Daniel Binelli

Daniel Binelli (Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina; May 20, 1946), is a musical composer, orchestra director, and Argentine bandoneonist that plays tango and classical music.

He was a member and arranger of the Osvaldo Pugliese orchestra, a member of the Astor Piazzolla Nuevo Tango Sextet, a musician and arranger of the group Tango7, based in Switzerland, and musical director of the group Tango Metrópolis and the Daniel Binelli Quintet.

Among his most notable performances is the premiere of Astor Piazzolla's Liège Concerto for bandoneon and guitar, held in Tokyo in 1998, alongside Martha Argerich, guitarist Eduardo Isaac and the National Symphony Orchestra of Argentina conducted by director Pedro Ignacio Calderón.

He recorded more than 50 albums, including Tangazo with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Orquestango with pianist Polly Ferman and the Uruguayan Philharmonic Orchestra, Imágenes with Polly Ferman, Daniel Binelli Tango, Daniel Binelli and the Camerata Bariloche, Daniel Binelli, Astor Piazolla and the Sexteto Tango Nuevo, Daniel Binelli – Issac (Bandoneon and guitar) and Bandoneon as soloist.

In 1997 Binelli participated in the documentary film Quereme así (Piantao).

He received the Konex Award - Diploma of Merit in 1995 as one of the most important tango instrumentalists of the '90s.

Discography

Piazzolla Hoy (con la Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colón dirigida por José Carli), EMI, 1993 Piazzolla Clásico (con la Camerata Bariloche), MILAN SUR, 1994 ¡Tango! (con el Septeto de Daniel Binelli), DORIAN, 1994 Atardecer Antiguo/Bandoneón (con Hugo Romero), MELOPEA, 1996 Piazzollando ao vivo, KUARUP, 1997 Borges & Piazzolla, MILAN, 1997 Milva El tango de Astor Piazzolla (Quinteto Argentino de Daniel Binelli), KING (Japón), 1998 Argentine Masters, TESTIGO, 1998 El Bandoneón, RANDOM, 1999 El Tango (con Cecilia Rossetto), BLACK SUN, 1999 Encuentros...con el Tango (con Alicia Terzian & el Grupo Encuentros), DOM, 1999 La Música Argentina y el Tango (con Eduardo Issac), KING (Japón), 2000 Rojotango (con Cecilia Rossetto), LA CASONA, 2000 Tangazo (Charles Dutoit y la Orquesta Sinfónica de Montreal), DECCA, 2001 Imágenes (con Polly Ferman), EPSA Music, 2002 Tangos de Buenos Aires (con Linda Lee Thomas), CBC, 2002 Tango Metrópolis (Quinteto de Daniel Binelli), 2002 Imágenes (con Polly Ferman), ROMEO RECORDS, 2002 Orquestango (con Polly Ferman & Filarmónica de Montevideo), SONDOR, 2003 Tango Natural (con César Angeleri), RANDOM, 2003 Tango in The Night (con Polly Ferman, German Guitierrez, Leanne Nicholls y La Orquesta de Cámara de la Ciudad de Hong Kong) ORCHID CLASSICS, 2021