Laura Camacho Tango Project

My musical journey began in Buenos Aires, Argentina, dancing tango with my grandmother in the living room of her apartment in San Telmo. I saw Osvaldo Pugliese perform live, studied at the Manuel de Falla Conservatory of Music, and played double bass in several ensembles. I had an unforgettable experience opening for the legendary Mariano Mores, and the powerful sound of his live performances became one of my musical touchstones. At 30, I left Buenos Aires to further my double bass studies on a university scholarship in the United States, where I earned two advanced degrees. Since then, I have spent over a decade playing with the Athens Tango Project and teaching tango to musicians worldwide. I have collaborated with artists such as Latin Grammy winning Tanghetto, Horacio Romo, Pablo Agri, Pablo Estigarribia, and Julián Peralta, as well as Latin Grammy-nominated pianist Emiliano Messiez and tango composer Ariel Pirotti, who both appear on this album. I currently compose music for theater, direct ensembles for which I also write, and am pursuing a doctorate in ethnomusicology at the University of Texas at Austin. My research focuses on young tango communities, tango between Argentina and the US, Latin American music, and sound studies.

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