In 2021 Dario’s recording of the iconic “Libertango” was picked up by the Argentine foreign service and played at embassies around the globe, a symbol of the country’s artistic vitality and distinct culture.įor Dario, the greatest musical moments have come from heartfelt experimentation, at the peak synthesis of technique, freewheeling imagination, and his deeply felt folk roots. His boundary-erasing work led him to tour extensively as a solo performer, as part of Guitarras del Mundo and as part of the music and dance performance “Argentina: Bombo y Milonga”, which was sponsored by the government of Jalisco, Mexico to celebrate the 2011 Pan-American Based in Tel Aviv for five years, Dario became a mainstay of the jazz scene, winning kudos from prominent musical voices such as Albert Beger, Daviv Broza, Achinoam Nini, and Idan Rachel. Therefore, when Dario, drawing on his Jewish heritage, discovered he could deepen his training in jazz performance at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, he left his homeland for Israel. Musicians face uphill battles in Argentina. He studied composition and, a year later, he became an Associate Professor of Folk Music there at age 20. He graduated from the conservatory in his hometown of Tucumán and entered the University of La Plata near Buenos Aires, Argentina’s leading university and a hub of musical creativity.
Dario was hooked on the instrument, still his main musical companion.Įven from a young age, Dario yearned to expand these roots, embracing classical music and jazz to find his own distinctive voice.
Dario’s father Kato, a luthier and musician, brought him to local folk music gatherings (peñas) and taught him his first guitar chords. From birth, he became part of those lineages thanks to his highly musical family. “A remarkable representative of Argentine music”- Página12 (Argentina)ĭario hails from northern Argentina, a region with a wealth of long-lived musical traditions. For this exploration, Dario gathered a group of trusted players, GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY winners including Leo Genovese, Julio Botti, Franco Pinna, Pablo Aslan, Moto Fukushima and Fernando Huergo, and invited several special guests such as world renowned artists Jaques Morelenbaum, Mike Stern, and Zach Brock. On FOLKLORE, Dario presents his homeland in new sounds based on age-old rhythms and contexts, some pensive, some festive, but all fresh. In 2022, he was awarded the Mercedes Sosa Award for Best Jazz Album.Ĭurrently based in New York City, his latest release is FOLKLORE, an experimental jazz tour of Argentina’s varied sonic regions. He has released five albums and contributed to countless others as an engineer, producer, and musician. He has also explored a world of other sounds, playing with everyone from Garifuna icon Aurelio Martinez to Tim Ries, long-time brass player with The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, Donald Fagen, and more.ĭario, as a solo performer and as part of groups and ensembles, has appeared at major festivals and key venues in 14 countries around South America, North America, the Middle East, and Europe. He has collaborated and performed with Argentine greats, including Pipi Piazzolla, Franco Luciani, Quique Sinesi, Nahuel Pennisi, Juan Falu, and Ernesto Snajer. He has spearheaded jazz ensembles, composed for orchestras, and improvised with jazz icons such as William Parker and Mike Stern, all while cultivating his deep Latin American roots. His love for art is evident: world cultures and history that he occasionally intertwines, like his project "Manhatitlan," where he celebrates Mexican and American Cultures "George Washington Returns to New York City" "Frida Khalo in New York" and Lady Liberty in "Taking Liberties."ĭario Acosta Teich’s masterful guitar technique serves an endlessly imaginative musical mind. When people ask him where he gets his ideas from, he reveals that everything inspires him, from nature, people, animals and cities to food, cars, planes, insects, clouds, you name it! He challenges himself, at times, to create images without resorting to the use of captions which avails his ideas to reach a universal audience. He believes that humor is a beautiful and special language that allows us to see the world in a different manner, from the whimsical to the critical point of view. Are on display at Anibal Aviles Playground from May 1 - June 28, 2022ġ11 W 108th St, New York, NY 10025, between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenuesįelipe Galindo, "Feggo", has been creating humorous images for almost fifty years in diverse media, like cartoons, illustration, animation, fine art and public art (visit the 231st.
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