Music concert MARCELO MERCADANTE PORTEÑO QUINTET in Barcelona

If there is one concertina player who has made the legend of tango great in Barcelona, it is undoubtedly Marcelo Mercadante from Buenos Aires, a musician who trained in his native city with masters of the calibre of Rodolfo Mederos, took his first steps alongside Pablo Mainetti and Andrés Serafini and came to Barcelona in 1992 as accompanist of the  sadly missed actor Pepe Rubianes. With Gustavo Battaglia and Andrés Serafini, in 1994 he founded the Trío Argentino de Tango, the curtain raiser to a glorious career alongside Amelita Baltar, the OBC, the Araca quartet, Joan Manuel Serrat, Miguel Poveda and Raynald Colom. With the Quinteto Porteño, he performs classic tangos, and, above all, pieces by Astor Piazzolla. Suburbios del alma (Nuba/Karonte, 2007), the latest CD from this group, was nominated for the Clarín Awards in Buenos Aires. At the Jamboree, Mercadante and his band will preview tunes from their next album. For one night, the Plaça Reial will be part of the Boca district, just as it has been many times before.