PREMIOSTANGO
THE BIRTH
While having dinner at her home, Lola Diaz (Tangopal & CITA co-director) had a striking idea: a ceremony where the work, effort and dedication in tango could be rewarded by peers. As a result, a few days later the awards PremiosTango were born. Certainly, she needed to spread the word, so after two months of hard work, more than a hundred invitees from almost every branch in tango’s creative industry heard a proposal to be part of the board of jurors. Articles of incorporation were soon presented and everybody was ready to go.
The first edition of Premios Tango was held on March, 10th 2018 in Buenos Aires.
The ceremony took part during a private dinner held at the Abasto Hotel. Followed by an After Party Milonga open to the public with the great music of Los Reyes del Tango.
ABOUT
We do not think of the awards as a competition. And, above all, they are no joke.
No one has to register to participate; we are all participating while we are working in tango.
PremiosTango do not want to reward a stranger, neither somebody's overall life experience or choose the best dancer in history. We intend to recognize the merit during the period of one year.
Therefore, the awards shall be given annually to honor outstanding artistic achievements and other merits in the world of tango. To be conferred only at an annual PremiosTango ceremony.

A WORD FROM LOLA
“Maybe we don’t know each other much, but surely you know my husband. For a long time, in different ways, he, Fabián Salas, tried to give recognition and pay homage to many colleagues. I've always found these acts something wonderful and one day I thought, why not do the same formally? And just like that, the Premios Tango were born.”
2020 NOMINEES
11 new categories will be presented. Honorifics will also be awarded (TBC soon).
These are the nominees:
Best Festival
Mejor Festival
A los amigos ITF
Boulder Tango Festival
Catania Tango Festival
Tango Torino Festival
Revelation of the Year
Revelación del Año
Agustina Piaggio & Maxim Gerasimov
Hernán Álvarez Prieto & Flavia Morari
Manuela Rossi & Juan Malizia
Pablo Rodríguez & Carolina Couto
Best International Couple
Mejor Pareja Internacional
Alexa Yepes & Edwin Espinoza
Fausto Carpino & Stephanie Fesneau
Gioia Abballe & Simone Facchini
Rino Fraina & Graziella Pulvirenti
Best Improvisation
Mejor Improvisación
Ariadna Naveira & Fernando Sánchez
Chicho Frúmboli & Juana Sepúlveda
Federico Naveira & Sabrina Masso
Best Choreography
Mejor coreografía
Ariadna Naveira & Fernando Sánchez – Arrabal
Diego Amorín & Cecilia Capello – El Acomodo
Manuela Rossi & Juan Malizia – Nada más
Nicolás & Germán Filipeli – Monólogo
Vals of the Year
Vals del Año
Christian Márquez & Virginia Gómez (Los Totis) – Several Valses
Facundo Piñero & Vanesa Villalba – Recuerdos de La Pampa
Julio Balmaceda & Virginia Vasconi – Desde el Alma
Milonga of the Year
Milonga del Año
Ariadna Naveira & Fernando Sánchez – Mano Brava
Carlitos Espinoza & Noelia Hurtado – Several Milongas
Christian Márquez & Virginia Gómez (Los Totis) – Milonga del ’83
Tango of the Year
Tango del Año
Ariadna Naveira & Fernando Sánchez – Arrabal
Federico Naveira & Sabrina Masso – El Remate
Gustavo Naveira & Giselle Anne – El Jagüel
Sebastián Achaval & Roxana Suárez – Café Domínguez
Follower of the Year
Mejor Bailarina
Ariadna Naveira
Giselle Anne
Guillermina Quiroga
Leader of the Year
Mejor Bailarín
By request of the nominees, this category will be judged privately. Neither the nominees or the winner will be revealed publicaly.
A solicitud de los nominados, esta categoría se juzgará en privado. Ni los nominados ni el ganador serán revelados públicamente.
Couple of the Year
Pareja del Año
Ariadna Naveira & Fernando Sánchez
Carlitos Espinoza & Noelia Hurtado
Facundo Piñero & Vanesa Villalba
HOW WE JUDGE & WHAT
The world-wide qualifying run for 2020 begun January 1st., 2019, and continued through midnight of December 30th., 2019.
Our Board of Jurors will present the nominees starting January 1st., 2020. Two nominations will be made by each Jury for each award.
It's important to note that the nominees will be judged for their performance on 2019 only. Nobody will judge lifetime merits.
The final voting will take place January 06th., 2020. The candidates with the most points will be presented as final nominees for each category.
*Voting for nominations and awards shall always be done by secret ballot. The ballots won't be disclosed.
BOARD OF JURORS
We rely on them to set the Award’s strategic vision, and assure the fulfillment of its mission.
The 2020's panel consists today of 47 juries in all:
Adrián Veredice - Alejandra Hobert - Ariadna Naveira - Carla Marano - Carlitos Espinoza - Cecilia Capello - Christian Márquez - Corina de la Rosa - Dana Frígoli - Daniel Nacucchio - Diego Amorín - Eduardo Cappussi - Fabián Peralta - Fabián Salas - Facundo Piñero - Federico Naveira - Fernando Carrasco - Fernando Gracia - Fernando Sánchez - Gisela Natoli - Giselle Anne - Guillermina Quiroga - Gustavo Naveira - Gustavo Rosas - Javier Rodríguez - Jimena Hoeffner - Johana Copes - Jonathan Saavedra - Jonathan Spitel - Josefina Bermúdez - Juana Sepúlveda - Junior Cervila - Leandro Palou - Lucila Cionci - Mariana Flores - Mariela Sametband - Moira Castellano - Noelia Hurtado - Octavio Fernández - Pablo Inza - Rodrigo Joe Corbata - Sabrina Masso - Sol Cerquídes - Vanesa Villalba - Virginia Gómez - Virginia Pandolfi - Virginia Vasconi
PLEASE SUPPORT THIS PROJECT
Premios Tango is non-profit and needs your aid to stay alive and happen every year.
> The funds collected will be solely spent on the making of the ceremony.
> Everyone supporting this event is invited to the ceremony (one invite per contribution).
> Minimum contribution is $150.
Thank you so very much, we deeply appreciate you help. :)
WHEN & WHERE
The next edition of Premios Tango will be held on March, 14th 2020 in Buenos Aires.
The ceremony will take part during a private dinner held at the Abasto Hotel.
ENJOY THE FULL 2019 CEREMONY HERE
17 categories were presented, among them the Tango de Oro. 2 Honorifics were also awarded.
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE NOMINEES & AWARDED FOR 2019?
You can do so, as well as learn who were the Judges for the Premios, here:
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE NOMINEES & AWARDED FOR 2018?
You can do so, as well as learn who were the Judges for the Premios, here:
DO YOU WANT TO BECOME PART OF THE BOARD OF JURORS?
You can do so, applying online here:
Premios Tango created and directed by Lola Díaz. Produced by Tangopal.
My gratitude and appreciation to our #1 investor Fabián Salas. Special thanks to all my colleagues and Abasto Hotel for inspiring this idea.
Premios Tango is non-profit.