Tony Muréna

Tony Muréna

Accordionist and composer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAccordionist and composer
PlacesFrance
wasJazz musician Musician Composer
Work fieldMusic
Gender
Male
Instruments:Accordion
Birth24 January 1915, Borgo Val di Taro, Italy
Death29 January 1971Le Vésinet, France (aged 56 years)
Star signAquarius
The details

Biography

Tony Muréna (1917 – 1970) was an Italian-born Musette accordionist and jazz composer who lived and worked in France.

Life and career

Antonio Muréna was born in Borgo Val di Taro, Italy. His family emigrated to France in 1923 and settled in Nogent-sur-Marne. His uncle gave him his first accordion and he began a performing career assisted by his cousin Louis Ferrari. Muréna played in cabarets and music halls from an early age.

In 1932 Muréna began to play the bandoneón in tango orchestras, including that of Rafael and Eduardo Bianco Canaro, at French clubs including La Boule Noire, Java, The Silhouette, Balajo (rue de Lappe), Pré Catelan and Ciro's. He also toured in South America, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. In 1949 he bought the Le Mirliton cabaret where he often played with Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt. He also played with Matelo Ferret, Henri Crolla, Didi Duprat, Jo Privat and Gus Viseur. In 1958 he established the Radio Luxembourg Orchestra and also hosted the 36 Candles television show. He died in France.

Works

Muréna composed works including:

  • Passion
  • Indifference (1942, co-written with Joseph Colombo)
  • Jockey Club
  • Ping Pong
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