Tango star Martín Alvarado will be the headline act at this year’s La Feria Festival of Latin
American Arts and Culture at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room on Friday 22 September.

The concert in Liverpool will be part of a ten-date tour in Britain, which also takes in performances in London, Nottingham, Bristol, Leamington Spa, Newbury in Berkshire, Surrey, Norfolk and Leicestershire and Devon.

It forms the final leg of Alvarado’s 53rd international tour as a soloist which includes performances in Finland, Italy, Denmark and Kazakhztan.

The world renowned tango troubadour will be the highlight of La Feria which is organised
by the North’s leading Latin American cultural promoter Luma Creations.

Joining Alvarado on stage will be a guitar quartet from Argentina, Gerardo Villar and Los Aguirre, who will be making their debut in the UK. A new single, La Pulpera de Santa Lucia, recorded by Alvarado with the quartet in Buenos Aires, has been released this year to seal their collaboration.

Alvarado said: “I am thrilled to be playing at La Feria and delighted to be able to have with me on this UK tour, this fabulous quartet who have shared the stage with me in Buenos Aires for several years.

“They are all accomplished and committed music makers who share my passion to make art
and to share that art and the culture of our homeland with new audiences in the UK, in
Europe and around the world.

“It will be great to tour the UK again. The audiences are always very interested and respectful of what I am trying to achieve which is to go beyond the usual expectations when people think of tango and to deliver an artistic experience that will move them and stay with them.”

Alvarado’s promoter in the UK Lisa Cherry-Downes, of L Tango Promotions, said: “I have wanted to present Martín with a trio or quartet of guitarists for years as this is a particularly authentic Buenos Aires sound and one that I think complements Martín’s vocal dexterity especially well. I would like to thank Luma Creations for making this tour possible – as well as giving Martin a birthday to remember when he performs in Liverpool on 22 September.

“As a performer and artist with obvious wow factor, he is always well received in the UK and over the years, at over 120 performances here, he has picked up quite a few fans so I hope they have a chance to hear him with Gerardo Villar & Los Aguirre as this will be special. There are very few guitar bands of this quality in Argentina and those that do exist hardly ever play in Europe, let alone the UK.”