2026 DJs
DJ Kim Scola
Very soon after Argentine Tango found Kim, she became fascinated with the music. After receiving encouragement from her local Cleveland, OH community, she started DJing regularly locally but also has since been a guest DJ throughout North America. She trained with Hernań Prieto and Susana Miller who influenced her style. She creates an upbeat vibe with a focus on the beauty and diversity of the music so that you can dance your best tandas.
DJ Shahin Medghalchi
Shahin’s love and passion for playing Argentine tango music for milongueros began in January of 2001 when she founded Milonga la Leona in Santa Fe, NM. Her immense love for golden era tango music gives her the inspiration to create tandas familiar to all levels of tango dancers to keep them on the dance floor with joy. Shahin plays tango music regularly at the milongas, encuentros, and marathons, locally, nationally and internationally.
DJ Steve Correl
Steve highlights the beautiful variety of golden age tango music, with irresistible danceability. The emotional flow is his passion. Steve is a longtime dancer and avid tango traveler, including several months in Argentina. His home tango community is Portland, Oregon. He DJs regularly at Portland and Seattle events, at other west coast cities, in addition to four marathons, plus twice at Milonga Mafalda in Buenos Aires.
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DJ Bill Raymond
Bill is excited to be returning to the Pioneer this year. His goal as a DJ is to be in the background choosing songs to suit the mood in the room . He plays the music to take people away from their everyday lives and lure them out to dance again. He wants everyone to be delighted to seize the moment and slip back into the ronda. From the first note that they hear at the beginning of the tanda to the end when they have both lost count of the songs... he is planning where to take them next. He is based in SLC, UT and has played throughout the US West and recently has branched out to play in Portugal and Italy.
DJ John Miller
John has been DJing for over half his life, playing more than 1500 events across nearly every imaginable setting: seedy bars and warehouses, churches and beaches, weddings and funerals, high school sock-hops and wild house parties, beneath bridges, from century-old victrolas, and at dozens of festivals. John is based in Denver, CO and runs the Tango on the Rocks Festival.
DJ Paul Akmajian
Paul has been dancing Argentine tango for more than 25 years and DJing for 20+ years. In addition to being a regular DJ in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, Paul has DJ’d nationally and internationally at numerous festivals, marathons, and encuentros across the US and beyond. As a DJ, Paul strives to keep everyone energized and dancing long into the night by playing the highest-quality, most familiar, time-tested, and dancer-approved music from Tango’s Golden Age.
