Name Carlos Puccio Role Multi-instrumentalist | Music group Les Luthiers | |
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Full Name Carlos Alberto Daniel Lopez Puccio Born October 9, 1946 (age 78) ( 1946-10-09 ) Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina Movies Les Luthiers: El Grosso Concerto, Muchas gracias de nada Albums Sonamos Pese A Todo, Mastropiero que nunca, Cantata Laxaton, Cardoso en Gulevandia, Volumen 3 |
Carlos Alberto Daniel Lopez Puccio (born October 9, 1946, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina) is an Argentine multi-instrumentalist musician, orchestral and choral conductor, composer, arranger and one of the current members of Les Luthiers.
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After graduating from orchestral conducting in La Plata, he was hired by Les Luthiers to play the fiddlecan (a violin made of tuna can), and famously learnt the repertoire in two days (around 1970). For the next season, he started a songwriting partnership with Jorge Maronna, and they penned 'Pieza en Forma de Tango'; he also composed 'Voglio Entrare Per la Finestra' (with libretto by Marcos Mundstock) and around June 1971 he was invited to be a group member rather than a paid collaborator.

During the first years in Les Luthiers, Lopez-Puccio played other instruments such as cello, viola and percussion, and he often provided backing vocals. He also composed all the music for many pieces for the group, including 'Concierto de Mpkstroff' (which features group-mate Carlos Nunez Cortes as soloist) and 'Brotan und Gretchen'. He slowly gained notoriety scripting jokes for his groupmates as well as occasional song lyrics.

From 1979 onwards he also played piano, synthesiser and harmonica for several musical pieces, especially since Ernesto Acher left the group, and they started including electronic keyboards more often. He also became more and more involved as an actor, having several starring parts from the 80's onwards.
Compositions for Les Luthiers
Performances
Songs
Payada de la vaca
Concierto Grosso alla Rustica
Teorema de Thales
Anoralgias
El Lago Encantado
Bolero de Mastropiero
Kathy - la reina del saloon
Cardoso en Gulevandia
La Bossa Nostra
Papa Garland Had a Hat and a Jazz Band and a Mat and a Black Fat Cat
Pieza en forma de tango
Teresa y el oso
Lazy Daisy
Miss Lilly Higgins Sings Shimmy in Mississippi's Spring
Candonga de los colectiveros
Serenata mariachi
Romance del Joven Conde - la Sirena y el Pajaro Cucu Y la Oveja
Introduccion
La bella y graciosa moza marchose a lavar la ropa
Mi aventura por la india
Jingle bass pipe
Cantata Laxaton
El explicado
Cantata del adelantado Don Rodrigo Diaz de Carreras - de sus hazanas en tierras de Indias - de los singulares acontecimientos en que se vio envuelto y de como se desenvolvio
El beso de Ariadna
Voglio entrare per la finestra
Epopeya de Edipo de Tebas
Ya el sol asomaba en el poniente
Una Cancion Regia
Solo Necesitamos
Marcha de la Conquista
Visita a la Universidad de Wildstone