He died on the afternoon of Friday the 12th Ernesto Acheran artist who knew how to combine elegance and balance, music and humor like no other. He was 86 years old.
He was born on October 9, 1939 in Buenos Aires. One of his most formative activities in the artistic profile of his career was his time in the group Les LuthiersFor 15 years, he knew how to leave his mark. But he also distinguished himself in other projects, for example in Argentina and Chile, where he also lived for a few years.
In his youth he studied piano and clarinet, although music was not an exclusive pursuit at the time. Like other members of Les Luthiers, he traveled in other directions during his university education. In 1965 he graduated as an architect, but by 1971 he was fully involved in the project carried out by Les Luthiers. Jorge Maronna, Marcos Mundstock, Daniel Rabinovich, Gerardo Masana, Carlos López Puccio and Carlos Núñez Cortés.
During the decade and a half that he was part of this incomparable formation, he contributed compositions, informal instruments used by the group and his theatricality, which were put at the service of key pieces of the group’s repertoire such as “La gallinita dice Eureka”.
With the same skill he could slip into the skin of the little boy from “The Little Hen” or the conquering character Cantata by Adelantado Don Rodrigo Díaz de Carreras.
After leaving the group in 1986 He oriented his work towards orchestral conducting and orchestration. His shows dedicated to George Gershwin, which he created with the pianists, are fondly remembered. Baby López Furst and Jorge Navarrolike the eloquent Elastic Band, which could incorporate any (legal) attribution available to it into the pop music repertoire. Between 1988 and 1993, this group created Vice, which also enjoyed profound theatricality. In addition, Acher was enthusiastic about “serious music” with works such as Molloywhich premiered at the Teatro Colón in 1980.
In 2002 he settled in Chile, where, in addition to his artistic work, he also worked as a university professor. In He returned to Argentina in 2016. The following year he sat in front of the microphone National Classical Radio, every Monday, for several seasons, with his program The corners of Acher. He was also often seen on stages such as classical and modern.
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