Year
Tango in 1990
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What our sources record for 1990.
That year
Raúl Kaplun: Dies in Buenos Aires.
Eduardo Adrian: Dies in Buenos Aires.
José Basso: Named honorary academician at the founding of the Academia Nacional del Tango, in the Teatro Colón's Salón Dorado.
Charlo: Named honorary academician of the Academia Nacional del Tango.
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What happened37
Raúl Kaplun Dies in Buenos Aires.Single source
Eduardo Adrian Dies in Buenos Aires.Single source
José Basso Named honorary academician at the founding of the Academia Nacional del Tango, in the Teatro Colón's Salón Dorado.Single source
Charlo Named honorary academician of the Academia Nacional del Tango.Single source
Raúl Garello Leads his orchestra at the Teatro Colón.Single source
Virulazo Dies on 2 August.Single source
Astor Piazzolla Suffers a cerebral haemorrhage in Paris.Single source
Mercedes Simone Dies in Buenos Aires, aged 86.Single source
Armando Moreno Dies in Bogotá, where he had settled.Single source
Charlo Dies in Buenos Aires.Single source
Miriam Larici Joins Forever Tango, where she dances until 2000.Single source
Esteban Moreno Claudia Codega and Esteban Moreno meet and begin working together.Single source
Claudia Codega Claudia Codega and Esteban Moreno meet and begin working together.Single source
Luis Solanas Conceives La Viruta while touring Milan with the play Tango varsoviano.Single source
Orquesta Forever Tango Luis Bravo's show premieres in San Diego.Single source
Miguel Balmaceda Runs, with Nelly, the practica and milonga at Salón Helénico (later Canning), one of the most important of the 1980s–90s.Single source
Luis Castro Begins dancing with Claudia Mendoza.Single source
Mora Godoy Soloist with the Modern Jazz Ballet (to 1992); begins studying tango.Single source
Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez) First album, well received in Europe and Japan.Single source
Pocho Carreras Meets Rosa Cove at a milonga; she dances only with him from then on.Single source
Osvaldo Zotto Soon after the 1989 title, joins his brother's company Tango x 2 ('Perfumes de Tango', 'Una Noche de Tango'). The year is approximate.Single source
Oscar Mandagaran Joins the Ballet Folklórico Nacional.Single source
Orquesta del Tango de Buenos Aires Concert recorded live with the singers Hernán Salinas and Gustavo Nocetti, issued by Melopea in 1993.Single source
Milena Plebs Founds the Compañía Tango x 2 with Zotto and premieres 'Tango x 2'; appears in Eduardo Mignogna's film 'Flop'.Single source
Gustavo Naveira Choreographs the opera Marathon for 50 dancers at the Teatro Colón.Single source
Carel Kraayenhof Sexteto Canyengue tours with Osvaldo Pugliese.Single source
Jorge Arduch First tour of Japan.Single source
Daniel Binelli Music director and soloist of the Tango X 2 company, until 1997.Single source
Elvira Santamaría Virulazo dies of lung cancer, ending the partnership.Single source
Antonio Todaro Filmed dancing 'Sentimiento gaucho' with Milena Plebs (clip titled Tango Danza 1990).Single source
Pablo Ziegler Founds his New Tango Quartet.Single source
Roberto Videla Returns briefly to Argentina, then goes back to North America.Single source
Virginia Luque Tours Japan with the Orquesta Símbolo Francisco Canaro.Single source
Miguel Angel Zotto Tries to bring the era's leading teachers — Antonio Todaro, Pepito Avellaneda, Petroleo, Lampazo and Miguel Balmaceda — together at the milonga El Sin Rumbo to agree a common teaching method; after four and a half hours they do not agree, and he resigns from the Universidad de Belgrano project. Known only from his own account.Single source
Jorge Valdez Badly injured in a car crash on the Buenos Aires to La Plata highway near Dock Sur; after therapy he returns to sing at the Rincón de los Artistas.Single source
Ismael Spitalnik Leads a septet with Normando Lázzara on piano.Single source
Juan José Mosalini Releases Violento on Label Bleu.Single source
Timeline
1990
Miriam Larici: Joins Forever Tango, where she dances until 2000.Single source
1990
Esteban Moreno: Claudia Codega and Esteban Moreno meet and begin working together.Single source
1990
Claudia Codega: Claudia Codega and Esteban Moreno meet and begin working together.Single source
1990
Luis Solanas: Conceives La Viruta while touring Milan with the play Tango varsoviano.Single source
1990
Orquesta Forever Tango: Luis Bravo's show premieres in San Diego.Single source
1990
Miguel Balmaceda: Runs, with Nelly, the practica and milonga at Salón Helénico (later Canning), one of the most important of the 1980s–90s.Single source
1990
Luis Castro: Begins dancing with Claudia Mendoza.Single source
1990
Mora Godoy: Soloist with the Modern Jazz Ballet (to 1992); begins studying tango.Single source