The Juan de Dios Filiberto National Orchestra of Argentine Music ( es, Orquesta Nacional de Música Argentina Juan de Dios Filiberto) is the national

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Overview

The orchestra was established by the

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government as the Municipal Popular Orchestra of Folk Art in 1939. The original ensemble of 14 musicians had been organized as the ''Orquesta Porteña'' in 1932 by

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composer

Juan de Dios Filiberto Juan de Dios Filiberto (8 March 1885 11 November 1964) was an Argentine violinist, conductor, poet and composer who became prominent in the Argentine tango genre. Life and work He was born Óscar Juan de Dios Filiberti in 1885 to Josefa Roballo ...

, who had earned renown for his 1926 composition, '' Caminito''.Orquesta Nacional de Música Argentina "Juan de Dios Filiberto"
President

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reinaugurated the group as the National Popular Music Orchestra in 1948, increasing the ensemble to 40 members; Filiberto remained its Music Director until his retirement in 1959.El Portal del Tango: Juan de Dios Filiberto
Juan de Dios Filiberto died in 1964; ten years after his death and in his honor, the Juan de Dios Filiberto National Orchestra of Argentine Music was created with its venue in the Cervantes Theatre. Maintained by the National Culture Secretariat, its 40 musicians are each music instructors in their respective instruments. Part of the National Arts Commission's annual events calendar since 2004, the orchestra's conductors have included maestros José Rosa, Osvaldo Requena, Osvaldo Piro, and since 2000, Atilio Stampone.

References

External links

Secretaría de Cultura de la Nación: Orquesta Nacional de Música Argentina "Juan de Dios Filiberto"
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