Balázs Gyenis

First and foremost Balazs loves Argentine tango music. He reads about, collects, and listens to all in this genre.

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.

Balazs played

• 180+ sets in larger, multi-day, international (marathon/festival/encuentro type) events, and
• 380+ sets in other milongas

• the most listened-to online tango radio, Argentine Tango Radio;
• the most viewed tango flash mob on Youtube;
• the most downloaded internet archive tango podcast series, Danceable Tangos of the Year; and
• the world's first Live Virtual Video Milonga and the first Hungarian vinyl-only milonga.

Balazs has been recognized as an "internationally renowned tango DJ" by ethnomusicology research (see Stepputat: Tango Dance and Music, Routledge, 2024). Balazs was the most invited tango DJ in European encuentros in 2022. See list of Balazs' past DJ sets here.

For announcement purposes the following DJ photos may be useful:

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For seven years Balazs organized the weekly Milonga Jueves in Budapest (together with Endre Szeghalmi and Konrad Krynski). After his return from London Balazs is organizing the weekly Milonga De Mis Amores in Budapest (currently together with Mia Machac-Toth).

You can read a recent interview with Balazs about tango in Papageno (in Hungarian).

Balazs owns an 1936 ELA bandoneon and occasionally dabbles with it. Here playing outside of St. Stephen's Basilica together with fellow bandoneonists Tamás Radnai and Eszter Vörös.

Proud recipient of a name-engraved cup awarded in recognition of DJing and contributions to social tango. The cup is put on display every Saturday by the Holgyvalasz milonga crew.

Balazs does not have a Facebook presence but he maintains an infrequently updated tango and bandoneon blog: balazstango.blogspot.com. In case you'd want to get in touch, please don't hesitate to contact via email: