symbolic figure Tango, Osvaldo Pugliese's legacy remains alive in the heart of Villa Crespo.

Pianist and composer Osvaldo Pugliese is an indissoluble character of the identity of Villa Crespo and streets.

Born in the year 1905, musical education of the composer and his first presentations are closely linked to the neighborhood in which he lived throughout his life.

It was at the Conservatory Odeón, located on Calle Corrientes, where the young Pugliese discovered his passion for piano, and coffee in the emblematic La Chancha where he made his debut with barely fifteen.

His name is also evoked as a synonym for political activism: joined the Communist Party, Pugliese created the society of Argentine musicians, He was co-founder of popular musicians' union and led the first strike in cabarets 1935.

Who led the orchestra he was characterized by asserting an organizational model based on cooperativism, putting in crisis the figure of the director-entrepreneur.

At the same time, Pugliese claim of popular culture on several occasions confronted the invasion of the entertainment industries, multinational record companies and the cultural politics of the dictatorship.

With the years, Pugliese has become a popular saint, one set to be evoked sacral presence when the need to avert the MUFA is imposed.

The hurricane force of their production and runaway momentum resonate in the cultural sphere from a synthetic and strict mantra consisting of naming three times.

As every saint, Pugliese received in the year 2005 his altar, at the intersection of Corrientes and Scalabrini Ortiz.

The sculpture by the artist Paula Franzi shows him sitting at the piano with historical musicians of his orchestra, all located on a circular platform.

There, in the heart of Villa Crespo, the strength of one of the most important tango musicians of the country remains alive.

Of. Corrientes and Av. Scalabrini Ortiz, Villa Crespo.

Source: disfrutemosba.buenosaires.gob.ar