Dino Saluzzi

Timoteo "Dino" Saluzzi is an Argentine bandoneon player. He is the son of Cayetano Saluzzi and the father of guitarist José Maria Saluzzi.

Early life, family and education

Timoteo "Dino" Saluzzi was born in Campo Santo, Salta Province, Argentina. He began playing the bandoneon as a child. His father was Cayetano Saluzzi.
Saluzzi has been playing the bandoneon since his childhood. As a youth in Buenos Aires, Dino played with the Radio El Mundo orchestra.

Saluzzi landed a contract with the ECM label. Several records have resulted, including Kultrum, 1983. From the beginning of the 1980s onwards, there were collaborations with European and American jazz musicians including Charlie Haden, Tomasz Stańko, Charlie Mariano, Palle Danielsson, and Al Di Meola.
ECM brought Saluzzi together with Charlie Haden, Palle Mikkelborg and Pierre Favre for Once upon a Time – Far Away in the South. Rava had worked extensively in Argentina, and Haden's sympathy for Latin American music was well known; furthermore Palle Mikkelborg and Dino Saluzzi had worked together productively in George Gruntz's band.

1972: De Vuelta a Salta
1973: Bandoneón Tierra Adentro – Vol. 1
1975: Bandoneón Tierra Adentro – Vol. 2
1977: Dedicatoria
1980: Bermejo
1982: Kultrum
1985: Once Upon a Time – Far Away in the South
1986: Volver with Enrico Rava
1988: Andina
1991: Argentina
1996: Cité de la Musique
1998: Kultrum with the Rosamunde Quartett
2001: Responsorium
2002: Senderos
2006: Ojos Negros, with Anja Lechner
2009: El Encuentro
2011: Navidad de Los Andes, with trio including Anja Lechner and Felix Saluzzi
2020: Albores
2025: ''El Viejo Caminante''