History
The "Orquesta Tipica Veritango" was founded in 1995 when several musicians met around the argentinian bandoneon master Alfredo Marcucci in Belgium. Later the group was extended with other professional musicians at the Music Academy of Ixelles (Brussels) where the orchestra consolidated its interpretation of tango music under the direction of Alfredo Marcucci. Since then, the orchestra has been performing on most Western European countries.

Repertoire
The repertoire of the Veritango ensemble contains about 60 tangos, milongas and walses that are particularly well adapted for dancing events. The different arrangements lend themselves equally well to concert performances and are inspired by the tango styles of the 30s and 40s (d'Arienzo, Di Sarli, de Caro,...) as well as by the more modern movements like this initiated by Astor Piazzolla and Osvaldo Pugliese. The orchestra often works together with different singers.

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The Members

Alfredo Marcucci

Alfredo Marcucci began playing bandoneon at a very early age under the guidance of his uncle, the renowned bandoneon-player Carlos Marcucci, and developed his feeling for tango in the Buenos Aires of the thirties (Café Concert, Night Club, etc.) At eight years old he played for the famous tango composer Julio de Caro who lavishly praised the virtues of this young talent and took him as his pupil. He was invited to join the Julio de Caro orchestra at 18, together with his uncle. This was to be the beginning of a brilliant career. He also played in many other orchestras: Raúl Camplún, Osvaldo Donatto, Enrique Franccini, Juan Canaro, etc. In 1956 he joined the famous Carlos di Sarli orchestra with which he made many recordings. He was asked to join Baltazar Benitez in 1990 to form a duo for bandoneon and guitar.

Gerlinde Goossens
Holds a First Prize for piano since 1987 and First Prize for fugue since 1990. She also obtained the Victor van Hemel Prize and the A. de Vleeshouwer Prize at the Royal Flemish Conservatory of Antwerp (Belgium). She teaches piano at the Academy for Music and Danse in Turnhout and Herentals (Belgium). Her solid skills in the interpretation of tango music are the result of several master classes she took with Carel Craayenhof, Alfredo Marcucci, Juan Jose Mosalini and Marcelo Mercadante. Gerlinde Goossens joined the Veritango ensemble at its foundation.

Sylvie Verhaeghe
Obtained the First Prize "Credit Communal" of Belgium in 1991 and a First Prize for piano in 1994 at the Royal Music Conservatory of Brussels. She was also a finalist in the Belgian concours "Jeune Solistes" in 1988 and was second in the concours Excellentia in 1991 and in the concours Gunther in 1988. She also took a third place in the concours Charlier. She made further piano studies in the Conservatory of Liege guided by Chantal Bohets. Sylvie Verhaeghe is teaching piano classes at the Delle Vigne School and is active as a private teacher. She is a member of the Veritango ensemble since the beginning. She also participates in a multimedia tango show produced by the well known Flemish orchestra "I Fiamminghi" under the direction of Rudolf Werthen.

Muriel Weis
Studied at the Academy of Music in Sint-Pieters-Woluwe (Brussels) guided by Yuri Braginski. She is a currently teaching music and continues her violin studies at the Conservatory of Mons (Belgium). Since years, she has been playing tango music.

Marie de Salle
Obtained the First Prize for violin at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and in parallel to that, has been always strongly oriented to folk music in general and to tango music in particular. In this context, she participated in several workshops as a result of which she became a member of the Veritango ensemble.

Patrick Vankeirsbilck
Na het beindigen van zijn studie's aan het Conservatorium van Brugge en de academie van Schaarbeek te Brussel heeft Patrick de eerste prijs voor dwarsfluit en voor kamer muziek behaald. Hij is gediplomeerd in harmonie en contrapunt aan de academie van st Pieters Woluwe te Brussel. Daarna is hij zich beginnen bekwamen in het spelen van Tango muziek. Carel Craayenhof, Alfredo Marcucci, Juan José Mosalini en Marcelo Mercadante, waren zijn docenten. Actueel is dat Patrick veel energie steekt in het arrangeren voor tango ensemble en het bespelen van Bandoneon. Alfredo Marcucci heeft hem onder zijn virtuose vleugels genomen en heel wat tournees met deze meester volgden. "Festival Internacional de Tango" à Montevideo (Uruguay) en novembre 1998 vele zouden volgen.


Dominique Martin
A commencé l'étude du violoncelle à l'age de 9 ans à Paris avec Roger Loeuvenguth et a poursuivi avec Jean Brizard au Conservatoire National de Boulogne Billancourt (France). Après y avoir obtenu un premier prix de violoncelle, il est parti étudier au Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxellesoù il a obtenu les premiers prix de violoncelle, musique de chambre et d'histoire de la musique. Il a suivi des cours magistraux avec Mario Carneiro de la "Hochschule" de Detmold, Paul Tortelier, André Navarra et Rocco Filippini.Il a été membre pendant 10 ans de l'Orchestre Symphonique de la Radio Télévision Belge d'expression Française (RTBF) et continue toujours sa carrière en tant aue chambriste. Il a découvert la musique tango en 1992 et s'est perfectionné dans cette musiaue auprès d'Alfredo Marucci et Juan José Mosalini. Il a été invité, par Alfredo Marcucci, à faire partie dès 1994 de l'ensemble "Veritango" avec lequel il s'est présenté dans différents pays de l'Europe occidentale.

Michel Van der Meiren