Releases Tangos del alma. source

51. 2001

    Jorge Valdez: Last visit to Colombia, where his D'Arienzo recordings had made him an idol. source

52. 2001

    Carlos Rivarola: Co-founds AMBCTA, the Argentine association of tango teachers, dancers and choreographers, which he later chairs. source

53. 2002

    Ada Falcón: Dies at a nursing home in Molinari, Córdoba. source

54. 2002

    Carel Kraayenhof: Plays Adiós Nonino at the royal wedding blessing in the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, on 2 February; Piazzolla homage with Sexteto Mayor at the Teatro Colón. source

55. 2002

    Hugo Baralis: Dies in Buenos Aires after a long illness. source

56. 2002

    Jorge Valdez: Dies at the Sanatorio Colegiales, Buenos Aires. source

57. 2002

    Maria de la Fuente: Sings at the Salón Dorado of the Casa de la Cultura. source

58. 2002

    Raúl Hormaza: Dies. source

59. 2002

    Quinteto Suárez Paz: Opens the Astor Triunfal series at the Teatro Colón on 4 July. source

60. 2002

    Julio Duplaa: Dances with Elsa in 'La Noche de Gavito y sus Amigos' at La Trastienda. source