This Argentine musician was born in Buenos Aires, in Almagro neighbourhood, within a large family of musicians. He started his musical studies with his father Miguel Requena, and continued them with teacher María Caporale. Later on, he took lessons with teachers Vicente Scaramuzza in piano, and Erwin Lewutcher and Juan Schultiz in harmony, counterpoint and orchestral direction. Since very young, he was determined to decipher that Buenos Aires mystery: its music. In that way, and having a classic education, he began to unveil tango’s magic. During fourteen years he was the Musical Director of Channel 11, and around the same time, he directed the recording company Microfón Argentina, for which he recorded over 300 albums, and 30 as a soloist musician. Between 1973 and 1976, he directed the Cosquín Festival, in Córdoba province, and the Poncho Festival in Catamarca. He also was the producer and representative in Argentina of the Japanese company Global Records. In 1978, he directed the OTI Festival, in Santiago de Chile. He even entered the film industry, since he wrote music for several films, although the most remembered and awarded was the one he wrote for “Los siete locos” (“The seven crazy people”). In 1981, he wrote the music for a TV series produced by the Mexican channel Televisa, which was dedicated to Carlos Gardel. During 1982 and 1983, Requena was the Director of the Buenos Aires Folkloric Orchestra, and took over the direction of the Juan de Dios Filiberto Music National Orchestra. In 1986, his inspiration gave birth to the group he called Tango Session, with which he took tango around America, Asia, Africa, Europe and Oceania, playing in 61 countries. In 1988, they performed at the Homage to Federico García Lorca, in Grenada, Spain, and at the Tango Meeting, in Portugal. In our country, Requena directed the Symphonic Orchestras of Tucumán, Córdoba and Buenos Aires. In Spain, he was the director of the Symphonic Orchestra and of the Manuel de Falla Chorus, in Grenada. In 1999, he made a 66-concert tour around the most important cities in the United States. In 2000, our Tango Ambassador, travels to Japan for the sixth time. In that country, he offered 45 concerts to a people who loves our music, and was officially decorated because of his career there. He was a member of most of the orchestras of his time, and accompanied a lot of singers. He worked restlessly as a director, composer and musical arranger, in Argentina and in the world. He made a lot of recordings throughout his career, and one of them is a CD produce with the Symphonic Orchestras of Entre Ríos and Santa Fe, which was awarded in Germany. Nowadays, he is a member of the SADAIC (Argentine authors association) Artistic Commission. Osvaldo Requena believes in what he does, and continues a deep search around his obsession, tango. It is a way of honouring his family for him, the music-lovers family to which he, so proudly, came from. At last, we have to mention that this is just a brief summary of this musician’s career. The effect of his creations, his excellent musical taste and his professionalism, are the reasons why Osvaldo Requena’s performances are so often required from countries all around the world, contributing, in this way, with the job of keeping Tango’s flame lit.