User:Carlos Barragan

arlos Barragan World Champion of Magic Stage Illusion F.I.S.M. ’97 Dresden - Germany

A brief Biography…

-Carlos Barragán has been into magic since he was 3 years old. He is a third-generation magician, born in Buenos Aires – Argentina. His new style of stage magic rewarded him countless awards like the "World Magic Champion in Great Illusions FISM´97" (he is the first and only American in history who won this prize that had not been won for 15 years), among more than 25 other national and international awards.

In 1984 he surprised more than 500 guests with the awesome disappearance of the new “Volkswagen Karat” in the Buenos Aires Sheraton Hotel. Brazil, Uruguay, Chile and Paraguay perfectly know about his performances. The Argentinian Television counts him as one of its artists and the renowned TV Channel 9 immortalized one of his doves in its own logo channel.

In 1987 the new born FLASOMA (Latin American Federation of Magic Societies) made real the first Latin American Championship, and Carlos Barragán won the First Prize, so with the awarded show he went to the World Magic Championship FISM´88 Den Haag, Holland, becoming this way the first Argentine magician to compete in a World Magic Championship in General Magic.

Time went by, it was 1995, and Carlos Barragán became the first and only magician in history to perform the main character in a lyric masterpiece, the opera world premier “The Master Poker Player”. The following year the tenor Plácido Domingo sang several songs of this Opera during his visit to Argentina.

1996 arrived and Carlos Barragán won the first edition of the Argentine Grand Prix. The following year, in front of more than 3,000 magicians from all over the world, he triumphed in the FISM World Magic Championship, establishing as the World Magic Champion Stage Illusions, in Dresden Germany. In December 10, 1997, 40,000 spectators were part of the first show in history performed in the “Boca Juniors” soccer stadium. Carlos Barragán, together with the world well-known dancer Julio Bocca and other well-known artists received a long standing ovation in this great Mega Event.

40 years had to pass so that Buenos Aires, in its world famous Corrientes Avenue, had again in theater a full evening Magic Show. The last time for this to happen had been in the hands of the Great FU-MANCHU. In 1998 “Barragán el Mago” (“Barragán the Magician”) settles in the Buenos Aires theater billboard, the First Argentine Magic Musical, thus obtaining not only a new historical landmark, but also establishing a new concept in musical comedies at world-wide level. Carlos Barragán, in the role of the main character and his Magic Team put magic, dance, music and songs together in a full evening magic show for all the family, so that it brought a magic explosion to Argentina.

His inventive, philosophical and emotional thriller-show production, combine illusion and theater, comedy and mystery in a sensual show. His shows and routines are about surprise and dreams, courage and will, touching the emotions of the audience with his new emotional-philosophical magic concept. Carlos Barragán has been enchanting audiences around the world in theaters and TV; he prepared a special show for Prince William and Máxima at the Royal Dutch Wedding in 2002.

He has made tours through Latin America, Mexico, Las Vegas, Europe and China, performing in his own full evening theatrical shows, trade shows, festivals, corporate events and selected private parties…

While staying in the United States, where he spent a long time devoted to the investigation of the new tendencies, he also performed his show in special selected private events. In the summer of 2007, he came back to Argentina, to launch his new show “Carlos Barragán – La Magia” in the city of Mar del Plata. This show was nominated for the Prize "Estrella de Mar 2007" as the Best Summer Season Theater Show. Since then, together with his magic team, he has performed in the Borges Cultural Centre, the "Royal Caribbean International Company Cruise Line", among other theaters and countries (in these shows he has introduced a unique, new, original combination between magic and tango). In 2008 he shot 34 TV special programs for Azteca TV in the City of Mexico.

His new show, "Al limite del Tango", awarded with the “Premios Magia” as the best Magic Ibero American show, has already been enjoyed by more than 50,000 spectators of more than 30 nationalities.

While staying in Buenos Aires; he is developing a solidarity campaign “Thanks to Those Who Preceded Us”. “The Elderly Live the Magic” to give our elders -grandfathers, grandmothers and retired people, specially designed shows.

Prizes: World Champion of Magic Stage Illusion F.I.S.M. ’97 Dresden - Germany

Chevalier Andrey Prize - Magician of the year 1997

Cometa Magico Iberoa American Achievement Great Honor Award 2010

Other Prizes

	Premios Magia 2008, Cometa Mágico. Best Performance in Theaters – Best Show of the Year 
	Prize “Estrella de Mar 2007” – Nominated for Best Summer Season Theater Show
	Premios Magia 2007, Cometa Mágico. Best Show - Best Performance in Theaters
	Premios Magia 2006, Cometa Mágico. Best Performance in Theaters
	Premios Magia 2005, Cometa Mágico. Best Performance in Theaters
	Grand Prix Argentine Republic - IV CADI 1996.
	1st Prize Great Illusions. IV CADI 1996.
	Mention of the Jury Theatrical Magic IV CADI 1996.
	Seventh Position FISM ´88 – Holland. General Magic Prize.
	1st Prize Magia Teatral FLASOMA ´87 (Latin American Championship). The only winner 
     from 1987 until today
	Fantasio Prize EE.UU.
	1st Prize Children Magic - E.M.A. 1988
	2nd Prize Congreso Argentino de Ilusionismo 198.
	3rd Prize Congreso Argentino de Ilusionismo 1982
	Special guest -  First Metropolitan Encounter 1992
	Mention of Honor Order of the Great Rabbit C.M.A. 1987.
	Mention of Honor of the Three Magical Ace C.E.D.A.I.-1989
	Achievement Mention -Cibeles Center of Cultural Diffusion Spain-Argentina
	Premio Testimonio Unión Nacional 1997 -Christian Familiar Movement 

Member of:

	FISM  International Federation of Magic Societies
	The Society of American Magicians
	Entidad Mágica Argentina
	Círculo Mágico Argentino
	FLASOMA Sociedad Latinoamericana de Ilusionismo
	CEDAI Centro de Estudios Dedicados al Ilusionismo
	S.A.M The Society of American Magicians. EE.UU.

Achievement Great Honor Award August 2010, in a Formal Gala, Cometa Mágico presented the Achievement Great Honor Award statuette to the Master Magician Carlos Barragán, acknowledging his love, talent and invaluable contribution to the Latin American Magic. Al Limite del Tango Ibero American awards “Premios Magia” 2008 5 Nominations Winner of 2 Ibero American Prizes Better Performance in Theaters Better Show of the Year “Al límite del Tango”

The first fusion of Magic and Tango in a unique and original show. A different look on tango, milonga and their history until today. An unusual tour through the customs of Buenos Aires’ inhabitants in an encounter full of humor, seduction and magic.

Some Press Comments:

…. The coffee, the obelisk, the bars, the Buenos Aires suburbs connect with the brilliant magic performance that Barragán prepared for this encounter of more than an hour, while you hear the most famous tangos and milongas related to the magic acts that unsettle the spectator, surprised before their excellent accomplishment….

Eduardo Giorello, el Día  de La Plata Newspaper, February 23,  2008

…Barragán´s magic hands. The show has the spell of the magical and captivates you easily. The wise move is to have built a musical support, with a plot thread, dances and songs, to complement Carlos Barragán’s performance. The life of an illusionist turned into a show. Newspaper La Nación, September 14, 1998

…Carlos Barragán is a special case. In 1997 and in 8 min 40 s he pushed a cascade of ten great illusions – monsters, flying objects, a spider-woman going through his chest -and won the World-wide Magic Championship, which had not been won for 15 years. When Máxima Zorreguieta married the Prince of Holland, she specially hired him for the celebration. When he appeared in China, the show was feature story in all the newspapers and the Chinese opened their eyes like never before and never after…

Noticias magazine, September 7, 2002

…To face Carlos Barragán is an exultant way of letting ourselves be caught by the spell and accept it beyond the canons circulating in our memory, like a ritual protected in time. He is a prestidigitator, illusionist of illusions, and able to transform any reality into a bottomless substitute for fantasy… Channel 26 News, August 4, 2007

…It’s difficult to imagine that with a simple pass, with the shaking of a red fabric, he can make a person appear or disappear. But it is true. Carlos Barragán disappears and reappears without time to breathe. To such point, that in the end of many of his tricks, the spectator forgets to applaud. They are literally paralyzed (…) Barragán performs on the stage or by it, a routine that the astonished spectator will be able to see one, two or ten times, with the same feeling: to be always attending such a magical moment it seems miraculous. (…) The Magic, in capital letters. Susy Scándali, La Capital Newspaper (Mar del Plata), January 6, 2007