English
Nocturna
Milonga by Julian Plaza (1928-2003)
A conjunction of varied and positive qualities has harmoniously concurred so that Julián Plaza could shape one of the most outstanding artistic personalities in the history of tango.
Bandoneonist, pianist, composer and, especially, arranger, were the abilities through which he launched his name, not only to public consideration, but especially into the circle of music professionals, among whom he enjoys a well deserved prestige. He has achieved an authority by way of study, work and talent.
Julián Plaza, from the crossing of these three roads, playing, arranging and composing, has been a musician in permanent search. After that first experience in the famous Forties, he later became a leading figure in the generation of the Fifty Five, together with Atilio Stampone, Osvaldo Berlinghieri, Leopoldo Federico, Osvaldo Requena and some others, to afterwards continue towards improvement and evolution, always in constant progression, probably influenced by the weight of Astor Piazzolla. But that avant-garde tendency never drew him far from the genuine tango roots. His moderation and his clear vision that tango, to continue being called as such, must keep its authentic popular and urban fleshiness, place him at an important place of its history.
In a word, Julián Plaza went as far as the exact extreme was allowed by the genre. Beyond that limit, tango even loses its name.