Maria signed with Acqua Records to release her new CD “Sudestada” in Argentina. Acqua is the leading Argentine independent label and boasts a distinguished catalogue of artists including Raul Carnota, Franco Luciani, Quique Sinesi, Horacio Molina, and Willy Gonzalez, among many others. www.acqua-records.com

Marzo 2007 – El nuevo CD de María Volonté, “Yo soy María”, ha sido nominado para el Premio Carlos Gardel, dándole su tercera postulación al máximo galardón de la música argentina. Los tres últimos discos de María fueron nominados para este premio y en el 2004, con “Fuimos”, ganó el Gardel y recibió además una…

Maria contributed a track to the CD accompanying Elsa Osorio’s new novel February 2007 — When Elsa Osorio was writing her new novel “Cielo de Tango,” she drew inspiration for her fictional tango singer Rosa Leyra from real-life tango singer María Volonté. The novel, recently released across Europe, tells the saga of two families at…

February 2007 — T.H.E. Audio, the prestigious maker of specialty microphones for Enya, David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) and Skywalker Sound, named Argentine tango vocalist María Volonté as the company’s “World Endorsement Artist” for 2007, extending the relationship between the artist and the manufacturer that began in 2006. Taylor Johnson, CEO of T.H.E. Audio (www.theaudio.com) said,…

Maria with Serbian producer Sasa Dragic outside Dom Sindikata Following concerts in Zurich and Vienna, María Volonté gave a concert at Belgrade’s prestigious Dom Sindikata theater before 1000 people who gave her a standing ovation. In the three cities, Volonté fascinated European audiences with her unique approach to the music of Argentina and her passionate…

Elvis Costello, in Buenos Aires for a concert, attended one of María’s celebrated performances at the historic Cafe Tortoni, then invited Maria to join him for his show at the Pepsi Music Festival.

Maria and John Handy Renowned saxophonist John Handy was driving his car when he heard Maria sing for the first time during a radio interview. Though Handy admits he is extremely hard to please when it comes to vocalists, he recalls that he said to himself, “Now that’s a singer I’ve got to hear.” That…

In San Francisco with Buca Necak, Larry Vuckovich, John Santos (behind), Maria and Orestes Vilato. In an interview, veteran bebop pianist Larry Vuckovich gave Volonté a jazzman’s highest praise, comparing the experience to performing with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie: “If you were playing bebop and Bird or Diz sat in, you felt that authenticity,”…

María Volonté performed at the Helsinki Festival on August 24 and brought the audience to its feet. With a varied repertory, María won over the demanding Helsinki audience with songs such as “María de Buenos Aires” by Astor Piazzolla and an original arrangement of the classic tango “Nostalgias.” The Finnish festival is one of the…

María is featured in a PBS documentary called “Tango: The Spirit of Argentina”. The documentary focuses on the role of tango music and tango dancing in defining the identity of Argentina. Created by Leo Eaton of Eaton Creative for PBS and filmed over two weeks in Buenos Aires in traditional dancehalls, clubs and Buenos Aires’…