M i r t a A L V A R E Z
( A r g e n t i n a )
Tango Guitar concertist
B I O
Tango guitar soloist, arranger and professor, Mirta ALVAREZ has been holding her guitar since she was 8 years old.
Born in the Buenos Aires Province, Mirta studied in the Popular Music School of Avellaneda as a Senior Instrumentalist of Popular Music with a specialization in Tango Guitar and Folklore Guitar, student of Argentine Master guitarists Aníbal Arias and Kelo Palacios. She is now a teacher in the same institution as Senior Guitar Professor, teaching Tango guitar, Tango History and Apreciation.
Within her research of Tango history and listening, Mirta is practicing tango dancing as an element of interpretation, admiring the improvisation that the dance proposes.
She interprets her own arrangements, adapting the most remarcable orchestras to her guitar, proposing a dialogue between music and poetry, through instrumental and sung versions, from “the Guardia Vieja” to Astor Piazzolla, incorporating her own compositions.
Festivales
Mirta has been participating in prestigious national and international festivals of Argentina, Latin America and Europe.
Festival y Mundial de Tango de Buenos Aires (2015, 2017, 2018).
Festival de Guitarras del Mundo (Argentina, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2017).
Festival “Guitarras de América” (Chile, 2012)
Festival EntreCuerdas (Chile, 2010, 2019)
Festival Internacional de Tango de Sagunto (2013)
Festival Cultural de la Guitarra -Paracho- (Michoacán, México, 2013).
Festival Internacional de Guitarra de Morelia (Michoacán, México, 2013).
Festival Internacional de Salamanca (Mexico, 2016)
5 Festival Internacional de Guitarra Universidad de Guadalajara (2019)
Festival Internacional de Guitarra del Centro Universitario de Ixtlahuaca (México, 2013)
Festival Internacional de Guitarra » (México, 2008)
1RS Guitar Festival Porto Alegre (Brasil 2016)
XVI Mostra e Violao Fred Schneiter (Rio de Janeiro- Brasil)
Guitar Festival (Perú, 2011, 2016)
Festival Internacional de guitarra, Peru (2019)
Festival de Tango de Granada (España, 2009, 2013, 2015)
Festival de Tango de Almería (España, 2009)
Festival de Guitarra Maese Rodrigo (Sevilla, España, 2009)
Semana de la Guitarra de Petrer (Alicante, España, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2019)
Festival Internacional de Tango Malaga (España, 2015, 2019)
Festival de Guitarra, Iglesia Santa Cristina de Aro (Girona, España, 2010)
XI Cumbre Mundial del Tango Melilla (España, 2018)
Jornadas Internacionales de la Guitarra de Elda (España, 2018)
Passau Jazz Festival (Alemania, 2009)
Tampere Festival Guitar (Finlandia, 2012, 2016)
Tallinna Kitarri Festival (Estonia, 2012, 2016)
Six Ways Festival 2019 (Italia, 2019)
Concerti SFOM 2019 (Aosta, Italia, 2019)
Guitare en Cévennes 2019 (Cévennes, Francia, 2019)
Turquía -Guitar Mozaic Tour (2016, 2017)
Discography
2006: « Mirta Alvarez guitarra » (tango y folklore)
2011: « Tango, seis caminos de amor » (tango)
2016: « Sentido », dúo con Fabián Carbone (Bandoneón).
2019: « Música argentina » (tango y folklore)
She also accompanied great voices as Susana Rinaldi and « Dúo Salteño », with Néstor Fabián and Cardenal Domínguez. She participated as a sideman in different albums like “Gauchos Modernos” with Javier Sánchez, “Versos de Amor” Tucumán Cuatro, “Divinitus 21 Tangos” with Alejandro Caputo, and recently in Susana Rinaldi’s “Conmigo” (2015), and Sandra Luna´s last album, “Inmensidad” (2019).
In 2018, she published her first book of tango arrangements for solo guitar: “Tango para guitarra” (MELOS, Buenos Aires (Argentina).
In November 2019, she performed a tribute concert to Eduardo Rovira, La Cúpula, CCK (Cultural Center Kirchner).