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NÁCAR QUINTET

NÁCAR Quintet is the Argentine quintet led by guitarist and arranger Camilo Córdoba, bringing together five musicians with extensive careers in tango and Argentine music.

Deeply rooted in the language and tradition of tango, the ensemble approaches the genre from a contemporary perspective. Its repertoire combines original arrangements, new compositions and works by composers who have contributed to the evolution of tango, creating a dialogue between its historical identity and the music being written today.

The quintet brings together Camilo Córdoba with four outstanding musicians from the Buenos Aires tango scene: bandoneonist and composer Daniel Ruggiero, pianist Fulvio Giraudo, violinist Humberto Ridolfi and double bassist Cristian Basto. Their individual trajectories span some of the most significant orchestras, ensembles and contemporary projects in Argentine tango.

NÁCAR Quintet is one of the two ensembles featured on Será Mañana, Camilo Córdoba’s latest album. Within the project, NÁCAR represents the Argentine facet of the album: a musical universe closely connected to the roots, sound and history of tango, while remaining firmly engaged with contemporary creation.

Following the release of Será Mañana in 2026, the quintet presented the album in Europe with performances in Belgium and the Netherlands, including appearances at the Antwerp Tango Festival and other venues and cultural events.

Based between Argentina and Europe · Available for selected European touring periods

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Daniel Ruggiero – bandoneon

Fulvio Giraudo – piano

Cristian Basto – double bass 

Humberto Ridolfi – violin 

Camilo Córdoba – guitar

Following its European debut in May 2026, NÁCAR Quintet is available for selected European touring periods.

The production is an international co-production between ACLAMA (Belgium) and the Fundación Fábrica Argentina de Tango (Argentina).

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MUSICIANS BIO

He studied at EMPA (Popular Music School of Avellaneda), where he was taught by renowned musicians such as Walter Castro and Rodolfo Mederos. He later refined his skills through private lessons with Pascual “Cholo” Mamone, Néstor Marconi, Julio Pane, Alejandro Zárate, and Carlos Lazzari. He was also a student of Manolo Juárez.

Since 1997, he has worked as a bandoneonist and arranger both in Argentina and internationally, collaborating with companies like Tango Buenos Aires, Tango Seducción, Una Noche en Buenos Aires, Señor Tango, and Sandra Luna.

He has shared the stage with distinguished artists such as Raúl Lavié, Guillermo Fernández, Atilio Stampone, Estrella Morente, Alberto Podestá, José Colángelo, Julia Zenko, Hugo Marcel, Amelita Baltar, María Graña, the Chamber Orchestra of La Plata, the PanAmerican Symphony Orchestra (Washington D.C., USA), and the Symphonic Band of Cundinamarca (Bogotá, Colombia), among others.

Since 2006, he has served as the musical director for the show Tango Buenos Aires during its tours in Australia and New Zealand, as well as for the Mora Godoy Tango Company in Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Lithuania, Mexico, and China. He is currently the musical director of Rojo Tango, a show at the Faena Hotel in Buenos Aires. In 2013, he premiered his Double Concerto for Violin, Bandoneon, and Orchestra alongside the Elvino Vardaro Orchestra at the Usina del Arte auditorium.

Since 2004, he has been the composer, arranger, and bandoneonist for Quasimodo Trío, an instrumental tango group that has released three albums and toured extensively in Europe and North America. He has taught courses in arrangement and composition, both privately and at institutions such as the Osvaldo Ruggiero School and the Pedagogical University of Bogotá. He currently teaches orchestral conducting through the Proyecto Encuentro.

In 2015, he received First Honorable Mention in the National Composition Prize for Tango and Folklore for his piece Osvaldo y Osvaldo. In 2017, his Concerto for Bandoneon and Symphonic Band premiered in Europe.

Fulvio Giraudo’s story is one of versatility and lifelong devotion to music.

Trained by masters such as Miguel Ángel Rosado, Susana Agrest, and Emilio de la Peña, he explored everything from classical piano and chamber music to tango and jazz.

From early performances with a baroque ensemble to acclaimed appearances at Buenos Aires’ most prestigious venues, Fulvio quickly established himself as a pianist of rare breadth and sensitivity.

Since 1992, tango has been his musical home.

He has performed with legendary ensembles including Sexteto Mayor, Sexteto Horacio Romo, Quinteto Grande, and Rascasuelos — bringing tango to audiences across the world.

His artistry has graced stages from Paris to Shanghai, Copenhagen to Mexico, and at major festivals such as Roskilde, WOMEX, Cosquín, and the Buenos Aires Tango World Festival.

Fulvio’s discography spans more than twenty albums, earning multiple Premios Gardel and Estrella de Mar awards with Sexteto Mayor.

He has shared the stage with iconic voices — Rubén Juárez, Raúl Lavié, María Graña, Alberto Podestá, Amelita Baltar, and Ariel Ardit — and performed at the legendary Carnegie Hall in New York with Rascasuelos in 2016.

Beyond the stage, he has lent his talent to theater and musicals, including Eva, el gran musical argentino, Che, el musical argentino, and Social Tango Project, which he directs musically.

Today, Fulvio Giraudo remains a vital force in tango — a pianist and musical director who continues to bridge tradition and innovation, carrying the sound of Buenos Aires to the world.

Currently a member of the Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra (Teatro Colón).

He began studying violin at an early age with his father, Ángel Ridolfi, and later with Szymsia Bajour. At the age of 16, he continued his training with Alberto Lysy, who invited him to Switzerland to join the International Menuhin Music Academy in Gstaad. There, he took part in tours, concerts, and recordings across Europe. He completed his studies in 1996 at the Geneva Conservatory, where he was awarded the Prix de Musique de Chambre.

Between 1986 and 1990, he lived in the United States, studying under Jaime Laredo and Josef Gingold at the St. Louis Conservatory and the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington. He also attended masterclasses with the American Quartet and Michael Tree at the Taos Festival in New Mexico. In 1988 and 1989, he was invited by Alexander Schneider to perform with the New York String Ensemble at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center.

Starting in 1995, he embarked on an active tango career, performing in cities such as Tokyo, New York, London, Mexico City, San Francisco, and Brussels, alongside leading musicians and tango companies. These included Luis Bravo’s Forever Tango, Otango, and the company of Andrés Linetzky, with whom he toured in the 2015 Tango Origin production in Tokyo.

In 2001, he returned to Buenos Aires to continue his musical career in Argentina. He has performed widely in chamber music settings and was a member of the UCA Quartet. He recorded a CD with Viviana Lazzarin featuring sonatas by Debussy, Saint-Saëns, and Fauré, as well as another album with the Gianneo Quartet.

Cristian Basto is a composer and one of the leading tango and popular music double bassists of his generation. He has collaborated with renowned artists and ensembles such as Rascasuelos, Quasimodo Trío, Pablo Mainetti, Diego Schissi, Nicolás Guerschberg, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Dancing Mood, Lidia Borda, Susana Rinaldi, Nacha Guevara, Hilda Herrera, Juan Carlos Cuacci, Julieta Laso, and La Chicana.

He has performed as a musician with various tango-dance companies, including Mora Godoy, Eleonora Cassano, Tango x 2 by Miguel Ángel Zotto, SocialTango, and Taco Teco.

Basto has toured extensively across the United States, Japan, Canada, China, Italy, Germany, France, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Russia, Spain, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Finland, Switzerland, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Colombia, Mexico, and Costa Rica. He has played on prestigious stages such as the Teatro Colón in Argentina, Carnegie Hall in the United States, Sofia Theater in Bulgaria, Tropentheater and De Doelen in the Netherlands, among many others.

Born in Buenos Aires and based in Brussels since 2016, Camilo Córdoba is an Argentine guitarist, arranger and composer whose work explores tango from both its traditional roots and its contemporary developments.

He studied jazz and tango at the Escuela de Música Popular de Avellaneda (EMPA) in Buenos Aires, working with musicians such as Aníbal Arias and “Chocho” Ruiz, and later pursued composition with Guillermo Klein, Diego Schissi and Nicolás Guerschberg.

From 2004 onwards, he developed an extensive international career with Violentango, performing throughout Latin America, North America, Europe and Asia at festivals including Glastonbury Festival, Vive Latino, Canarias Jazz, Jazz al Parque and Virada Cultural.

Since settling in Belgium, he has been involved in several projects dedicated to contemporary tango and new Argentine music. From 2018 to 2022, he was a member of SONICO, the Brussels-based ensemble devoted to the music of Eduardo Rovira, performing at major venues and festivals across Europe and Latin America.

Alongside his work as a performer, Córdoba has increasingly focused on arranging, composition and the development of his own artistic projects. His recent work explores the dialogue between tango, contemporary music, jazz and chamber music.

In 2026, he released Será Mañana, an album built around two complementary quintets: NÁCAR Quintet, bringing together musicians from the Buenos Aires tango scene, and Pentafoniek, based in Europe.

Through these two ensembles, Córdoba develops two different but interconnected perspectives on contemporary tango, exploring the relationship between tradition, composition and new musical languages.

Camilo Córdoba is the guitarist, arranger and artistic director of NÁCAR Quintet.

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