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 (digital, vinyl) | ||||||||||
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| AOC | Radioman, tango dancer, event organizer, hist. of music | ||||||||||
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Experience |
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| Tango DJ |
190+ sets in larger, multi-day, international (marathon / festival / encuentro type) events
380+ 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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| 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 | Organized and played the bandoneon in a tango flash mob whose video, since 2015, has been the most viewed tango flash mob and the most viewed bandoneon video 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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