With an act in the Sala Zitarrosa, a Tango festival and a special show at the Sodre, The city of Montevideo today begins a series of festivities to celebrate the 100 years from the day that Carlos Gardel legally declared that he was born in Tacuarembó, when processing your documentation at the consulate in Buenos Aires.

The activities will kick off with a central meeting scheduled at 17, in the hall of Sala Zitarrosa, where the performances offered by the artist in that same place will be remembered 1931, known then as the Rex Theater; los estrenos de los filmes “Tango Bar” Y “The day you Love Me”, from the exhibition of posters that will remain there permanently.

According to Montevideo newspapers, This act will also feature the presentation of a commemorative stamp by the Uruguayan Mail and will close with a concert by the Bandoneonas instrumental quartet..

The celebrations will continue tomorrow, to 19, con la apertura de una edición del Festival Viva el Tango” what, bajo el lema “Gardel es uruguayo”, will run until sunday 18 October, in a series of artistic shows and talks that will be delivered virtually and in person, in places like Joventango, the Florencio Sánchez Cultural Center, the Solís Theater and the Malvín Experimental Theater, among other places

Meanwhile, on Sunday, to 18, there will be a presentation of the Sodre Chamber Music Ensemble, in the Hugo Balzo Room of the Dra. Adela Straight, que prevé la interpretación del clásico “The day you Love Me”.

According to Gardel's biography, the artist processed his documentation a 8 October 1920 at the Uruguayan consulate in Buenos Aires, occasion in which he declared to have been born a 11 from December to 1887, in Tacuarembó.

But nevertheless, This data continues to be a source of controversy because other biographers place that moment in 1890 in Toulouse, France.