Buenos Aires

Antonio
Boyadjian

Pianist and music producer.

From Bach to electronica, by way of tango, pop and urban music.

Latin GRAMMY 2025

Best Tango Album, with Tanghetto, for En Vivo 20 Años

Antonio Boyadjian con anteojos de sol y camisa amarilla, apoyado sobre un teclado Yamaha

Piano & keyboards

Tanghetto

In 2025 Tanghetto won the Latin GRAMMY for Best Tango Album with En Vivo 20 Años. Antonio has been the band’s pianist and keyboardist since 2002. Tanghetto is one of the pioneers of electrotango and has played more than three hundred shows across the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Tanghetto en estudio: seis músicos con sintetizadores, bandoneón, violín y violonchelo
Tanghetto
Tres integrantes de Tanghetto con la estatuilla del Latin GRAMMY frente al logo de la ceremonia
With the Latin GRAMMY · Las Vegas
Antonio con la medalla de nominado frente al fondo del Latin GRAMMY 2025
November 2025

On video

  • Live

    Buscando camorra — Tanghetto with Lito Vitale

    Buscando camorra

Awards & recognition

  • 2025

    Latin GRAMMY Winner

    Best Tango Album · En Vivo 20 Años
  • 2025

    Declared of Cultural Interest

    Buenos Aires City Legislature
  • 2009–21

    Premios Gardel 2 awards

    Won in 2009 and 2012 · Six more nominations

    Best Electronic Tango Album for El Miedo a la Libertad (2009) and Best Alternative Tango Album for VIVO Milonguero (2012). Nominated in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2021.

  • 2004–23

    Latin GRAMMY · five nominations

    Piano & keyboards · co-arranger and co-producer on Hybrid Tango II

    Emigrante (2004, Best Instrumental Album), Hybrid Tango (2005), Hybrid Tango II (2014), Tanghetto Plays Piazzolla (2021) and Argentinxs (2023), the others in the Best Tango Album category.

El Latin GRAMMY de Tanghetto junto a dos Premios Gardel
Latin GRAMMY and Premios Gardel
Invitación a la declaración de interés cultural de Tanghetto en la Legislatura porteña
Buenos Aires Legislature · 2025
Nota de Diario Armenia sobre Antonio Boyadjian y el Latin GRAMMY de Tanghetto
Diario Armenia

Selected credits

Production

Production, arrangements and mix for urban pop, indie and fusion artists, plus original music for film, animation and brands.

Artists

  • 2021–22

    Mosaicos — Odd Mami · Bohemian Groove

    Music production · Keyboards · Editing

    Full-length urban pop album, ten songs.

    Ya No (con Saramalacara)
    1312 (Portarme mal)
    Broadway (production and mix)
  • 2020

    Cheto el cheto — Malandro

    Production · Instrumental
    Cheto el cheto
  • 2023

    Solo — Broke Carrey · Buenos Aires Motel

    Orchestral arranger and coordinator

    Symphonic arrangement of the closing track of the artist’s debut album (Bohemian Groove).

    Solo
  • 2024

    Río de la Plata — Broke Carrey · EP

    Horn arrangements · Piano on Montonero

    Horn arrangements for all three tracks on the EP: Distinto, Señales de Humo and Montonero.

    Montonero
  • 2014

    Viveza Criolla — Tanghetto

    Co-arrangement · Co-production · Piano & keyboards

    Electrotango from the Latin GRAMMY-nominated album Hybrid Tango II.

    Viveza Criolla
  • 2020–25

    Mikaela Curet

    Arrangements · Keyboards · Music production · Mix/Master
    Paraíso
    By Your Side
  • 2018–20

    Species · Easy · Fables — Amakord

    Music production · Mix/Master

    Electropunk · Witch house

    Fables

Original music

  • 2013

    Las Aspas del Molino — documentary

    Original music · Recording · Mix
    Las Aspas del Molino
  • 2017

    Fireman — animation

    Arrangement · Production · Mix
  • Brands

    Corporate videos

    Original music · Sound design · Mix

Electronic music

  • 2006–13

    Psychedelic Trance — DJ & Mashup Set

    DJ · Production

    An hour-long set for the radio show Argentina Electrónica. From 2006 to 2010 he ran the psychedelic electronic project Blumen with engineer Nicolás Zapolski.

2016–2019

New York

He lived in New York on an O-1 artist visa. He organized two US tours for Tanghetto, founded two tango groups and produced hip-hop and pop artists. He played Lincoln Center, National Sawdust and Chicago’s Symphony Center.

Tango

  • 2016–19

    Tanghetto in the US 2 tours

    Tour organization and booking

    Toured the US with the band.

    Tanghetto en vivo en el Lincoln Center, Nueva York
    Tanghetto at Lincoln Center · New York
  • 2016–19

    Abaddón — tango sextet, New York

    Founding member · Piano

    Recorded an album and played several tours across the US.

    Airoso (production, editing and mix/master)
  • 2016–23

    Trío de la Plata — New York

    Founding member · Piano

    Played several tours across the US.

  • 2017

    Oscuro Quintet — Philadelphia

    Piano

    Tours of the US and South Korea.

    Soledad (Piazzolla) · Live at the Jeonju International Sori Festival, South Korea, 9/23/2017

Production

  • 2016–19

    New York — hip-hop, pop and tango

    Arrangement · Recording · Production · Mix/Master

    Mashup Tango (Piazzolla’s Oblivion meets hip-hop, premiered at Nublu) and productions for Sankofa Kofa, Guy Fletcher and Elizabeth Pérez.

    Sesión de grabación en Nueva York con un bajista, un rapero y un productor
    Session in New York

End-to-end production

Podcasts & radio

Production, editing and mix/master of Futurock’s original podcasts, some with foley, sound design and original music. All of them made Spotify Argentina’s top 10, and several reached number one.

Radio

  • 2013–19

    Nacional Rock 93.7 and Futurock

    Artistic coordination · Composition · Mix

    Station IDs, show openers, sketches, spots and mashup series.

  • 2013–16

    Mashups — Nacional Rock FM 93.7

    Concept and production · Editing · Mix

    A mashup series for the station’s on-air identity, conceived and produced with Matías Messoulam.

    Soda Stereo vs Fito Páez
    Sumo vs Metallica

Live, portraits and Latin GRAMMY

Photos

Retrato con anteojos de sol espejados y luz de contorno
Retrato con anteojos espejados y brazos cruzados Foto con efecto de ojo de pez y el cartel de Las Vegas Antonio tocando un piano de cola Yamaha con partitura, en blanco y negro Antonio al piano frente a la platea vacía de un auditorio Cuatro músicos en el backstage, uno con un diploma en la mano Antonio con dos integrantes de Tanghetto en una escalera, en blanco y negro Antonio tocando un piano de cola Yamaha en un escenario, en blanco y negro Antonio tocando un piano Steinway bajo luces azules Cuatro músicos de traje en los pasillos de la ceremonia Retrato en blanco y negro junto a un controlador Novation Retrato con camisa amarilla y un teclado Yamaha PortaSound Antonio sentado al piano en el escenario de un teatro vacío Tres integrantes de Tanghetto con medallas en la alfombra roja Antonio de pie junto al piano en un escenario a oscuras Ensayo con teclado en un escenario Tanghetto saludando al público en una sala llena Tres integrantes de Tanghetto con gorros de peluche celestes y corazones rojos Antonio tocando un Steinway frente a una pantalla rosa Grabación en un estudio de Nueva York con un ensamble de tango Tanghetto en vivo en televisión con un cantante invitado

Training and career

Bio

Born in Buenos Aires in 1979, he began studying piano as a child. He trained at the Conservatorio Nacional (now UNA) with Carmen Scalcione and Inés Gómez Carrillo, among others, and later turned to tango and jazz with Dino Saluzzi, Aníbal Gluzman and Hernán Possetti.

Tango

Pianist and musical director at Molière, in San Telmo (2000–2002), before joining Tanghetto.

Respiro sextet

Pianist of the sextet (2008–2011).

Como aire gris (Claudio Riva)

Musicals

Keyboardist in the orchestras of Eva, el gran musical argentino and Sweeney Todd, both conducted by Alberto Favero, in Buenos Aires.

Poster for Eva, el gran musical argentino, starring Nacha Guevara
Eva, el gran musical argentino
Poster for Sweeney Todd starring Julio Chávez and Karina K
Sweeney Todd

Theater

On-stage musician in Griselda Gambaro’s Decir sí, directed by Jorge Paz (Teatro El Búho, 2004).

Television

Starred in the TV campaign for Elementos wines (2020), playing an improvisation on Virus’s Pronta entrega at the piano.

Elementos wine ad
Antonio al piano de cola en un set de filmación Antonio sentado frente a un piano de cola, con cortinas azules Rodaje junto a un piano de cola, con una cámara en grúa
On the set of the Elementos wine ad, 2020

Production, shows and lessons

Contact

antonioboyadjian@gmail.com

Piano and music production lessons and workshops.