Grammy-winning bandoneonist, composer, and educator Hector Del Curto is one of the world’s foremost tango musicians, having performed with over 50 orchestras around the world. Hector has recorded with icons like Piazzolla and Plácido Domingo, contributing to multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy-winning projects, showcasing his ability to blend traditional tango with diverse musical influences.

Praised by The New York Times as a “splendid player“, Grammy-winning bandoneonist, composer, and educator Hector Del Curto is one of the world’s foremost tango musicians. He has performed with over 50 orchestras, including the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, National Symphony, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and BBC Symphony Orchestra, collaborating with top artists across genres.

Recent highlights include Piazzolla’s Aconcagua Concerto with the Boston Symphony, Four Seasons of Buenos Aires with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, and his own Paris to Cannes with the Portland Symphony. He also recorded his composition Trace of Time—a work for string quartet and bandoneon commissioned by the Apollo Chamber Players.

A fourth-generation bandoneonist, Del Curto won Argentina’s Best Bandoneon Player Under 25 at 17 and joined Osvaldo Pugliese’s legendary orchestra. He later founded the Eternal Tango Orchestra and the Hector Del Curto Tango Quintet, featured on his acclaimed albums Eternal Piazzolla and Eternal Tango.

He has recorded with icons like Piazzolla, Paquito D’Rivera, Tito Puente, and Plácido Domingo, contributing to multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy-winning projects. In 2018, he won a Grammy with the Pablo Ziegler Trio for Jazz Tango.

Passionate about preserving tango, he co-founded the Stowe Tango Music Festival, the premier tango festival in the U.S., and produced its award-winning album Live at the 2016 Stowe Tango Music Festival. He also leads Music Intersections (musicintersections.org), a nonprofit connecting tango with classical and other musical traditions.

Del Curto is married to cellist Jisoo Ok, a versatile tango and classical musician. Their son, Santiago Del Curto, an accomplished clarinetist at 17, has already performed with legends such as Paquito D’Rivera, Pablo Ziegler, and Gustavo Dudamel. Together, they have performed their family program with multiple orchestras, including the Richmond Symphony.