Max Stasi began dancing and collecting tango music in 1999.

He started active Dj-ing in 2006 and since then, he has collaborated with most of the major milongas in northern Italy and many venues across Europe. He regularly DJs at international marathons, encuentros, festivals and milongas in Europe, North America and Asia.

To date he has animated around 1300 events in about 20 countries worldwide.

The backbone of his work, organized in Tandas y Cortinas, is represented by the music of the Golden age, with detours towards the orchestras of the Guardia Vieja and of the early 1950s.

For Max, every event is different and unique. All tandas and transitions are improvised based on observation of the dancers, shaping the rhythmic and emotional energy of the dancefloor.

Max’s other big passion is wine, and he likes to compare a DJ set to a great wine: Intense, Complex, Spicy, Harmonic … and after every sip (tanda) … you immediately want another one.

We look forward to welcoming Max to CITF 2025!

Jens-Ingo Brodesser has made an art form of being a tango DJ. He has DJed at tango festivals all over Europe. We have danced to his music several times and this year, we are lucky enough to be able to do so at our own event!

Here is what he has to say about himself as a DJ

"Fashions come and go! At a DJ-set I try to catch the mood of the moment by observing the dancers and translate this feedback into the tanda. Diversity and changing impulses are the keywords. I like to think of colours and shapes like when you paint a picture. You start at a certain point and let the whole thing evolve. Maybe you tell a story, maybe you are abstract but the most important is that you express something through the music you play and that you make the people dance!"

Diego Doigneau was born in Buenos Aires where he studied theatre and music which he continued to study in London.  He has been the resident DJ at Negracha Tango Club since 2009 and organised Tango Etnia for several years.

Diego has been a tango DJ in several European festivals and most major London and UK milongas and festivals including:  Milonguero Nights (Moscow), River Tango Festival (London), Sur Encuentro Milonguero (Mallorca), Milonga de la Luna (Barcelona), Milonga Arrabalera , Carablanca, El Porteñito, Milonga de la Luna (London),  Tango at Spitalfield,  London Red Rooms, Tango Lounge - Nottingham, Rojo y Negro, La Divina Milonga, Septonathon (Eton), London Tango Long Weekend, Milonga Porteña, Zero Hour at The Dome, Tango Terra, The Light, Ardingly International Tango Festival, Reading, Milonguero Nights at Leicester Square - London, Stardust Milonga, Los Angelitos, Tango Instinct, Milonga Bohemiene. In Buenos Aires he has been a DJ at Practica X, Viva la Pepa and El Motivo. He has been a DJ in festivals in Mallorca, Moscow, Birmingham, Reading, Brighton, and Edinburgh.

Diego is a regular, having DJed for us in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 and we are delighted to be able to invite him back again for 2025's festival.

His DJing is mainly based around Golden era Orchestras although he also DJs regularly at Negracha tango on their contemporaneo dance floor, where he plays orchestras from the 60s onwards with touches of electro and other non-tango tunes.

To Eduardo, like many other "Porteños" of Buenos Aires, tango is a form of expression that transcends both dance and music. It is pure poetry!

Eduardo has danced and taught around the globe and is one of tango's pioneers outside Argentina. He was the first of that nationality to teach in Vietnam and Cyprus as well as the first in Lillihammer (Norway) and Xhanti (Greece).

He developed his skills in Buenos Aires with maestros like Cieri, El Negro Alcibiades and Claudia Bozzo to name but a few. He has danced in traditional shows from BA nightclubs and shows in the Café Tortoni to dancing tango with a modern take in "Una Noche en Buenos Aires" at the Opera House in London.

Eduardo was the first tanguero to use tango as a therapy (tangoterapia) in the famous "Hospital Neuro-Psiquiatrico Borda" in Argentina.

He has also experimented with theatre as an actor, dancer and choreographer both in his native Argentina with "Gardel, El Mesias" and in other countries such as with "Drag Richard III" at Riverside, London.

His quest is to now share his "pure tango poetry" with dancers in his beloved Bristol and across the southwest of the UK.

The UK's best Argentine import, Eduardo is well known across the south of England for his superb teaching skills. This year, we again allow you to see his other great skill as a tango DJ!

Rob Jessop is one of our homegrown tango talents and often DJs at Cheltenham tango events. He started his DJ career in the salsa world where he still regularly DJs and dances, but has expanded into the world of tango.

Rob has been a DJ at the festival every year since we started and has agreed to bring his lovely music to you once again this year, including at our Warm-Up Milonga on Friday afternoon.

Who is DJ Sorpresa? Is it just one person or are there two? Where are they from? Do you know them?

Alice Spencer is Cheltenham's newest homegrown tango DJ

She first started creating playlists for Janet Earl's outdoor picnic milongas in the Montpellier Gardens bandstand to help everyone through the pandemic. She now runs and DJs for a 50/50 alternative/traditional tea dance in Cheltenham.

Alice now also runs a regular Neolonga

With her background in classical ballet she is used to adapting her classical dance technique to contemporary pieces and now enjoys doing the same with her tango and this has widened her interest in alternative music, from nuevo, to pop, film scores and classical music; she currently teaches both Salon and Nuevo tango classes and is usually found on the CITF registration desk.

We are delighted that Alice is returning to DJ at the CITF again in 2025.