Caminos y Sabores (Roads and Flavors) 2009

This is the 5th edition of "Caminos y Sabores" (Roads and Flavors), an exhibition that features, during 4 days, the offers in typical food, tourism and handicrafts from all the regions in the country.

The Argentine provinces will be represented in the exhibition through their native foods. The Fair includes nine thematic roads, which are the show´s trademark, organized in an itinerary that links food, beverages and flavors with the landscapes and traditions of every province: Traditions Road; Tea and Yerba Mate Road; Beverages Road; Meats Road; Oil and Spices Road; Fruits from the Earth Road; Cheese Road; Sweets Road; and Tourism Road.
As every year from the first edition in 2005, visitors will be able to sample and buy olive oil; home made salamis; cow, sheep and goat cheeses; wines from family owned wineries; homemade jellies, just to mention some of the products. There will also be tourist offers of all kinds at the Tourism Road, and a variety of handicrafts made with the typical materials and features of every region.
In the Cooking Room (Sala de Cocinas), at every moment, different chefs will be preparing dishes based in Argentine typical ingredients; and at the Conference Room, specialists in every topic will talk about tourism, regional food, territorial development, and other subjects related to the Argentine culture.
One of the main features this year is the visit of the president of Slow Food International movement, Carlo Petrini, to inaugurate Terra Madre Argentina 2009. Terra Madre Network brings together food communities, cooks, academics and youth delegates for four days to work towards increasing small-scale, traditional, and sustainable food production.

Dates: August 13th to August 16th, 2009
Location: La Rural Exhibition Center. Yellow Pavilion. Av. Santa Fe & Av. Sarmiento.
Opening hours: 12 to 9 pm
Entry fee:
General: AR$ 20
Children under 12: AR $ 10
Children under 5: free

Caminos y Sabores official website.

Recommended concerts in August and September 2009

AUGUST 2009

Thursday 13
AIMEE MANN
Aimee Mann is the former leader of the group New Wave Til Tuesday. In 1990 she started her career as a soloist. Her songs were chosen for Tom Cruise's film "Magnolia" soundtrack.
TEATRO GRAN REX. Av. Corrientes 857
Tickets: Ticketek Argentina

Wednesday 19
FRIENDLY FIRES
The British band, made up by Ed Macfarlane, Jack Savidge, Edd Gibson, and Rob Lee, presents a show with its mixture of pop, punk and dance music.
LA TRASTIENDA CLUB. Balcarce 460
Tickets: Ticketek Argentina

Saturday 22
LA PORTUARIA
La Portuaria, one the best Argentine bands, turns 20 and presents a retrospective show reuniting most of its original members: Diego Frenkel, Sebastián Schachtel, Christian Basso, Colo Belmonte, Adi Azicri, Alejandro Teràn, Miguel Angel Tallaritta. The group recorded along David Byrne, from Talking Heads, the song "Hoy no le temo a la muerte", included in the record Rio.
LA TRASTIENDA CLUB. Balcarce 460
Tickets: Ticketek Argentina

Tuesday 25, Wednesday 26
LOS FABULOSOS CADILLACS
The great Argentine band presents the show "La Luz del Ritmo" in Buenos Aires.
LUNA PARK STADIUM. Corrientes & Bouchard
Tickets: www.ticketportal.com.ar


SEPTEMBER 2009

Tuesday 1, Wednesday 2, Thursday 3, Friday 4, Saturday 5, Sunday 6
MAYUMANA
Mayumana combines percussion, dance, physical skills, humor, and theater. The company is composed of a multicultural group of people that developed a universal language based on personal skills, rhythms, visual impact, and creativity. The group returns to Argentina to present its new show "Momentum", based on the perception and synchronization of time.
TEATRO GRAN REX. Av. Corrientes 857
Tickets: Ticketek Argentina

Thursday 3
WISIN & YANDEL
The reaggeton Puerto Rican duo, Juan Luis Morera and Llandel Veguilla, arrive in Argentina as part of the Revolution Tour.
LUNA PARK STADIUM. Corrientes & Bouchard
Tickets: www.ticketportal.com.ar

Monday 14, Tuesday 15, Wednesday 16
NONPALIDECE
One the most recognized reggae bands in Latin America presents three shows introducing the new themes from its latest record.
LA TRASTIENDA CLUB. Balcarce 460
Tickets: Ticketek Argentina

Classical music show for children

"La vuelta al Mundo en un violín" (Around the world in a violin) is a didactic musical show, in which a string orchestra, conducted by Sergio Feferovich, invites the audience to take part in a fantasy trip around classical music in a show for the whole family.

After the presentation of the chamber music orchestra and the individual introduction of its instruments, the audience is taken on a "journey" around the world through musical works from different countries, including England, Hungary, Austria, France, Greece, China, United States, Brazil, and Argentina, with themes by Mozart, Vivaldi, Strauss, Monti, Anderson, Gerra Peixe and Astor Piazzolla, among others.
Kids listen and participate of the show, with movements, clapping of their hands to the rhythm of music, or going on stage as "guest conductors".
Sergio Feferovich was born in Buenos Aires, graduated from the Fine Arts School of Universidad Nacional de La Plata, and got his Master Degree in Piano at the Catholic University of America (Washington, DC), Master in Orchestra Direction and Music Phd at Johns Hopkins University's Peabody Conservatory.

Location: Teatro Liceo. Av. Rivadavia 1499

Dates and hours:
July 18-26, 2009
Saturdays and Sundays, 4.00 PM

Tickets: AR$ 40 and $50, on sale at theater, or through PlateaNet.com

Elena Roger plays Edith Piaf at Teatro Liceo

The original production of Pam Gem's 1978 bio-play "Piaf", acclaimed in London's Donmar Warehouse arrives in Argentina.
The play that was a hit success among London's public and critics, and for which her protagonist, Argentine actress Elena Roger was awarded the Lawrence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a musical, will run from July 17, 2009, at Teatro Liceo de Buenos Aires.
Edith Piaf, regarded as France's greatest popular singer, was born in Paris in December 1915. After a short, sad and tragic life scarred by abandonment, drink and drugs addiction, Edith Piaf died of liver cancer on 10 October 1963. She is best remembered for her song classics including “La vie en rose”, “Milord”, “Hyme a l’amour” and “Non, je ne regretted rien”, which are sung in this stage show.
In this new production of Piaf, Pam Gems has reworked her 1978 play capturing the rise and fall of this complex, fragile and enigmatic performer.
Elena Roger plays Edith Piaf. Her other theatre works in the UK include Evita and Boeing, Boeing. In her native Buenos Aires, Elena Roger’s credits include the original productions of Nine, Beauty and the Beast, Les Miserables and Saturday Night Fever. In 2003 Elena Roger and director Valeria Ambrosio devised "Mina, che cosa sei". This musical, based on the life of the Italian singer, won five awards including the ACE (Critics’ Award) for Best Actress for Elena.
The Argentine version of Piaf is presented in Spanish, with original songs in French.

Author: Pam Gems
Argentine Version: Mariano Detry
Protagonist: Elena Roger
Director: Jamie Lloyd
Musical Director: Alberto Favero
Resident Director: Edgardo Millán
Stage Design: Soutra Gilmour
Wardrobe Design: Soutra Gilmour
Original Production: Donmar Warehouse

Teatro Liceo. Av. Rivadavia 1499 Opens July 17, 2009
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays: 8.30 pm
Sundays: 8 pm

Exposición Rural'09: 123rd Exhibition of Cattle Breeding, Agriculture, and International Industry

The traditional Livestock and Agriculture Exhibition ("La Rural"), held every year in Buenos Aires for over a century, is one of the most important of its kind worldwide, bringing together more than a million visitors among producers, tourists and general public.
In this year's edition, more than 600 exhibitors will be showing their products: laboratories, leather goods shops, banks, automotive industries, farm machinery, and providers of services and goods for the agricultural industry.
This year's exhibition features the "Bovine Genetics Forum", the "International Farm Machinery Forum", and "Bioenergy World", to be held for the first time in Argentina.
Another feature this year is the exhibition exclusively dedicated to the food and agriculture industry in the Argentine provinces
Visitors will have the opportunity to attend to activities like cattle competitions, cattle auctions, traditional costumes contests, rein skills and show jumping competitions, that take place every day at the main court, as well as exhibitions of all kinds of farm animals, and tastings of traditional products.

Dates: July 23rd to August 4th, 2009
Opening hours: Every day from 9 am to 8 pm.
Location: La Rural Exhibition Center. Av. Sarmiento 2704
Entry fee: AR $ 15. Children under 8: free
Exposicion Rural 2009 official website

Vinartes 4 - Wine + Design

Vinartes is a thematic social event, organized by the Argentine School of Sommeliers, that takes place every two years in Buenos Aires, where visitors can taste the best premium Argentine wines and beverages from around the world, while enjoying the new artistic expressions and trends.
This time Vinartes has invited the students from designer Mariano Toledo's fashion design school to present a collection inspired in the different grapes and wine styles, showing the creative process that led to the exhibited result.
Wine tastings are conducted by sommeliers in a fun ciruit organized by vine (Malbec, Merlot, Syrah, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Torrontés), style (sweet, sparkling, pink) and wine region.

Dates and hours: August 27, 28 and 29, 2009 - 7.00 pm to 11.00 pm
Location: Visionnaire Estación de Eventos. Dorrego 3307
Tickets on sale from July 1st at Winery stores.

Star Wars The Exhibition Argentina

For the first time in Argentina, Star Wars fans will have the opportunity to live a unique experience: Star Wars The Exhibition, starting July 2, 2009, at Centro Cultural Recoleta.
Star Wars The Exhibition Argentina features over 200 original objects, costumes, props, drawings, vehicles and models from the Star Wars movies. These objects give visitors a rare glimpse into the making of the epic saga.
Some of the life-sized featured items are:
Space ships: “Jedi Starfighter”; “Anakin Skywalker´s Podracer”; “Imperial Speeder Bike”; “Anakin´s Airspeeder”.
Models: "Millennium Falcon"; "Imperial Star Destroyer".
The exhibition features nine different rooms to recreate the atmosphere of each particular world, along with several interactive activities that range from Jedi training to a green screen simulation which puts visitors right into the films.
At the Jedi School, kids will be trained by Jedi Masters to learn how to use laser sabres to defeat the evil Darth Vader and Darth Sidious.

Location: Centro Cultural Recoleta. Junin 1930.
Opening Hours:
Tuesday to Friday: 9 am to 9 pm
Saturdays and Sundays: 10 am to 9 pm
Tickets: AR $ 35. Children under 3: free. On sale at Centro Cultural Recoleta or through Ticketek Argentina.
Star Wars The Exhibition Argentina official website.

Museum of Reproductions and Comparative Sculpture “Ernesto de la Cárcova”

The Museum of Reproductions and Comparative Sculpture “Ernesto de la Cárcova” was inaugurated in 1928, and named after the artist who was the founder and first director of the Fine Arts School and the National Academy of Fine Arts.
It is the oldest and most important museum of its kind in Latin America. Its value lies in the notable quality of the reproductions exhibited. The museum's collection is made up of die-cast copies or casts taken from the original pieces. Most of them, specially the ones from classic Greece, are first copies of the originals on exhibition at the British Museum, the Louvre, or L'Accademia in Florence.
This is one of the least visited museums in Buenos Aires, but one of the most important in terms of the value of its collections.

The Museum is divided into three rooms organized in a chronological order:

On the center of the first room, the imposing actual size figure of Michelangelo Buonarotti's "David" is surrounded by the "Slave"; Lorenzo de Medici "Il pensieroso"; "Moses" and the "Pieta", among other works from the Renaissance period.





The second room is mainly dedicated to Greek art, including the "Winged Victory of Samothrace"; the "Venus de Milo"; Apolonio's "Belvedere Torso"; sculptural groups from the Parthenon, that can be seen at the British Museum; “Afrodita and Dione”; “Ilisos”, and other classic Greek sculptures friezes.





The third room presents Egyptian, Assyrian, Indian and Pre Hispanic American art. On the wall, the "Zodiac of Dendera" is one of the most important pieces in the museum.


Museo de Calcos y Escultura Comparada "Ernesto de la Cárcova”
Location: Avda España 1701 & Elvira Rawson de Dellepianne. Costanera Sur. Buenos Aires.
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday, 10 am to 5 pm
Saturday and Sunday, 11 am to 5 pm
Entry fee: AR $ 2.-
For more information, visit the museum's website (in Spanish only).

Arteclásica 2009 - Contemporary and Modern Art Fair

NOTICE: This event has been rescheduled to November 2-7, 2009, due to the H1N1 health emergency measures.

Arteclásica is the classic Art Fair in Buenos Aires for experts and amateurs alike, which offers a plural space for our visual arts of international renown. The Fair will also hold many of its already traditional institutional programs such as Meeting Cultures, Landmark Instalation and the Ñ Space for Great Contemporary Masters.

Grupo Clarin, through its Revista Ñ, presents every year a special exhibition of the works of one of the great and outstanding Argentine artists in the intermediate generation. The artist invited for the 2009 edition is Luis Wells.

Program Meeting Cultures: Japan
The program Meeting Cultures, especially created by Arteclásica in 2006, introduces in our market artists coming from different cultures, whose work is practically unknown in our latitudes. This is a unique project and a great opportunity to approach both different aesthetics and new symbolisms.
Just as in 2006 with the Arab world, in 2007 with the Post-Soviet world, in 2008 with Western Africa, mainly from the Republic of Nigeria, this year ARTECLASICA brings us the art of today's Japan with a selection made by curator Yasuo Kitai, director of the Gallery Kitai from Tokyo. This program has the sponsorship of the Japanese Embassy in Argentina.

The auditorium of Arteclásica 2009 will host every day important conferences, round tables, talks, seminars and book presentations.

Dates and Opening times: July 16th to July 21st, 2009. 1 pm to 9 pm
Location: Pavilions 1 and 2, Centro Costa Salguero Convention Center. Av. Costanera and Salguero
Entry fee: Adults AR $ 20. Seniors and Students: AR $ 15.

More information: www.arteclasica.com.ar

Chamber music concerts offered by Teatro Colon Foundation

The Teatro Colón Foundation, a non-profit organization that contributes with the development of artistic and cultural events to support the Teatro Colón since 1978, organizes the series of concerts “Domingos con la Camerata” (Sundays with the Camerata), at Hotel Panamericano Buenos Aires.
The Camerata Bariloche is the first Argentine chamber music group in achieving an international renown. Its first director was Alberto Lysy, followed by Rubén González, Elías Khayat, and, from 1993, maestro Fernando Hasaj.
The closing concert, dedicated to Astor Piazzolla, will feature the young and talented Russian pianist Anna Fedorova, playing “Estaciones Porteñas”.

Schedule and program of concerts “Domingos con la Camerata 2009”

Sunday, June 21, 6.00 pm
Bach: Conciert for two violins
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue
Suk: Choral San Wenceslao
Dvorak: Serenade

Sunday, July 26, 6.00 pm
Vivaldi: Conciert for 4 violins in B minor
Rossini: Sonata Nº 1
Bottesini: Gran Dúo
Puccini: Crisantemi
Respighi: Third Suite

Sunday, August 23, 6.00 pm
Händel: Concerto Grosso Nº 10
Corelli: Concerto Grosso Nº 8 from Christmas
Vivaldi: Concert for oboe in D minor
Purcell: Suite Abdelazar
Bach: Conciert for oboe and violin

Sunday, September 20
Festival Piazzolla
Soloist: Anna Fedorova, piano
Fuga y Misterio
Decarissimo
Oblivion
La Muerte del Ángel
Escualo
Calambre
Adiós Nonino
Las Estaciones Porteñas

Location: Gran Salón del Hotel Panamericano Buenos Aires, Carlos Pellegrini 551
Tickets: AR $ 150, can be purchased at the Teatro Colon Foundation stand, Patio Bullrich (Posadas 1245), firts level, 15 days prior to every concert (cash, credit or debit card), or Hotel Panamericano, 45 minutes before the start of the concert.

Teatro Colón 2009 Season

The Teatro Colon de Buenos Aires will remain closed for renovations during 2009. However, the program of activities of the theater's companies continues at an alternative venue, the Teatro Coliseo, Marcelo T. de Alvear 1125. Tickets can only be purchased at the theater's box office, 9 am to 5 pm, two days prior to every performance.

I'm republishing this post since there have been some changes to the original schedule. The ballet Don Quixote has been replaced by Giselle.

This is the announced program for 2009:

Opera:

May 19, 22, 26
Jean D'Arc au Boucher (Juana de Arco en la Hoguera), by Arthur Honegger and Paul Claudel.
Orchestra conductor: John Neschling
Stage director: Roberto Plate

NOTICE: The performances of "The Abduction from the Seraglio" originally programmed for July have been rescheduled and will take place in September.

August 25, 28, 30
Orpheus and Eurydice (Orfeo y Eurídice), by Christoph W. Gluck and Raniero da Calzabigi
Orchestra conductor: Arnold Östman
Stage director: Roberto Oswald

September 27, 29, 30
The Abduction from the Seraglio (El rapto en el Serrallo), by Wolfgang A. Mozart and Gottlieb Stephanie.
Orchestra conductor: Michael Güttler
Stage director: Willy Landin

November 29, December 1, 5
The Two Foscaris (I due Foscari), by Giuseppe Verdi and Francesco Maria Piave.
Orchestra conductor: Carlos Vieu
Stage director: Mario Pontiggia

Ballet:

June 17, 18, 19
Giselle
Music: Adolph Adam
Choreography: Lidia Segni after Marius Petipa

October 17, 27, 31. November 1
Don Quixote
Music: Ludwig Minkus
Choreography: Zarko Prebil, from the original by Marius Petipa

December 18, 19, 20, 23
The Nutcracker (El Cascanueces)
Music: Piotr I. Tchaicovsky
Choreography: Rudolph Nureyev, from the original by Marius Petipa

Concerts:

The Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra, under musical direction by Maestro Arturo Diemecke, will offer a series of concerts throughout the year. On this season, the orchestra will pay homage to the following composers:
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) on 250 years of his death
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) on 200 years of his death
Félix Mendelssohn (1809-1977) on 200 years of his birth
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) on 100 years of his death
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) on 50 years of his death

The concerts will all take place at Teatro Coliseo, on the following dates:
May 14, 21, 28
June 4, 25
July 2
August 6, 13
September 10
October 1, 8, 29
November 5, 12
December 3

Visit Teatro Colon official website to see the full programs.

Anne Frank House in Argentina

The Anne Frank House in Argentina will be inaugurated on June 12, 2009, the day of her 80th birthday. It is located in Superi 2647, in the neighborhood of Belgrano, being the first institution member of the Anne Frank House in Latin America.
The house features an exact reproduction of the rooms in the original hiding place in Amsterdam where Anne Frank and other seven people went into hiding from the Nazis for more than two years, including the movable bookcase that served as entrance to the Secret Annex of the house, as well as the kitchen, the bathroom, the living room, and Anne's complete bedroom.
There's also a "Free2Choose" room, with an interactive film screening, made by the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, in which film clips are used to invite visitors to think about issues concerning human rights and freedoms.
The exhibition "Anne Frank - a history for today" on display focuses mainly on young people, challenging the visitor to think about concepts such as tolerance, mutual respect, human rights, democracy, etc.
In the future the House plans to offer guided visits, workshops and seminars aimed to educators, students and members of defense institutions.

Salvador Dalí's surrealism exhibition opens at Abasto Shopping Mall

The traveling exhibition "Dali, los ojos del surrealismo" (Dali, the eyes of surrealism) opens on June 13, 2009, at Abasto Shopping mall, featuring works made by Salvador Dalí between 1950 and 1980, in a variety of techniques and materials.
The exhibition features the series “Tarot”, which Dalí made for his wife Gala in large size. Also religious and mystic series like “Los Diez Mandamientos” (The Ten Commadments), and “Siete Días de la Creación” (Seven days of creation), made in silver, “Los Doce Apóstoles” (The Twelve Apostles), with Gala as lookout of the rest of the apostles, and "El Muro de los Lamentos” (The Wailing Wall).
The collection also includes the erotic series "Casanova”, as well as scientific and futuristic series like "Time”, “La Conquista del Cosmos” (The Conquer of Cosmos), and “Objetos e Imaginaciones del Futuro”, (Objects and Imaginations of the Future) in which Dalí, like Da Vinci and Jules Verne, produces elements and machines that will become reality with the future technological evolution.
The series “El Quijote” pays homage to Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra with modern Quixotes, including a miniature that the public must observe with a magnifying glass.
The variety of techniques mastered by the Catalan artist becomes evident with the silver series like “Las Profesiones” (The Professions), serigraphs on silver depicting The Doctor, The Lawyer, The Architect, and the Fashion Designer, in up to 12 colors. The series "Placas de Plata” includes an homage to Pablo Picasso. “Los Deportes” (The Sports) is composed of the official medals from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, made by Dalí specially for this event.
The series of original lithographs “Daliniana” includes "Torso de Venus Surrealista", "Elefante Celestial", "El Caballero Leonardesco", "Ascensión de Gala", and "Los Jinetes del Apocalipsis".
Another technique probably unknown by the public is sculpture. The series of casts in bronze includes his famous Reloj Blando (Soft Clock), "San Jorge and the Dragon", "Terpsícora", "The Unicorn Horse with Clock", and "Alice in Wonderland".
Dali as a portrait artist is represented by the series of etchings “Españoles Inmortales” (Immortal Spaniards) and “Álbum”, showing the faces of Rembrant, Velásquez, Van Gogh, Michelangelo, El Greco, Toulouse Lautrec and Leonardo Da Vinci.
Amazing visual 3D effects can be seen on "Los Cristos de Gala" and "Los Anamorfos Cónicos". "Gala de Espaldas Mirando en mar Mediterráneo" seen from a distance of 10 meters becomes the portrait of Abraham Lincoln, an example of optical art from the 60’s and 70’s.

Location: Abasto Shopping Mall - Av. Corrientes 3247
Salon: Plaza Zorzal - 1st Floor
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday, 3.00 pm to 10.00 pm
Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays, 10.00 am to 10.00 pm
Tickets:
General: AR$ 35
Pensioners and students: AR$ 15
Group of 4 people: AR$ 110
On sale through www.ticketek.com.ar, or at the Ticketek office located at the Abasto Shopping Mall food court.

Gallery Nights June 2009 Edition

On Friday, June 26th, 2009, from 7 PM, a new edition of Gallery Nights 2009, the original circuit for art lovers around more than 60 art galleries, antique shops, museums and cultural centers, will take place in the neighborhoods of Retiro and Barrio Norte in Buenos Aires. Gallery Nights is organized by the art magazine Arte al Día, AdnCultura (La Nacion newspaper), and the Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires, the last Friday of every month.

As always, there will be live music and free shows, and guests will be welcomed with a complimentary glass of Chandon champagne. A free “LAN Audio Guide Tour”, is available (in Spanish only). Those who wish to participate in this virtual experience can get to the LAN stand at the British Arts Centre (Suipacha 1333), from 7 PM to 10 PM, and, with an ID, will be able to pick up an MP3 with the information about the galleries and exhibits chosen. This information can also be downloaded from www.artealdia.com to make the visit with your own MP3.

A new addition to Gallery Nights this year is the presentation of “Iluminarte by Arnet”, featuring Argentine video art at the Auditorium of British Arts Centre (Suipacha 1333, Buenos Aires). Rodrigo Alonso, a permanent collaborator of Arte al Dia, is in charge of the selection of the artists presenting their works.

Sofitel Buenos Aires Arroyo, along with Galería Holz, present an Art Lottery, with the possibility of winning important art works from artists like María Ester Joao, Jorge Álvaro, Pablo Bernasconi, Gabriel Sainz, Esteban Rivero, Andrés D’Arcangelo, Germán Wendel, Agustín Viñas, Darío Zana, Alicia Carletti, Febe Defelipe, Pablo Zel, among others. The price of the lottery tickets range from 20 to 500 pesos, according to the lots of works on which the bids are placed. Part of the money raised will be destined to "Red de Comunidades Rurales" (Rural Communities Network).

The traditional circuit of Gallery Nights covers from Plaza San Martín to Callao and from Tucumán to Libertador. There is also a free transportation service with fixed stops and a constant route to get to all of the spots in the circuit.

This event is totally free of charge.

Maps and more information: Gallery Nights website.

Recommended concerts in June and July 2009

There are just a few big concerts scheduled for the upcoming months in Buenos Aires. Please check for updates on this post, I will be adding information as soon as new concerts are announced.

JUNE 2009

TUESDAY 2
CESARIA EVORA
The Cape Verdian popular singer, known as the "barefoot diva" offers a concert in Buenos Aires presenting her latest album "Rogamar"
LUNA PARK STADIUM. Corrientes and Bouchard
Tickets: at the Stadium, or www.ticketportal.com.ar

THURSDAY 4
MARIA CREUZA
Comunidad Amijai announces the only presentation in Buenos Aires of María Creuza, one of the greatests Bossa Nova singers, presenting songs by Vinicius de Moraes, Tom Jobim and Baden Powell.
COMUNIDAD AMIJAI. Arribenos 2355
Tickets: Monday to Thursday, 11:30 am to 3.00 pm, and 4.00 pm to 7.30 pm. Friday 11:30 am to 3.00 pm and 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm

SATURDAY 6
CAFE TACUBA
The Mexican band returns to Argentina as part of its "20 Años - 20 Ciudades" tour (20 years - 20 cities).
LUNA PARK STADIUM. Corrientes and Bouchard
Tickets: at the Stadium, or www.ticketportal.com.ar

SATURDAY 6
THE BAD PLUS & WENDY LEWIS
The American jazz trio will present its latest album "For All I Care" along with singer Wendy Lewis, playing classic songs by Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Wilco, Bee Gees, and their own pieces.
LA TRASTIENDA CLUB. Balcarce 460.
Tickets: www.ticketek.com.ar

SATURDAYS 6, 13, 20, 27
TANGOLOCO
Nominated to Gardel Award as the best Tango Orchestra, the quintet Tangoloco, the innovative Tango-fusion group, offers once again a show in Buenos Aires. They will be presenting their new material "Rock en 2x4” - the classic songs of national rock in a tango style and a very original sound. They will also present themes from the CD "Tangos de Liverpool" - themes from The Beatles combined with tango, candombe and milonga, and original themes from the group.
VELMA CAFE. Gorriti 5520
Tickets: www.ticketek.com.ar

WEDNESDAYS 10 and 17
ORQUESTA TIPICA FERNANDEZ FIERRO
The group that has set a renovation of rock through tango presents two shows in Buenos Aires after its Colombian tour, offering themes from their four albums and presenting new themes from their next release.
Club Atlético Fernández Fierro (CAFF). Sánchez de Bustamante 764.
Tickets: AR$ 15 and AR$ 25, with table.

FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS, FROM JUNE 12 TO JUNE 30
SEXTETO MAYOR vs QUINTETO REAL
Two great Tango orchestras come together. Quinteto Real and Sexteto Mayor are known for the originaly of their musical arrangements and beacause each of their musicians is a great soloist. Quinteto Real is made up by César Salgán, Esteban Falabella, Carlos Corrales, Julio Peressini and Juan Pablo Navarro. Sexteto Mayor, by Horacio Romo, Enrique Guerra, Fulvio Giraudo, Mario Abramovich, Eduardo Walczak, and Lautaro Greco.
CENTRO CULTURAL TORQUATO TASSO. Defensa 1575. 10.00 PM

THURSDAY 25
RICKY LEE JONES
The American artist, winner of two Grammy awards, offers a show in Buenos Aires.
TEATRO GRAN REX. Corrientes 857
Tickets: Ticketek Argentina


JULY 2009

SATURDAY 4
DADDY YANKEE
The "reggaeton" Puerto Rican singer returns to Argentina to present an only show.
LUNA PARK STADIUM. Corrientes and Bouchard
Tickets: at the stadium, or www.ticketportal.com.ar

THURSDAY 16
CAT POWER
After the success of her album "Jukebox", the American artist and composer Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power, visits Argentina to present her latest hits.
TEATRO GRAN REX. Corrientes 857
Tickets: Ticketek Argentina

FRIDAY 24
MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP
A guitar legend, one of the founder members of Scorpions, and main member in the glory days of the group UFO, arrives in Buenos Aires presenting "In the midst of beauty - World Tour", a show with all the classic from these bands.
THE ROXI LIVE BAR. Niceto Vega 5542
Tickets: Ticketek Argentina