Sandra Luna * Biography

“Luna might just prove to be the figure to propel tango into the new century, and to bring it, reenergized and soulful, into the mainstream of world music.” – as Chris Nickson said: “That she's a star is beyond doubt, and in her hands the music sparkles”
Grammy Awards nominee in “The Best Traditional World Music” category, Sandra Luna was born in Buenos Aires where she grew up performing and sharing the stage with the greatest interpreters of traditional and new tango. Already established as one of the most important voices of the genre, Sandra Luna is single handedly rewriting the aesthetics of voice interpretation in 21st century tango.
The Buenos Aires born songstress has been breathing new life into the music of her homeland ever since she began performing professionally at the age of 7. During her subsequent teenage years in the late 1970s and early 1980s, she grad¬uated to singing in the most famous venues such as “Casa de Carlos Gardel”, “El Rincón de los Artistas”, Caño 14 ('the cathedral of tango'), “and El Viejo Almacén”, places she frequented along with the most prestigious tango orchestras of the time and old-school stars such as Enrique Mario Franci¬ni, Antono Agri, El Sexteto Mayor, Leopoldo Federico, Edmundo Rivero, Roberto Goyeneche, Rubén Juarez and Virginia Luque. Luna is deeply rooted in the past honoring such tango legends as Carlos Gardel ,as well as Astor Piazzolla the founder of “Nuevo Tango” and many other tango composers.

Sandra had already been touring as far afield as Japan since 1985. During her years in Spain she was based in Murcia, Alicante and Valencia and toured Europe, Asia and the USA.
But by 1998 she was so homesick for Buenos Aires that she returned, with an invitation from SADAIC (The Argentine Society Of Writers & Composers Of Music) to perform at an international festival that same year. She won the prize for 'Best Interpreter', and in the years that followed made tours of Japan, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Netherlands.
In 2001 Sandra Luna recorded "Tangos del Alma" and soon started to work on the production of her second CD, “Tango Varón”, with Serge Glanzberg who has worked with Manu Dibango, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood and the Clash's Mick Jones. When he was asked to produce Sandra Luna, he connected for the first time with his father's old love: tango. Norbert Glanzberg was a star pianist in the late 1940s, touring with Edith Piaf, Yves Montand and Charles Trenet.

Sandra Luna toured Holland and Belgium performing at theatres such as the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Södra Theatre in Stockholm. In 2005 she received the Foundation Konex diploma of merit as "Tango Female Singer of the Decade".

In May 2006, in co-production with Eladia Blázquez, Ms. Luna recorded "Con las Alas de Eladia" , an album that was distributed in Argentina and the United States.

In March 2007 she was invited by the Connecticut Grand Opera & Orchestra conducted by maestro Laurence Gilgore, to appear as guest singer at the Palace Theatre in Stamford, Connecticut USA featuring songs from the album "Con las Alas de Eladia" that she had just finished recording.

Ms. Luna has also developed her career as a music producer, and in recent years has developed her own "Method of Breathing and Movement", and given master classes and workshops for singers, musicians and media professionals.
In 2010 Sandra Luna was presented with Pablo Ziegler on the First Edition of "Zero Hour Tango Fest" in Indianapolis, USA.
In July 2011 together with Pablo Ziegler Quartet at the legendary jazz club in New York "Birdland"
In 2013 at Sesi Jazz Fetival in Río de Janeiro with Yamandú Costa.

"Tango is a feeling that is so clear and pure… If you haven't met it, it will wait for you. But, after you meet it, you'll need it" -she said.
Press quotes:
“Dans la tradition des grandes chanteuses à forte per­sonnalité, Sandra Luna teinte la poésie des textes et de la langue d'une couleur toute personnelle. Tantôt mélancolique, tantôt enjouée, mais la voix toujours sure et entraînante, I'artiste de Buenos Aires interprète avec singularité chacun des tangos cancion.” Sophie Nobécourt * France
“En parfaite adéquation avec la force et la poésie des textes, Sandra Luna sait émouvoir. Elle sait réveiller les émotions, les sens et les sentiments, toucher l'humanité du public. Une voix capable de pousser la gamme très loin et qui contient à la fois une joie et une douleur féminine passionnée, à la Edith Piaf.” Republique des Lettres-France
“She's a surprisingly physical performer, pirouetting in high heels, tossing her long hair dramatically and wringing the maximum gravitas from every word... she grins, instantly winning over the audience with her valiant way of communication. It’s clear that she's no stranger to audiences outside Argentina, and her slightly confrontational performance style reflects many years of experience.” John Lusk, fRoots-UK
“Sie vermischt in ihrem Vokalstil große Frauenfiguren des Tangos, wie Mercedes Simone und Nelly Omar. Darüber hinaus lässt sie sich auch von Edith Piaf und Ella Fitzgerald beeinflussen, formt aber einen ganz eigenen Stil” Anita Rahm, Melodiva, Germany.

New Album "SoloS"Sandra Luna

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Sandra Luna at National Geographic

Sandra Luna at BBC de Londres

Sandra Luna at Konex

Sandra Luna at Rock Paper Scissors

Sandra Luna`s Video Clip

"Carritos Cartoneros" at National Geographic

Awards

Tours

Articles, Interviews, and Reviews

Los Angeles TImes, Nurtured by its feminine roots, tango flourishes 05/29/05 >> read article

PRI's "The World", Global Hits 07/12/04 >> read article

Boston Globe, CD Review 07/16/04 >> read article >> go there

La Opinoin, No es el tango de los abuelos 07/31/04 >> read article

Maine Today, Review 02/26/05 >> read article

New York Post, CD review by Ernesto Lechner 06/09/04 >> read article

Miami New Times, Concert Pick 07/15/04 >> read article

Philadelphia Weekly, CD Review 05/26/04 >> read article

BBC, CD Review 06/16/04 >> read article

Portland Press Herald, It takes one to tango when Luna is singing 02/26/05 >> read article

Plain Dealer, CD Review 07/04/04 >> read article

Las Vegas Weekly, CD Review 05/13/04 >> read article

Global Rhythm, A Lifetime of Tango: Sandra Luna 07/01/04 >> read article

Albuquerque Journal, Tango Varon 05/14/04 >> read article

Orlando Weekly, CD Review 05/27/04 >> read article

All Music.com, CD Review 07/01/04 >> read article >> go there

Amazon.com, CD Review 07/01/04 >> read article

New York Post, Hot Picks 02/16/05 >> read article

Barnes and Noble, Review 05/01/04 >> read article

Lahontan Valley News & Full on Eagle Standard, Review 02/12/05 >> read article

Broadway New York.com, Concert Preview 06/16/04 >> read article

Reader, Review 02/19/05 >> read article

Tucson Citizen, CD Pick 06/24/04 >> read article

World Music Central, CD Review 05/18/04

Smother.net, CD Review 06/01/04

1340mag, CD Review 06/01/04

Cranky Crow, CD Review 05/18/04 >> read article

6 Moons, CD Review 04/26/04 >> read article >> go there

Arte Six, CD Review 05/01/04

El Mexicalo, Grammy Nominee 02/10/05 >> read article

Lahontan Valley News, CD Review 02/12/05 >> read article >> go there

Sun Journal, Tango star will perform 02/19/05 >> read article

Tango Reporter, CD Review 08/01/04 >> read article

Latin Beat, Sandra Luna and the Fiery Tango 09/01/04 >> read article

Songlines, The superb new spokeswoman of tango-canción 01/01/04 >> read article

The Times of London, CD Review 11/01/03 >> read article

Daily Telegraph (UK), CD Review 11/01/03 >> read article

The Independent (UK), Concert Review 11/03/04 >> read article

Time Out New York, Concert Preview 07/15/04 >> read article

Dr. Anton Philipszaal, The Hague-Netherlands
KIT Tropentheater, Amsterdam-Netherlands
Fame Music in Amsterdam-Netherlands
Stadsschouwburg, Velsen-The Netherlands
Radio 747 Desmet Live 14.00-16.00 hrs
Södra Teatern, Stockholm-Sweden
Schouwburg CC Luchtbal, Antwerpen
Cactus@Ma/Z (Magdalenazaal), Brugge- Belgium
Theater Bouwkunde, Deventer-Netherlands
Live on WDNA radio Miami - USA
Argentinean Consulate, New York-USA
Joe’s Pub, New York City-USA
Books & Books, Coral Gables, Florida-USA
Echo Club, Echo Park, LA-USA
USA Television: Sandra Luna: A & E Breakfast with the Arts
Theater Lux, Nijmegen-The Netherlands
RASA, Utrecht-Netherlands
Estonian Drama Theatre, Talinn-Estonia
National Opera, Riga-Latvia
Schouwburg Odeon, Zwolle-Netherlands
N9, Eeklo-Belgie
Instore in Sounds Recordstore
Koningstheater, Den Bosch-Netherlands
Het Wagehuys, Leuven-Belgium
De Fransche School, Culemborg-Netherlands
LVC, Leiden-Netherlands
De Doelen, Rotterdam-Netherlands
De Kleine Komedie, Amsterdam-Netherlands
APAP, SOB, New York-USA
Florence Guild Theater, San Francisco, CA-USA
HotHouse, Chicago, IL-USA
Satalla, New York, NY-USA
Johnny D's, Somerville, MA-USA
Center for Cultural Exchange, Portland, ME-USA
Strictly Mundial, Montreal-Canada
Festival Mundial, Tilburg-Netherlands
Sandra en vivo TV Por Siempre Tango 22.00hrs
Cent. Cult. San Martìn Sala AyB-Tango 05-BA-Argentina
Circulo Social, Buenos Aires-Argentina
Plaza Nueva, Bilbao-España-Spain
Teatro Municipal, de Olavarría-BA
Teatro Taubate - Sao Paulo, Brasil
Salon de Atos Da Puc - Porto Alegre, Brasil
Salon de Atos Da Puc - Porto Alegre, Brasil
Teatro Alvear, Buenos Aires-Argentina
Centro Cultural de Adrogué, Buenos Aires-Argentina
Centro Cutural de Adrogué,Buenos Aires-Argentina
Sandra Luna was presented with Pablo Ziegler on the First Edition of "Zero Hour Tango Fest in Indianapolis, USA.
With Pablo Ziegler Quartet at the legendary jazz club in New York "Birdland"

Sandra Luna at Birdland * July

July 2011

Birdland - New York -

Pablo Ziegler´s classsical Quartet
Ziegler, Del Curto, Jisoo Ok, Giraudo
w/Special Guest Sandra Luna