Martin Alvarado: Asi es mi tango

Widely considered to be Argentina's finest tango vocalist, Martín Alvarado will be delivering a "totally mesmerising" evening of music and song.

The Buenos Aires-born troubadour has been touring almost continuously for the past ten years and has performed at many major venues and festivals, including three times at the Shostokovich Philharmonic Hall in St Petersburg.

His warm and powerful tenor voice cuts across the language barrier in an expressive range of emotional colours. He is renowned for sublime live performances which have a simple honesty and emotionally engaging quality, combined with a relaxed and charismatic stage presence and light hearted rapport with his audiences.

Last year, he was awarded the Latin UK Award for Concert by International Artist of the Year and had his last album released worldwide by one of the leading world music labels, Riverboat Records, based in Clapham.

His carefully chosen and acclaimed repertoire of work features songs by some of tango's most notable poets and composers, including Astor Piazzolla and Carlos Gardel - as well as some of his own compositions.

As an artist, he first came to prominence in 2003 in Finland. He had been spotted the year before, singing in Barcelona for tourists and was encouraged to go to Finland to perform. Within just two months of arriving, news of his talent had spread and he was invited to perform with the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra. He has since performed as a soloist more than 400 times. This concert is part of his 27th international tour.

He will be accompanied by another world class tango musician, Claudio Constantini, on piano and bandoneón (Argentine button accordian).

Constantini, a classically trained pianist from Peru, has accompanied Alvarado many times in Europe. He is an renowned and award-winning talent in his own right, regarded as one of the most accomplished bandoneón players based in Europe. This is his first time performing in the UK.

"The world needs to experience this extreme form of aural pleasure ... totally mesmerising ... a tango epiphany" Max Reinhardt, BBC Radio 3 presenter

"Completely beguiling" Mary Ann Kennedy, BBC Radio 3

“One of today’s great voices in tango” La 2x4 Radio, Buenos Aires

“A voice to melt a thousand hearts.” DJ Ritu, A World in London, SOAS Radio