Nardo Zalko
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Nardo Zalko | |
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| File:Nardo Zalko, 1998.jpg Zalko in 1998 | |
| Born | October 1, 1941 |
| Died | June 2, 2011 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | Argentine French |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, author, researcher and tango historian |
| Years active | 1960-2011 |
Nardo Zalko (October 1, 1941 – June 2, 2011)[1] was an Argentinian-French journalist, author, researcher, and historian of the tango. He wrote and published books and articles providing evidence of unique concepts related to tango music and dance. He researched the tango's history and its reciprocal relations between Buenos Aires and Paris.[2]
Early life
Zalko was the son of Lithuanian Jews, Frida and Abrasha Zalko, who migrated to Argentina. He was born in 1941 and raised in the modest porteño neighborhood of San Cristobal, Buenos Aires. At the age of 19, Zalko sailed to Israel and joined Kibbutz Ein Shemer. He wrote for the weekly Marcha, published in Montevideo, covering for example the Eichmann trial.
Zalko was a paratrooper in the Six-Day War of 1967 and fought on the front lines in the Battle of Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem.
Career
In 1970, he moved to Paris with his wife and three-year-old son. In 1979, he became a journalist for Agence France-Presse (AFP),[3] where he eventually became the shift manager of the South America department, Desk Amsud. He retired from his career at AFP as the head of Amsud[when?].
In 1996, Zalko became editor-in-chief of the periodical Tango, Bulletin de l'Académie du Tango de France. He assembled a collection of rare documents, phonograph records, sheet music, books, pictures, and photographs about tango. He interviewed musicians, singers, and dancers, from Astor Piazzolla to Susana Rinaldi. This collection is now housed in the Centre National de la Danse (CND) in Paris.
In 1998, he published his first book, Paris – Buenos Aires, Un Siècle de Tango (ed. Du Félin)[4] where he documented the music, dance, lyrics, and culture of tango, which oscillated repeatedly between the two capitals. He demonstrated how tango had to become popular in Paris to experience a revival in its birth land of Buenos Aires. This book was chosen by the French Education Ministry as a subject in the general matriculation exams in 2015.[5] His next book, Le Tango, Passion du Corps et de l’Esprit, was published by Milan Presse in 2001.
Zalko led a series of tours of places with a tango connection in Paris, in conjunction with the Pompidou Center.[6] In 2005, he was appointed Parisian ambassador of La Academia Porteña del Lunfardo.
Zalko died in Paris in 2011 and was buried in Montparnasse Cemetery.[7] His gravestone bears the inscription "Buenos Aires – Jerusalem – Paris", testifying to the major landmarks in his life and work.[8] He was honoured by a tribute at the Argentine Embassy in Paris several months after his death.[9]
Publications
Books
- Crepusculo en La Habana [Twilight in Havana], Buenos Aires: Catalogos, 1993, ISBN 950-9314-86-2.[10]
- Paris – Buenos Aires, Un Siècle de Tango [Paris – Buenos Aires, One Hundred Years of Tango; French language edition], Paris: Du Félin, 1998, ISBN 2-86645-325-5. Reprinted in 2004, ISBN 2-86645-569-X. Reprinted in paperback in 2016, ISBN 978-2866458454.
- Le Tango, Passion du Corps et de l’Esprit [Tango, Passion of the Body and the Spirit], Oban, France: Milan Presse, 2001, ISBN 2-7459-0196-6.
- Paris – Buenos Aires, Un Siglo de Tango [Paris – Buenos Aires, One Hundred Years of Tango; Spanish language edition], Buenos Aires: Corregidor, 2001, ISBN 9500513137.
Group publications
- Bein Tze'irim: Sikhot be-Tzavta ba-Tnu'ah ha-Kibbutzit [Among Young People: Talks in the Kibbutz], Tel-Aviv: Union of Kvutzot and Kibbutzim/Am Oved, 1969.
- Le Sang du Printemps, Jérusalem 1967 [Spring of Blood, Jerusalem 1967], Les Temps Modernes, Mayenne, France, 2008, issue 651, pp. 53–64.
- Danses Latines [Latin Dances], Paris: Autrement, 2001, ISBN 2-7467.
- Tango y Lunfardo [Tango and Lunfardo], Buenos Aires: Dunke, 2002, ISBN 987-02-0108-3
Product details
- Publisher : Corregidor (1 January 2001)
- Language : Spanish
- Paperback : 361 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9500513137
- ISBN-13 : 978-9500513135
- Item Weight : 505 g
Source Unitedexchange
CDs
- Paris - Buenos Aires, collection of tangos selected by Nardo Zalko. Paris: Du Félin, 1998, Ref. 935770–9.
Films about Zalko
- Paris le Tango Buenos Aires, director: Odile Fillion, 2007 [11]
- Nardo Zalko. Paris – Buenos Aires. Un Siècle de Tango, director: Claude Namer and Manu Petit, 2010
Journalism
Correspondent in Israel for Marcha, Montevideo – 1961-1970
Correspondent in Paris for Marcha, Montevideo – 1970-1974
Reporter for Clarin, Buenos Aires; Mondo Nuevo, Caracas;
La Vanguardia, Medellin; Amitiés France-Israel, Paris – 1974-1979
Reporter for El Universal and El Nacional, Mexico; El Herald, Miami;
El Carabobeño, Valencia; El Tiempo, Bogota – 1980-1991
Editor-in-chief of the periodical Tango, Bulletin de l'Académie du Tango de France, Paris – 1996
References
- ^ "Nardo Zalko (1941-2011)". data.bnf.fr.
- ^ "Éditions du Félin". Accueil (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ "Nardo Zalko". BiblioMonde (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ "Amazon listing". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Bac-L-musique-2015.pdf |Zalko's name and book title appear on page 3 of matriculation exam
- ^ "Promenades littéraires". Centre Pompidou (in Latin). 2001-10-20. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ Zalko's family – wife: Dr. Hagar Shemi Zalko, Ph.D. in art history; son: Dr. Daniel Zalko, doctor of toxicology, research director at Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (INRAE); daughter: Aline Zalko Muller, artist and graduate of L'École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ESNAD) school of design.
- ^ "Nardo Zalko". Kibbutz Ein Shemer memorial (in Hebrew).
- ^ "Paris : Ambassade d'Argentine". TempoTango (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ "Crepúsculo En La Habana - Nardo Zalko - Crónica, Países 1993 - 2000". Mercado Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ http://daletango.com/la-historia-del-tango-en-paris/?lang=en |Documentary film involving Zalko's work