Alfredo Gobbi (1912 - 1965)

Alfredo Gobbi was referred to as ‘the romantic violin of tango’. He was born in Paris but his parents returned to Argentina before he was one year old – by the age of six he was studying piano but quickly changed to the violin. His slow, accented style, and an attractive use of rubato, syncopation and subtle dynamics, are his hallmarks, as can be heard in his tango El andariego (‘The Wanderer’).

– Mirian Conti