Tango in 1988

This article collects documented tango-related events dated to 1988 ^[1][7]. The available sources cover four main areas: recordings, film and stage work, international performances and honours, and the growth of tango teaching and dancing in Europe ^{[2][4][9][10]}.

Astor Piazzolla underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery in 1988 ^[1]. At the beginning of the following year he formed his last ensemble, the Sexteto Nuevo Tango ^[1]. Its line-up was two bandoneons, piano, electric guitar, double bass and cello ^[1].

Fernando Solanas's film Sur is dated 1988 ^[1][5]. Its soundtrack involved Astor Piazzolla and Néstor Marconi, and Roberto Goyeneche sang several songs on it ^[5].

Osvaldo Pugliese recorded several tangos during the year, according to a discography ^[7]. He also performed in Spain with the singer Joan Manuel Serrat ^[8]. In Europe, sources record two new institutions for dancers and musicians: an event series in the Netherlands ^[9] and a bandoneon school in France ^[10].

A discography lists several tango recordings with dates in 1988 ^[7]. These dates are recording dates. They do not show when the works were composed or first performed ^[7].

Recordings by Osvaldo Pugliese with 1988 dates include: - 'Barriada' (genre not given), recorded 4 February 1988 ^[7] - 'Shusheta | El aristócrata' (tango), recorded 19 May 1988 ^[7] - 'Averán' (genre not given), recorded 15 August 1988, with a listed duration of 03:09 ^[7]

The same discography lists Susana Rinaldi's recording of 'Naranjo en flor' (tango), dated October 1988 ^[7].

Horacio Salgán recorded the album Trottoirs de Buenos Aires - Tango with Ubaldo de Lío ^[2]. It was released on the Circé label in 1988 ^[2].

Sur, a film by Fernando Solanas, is listed with the year 1988 in the article on Astor Piazzolla ^[1]. The soundtrack for Sur (1988) was recorded with Astor Piazzolla and Néstor Marconi ^[5]. Roberto Goyeneche sang several numbers on it, and it was released as BMG Milán Sur ^[5].

In the article on dancer Juan Carlos Copes, the work Tango, Bayle nuestro by Jorge Zanada is listed under 1988 ^[3]. The source does not specify the nature of the work or Copes's role in it ^[3].

In 1988 Susana Rinaldi played Pirate Jenny in Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera (La ópera de tres centavos) ^[6]. The production was staged at the Teatro San Martín in Buenos Aires, where she appeared alongside Víctor Laplace ^[6].

In 1988 Osvaldo Pugliese performed at the Teatro Albéniz in Madrid with the singer Joan Manuel Serrat ^[8]. He also played in Barcelona ^[8].

The French government named Pugliese a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres in 1988 ^[4]. In the same passage, the source states that the government of Cuba awarded him the Alejo Carpentier medal, which it calls the island's highest cultural distinction ^[4]. The sentence does not make clear whether the Cuban award also dates from 1988 ^[4].

Piazzolla's 1988 heart surgery came shortly before he formed the Sexteto Nuevo Tango in early 1989 ^[1].

From 1988, El Corte in Nijmegen, Netherlands, associated with Eric Jørissen, hosted multi-day tango events ^[9]. According to one account, people from all over Europe could dance non-stop for many days at these events ^[9].

Also in 1988, Juan José Mosalini and César Stroscio founded a bandoneon school in Gennevilliers, near Paris ^[10]. A French tango history source describes it as the most important bandoneon school in the world ^[10].