Daniel Binelli

Daniel Binelli (Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina; May 20, 1946), is a musical composer, orchestra director, and Argentine bandoneonist that plays tango and classical music. He was a member and arranger of the Osvaldo Pugliese orchestra, a member of the Astor Piazzolla Nuevo Tango Sextet, a musician and arranger of the group Tango7, based in Switzerland, and musical director of the group Tango Metrópolis and the Daniel Binelli Quintet. Among his most notable performances is the premiere of Astor Piazzolla's Liège Concerto for bandoneon and guitar, held in Tokyo in 1998, alongside Martha Argerich, guitarist Eduardo Isaac and the National Symphony Orchestra of Argentina conducted by director Pedro Ignacio Calderón. He recorded more than 50 albums, including Tangazo with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Orquestango with pianist Polly Ferman and the Uruguayan Philharmonic Orchestra, Imágenes with Polly Ferman, Daniel Binelli Tango, Daniel Binelli and the Camerata Bariloche, Daniel Binelli, Astor Piazolla and the Sexteto Tango Nuevo, Daniel Binelli – Issac (Bandoneon and guitar) and Bandoneon as soloist. In 1997 Binelli participated in the documentary film Quereme así (Piantao). He received the Konex Award - Diploma of Merit in 1995 as one of the most important tango instrumentalists of the '90s.