Balázs Gyenis |
Argentine tango DJ, radioman, dancer, organizer |
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ArgentineTangoRadio.com/dj |
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Specialization |
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| AOS | TDJ of argentine tango milongas, marathons, festivals, encuentros | ||||||||||
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| AOC | Radioman, tango dancer, event organizer, hist. of music | ||||||||||
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Experience |
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| Tango DJ |
200+ sets in larger, multi-day, international (marathon / festival / encuentro type) events
400+ sets in other milongas (🔗) |
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| Radioman | Argentine Tango Radio (2015- ) (🔗) | ||||||||||
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| Dancer |
Dancing 3-4 nights a week all around the world (2008- )
Pilgrimages to Buenos Aires (2009, 2022, 2023) (🔗 🔗) |
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| Organizer |
Milonga de Mis Amores, co-organizer (2021-) (🔗)
Milonga Jueves, co-organizer (2012-2018) (🔗) Sound equipment services for large tango events (🔗) |
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| Director | Argentine Tango Flash Mob (2013) (🔗) | ||||||||||
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| Bandoneon | Tango Music and Bandoneon (2011- ) (🔗) | ||||||||||
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| Historian |
Danceable Tangos of the Year (🔗)
"Todos" de los Maestros (🔗) |
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Achievements |
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| 2024 | Recognized as an "internationally renowned tango DJ" by ethnomusicology research (Stepputat: Tango Dance and Music, Routledge, 2024) (🔗) | ||||||||||
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| 2022 |
Most invited encuentro DJ in Europe (🔗)
First Hungarian vinyl-only milonga (🔗) Career interview by Papageno (🔗) |
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| 2020 | Invented the Zoom milonga during Covid-19 (🔗) | ||||||||||
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| 2018 | Argentine Tango Radio becomes the most listened-to online tango radio worldwide (🔗) | ||||||||||
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| 2017 | Danceable Tangos of the Year becomes the most downloaded internet archive tango podcast series (🔗) | ||||||||||
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| 2015 | Created Argentine Tango Radio (🔗) | ||||||||||
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| 2013 | Directed and played the bandoneon in Argentine Tango Flash Mob (2013) which, since 2015, has been the most viewed tango flash mob and the most viewed bandoneon short film on Youtube (🔗) | ||||||||||
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| 2009 | Received bronze prize at the 2nd Amateur "Tango de Salon" National Championship | ||||||||||
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Text and photos for event announcements |
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| Balazs prefers rhythmic and emotionally charged music from the Golden Age but as a DJ he plays an overall balanced repertoire with an eye on dynamic variation between tandas and consistency within them. | |||||||||||
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