Luis Stazo

Argentinian bandoneonist, composer, arranger and orchestra director (born in Buenos Aires, 21 Jun 1930 - 20 March 2019, Germany) There were two men who made the Major Sextet shine throughout the world; are the teachers José "Pepe" Libertella and Luis Stazo, their founders, back in 1973. They were like two lanterns that shone together, and when Libertella died, in 2004, it took just a few more months for Stazo to decide to take a step cost in the direction of the historic city of Buenos Aires, to settle in Germany and continue from there giving the fire. There he stayed with Manuela, his wife, where he founded the Stazo and Stazo Mayor Trio. And right there too, it was where yesterday, with 85 years feeding the great pages of Buenos Aires tango, the sad news of his departure was known. Encouraged by his parents, Stazo started from a very young age in the bandoneon studio, and at 10 he was already a Youth Orchestra, until he made his professional debut at age 18 in the Jorge Argentino Fernández Orchestra. Then he would play with Juan Carlos Cobián, Lucio Demare, Argentino Galván, Osmar Maderna, Francisco Rotundo, Alfredo De Angelis, Armando Cupo and Ernesto Baffa. His arrangements, in the trio he formed with Armando Cupo and Mario Monteleone, enhanced the voice of Roberto Goyeneche; and later, with Orlando Tripod, he founded Los Siete del Tango (1965-1969). On April 29, 1973, at La Casa de Carlos Gardel, he debuted as co-director of the Sexteto Mayor -which is still playing with Horacio Romo in his post- along with Libertella, Armando Cupo, Reynaldo Nichele, Fernando Suárez Paz and Juan Carlos Vallejos . With the Argentine Tango show, they triumphed in Paris, New York, Japan and toured the world.