 Later that year he became well acquainted with tango music and then he was hired as a cellist by Maestro Emilio Orlando’s Orchestra, and successively by other orchestras with Maestros Jorge Fernandez, Florindo Sassone, Carlitos García, Angel D’Agostino, Miguel Caló, Osvaldo Fresedo, Roberto Caló and Enrique Mario Francini.In 1959, Ricardo Francia obtained a position as a cellist and music arranger with Tokyo Yomiuri Orchestra in Tokyo, Japan, where he stayed for ten years.In 1961, he was hired for a recording session with Maestro Francisco Canaro who, at the time, happened to be with his orchestra in Tokyo.