Dirk Van Esbroeck

Born in Ghent on 1/06/1946. †23/05/2012 He grows up in Argentina and discovers his homeland as he has become eighteen. In 1970 he graduated at the RITCS, Department of film, and he is working at the production company of film director Roland Verhavert. In 1972 he chooses resolutely for the music world and will play at the Group Rum (2), which is one of the leading ensembles within the European folk-revival of the 1970s and 1980s will be. We know Dirk as one of the co-founders of the folk group Rum (2). Along with Paul Rans and Wiet Van De Leest, he formed a group whose music of various origin was. Ordinary folk songs, own composed work and historical music. In the mid-1970s he meets guitarist Juan Masondo and from then on will also get the South American music an important place within his life. The trio became a Quartet, after which Dirk at the tango as a youth player. With the Group Tango al Sur (first with guitarist Juan Masondo and later also with Alfredo Marcucci) he went back to his roots, a big chunk of his childhood he spent in Argentina by. Dirk was in addition to singer also a multi-instrumentalist, he played mostly stringed instruments: guitar and mandolin, as well as oboe and flutes. Dirk died of cancer.