Tito Castro (Bandoneon)

Hector "Tito" Castro - Bandoneon player, director, composer and arranger was born in the city of "9 de julio" in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the age of three his family moved to the capital.

From a young age Tito was a spectator of the great orchestras, accompanying his parents to the popular dances, and the interest of learning to play the Bandoneon was born.

At age 14 he began his music lessons with Master Eladio Blanco, who perfomed with the acclaimed Bandoneon D'Arienzo Orchestra. At 18 years of age Tito started playing with the Orchestra of Osmar Maderna for three years. He continued playing with many orchestras such as; Lucio Demare, Fulvio Salamanca, Hector Varela and Juan Sanchez Gorio.
His first international tour started in Lima, Peru with the quartet of Josesito Pace in 1964. From there he began to accompany great legends of the Tango; Hugo del Carril and Libertad Lamarque, Alberto Marino, Charlo, Raul Beron, Nelly Vasquez, Alberto Podesta, Juan Carlos Godoy, Roberto Goyeneche.
Tito relocated to New York City in 1998 where he resides to this day. In all this time he has been dedicated to spreading the passion of Tango with performances at theaters, universities, etc. Tito has worked on the movie "Flawless" with Robert de Niro.

On two occasions he has had the privilege to accompany the Argentine folklorist Mercedes Sosa at Carnegie Hall. Tito has also accompanied Tenor Placido Domingo at the Washington Opera House and the Metropilitan Opera of NY.

In 2005 he accompanied the Great Argentine dancer Julio Bocca & company at the Ballet Theater of NY.
In 2006 Tito recorded his album Memories Of My Bandoneon.
He has also recorded 4 CDs of the "Tangos Pa'Milongueros" series. In late 2009 he recorded his CD "Memories" that includes 6 origianl tangos written by Tito. In the same year he accompanied the German singer Ute Lemper in "Last Tango in Berlin" at the Cafe Carlyle NY, and since then has been doing worldwide  tours of the show at venues such as; the Musik Festspiele and Opera in Dresden, Germany; Vancouver Theatre at the Music Fest, Vancouver, Canada; the Norfolk Norwich Festival in England; the Teatro Verdi in Padova, Italy; the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, Italy; the Teatro Strehler in Milan, Italy; the Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine; the Rheingau Musik Festival in Wiesbanden-Germany; the Teatro Arriaga in Bilbao, Spain;  the Teatro de la Pergola in Firenze, Italy; the Auditorium G. Agnelli Lingotto in Torino, Italy ; the Queensland Performing Arts Center in Melbourne-Australia  and the State Theatre in Sydney, Australia; the Teatro Del Rozzi in Sienna, Italy; the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, England; the Auckland Town Hall in New Zealand and recently at the Teatro Verdi Gorizia in Italy and at the Theatre Des Chanps Elisees in Paris, France.

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Check his website at titocastrotango.com

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