Ángel Domingo Riverol

Ángel Domingo Riverol (Buenos Aires; October 1, 1893 – Medellín, June 26, 1935) was one of Carlos Gardel's Argentine guitarists.

Life He was born in the Montserrat neighborhood in October 1893. He was the youngest of six children of the couple Ángel Riverol and Dolores Cabral, both born in Las Palmas, Spain. It was his mother who taught him to play the guitar when he was only ten years old.

Becoming Gardel's fourth guitarist (in chronological order), he made his debut on March 20, 1930, accompanying him alongside Guillermo Barbieri and José María Aguilar, recording the tangos:

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Starting on April 4, they performed on Radio Nacional until the end of May, and from April 9 to May 3, they performed at the Empire Theater.

He began his most important professional stage with Carlos Gardel in March 1930, although he had already been associated with him since September 1929.

In February 1931, after José María Aguilar temporarily retired, he accompanied Barbieri until September of that same year. He participated in the film Las luces de Buenos Aires, accompanying Gardel on the song El rosal and singing the chacarera La sufrida in a duet.

His remains, along with those of the other guitarists who died in the accident, are buried in La Chacarita Cemetery, in Buenos Aires.

He was married to Aurelia Giuliano from 1913 until his death.