Gustavo Beytelmann is one of the most innovative tango pianists and composers of our time. He was born in 1945 in Venado Tuerto in the Argentinean province of Rosario. As a child he learnt to play the piano and before long was performing with various jazz and tango orchestras. After studying composition in Buenos Aires with Francisco Kröpfl he wrote the music for many films and worked as an arranger and musical director for Argentinean record companies. In 1976 he left Argentina for political reasons and emigrated to Paris, where he has lived ever since, working as a pianist and composer. In 1977 he accompanied his idol Astor Piazzolla on his European tour, before founding his own ensemble “Tiempo Argentino”, with which he artistically expressed his opposition to the military dictatorship at the Río de la Plata. In the 1980's he was a member of the legendary trio Mosalini / Beytelmann / Caratini, for whom he made new arrangements of traditional tangos as well as composing new works. He also composed music for Italian, French and German cinema and television productions. From 1995 until 1999 he held the title of city composer in Dijon, where he composed works such as “Paris, tres situaciones” for viola and piano, “Ecos” for violin, cello and piano and “Tres piezas para orquesta”. Since 1996 he has been the musical director of the tango department of the Music Conservatory in Rotterdam.
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