"Isabella" in L'italiana in Algeri with Tulsa Opera and "Meg Page" in Falstaff with The Maryland Lyric Opera About Allegra De Vita was recently seen as "Isabella" in L'italiana in Algeri with Tulsa Opera and as "Meg Page" in Falstaff with The Maryland Lyric Opera. She has also performed "Maddalena" [...]
Featured Shows: Tango of the Americas About From Medellin, Colombia, Blandon Correa is the bandoneon player in the popular Colombian tango quintet, F-31. He is also the bandoneón player on the Pan American Symphony Orchestra’s recording Tango of the Americas, which won a Latin Grammy [...]
Music Director of Che Tangazo Orchestra About Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Javier Sánchez has been playing the bandoneón for almost 30 years. He has been a member of Latin Grammy Award nominee Rodolfo Mederos Orquesta Típica; toured the world with tango companies such [...]
Featured Shows: Today’s Tango with Heyni About Heyni regularly performs with the Da Capo Tango Orchestra, which focuses on playing danceable tangos and is part of the cello-bandoneon duo, Arco & Aire, with cellist Maxfield Wollam-Fisher. She is also the bandoneon player with Solidaridad [...]
fluency in both classical and jazz styles About From Florence, South Carolina, Chris grew up listening to the sounds of gospel, soul, R&B, and blues. Chris would later pull from these early listening experiences to develop his overall approach to music today. Chris’ natural fluency [...]
pianist and arranger of the Tango Orchestra About Born in Buenos Aires, Pirotti is the director, pianist and arranger of the Tango Orchestra of the National University of the Arts in Argentina. He was awarded the Gobbi de Oro prize from the National Academy of [...]
expert on Cuban popular piano music About Ahmed, a leading young pianist in New York City today, is originally from Cuba. He studied classical music under both Cuban and Russian teachers and made his orchestral debut at age 17 with the Mexican Philharmonic Orchestra, performing [...]
A group made up of piano, violin, guitar, double bass and bandoneon About Named after the model of airplane that in 1935 carried famous tango singer, Carlos Gardel, when it crashed in Medellin, Colombia killing him and all passengers, this talented group from Medellin is [...]
Latin Grammy Award winner bassist and composer About Latin Grammy Award winner bassist and composer, Pedro Giraudo, is among the most compelling tango artists today. After two decades performing with the most important interpreters of tango, Giraudo debuted his own Tango Orchestra at Lincoln Center’s Midsummer [...]
11-piece orchestra plays in the original swinging style About Formed in 2012 in Buenos Aires, this 11-piece orchestra plays in the original swinging style made famous by Juan D’Arienzo, who was known as the Rey del Compás, or the King of the Rhythm during his [...]
