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From Belgium to Buenos Aires
Thursday 8 May 2008 15:45-16:00 (Radio 4 FM)
Stories of people who relocated to other countries, influenced by music.
Despite having little interest in Argentina or tango music, Belgian bandoneon player Eva Wolff won a scholarship and arrived in Buenos Aires in 2002, soon after Argentina's catastrophic economic meltdown. The slump triggered a post-crisis tango renaissance and, as Eva relates, the tango scene is now more vital than at any time since it first developed in the city's slums.
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