Les Luthiers is still in effect and returns to the United States after 20 years

This was announced by the Argentine humorous musical group Les Luthiers return to the United States this monthwhich will be presented in Miami and New York on 7 and 14 respectively.

It will be his return to American lands after almost 20 years and he will do so with his show which premiered in Argentina in 2017, the anthology Great ReserveWhat is that his third anthology and with whom they have toured various countries of Latin America.

The current line-up includes “historian” Jorge Maronna and Carlos López Puccio, as well as Roberto Antier, Martón O’Connor, Horacio Turana and Tomás Mayer Wolf.

strength and humor

As O’Connor explained, “In Great Reserve the pieces have been chosen with great care from an archive of over 170 issues accumulated in almost 55 years of experience. They were selected in search of a balance between text and music to compose a show with strength and a lot of humor “.

The staging is part of a transition process in which the group finds itself after the death of two original members, Daniel Rabinovich and Marcos Mundstock, who died in 2015 and 2020.

“We are very happy and very surprised by the reception of the public”, acknowledged O’Connor, who likes Horacio “Tato” Turana, with Great Reserve He stopped being an alternate member to fully join the official cast.

O’Connor acknowledges that changes cost money, especially when dealing with a group that is “sustained over time, so attached to the public”.

However, “among viewers who have watched this group for more than 30 years, the reaction is one of gratitude for continuing the legend of Les Luthiers”.

an unmistakable humor

Awarded the Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Letters, in addition to the highest honors of the Argentine Congress, among many others, Les Luthiers has an unmistakable humoras well as one of his emblematic characters (Johann Sebastian Mastropiero) or his complicated instruments.

O’Connor highlights the professionalism and discipline of work in all these decades as the keys to his permanence, to which is added that “unique formula in the world” of humor, theater and music with “informal instruments”, products of a symbiosis of fantasy and musical technique.

“It is very difficult to find a band that makes music of the quality that Les Luthier does, with a clever and ingenious humor, with the use of language as a flag. It is not easy to find,” he stressed.

The comedian also points out that although humor has changed in these more than 50 years of touring the stages, “Les Luthiers has maintained the belief not to give in to the temptation to go towards fashion, towards what is fun today. “, and Rather, he opted for” supporting an idea and not going out of line “.

“When you have done something different, you have to continue to be different,” he concluded.

A premiere is on the way

This year, during which they will tour Spain for a month starting in October with Great Reservethe group has yet to debut in November Mastropiezos of Mastropierowhich will be his first new job in 14 years Lutherapy which debuted in 2008.

Mastropiezos di Mastropiero would be released in May 2020 but the pandemic prevented it. It will be the first creation made for the current training.

“We’ve had a pandemic where people have had a hard time, been locked up, depressed, lost family and friends; and today they stick their heads out of the bottom of the bin and need oxygen. And laughing is healing,” he said. said O’Connor, who appears grateful and “blessed” for having been able to grant “those minutes of grace” to the public.

“I’m not telling you that laughter heals you right now, but it’s a balm for the duration of a comedy show,” O’Connor said.

source: EFE

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