R.I.P. - Ernesto Acher - December 12, 2025 - Composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and conductor

Ernesto Acher (October 9, 1939 – December 12, 2025) was an Argentine comedian, actor, composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and orchestral conductor. Between 1971 and 1986 he was a member of the celebrated Argentine group Les Luthiers, with which he acted as composer, comedian, singer, and performer on more than twenty instruments, some of which he created himself.

Before separating from the group, he was involved in individual projects as composer – including a soundtrack, a quartet for clarinet and strings, a string sextet and a symphonic poem for viola and orchestra. In 1988 he founded the La Banda Elástica (The Elastic Band), gathering some of the most outstanding Argentine jazz musicians. The band dissolved in 1993. Since then he has developed several musical and comedy projects, and performed as an orchestral conductor.

Training and career

As a child, he studied piano and, in his teens, became interested in the clarinet and jazz. In 1965 he graduated as an architect from the University of Buenos Aires's Architecture and Urbanism School, where he worked also as a teacher on special-structures design. In parallel, he continued his musical studies with Professor Erwin Leuchter. In January 1971 he put architecture aside and devoted himself to music. During the following years he resumed musical studies with José Maranzano, and quite later he took up orchestral conducting with Carlos Calleja.

More Infos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Acher

Ernesto Acher - Juegos (1987)

Retratos: Ernesto Acher

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