DJ La Risa (Larisa Geravker)

About herself she says: “As a professional musician, on the one hand, and as a hostess enjoying having guests in her home, on the other hand, I try to treat tangueros to something delicious and serve the musical treats in the right order allowing to lay emphasis on the taste of every dish. I prefer Golden Age music. I think that even Mozart would have praised the brilliant performance of the orchestras of that period. Sometimes I can fool around, including a tanda or two of the music from the later periods. I also pay attention to cortinas – depending on dancers, venue and time of the milonga. I try to select something special for the guests, something that will not break the general milonga flow but sustain a certain atmosphere and energy on the dancefloor. It’s important for me to make people dance, embrace and smile a lot at the milonga. If that’s the way it goes – the DJ has got it right! My favorite orchestras change with time, but my beloved D’Arienzo will always remain my all-time passion!”