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.