Javier Sanchez

Javier Sanchez

Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Javier Sánchez has been playing the
bandoneón for over 30 years.

Between 2005 and 2016 he was a member of Latin Grammy Award
nominee Rodolfo Mederos Orquesta Típica.
Mr. Sánchez has toured the globe with well-known tango orchestras
and tango companies such as Tango Pasión, Tanguera, Tango Emotion
(returning to Japan for 5 consecutive years), and many others.
As an active musician in Argentina, Mr. Sánchez played in the most
prestigious tango shows of Buenos Aires including El Viejo Almacén,
Esquina de Carlos Gardel, Café Tortoni, Piazzolla Tango Theater, just
to name a few.

Some of the notable performance included:
2002/2003: Sweden and Norway with “Kristiansand Chamber
Orchestra” and “Jonkopings Sinfonietta”
2003 – “La Misa de Buenos Aires” by Eduardo Tejeda with Nacional
Symphony Orchestra, Belgrano Auditorium (Buenos Aires)
2007 – “Suite Paternal” by Román Rosso with Orquesta Sinfónica
Juvenil Libertador San Martín Facultad de Derecho (Buenos Aires)
2015 – “Misa a Buenos Aires” by Martin Palmieri Parroquia Nuestra
Señora de la Guardia (Buenos Aires)

In 2016, he relocated to the New York metropolitan area and started
collaborating with a variety of tango groups, among most noted are
Aces of Rhythm directed by Pablo Aslan (debuted at Lincoln Center in
July of 2017), Pan American Symphony Orchestra directed by Sergio
Bušlje (Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.), and the Astoria Tango
Orchestra led by Daniel Binelli (11-piece orchestra típica).

In August of the same year, he won the First Prize at the renowned Che
Bandoneon International Competition judged by bandoneón legend
Victor Lavallén.

In 2018 Mr. Sanchez became Musical Director of Che Tangazo
orchestra based in Montreal, Canada, making its debut in July at Tango
BA Festival and World Cup.
In the past five years Mr. Sanchez has also performed with many
renown musicians such as Emilio Solla, Oscar Feldman, Héctor del
Curto, and Sverre Indris Joner.
In 2019 Mr. Sanchez completed writing a repertoire of tango
arrangements specifically for social dancing and put together a tango
quartet “Mala Junta”. Since then Mala Junta performed in NY, NJ, and
CT.
In 2021, he relocated to Charlotte, NC area and began performing solo
recitals at numerous venues in Carolinas region. He recorded a one
hour concert from Bach to Piazzolla, which streamed live via
TwitCasting (available now in its archives).