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Domingo Cuestas
Real name: Cuestas, Domingo Felipe
Bandoneonist ando composer
(10 September 1907 - 9 October 1968)
Place of birth:
Buenos Aires Argentina
ARTISTS IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Ginés
Edgardo Donato
Héctor Stamponi
Juan Canaro
Juan Carlos Copes
Juan Polito
Libertad Lamarque
Luis Brighenti
Miguel Caló
Osvaldo Fresedo
Pedro Maffia
Raúl Kaplún
Roberto Arrieta
Roberto Maida
Rodolfo Biagi
Sebastián Piana
Susy Leiva
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Gaspar Astarita
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Héctor Cuestas
e was born in the neighborhood of San Cristóbal, in the city of Buenos Aires. He began his studies at the conservatory that
Pedro Maffia
and
Sebastián Piana
had created.
His early appearances at a movie theater on Pasteur Street and at the Cine Radium date back to 1926. He got in touch with
Miguel Caló
, whom he knew from grade school days. They, together with
Raúl Kaplún
,
Luis Brighenti
and
Roberto Maida
, appeared at the Cine Astral (later a theater) located on 1639 Corrientes Street, in 1928, and the following year, at the Cine Regio.
In 1930, along with Caló, he went to the United States to join the
Osvaldo Fresedo
orchestra at the cabaret Moscow. By the end of the year, on their comeback to Buenos Aires, the Caló sextet was put together again.
In 1932, among other jobs, he started the rehearsals of the musical comedy
Fantasía pampeana
at the Teatro Maipo along with
Libertad Lamarque
, Alberto Anchart, Severo Fernández and Alicia Vignoli, among others.
Until 1935 he continued as second bandoneon for Caló and also as arranger. Thereafter he switched to the ranks of an orchestra put together by the radio conductor and emcee
Carlos Ginés
. Later, until 1949, he played in groups fronted by
Rodolfo Biagi
and, in 1950, passed through the ranks of the orchestras led by
Edgardo Donato
,
Juan Polito
, and
Héctor Stamponi
, among others.
In 1958 he joined
Juan Canaro
and they traveled to Mexico. It was a cast of musicians and dancers. They also included: Alfredo Attadía,
Roberto Arrieta
,
Susy Leiva
and
Juan Carlos Copes
. Domingo decided to stay in that country and settled there. His almost exclusive work was to accompany the show business activity of
Libertad Lamarque
on her numerous tours of Central America. He died of a heart attack on October 9, 1968.
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