Carlos Núñez Cortés (born October 15, 1942 in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the Capital city, capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata ...

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, t ...

) is an actor, composer, multi-instrumentist and singer. He has been a member of

Les Luthiers Les Luthiers is an Argentine comedy-musical group, very popular also in several other Spanish language, Spanish-speaking countries including Paraguay, Guatemala, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Bolivia, Cuba, Costa Rica an ...

since 1965 (during the "prehistory" of the group) until 2017, when he retired. He also wrote 3 books (in Spanish): "Los juegos de Mastropiero", "100 caracoles argentinos" and "Memorias de un luthier". In Les Luthiers, his functions included: * Creating new instruments (e.g. glamocot). * Composing (e.g. Las Majas, Teorema de Thales, San Ictícola, Epopeya de Edipo). * Vocal arrangements (e.g. Conozca el Interior). * Singing (e.g. Voglio Entrare, most Serenatas, A la Playa con Mariana, etc.). * Playing piano and synths as well as many other instruments (tubófono, recorder, washboard, glamocot, kazoo, coconut marimba, etc.). He is also an expert

malacologist Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (mollusks or molluscs), the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, ...

, owning an extensive collection of sea shells. He published a book on the subject, ''100 Caracoles Argentinos'', co-written with the naturalist Tito Narosky. Núñez Cortés holds a degree in biological chemistry. He is now participating as a columnist for the Podcast called "La Hora de la Nostalgia"

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1942 births People from Buenos Aires Argentine musicians Argentine malacologists Les Luthiers Living people {{Argentina-musician-stub