DJs 2025
Sandi "Sansouci"
FRIDAY AFTERNOON Opening
We are thrilled to bring Sandi back to Encuentro Todo Corazón 2025 after a successful debut in the 2024 edition. Sandi has a keen taste and sharp knowledge of orquestas, resulting in well-constructed tandas that "make sense" in addition to being creative and fresh. Sandi has been intimate with traditional tango music since 2010. She has DJed at many local events such as Milonga Época in Oakland, Besos, Marin Matinee, House Tango and others, and she often draws an applause at the end of her sets.
Paul Akmajian
FRIDAY NIGHT Welcome
Paul Akmajian has been dancing Argentine tango for 25 years and DJing for over 20 years. In addition to being a regular DJ in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, Paul has DJ’d nationally and internationally at numerous majorfestivals, marathons, and Encuentros across the US and beyond, including in Asheville, Baltimore, Charleston, Denver, Los Angeles, Portland, Port Townsend, Salida, CO, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, San Miguel de Allende, Seattle, Phoenix, Tucson. 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.
Sohrab Soltani
SATURDAY AFTERNOON Matinee
Sohrab Soltani prefers music from the Golden Age and his goal is to keep the dancers energized throughout the milonga. Sohrab has DJ’d Encuentros and Marathons nationally. Utopia Encuentro in Charleston, 2018, 2019, Utopia Encuentro Durham, 2023, Pioneer Encuentro in Salt Lake City, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, Two Moon Encuentro in Santa Fe, 2019, 2023, Salida Encuentro in Colorado, 2019, Nowrouz Milonguero Tango Festival in Ashville 2022, 2023, Wine Country Encuentro in Santa Rosa CA 2022, Queen City Tango Marathon in Charlotte 2023, Close Encounters Tango Festival Denver 2023, Los Angeles Encuentro Milonguero 2024, and Albuquerque Encuentro Milonguero 2024.
Mark Sakowski
SATURDAY NIGHT Fete
Mark Sakowski is a very versatile DJ with over 28 years experience playing music for dancers. For the last 22 years he has DJ'ed predominantly but not exclusively Argentine tango and specializes in playing an inspiring mix of traditional tango, vals & milonga in a similar style as the best milongas in Buenos Aires.
Mark has DJ'd at the Official ATUSA Championships in San Francisco each year since 2014. Also at New Orleans Encuentro 2021, Wine Country Encuentro 2022, Asheville Encuentro 2022, Poema Encuentro 2023, Queen City Tango Marathon 2023, Santa Barbara Encuentro 2023, Toronto Tango Experience 2022.
Ashvin Iyer
SUNDAY NIGHT Coda
Ashvin has been DJing since 2010 and his tandas stand out for being unpredictable and deeply evocative. Ashvin has played all over Buenos Aires in multiple DJ tours (6 tours and 45 events as of May 2024). These milongas include Parakultural, Porteño y Bailarin, Gente Amiga, Cachirulo, La Rosa, Yira Yira, La Del Centro, Champagne, Balmaceda, El Motivo and others. In November 2022, Ashvin was interviewed by the Buenos Aires Tango Radio station La 2x4 FM92.7, after his work was hailed as seminal.