Eduardo Makaroff

Eduardo Makaroff (born 4 April 1954) is an Argentine musician, songwriter and producer. He is best known as one of the founders of Gotan Project, which has brought together the broad universe of tango with electronic music. He is currently a founding and active member of Plaza Francia Orchestra and Müller & Makaroff, both with long time collaborator Christoph H. Müller.

Eduardo Makaroff was born in Buenos Aires in 1954. His first group was founded with his brother, Sergio, in the 1970s: Los hermanos Makaroff which also included their sister, Miranda. Then, in the 1980s, he founded the duo "Edu y el Pollo" with Daniel Mactas.

It was in 1990 that Makaroff arrived in Paris to begin his French career. Upon his arrival in Paris, Makaroff formed the group Mano a Mano, with which he produced Tango Joyeux, an album that received a very warm welcome in France and throughout Europe. He later became the conductor of a famous Parisian tango club, La Coupole, and also toured Europe with his group Tango Mano, while continuing to compose and produce music for the audiovisual industry.

In 1999, Makaroff teamed up with Christoph H. Müller and Philippe Cohen Solal to explore new musical routes and give a different direction to the traditional music of his home country, subsequently Gotan Project was born. Gotan Project's music has been released on many compilation albums and has been used in a large amount of feature films and TV series.

Whilst in Paris, Makaroff met another Argentine, Gér…