Raúl Kaplún (November 11, 1910 - January 23, 1990) (born Israel Kaflún) was a well-known tango violinist, director and composer.
Biography
Raúl Kaplún was born in Balvanera, Buenos Aires to an itinerant Jewish hat salesman Leiser Finkel who had immigrated to Argentina from Bessarabia.
Kaplun was sent to the cheder of the synagogue on Paso Street, as well as to study the violin from Marcos Sadoski. He later studied with José Fraga and later with the prestigious German .
He was the author of Que solo estoy, Canción de rango, Una emoción and Solitario.
Kaplun refused to join the Peronist party, and as a result his band was barred from the radio.
He is buried in the in Buenos Aires.
He was one of a group of prominent Jewish tango musicians, including Szymsia Bajour, Carlos Aguirre, Julio Jorge Nelson and Ismael Spitalnik.
References
Julio Nudler,Tango judío. Del ghetto a la milonga, Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1998. Ricardo Feierstein, Historia de los judíos argentinos, Editorial Galerna, Buenos Aires, 2006 From Tejano to Tango: Essays on Latin American Popular Music edited by Walter Aaron Clark, 2002 Biography Biography Video of Kaplun Orchestra Video of Kaplun Orchestra Video of Kaplun Orchestra playing 'Tierra Querida'