DATE: Friday October 22, 2010
TIME: 8 pm
VENUE: Phoenix Concert Theatre
ADDRESS: 410 Sherbourne St. Toronto
TICKETS: Seated $ 30 Gral Admitting: $ 20. By Marcelo Addax Entertainment,
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Leon Gieco was born in Cañada Rosquín (Province of Santa Fe) on November 20, 1951. Son of a family of rural immigrants, he inherited from his father a great passion for music. From a very young age, he formed his own music groups: Los Moscos and Los Nocheros. At the age of 18 he moved to Buenos Aires and recorded his first album, released in 1973 and produced by Gustavo Santaolalla. Many of his songs were censured in the decade of the 70’s by the military dictatorship in Argentina. Before his exile Gieco composed “Sólo le pido a Dios” (Only I ask God), that became a hymn and was translated into several languages. He has published more than 30 albums, among them being “De Ushuaia a la Quiaca,” his most ambitious project. Gieco has received many prestigious musical awards in Argentina as well as the Grammy 2006 Latin Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award.
He has performed in a number of countries in Europe and in America, accompanying Mercedes Sosa on several occasions. Because of his songs and his permanent fight and claim for the missing people, he was threatened of death by the military dictatorship government of 1976 and he was forced to go into exile living for 2 years outside Argentina. Nowadays, he is constantly working with Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Association, Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo Association, the Organization H.I.J.O.S (SONS) of missing persons, Greenpeace, Peasants, and the Aboriginal Communities.
He has shared the stage and performances with artists of great renown, such as Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, David Byrne, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger and among others. Gieco has written the autobiographical book “Crónica de un sueño” (“Chronicle of a Dream”) and composed music for Argentine films. Twice he was awarded the highest distinction conferred by universities, receiving the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from de University of Lujan and Rosario, and the title of Honorary Professor of the University of Buenos Aires
Today Gieco continues touring throughout Argentina and the world. Over the last fifteen years Gieco has been meeting the main characters of MUNDO ALAS and now wonders if it was destiny or chance that their paths crossed At the end of 2006 he brought them all together for the first time, and there the idea of making this tour, film and TV series was born. His first experience as a film director became a success and Mundo Alas is the most awarded documentary at the Argentinean documentary history by these days.
It`s a show with many characters, in which Leon Gieco becomes the thread of a story to tell.
During the concert, Leon makes a musical journey that traces the last forty years, blending his personal and professional history with poetry, the faces, the songs, society and Argentina policy. Many of these moments are painful and joyful at the same time.
While Leon is telling us this story, we can appreciate on the screen some images that reflect the status table of each era and each space, making an accurate tracking of each of their stories.
As a rapporteur, Gieco also took refuge in personal anecdotes, bringing a touch of warmth and intimacy to the show.
Arriving at present time, Leon brings to the screen and also to our mind those songs of his repertoire that identified each of his albums, giving some space for the clips: from first to last, inviting the audience to manifest through them.
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The concert is also a place for tributes. The protagonists are some of the greatest figures of Argentina and Latin-American Popular Music, and Leon dedicates his songs to them so as to be remembered. Some of these characters are Jorge Cafrune, Alfredo Zitarrosa, Víctor Jara, Mercedes Sosa, El “Cuchi” Leguizamón, Violeta Parra, Atahualpa Yupanqui and Charly García between others.