On May 23, 2023, UC Santa Barbara Library presented a virtual conversation between Grammy award-winning musician, composer, and tango expert Pablo Aslan and David Seubert, Curator for the Performing Arts for UCSB Library, Special Research Collections. Moderated by Alejandra Folguera, a promoter and organizer of the dance, music and art of Argentine Tango, and founder of Nomad Tango, a nonprofit focused on bringing the tango experience to Santa Barbara.
The conversation starts at 11:40 min. Captions are auto generated.
The Edouard Pecourt Collection is an extraordinarily rich collection documenting many areas of 20th-century music history in Latin America. Within the Edouard Pecourt Collection are materials that provide a deeper look into the mind of Astor Piazzolla and the Argentine tango. With support from the Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation, UCSB Library brought in tango expert Pablo Aslan as a consultant to visit the collection and provide expert assistance on the Piazzolla materials. Aslan’s expertise as a composer, researcher, and educator enabled him to identify unique and important items for digitization, and provide supplementary information to the existing finding guide.
The virtual discussion focused on the history of the collection, interesting findings within the archive and the significance of preserving these materials to not only the tango community but researchers, scholars, and the community at large.
Learn more about the Edouard Pecourt Collection: library.ucsb.edu/special-collections/performing-arts/edouard-pecourt-collection-pa-mss-78