Horacio Ferrer

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ferrer and the second or maternal family name is Ezcurra.

Horacio Ferrer
Ferrer in 2013
Background information
Born
Horacio Arturo Ferrer Ezcurra

(1933-06-02)2 June 1933
Montevideo, Uruguay
Died21 December 2014(2014-12-21) (aged 81)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
GenresNuevo tango
Occupations
  • Poet
  • lyricist
  • broadcaster
  • reciter

Horacio Arturo Ferrer Ezcurra (2 June 1933 – 21 December 2014) was a Uruguayan–Argentine poet, broadcaster, reciter and tango lyricist. He is particularly well known for having composed the lyrics for tangos by Astor Piazzolla, such as Balada para un loco and Chiquilín de Bachín.

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