bandoneon player that continued Juan Maglio’s style trend. Born in the neighborhood of Villa Crespo, city of Buenos Aires, he joined different music groups and took part in theatrical plays presented by the well-remembered Lopecito.

In 1970, for the first time, he was member of the Cuarteto del Centenario, a group devoted to playing old tangos that also included Enrique Cantore (violin), Jorge Slivskin (flute) and Eduardo Valle (guitar and leadership). With the passing of time the ensemble underwent some changes of personnel and recorded for the Victor label.

In 1972 he joined another quartet which had the distinctive feature of including a female singer: Rita Montes. It was the Cuarteto Evocación which appeared at several café concerts which at that time had become fashionable. The Lemon Cheese, on Cabildo and La Pampa, was one of them. Here his music partners were Juan Di Lello and Andrés Saggese (violin), Héctor Blotta (guitar and vocals) and Branca (bandoneon).

The following year is the time of the Sexteto de la Guardia with three violins: Di Lello, Saggese and Osvaldo Vardaro (Elvino Vardaro’s nephew), Rafael Lavecchia (flute), Héctor Acosta (guitar) and Emilio Branca. They recorded for the Huinca label and made some appearances on Radio Rivadavia, in Héctor Larrea’s program.

In 1974 he came back to the Cuarteto del Centenario, in which Lavecchia took over Slivskin's seat, with different appearances. They appeared at the Teatro Caminito (1975); at the Teatro Municipal San Martín, at the show Del tiempo de Villoldo directed by Rubén Pesce (1976), at the Sheraton Hotel (1978), and they recorded again for Victor, this time Tangos patrióticos (1979). Among others, the flautists Antonio Giannantonio and Jacinto Gimeno passed through its ranks.