Juan de Dios Filiberto was one of the most important Tango artists during its golden age. He had a singular personality, an uncommon way of life and an incomparable talent.  He was born in La Boca neighborhood, in a small and humble house, where his birth was a remarkable event. On March 8^th, 1885, Juan de Dios was born, the first of the four children the marriage formed by Juan Filiberti and Josefa Roballo would have. He had his first meeting with music at the age of six, when his father took him to visit his uncle in Lobos, where he owned a place called “La estrella” (“The star”). In that place he started “tasting” Tango. When he was nine, he had to start helping to support his family. He had all kinds of jobs: he worked in a bazaar, sold newspapers, was an assistant at a bakery shop, worked in a factory; and he also was a collier, a stevedore, a smith and a pipe organ player at theatres. When he turned 17 he went to Paraguay, where he worked as a riveter officer. When he returned to Buenos Aires, in 1907, he was one of the dockyards strike organizers. At the same time he worked, he spent all day long playing his harmonica and his guitar. Playing the latter, and with a group of friends, he started to play at parties and carnival celebrations in La Boca. He became so passionate about music, that when he turned 24 decided to devote himself to its study. Héctor Polzinetti, a carpenter who worked at Mihanovich dockyard, taught him the basic musical theory. Filiberto started to study at Pezzini-Sttianessi, to perfect his knowledge of musical theory, piano and violin with teacher César Sttianessi. Afterwards, he continued his musical education with Torcuato Rodríguez Castro, who negotiate him a scolarship to go on with his studies at the conservatory directed by Alberto Williams. Once he completed his musical education, Juan de Dios Filiberto formed his first orchestra. In 1915 he wrote his first tango, “Guaymallén”, because that was the city where he was living at that time, because of a medical condition he was having. When he recovered from his illness, he came back to Buenos Aires, hoping that Arolas’s orchestra would play his first creation. Later on, the audience got to know more of his instrumental tangos: “Cura segura” (“Sure healing”), “De mi tierra” (“From my land”), “Suelo argentino” (“Argentine ground”), “Se recomienda solo” (“It’s better alone”), “Quejas de bandoneón” (“Bandoneon’s complaints”), and many others. From 1921 on he wrote: “El besito” (“The little kiss”), “Caminito” (“Little path”), “La porteñita” (“Little porteña girl”) and “Clavel del aire” (“Air carnation”), which constituted the originality of his style. From “Guaymallén”, 1915, until “Botines viejos” (“Old lace shoes”), 1932, seventeen years had passed, and it was about time for Filiberto to form his own orchestra. His was not a “Típica”, but an orchestra with instruments such as clarinets and flutes. He made his debut with this group at Tortoni Café and very soon he started performing at different theatres and, in the summer of 1932 he performed in Mar del Plata. In 1933 he appeared with his orchestra on the film “Tango”. From his beginnings until 1938 the orchestra performed on many radio stations. In 1939, Buenos Aires City Hall approved a law according to which a Municipal Orchestra was going to be formed. Filiberto was chosen to be its director and he kept this position for almost twenty years. This orchestra changed its name many times, but it always had the same style, the one that made it famous. On October 18^th, 1959 Filiberto was paid an homage at Caminito Street in La Boca, in which there is an open-air art gallery with a bust of the artist. Juan de Dios died on November 11th, 1964 in the city that saw him grow into one of the best exponents Tango ever had.