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Meet Ernesto Inouye

May 31, 2023

Ernesto Inouye is an Argentinian pianist and accordionist.

He began taking piano lessons at the age of eight at the Instituto Promúsica de Rosario. Later he studied classical piano under pianists Adrián Pistono, Víctor Cortés, and Víctor Parma.

In 2010 Ernesto began his career as a tango pianist in the Orquesta Típica Carlos Quilici, and soon after formed the tango duo Vito Sputnik with bandoneonist Agustina Taborda. He remains active as a pianist and arranger with Vito Sputnik to this day.

He was the pianist of the tango treo Mercurio (2014), of the rock band Sergio Ivanovich Orquesta (2016), and of the instrumental quintet La doble trampa mortal (2021-2022).

In 2016, he composed the soundtrack for the animated series Verdadera Verdad, directed by Andrés Almasio, in collaboration with Lautaro Vial.

As an accordionist, he was part of the Billy Pilgrim duo (2014), and the Circus Orchestra Sarrasani (2015) and collaborated on the album Vitrales (2018) by Tomás Boasso.

For the last ten years, he has been working as a music tutor, teaching piano and accordion.

Ernesto is a graduate Professor of Literature from the National University of Rosario. In addition to his music activity, he works as a literature researcher and editor.

You can listen to Ernesto live in concert with Agustina Taborda, with whom they form the fantastic tango duo, Vito Sputnik. The concert will take place at Silent Cinema on Sunday, June 4, 2023. It will be the first concert in the series Oh So Pretty Concerts @ Silent Cinema.