Argentinean musician Jaime Torres, who has made the charango, an Andean string instrument, known around the world, died on Monday at the age of 80, his daughter said.
"You have to drink." "Today, you have to drink while thinking about him and listening to the sound of his charango," said his daughter and manager, Soledad Torres, in the daily Clarin .
"An inexhaustible legacy". Performer and composer, Torres was the main charango player of Argentine popular music since the middle of the last century. "Jaime Torres has played with everyone and his legacy is inexhaustible," commented Silvia Majul.
Listen to the charango of Jaime Torres:
The charango, a typical Andean instrument . Bolivian parents, born in Argentina on September 21, 1938, Jaime Torres will discover this typical Andean instrument to five pairs of double strings, which will find its acclaim in the Misa Criolla of the composer Ariel Ramírez, in 1964. Jaime Torres has made numerous European tours, and participated in the opening ceremony of the 1974 FIFA World Cup in Germany.