He is a authentic gaucho, his grandfather, Bernardo Bustos(*), had a Tango sexteto, so he developed a strong relationship with it since a boy. a few years ago, in a social meeting with japanese guests, the japanese singer Madame Yoshie listen to him and told him that he should dedicate to sing professionaly, and then he began to take classes with Mario Marmo and learning from the duendes of the Buenosairean nights on La Casa del Tango... Guardia Vieja street at 4049, there he perfection his style to become pure and exquisite.
Where has he perform...
On 2002 he did many perfomances on Buenos Aires coffees and restaurants, his professional debut was on "Cafe Montserrat", and his name went trougth great places like La Esquina de Homero Manzi, La Esquina de Osvaldo Pugliese, La Casa del Tango, Cafe Tortoni, La Cachila, Teatro San Martin, Teatro Cervantes, among others.
At the end of 2002, he made 2 tours to Chile. On the first one he perform in places like La Casa del Tango de Chile, El Cachafaz, La Casa Argentina, the Takuu milonga la Asociacion Cristiana de Jovenes (young christian asociation), and he did some interviews to Yungay and Santiago radio by Eduardo Herbas and Nestor Larre. On his second tour went to Calama city for The 5th "Tango en el Desierto" International Festival, and he perform in places like the Cobreloa Soccer Sporting Club, Teatro Municipal de Calama where hundreds of people rise up in ovation for this new and harmonic world class voice. The third tour to Chile was a success, starting on may 2003 at the Sala Cultural 602 on Vicuna Mackenna street, where he present his second Album "Liber Tango", 18 tango tracks from the "Vieja Guardia" and the "vanguardia", the classics and the new spirit... National Newspapers agencies in Chile made articles about him, like La tercera, Las Ultimas Noticias and La Cuarta, La Estrella del Loa and El Mercurio.... On this tour he participate at the Calama Tango Club 5th Anniversary, he also perform on the Teatro Novedades in Santiago city, Casino de Arica, etc... this new voice on the Tango scene has that unique scent of the meadows with Gaucho feelings on a melodious, apassionate nostalgia...
Also perform in different places on Cordoba, Argentina, Like Confiteria Mitre, Tango restaurant El Arrabal, Las Tinajas, an espectacular show for young people at the Ban Sai Vip pub on Saldan city, the Tangomania on San Luis, Mendoza and the Tangueria Alvarez on Salta city. He has participate on t.v. shows from Argentina, Chile and Paraguay... he is a trovador of the Tango sung with nostalgic passion
What is Tango according to Sergio Villarroel...
Tango is a phenomenon... is something natural and that is why it will have a universal in force... it began on Buenos Aires, between the european inmigrant fatherland nostalgia and his violn or flute, later apears the Bandoneon; the mulato sad fellings silenced by his contageus rhythm with their drumbs and add to it the bohemia of the argentinian gaucho.... i ll like to add, that the Tango mother is the Milonga and as such it also can make you laugh, is not?
A vocal Tango is a mini opera, those who lisen a true Tango singer must pass trough an emotional shade of colours that you can feel on 90 minutes watching a movie. But, and there is the art of singing Tangos, the Cantor must have the capacity to get to those shades of colours on 3 minutes, tune and clear... if the singer achieve to wake up those emotions on the audience, then he "sings" a Tango... otherwise he vocalize, scream, or just was an imitator.
Repertoire...
On his repertoire are many kind of tangos..."Vieja Guardia", "Gardelianos" y "vanguardia".
Balada para un Loco, Pasional, Volver, Yira Yira, Nostalgias, Mano a Mano, Fangal, Viejo Ciego, La Bicicleta Blanca, Uno, El Dia que me Quieras, Sur, Por una Cabeza, Los Mareados, El Encopao, Tu Piel de Jazmin, Cuando Caigan las Hojas, Gricel, La Ultima Curda, Naranjo en Flor, Garua, Los Pajaros Perdidos, Milonga del Trovador, Chiquilin de Bachin, Libertango, Fuimos, El Ultimo Organito, Barrio de tango, Adios Nonino, Maquillaje, Chau No Va Mas, Me Han Prohibido Quererte, El Amor Desolado, Afiches, Jacinto Chiclana, Honrar la Vida, Sus Ojos Se Cerraron, Sueno de Juventud, Sentimiento Gaucho, Rubi, Mi Castigo, Bandoneon Arrabalero, Muchacho, Nunca Tuvo Novio, Sera Una Noche (this is the first one on a live audience), Balada para mi Muerte, Garras, El Titere, Volvio Una Noche...
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