Martin Alvarado – Buenos Aires Troubadour

Martin solo and accompanying himself on acoustic guitar

Synopsis

This is a show that is suitable – and has been successfully presented – for all kinds of spaces – from intimate jazz club to the big stage at philharmonic concert halls. He is an accomplished guitarist in his own right as well as a world-class vocalist. The show features a repertoire of varied pace and style and includes both rarely heard tangos and all-time favourites, folk songs and ballads from Argentina and South America and also some of Martin’s own compositions including a tribute to a football hero – well it would not be Argentina without some reference to football!

Martin is a consummate performer on the platform, with an easy light-hearted rapport with his audience. He speaks perfect English, and also a little Finnish and Russian as well as Spanish.

Having sung at many major theatres, festivals and concert halls in Finland, Argentina, the UK and Spain, Colombia, Uruguay and the USA, he has an instantly commanding stage presence. He is also confident and at ease during the many radio and TV interviews he has given. He is extremely popular in Russia and has performed several times in front of 8,000 people at the Kremlin Palace Concert Hall in Moscow.

In 2013 he won the Latin UK Award for Concert by International Artist of the Year and had an album released by one of the leading world music record labels: UK-based Riverboat Records, part of the World Music Network stable of labels which include the “Rough Guide to …” titles.

He discovered his talent to sing at the age of 19, by chance, while studying guitar in Buenos Aires. A few years later he travelled to Spain where he was spotted singing in the street in Barcelona and invited to perform in Finland, where tango is a national pastime. News of his talent quickly spread and within two months of arriving there, he was performing with the Tampere Philharmonia Orchestra.

He has since released ten albums and currently working on five more already recorded in Argentina and Finland.

Repertoire

His repertoire as a solo performer is extensive. This is not an exhaustive list.

A flavour of it includes:

Piazzolla
Milonga del trovador
Silencioso
La misma pena

Tango Classics
Milonga triste (Homero Manzi / Sebastian Piana)
El corazón al sur (Eladia Bláquez)
El día que me quieras (Carlos Gardel)

Argentinian and South American Folklore
Alfonsina y el mar
La tristecita
Bajo el sauce solo
Gracias a la vida

Self penned songs
Tema de Garrafa
Apareciste tú (written with jazz legend Eero Koivistoinen),
Pura (written with jazz star Alexi Tuomarila)
Te amaré
Tu sei bellissima
Cuánto más dolerás

Pop
Time after time (Cindy Lauper)
My cherie amour (Stevie Wonder)
Overjoyed (Stevie Wonder)
Lately (Stevie Wonder)
This Masquerade (George Benson)