Encuentro Porteño

“All that is important is this one moment in movement.
Make the moment important, vital, and worth living.
Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused.”
— Martha Graham

“One good thing about music,when it hits you, you feel no pain”
— Bob Marley

Lucas Malec | Buenos Aires

Lucas is an appreciated tango DJ, dancer and a tango musician playing Sax with the ‘Pannonica Quartet’. As a DJ, Lucas is a guarantee for excellent music, he keeps the energy levels high and he is on top of what happens on the dance floor. Boredom does not exist in his voculabary. Technical mistakes neither. Lucas also runs his own milonga (Tinta Roja) and knows what to do from a broad experience in DJ-ing.

“My favourite tangos of the moment are sung by Podesta:
Pocas Palabras – Tanturi
Un Infierno – Caló
Recien – Pedro Laurens”

Lucas: “Being a DJ at Encuentro Porteño is for me the best opportunity to bring out the best jewels in tango music for a group of people who deeply love tango and share a passion to dance through a roller coaster of sensations. At Encuentro Porteño we always have a bit of party and a bit of poetry”

Jacob Vosmaer | Amsterdam

Gentle and inviting are words that describe DJ ‘Jirafa’ Jacob. Being one of the house DJ’s of La Bruja, Jacob is clearly among the favorites of many dutch dancers. Jacob has a natural talent for DJ-ing. He does not talk a lot about what he does, he just does it. He connects the tango of the golden age with the needs of the dancers. He is just there… serving, observing, listening, and giving. He does not make compromises, and that keeps his dancefloors always full. Jacob entered the international tango scene some years ago. We are happy to have him at the opening salon of Encuentro Porteño in his home-town.

Jacob’s favourites at the moment:
“Humillacion – d’Arienzo with Mauré
No está – Di Sarli with Podesta
Cuando Tallan los recuerdos – Troilo with Marino”

Jacob: “As a DJ I am always waiting for the moment where there is enough energy in the room, when there is critical mass, and people just keep coming back to the floor. I can not control when this magical moment happens, I have to wait for it. At Encuentro Porteño I never have to wait long.”

Ezequiel Sabella | Buenos Aires

Ezequiel Sabella’s favourites of the moment:
“Uff so difficult to choose!!! Its like saying if I love more my dad or my mum!!
I love the ‘Alberto singers’: Marino, Moran, Echague, Castillo y Podesta… My choice of this moment:
Mi tango triste – Troilo with Marino
Desvelo – Pugliese with Moran
No nos veremos nunca – D’Arienzo with Echague”

Vincent Lam | Vancouver

“I was first introduced to dancing tango in 2006. In the beginning it was more comedy than romance until I encountered close embrace dancing and Golden Age tango music. I began DJing in 2012 and has since traveled the world dancing and sharing his music at some of the top Encuentros, Marathons and Festivals in North America, Sweden and Japan”.

“My favourite tangos of this moment:
Tanturi has great instrumentals but it was his singers Castillo and Campos that I love. My heart sings when I hear the opening bars to ‘La Vida es Corta’ with Castillo and ‘La Abandone y no Sabia’ with Campos.”

Luis Rojas | Buenos Aires

Luis Rojas is a milonguero by heart. He is a dancer since the age of eight; folklore, tango and anything that was being danced in that time. Luis teaches tango in Argentina, Europe and the USA. As a DJ he is frequently invited to tango-events. He organizes big events inviting fantastic orchestras like Romantica Milonguera and Sans Souci. Luis radiates a contagious positive energy and rocks to the last minute.

Luis’ favourite tangos of this moment:
Remembranza – Osvaldo Pugliese with Maciel
Uno – Anibal Troilo with Alberto Marino
Hasta siempre amor – Juan d’Arienzo with Jorge Valdez

Luis: “Soy feliz de participar en Encuentro Porteño. Es una fiesta a nuestra cultura y costumbres. Es tango y mucho más!!!”

Corine Groenewegen | Amsterdam

Corine is organizer of Encuentro Porteño and Milonguero salon ‘La Bruja’ in Amsterdam, is the most enchanting Brujita we know! She is a DJ with a very own brand, in which we can feel her personality, strong and sensitive at the same time. The ‘golden age’ of tango is clearly her gauge, in the wake of the ‘guardia vieja’. The high energy she generates on the dance floor, emerges from the unforgettable tangos and from lively ‘cortinas’. Her choices are the reflection of a rich experience, as a milonguera, as an organizer, as a teacher and as a woman, constantly traveling to Buenos Aires, as the rest of Europe.
Text by La Morocha Lucena, organizer of Encuentro ‘Te Quiero Lisboa’.

“My favourite tangos of the moment:
La Palanca – Juan D’azienzo
No te apures Cara Blanca – Demare with Juan Carlos Miranda
Navegante – di Sarli”

Corine: “It makes me very happy to be DJ for a crowd that is likeminded and passionate about tango. To influence and witness a feeling of happiness when the synergy is happening between music and dancers.”

Yatma Diallo | Dakar

Yatma, is born in Senegal and has lived in Italy for twenty years. His first dance experiences, in Dakar, belong to the world of salsa and hip hop, disciplines that he continues to cultivate for many years in Europe. Yatma started dancing tango more then ten years ago. His energy and his positivity is boundless. You feel it in his dance. You hear it in his music. His feeling for what a milonga needs is simply great! Yatma is a professional sound engineer. He will send us home with the best of tango with the best sound quality. Its gonna be a night full of energy. Make sure you don’t miss it!

“My favourite tangos of this moment:
Quejas de Bandoneon – Troilo (Love it, drives me crazy when I hear it)
Una fija – Di Sarli
Café Dominguez – D’Agostino with Vargas”

Salud! • Cheers • Santé • Salute • Na zdrowie • Prost • Skal • A sua saude • Ter vist • Gun bae

The musicians for Encuentro Porteno 2020 are still a surprise, but… we can say they are participants of the Voice of Holland 2019 and they are amazing party-animals. Stay tuned, we keep you updated!