Javier Rodríguez is an Argentine folksinger and solo tenor in the Misa Criolla of composer Ariel Ramírez. He also has a solo reportoire with tangos and several typical Argentine rhythms from all over the country.

Javier Rodríguez was born in 1964 in the north-western part of Argentina. He started playing the guitar at the age of eight. When he was eighteen, he discovered the possibilities of his wonderful voice. However, his parental background wasn’t an artistic one and he started studying medicine. In 1989, he switched to a career in music. From then on, he sang in choirs, has worked as a director of choirs and has started composing. He recorded his first CD in 1990 as a member of the vocal quartet Canto Cuyo. In 1992, he started his solo career and won de Premio de los Andes as best popular singer. He made his first solo CD, Perfiles (1994), containing a combination of folk music, pop and ballads.

In 1995, the famous Argentine composer Ariel Ramírez discovered his qualities in singing classical folk music. Until 2004, he was the solo tenor in the ensemble of Ramírez. Rodríguez performed the Misa Criolla and other Ramírez choir compositions, like the Misa por la Paz y la Justicia (Mass of Peace and Justice) and Argentine songs by Ramírez and other composers. He sang with Ramírez in many theatres all over the world.

In addition he acted in several musicals. He had the leading part in the Argentine version of the musical ‘Les Miserables’ in 2000. Since 2004, he regularly plays the lead in the musical "El sueño del general", about the Argentine hero San Martín.

He has toured the world with his solo repertoire of music from Mendoza, Cuyo region and all Argentina. His solo program contains a large repertoire of rhythms: chacarera, cueca, zamba, tonada, tango, milonga, etc. Apart from the music of Ariel Ramírez and other Argentine composers, he sings his own compositions.

CD’s:
Perfiles (1994)
Misa Criolla/algo+ (2002/2004)
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