With a fertile and extensive land, Argentina has produced a variety of musical genres, many of them unknown or forgotten. Others, however, continue to be heard today worldwide.
Ballads, sambas, chacareras, polkas, Chamarrita, little dances, tangos, milongas of all kinds, talk in a beautiful way about the landscapes of Argentina. Broad valleys, huge mountains of all colors, forests, rivers and rainbows, hidden villages where lovers do not lack, streets and plazas of Buenos Aires that tell stories. Rich in texture and poetry, Argentina sings herself into her music.
The duet interprets with accuracy the music created by great artists and songwriters, and tries to express from the simple purity of Atahualpa Yupanqui to the innovative power of Cuchi Leguizamon, in the folklore, and from deep melodic tangos by Juan Carlos Cobian, to the euphoric and vigorous that no one can refuse to dance, in order to offer a musical tour of Argentina and the diverse landscapes of our popular music.
Marina Ruiz
Pianist & Singer (Argentine Folk music, Tango, Jazz)
She studied piano, musical language, jazz, arrangement and composition. She is currently finishing her studies to become a Piano Professor with Tango orientation in the Art School “Leopoldo Marechal”.
She started her career at age 15, with piano accompanying in various theaters. In 2000 she worked as a singer in the Netherlands.
She was a member of several ensembles, like the following:
- Piano & Voice duet with Raquel Favarel (jazz and bossa nova)
- Piano & Voice duet with Pablo Sánchez Caballero (tango, boleros and musical comedy)
- As piano arranger for compositions of Federico Meyer
- Piano in Vibraphonist Héctor Sánchez’s Jazz Quartet
- Piano in “Ensemble Porteño” tango quintet of Gustavo Plaza
- Piano & Bandoneon duet with Leandro Ragusa
She also works as an arranger for theatre music works, and several events.
From 2000 she dictates particular piano, musical language and audio perceptive classes. Today she dictates classes in the Manuel Aguirre music school (named “Conservatorio” in Argentina) and the Collegium Musicum of Buenos Aires, in Tango specialization.
Leandro Ragusa
Bandoneon player (Tango and Argentine Folk music)
He studied harmony and composition, bandoneon and tango, and was a member of the Tango School Orchestra directed by the Music Master Emilio Balcarce.
From 2004 to 2006 was a member of the contemporary music “Confluencia” trio, with the double bass player Romain Lecouyer and the argentine guitarist Ismael Grossman. They performed in many argentine scenarios and in France (Nantes and Paris), sponsored by the French “Buenos Aires Musiques” association. In February 2005 they edited their first work for the Acqua Records music label, named “Confluencia”.
He has performed in many festivals and musical encounters, like the National Bandoneon Festival, the VII, VIII and IX Tango Festival in Buenos Aires, the VI Guitar Festival (Nantes – France), the Tango Festival in Montreal (Québec – Canadá) and in many important music venues like the National Radio Auditorium, Alvear Theatre, Avenida Theatre, Abasto Plaza Hotel, Café Tortoni, among many others.
He was member of many tango ensembles, and he is a former member of the Centro’feca (Argentine Culture Studies Forum Center) (www.centrofeca.org.ar)