Fernando Suarez Paz

Fernando Suarez Paz was a musician, violinist and director Argentine who was part of the Orchestra National Symphony and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Buenos Aires.

Born in the province of Buenos Aires, he began his musical studies at the age of five, playing the violin. As a young man, he joined the LRA Radio del Estado Youth Symphony Orchestra. He specialized in the genre of tango, he was a regular in the top positions of the groups and orchestras of which he was part. Later he joined the National Symphony Orchestra of Buenos Aires. He was for more than seventeen years as concertmaster of the Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Burt Bacharach, Lalo Schifrin, Michel Legrand and Waldo de los Ríos. Due to his way of interpreting music, for which he demonstrated innovative talent and creativity, in the mid-1970s he was part of the band Los 7 del Tango under the direction of Luis Stazo. He participated in the creation of the Sexteto mayor in 1978, of which he was a part until in 1988 the group dissolved and he became a member of the Quinteto Nuevo Tango. In Quinteto Nuevo Tango he performed with Astor Piazzolla for ten years. During this period Suárez Paz under the direction of Piazzolla, showed his creative capacities and the musical quality that the quintet achieved, with the interpretation of songs such as Escualo, dedicated to the Argentine composer and director who wrote the pieceAt the end of his stage in Quinteto Nuevo Tango, he played with Gary Burton at festivals in Europe, Japan, and the United States. As a soloist he performed and recorded the Piazzolla Nacar Concert in 1993, with the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pedro Ignacio Calderón. From that moment on he made recitals and records as a soloist, for example as a performer of the Concert in Negrorian Song for violin and orchestra, dedicated to him by the composer and conductor Gabriel Senanes. The following year he was appointed musical director of the Astor Tango production, consisting of a series of recitals around the composer. He made a new tour of the United States in 2000 with Springs for Piazzolla. He was invited by to attend the Steinway Festival in Manchester. In 2001 he traveled to Europe where he toured with the Assad Duo, he was invited to the Bergen Music Festival. On July 4, he held the opening of the Astor Triunfal cycle at the Colón Theater in Buenos Aires, in the tribute made to Piazzolla on the tenth anniversary of his death. He formed a duo with the pianist Osvaldo Requena. He was a member of the groups of Horacio Salgán, Miguel Caló, Fulvio Salamanca, Pedro Laurenz, Aníbal Troilo, Mariano Mores, Atilio Stampone, Leopoldo Federico, Osvaldo Requena, Néstor Marconi, Osvaldo Berlingieri and Raúl Garello. He died on September 12, 2020 at the Sanatorio La Trinidad, in Pilar. He was Illustrious Citizen of Buenos Aires. [ 3 ]In 2005, the National Academy of Tango paid him a tribute on his 50th anniversary as a musician. In 2019, he won  Latin Grammy Best Tango Album, Revolutionary performed by the Astor Piazzolla Quintet.