Birth name Israel Kaflún Instruments Violin | Genres Tango Genre Tango music | |
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Born November 11, 1910
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina ( 1910-11-11 ) Occupation(s) Composer, Violinist, Musical Director Died 23 January 1990, Buenos Aires, Argentina Similar Simón Bajour, Armando Baliotti, Julio Jorge Nelson, Argentino Galván, Enrique Mario Francini | ||
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Raúl Kaplún (November 11, 1910 - January 23, 1990) (born Israel Kaflún) was a well-known tango violinist, director and composer.
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Biography
Raúl Kaplún was born in Balvanera, Buenos Aires to an itinerant Jewish hat salesman Leiser Finkel who had immigrated to Argentina from Bessarabia, with his wife Clara Finkel.
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 Edmund Weigand.
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 Cementerio Israelita de la Tablada, 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