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Osvaldo Pedro Pugliese (December 2, 1905 - July 25, 1995) was an Argentine tango musician. He developed dramatic arrangements that retained strong elements of the walking beat of salon tango but also heralded the development of concert-style tango music. Some of his music is used for theatrical dance performances. In Buenos Aires, Pugliese is often played later in the evening when the dancers want to dance more slowly, impressionistically and intimately. Pugliese is a great choice for slower tango dance music, but the arrangements can be a bit more rhythmically challenging than those played by other orchestras. .

Osvaldo Golijov grew up in an Eastern European Jewish household in La Plata, Argentina. Born to a piano teacher mother and physician father, Golijov was raised surrounded by chamber classical music, Jewish liturgical and klezmer music, and the new tango of Astor Piazzolla. After studying piano at the local conservatory and composition with Gerardo Gandini he moved to Israel in 1983, where he studied with Mark Kopytman at the Jerusalem Rubin Academy and immersed himself in the colliding musical traditions of that city. Upon moving to the United States in 1986, Golijov earned his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania,...

“Music is the air I breathe, and it infuses my being anywhere I go”, said DJ OSVALDO (formerly DJ O'OS) of his experiences in Indonesia, Singapore, and China. Having rocked parties all over Indonesia and become a household name for partygoers at some of the finest clubs in Jakarta (Embassy, Wonderbar, Vertigo, Centro), the move to China in 2006 only proved that nothing is beyond the limit for this modern-day virtuoso. Performances in Beijing (Vics, M2 Club, Club D, Highland, Cuboo, The Bank, Manmax), Jinan, and Hongkong (Buddha Lounge, Ling, Yamla) are seen only as the beginning of greater things....