cuartetango

cuartetango

Leonardo Suarez Paz, Violin I
Alejandro Drago, Violin II
Nicolas Danielson, Violin II*
Ron Lawrence, Viola
Daniel Miller, Cello

As the world passes into the 21st century, Nuevo Tango celebrates its rich musical culture and opens limitless possibilities for musical expressions that speak of our time. Billed by the press as “tango royalty,” Leonardo grew up in the midst of the Nuevo Tango revolution, alongside its greatest protagonists: his father Fernando, Astor Piazzolla, Osvaldo Berlingieri, Horacio Salgan, among others.

The premiere violin soloist of several major tango orchestras and international shows, including Forever Tango, Tango Argentino, TangoX2, and Julio Bocca's Ballet Argentino, Leonardo now collaborates with chamber, jazz, and tango musicians in New York. Now, he composes and arranges for his jazz and tango groups and participates in the Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall educational programs.

Leonardo continues the legacy of his father Fernando and Astor Piazzolla. In 1990, he became driven to fuse the influences of his tango heritage with the music of his newfound, urban American culture and assembled the Cuartetango String Quartet in order to achieve the highest level Nuevo Tango performance on western classical instruments.

The members of Cuartetango precisely shape the texture and spirit of the authentic tango sound through the works of Piazzolla, Pugliese, Montes, De Caro, Marconi and many more composers. Reconnecting with the past, they break new ground with a daring repertoire: from Tango Barocco to post-Piazzolla’s Nuevo Tangos. The quartet dazzles with the mastery of this exquisite concert genre.

Leading composers such as Marconi, Berlingieri, and Cosentino write arrangements of their compositions for the quartet. Their pieces fuse Pugliese tango sounds from the 1950s, Piazzolla’s Nuevo Tango groove and their individual “signature” harmonies. Argentine composer, Gabriel Senanes dedicated his composition Cuartetango to the quartet which he wrote in 7/8 time signature like no other tango before.

On their debut record L’Atelier, the quartet performs with the legends of tango: Nestor Marconi, Osvaldo Berlingieri, Saul Cosentino, Carlos Zunini, Fernando Suarez Paz and Suarez Paz Quintet with Beatriz Suarez Paz. L’Atelier incorporates classic works from the Golden Age of Tango and new and original arrangements of Nuevo Tango by Astor Piazzolla, Nestor Marconi, Osvaldo Berlingieri, Osvaldo Montes, and other leading composers.

The only string quartet of its kind to devote itself to the music of tango, Cuartetango have recently returned from a triumphant, sold out tour of Argentina and the United States. They performed to full theaters in Chautauqua Institution, Newark Symphony Hall, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, New York’s famed jazz club Birdland with Jim Hall, the Annual Buenos Aires Tango Festival, and in Argentina’s grand opera house, Teatro Colon, at the invitation of Buenos Aires Secretariat of Culture.





Masters of Nuevo Tango

Masters of Nuevo Tango presents the world’s most celebrated artists in the history of Nuevo Tango. These musicians have authored hundreds of compositions, created styles, and conducted and performed as soloists with orchestras and symphonies worldwide. Astor Piazzolla, Frank Sinatra, Gidon Kremer, Lalo Schifrin, the Kronos Quartet, the Assad Brothers, Michel Legrand, and Yo-Yo-Ma have continually sought their expertise and musicianship, and have relied on the fierce, authentic sound of their Nuevo Tango when using tango influences in their own projects.

The Masters of Nuevo Tango incorporates all the expressions of the art form: music, poetry, song, and dance. The principal dancers of the internationally acclaimed shows “TangoX2,” Broadway's “Tango Argentino” and “Forever Tango,” and award-winning films “Evita” and “Tango,” lure the audience into the magic and sensuality of Buenos Aires and the physical spirit of the tango. For the first time, these legendary masters join forces with this younger generation in a historic event dedicated to the celebration of Nuevo Tango.


Nestor Marconi
Bandoneon

Fernando Suarez Paz
Violin

Osvaldo Berlingieri
Piano

Beatriz Suarez Paz
Vocal

Leonardo Suarez Paz
Violin And Vocal

Alejandro Drago
Violin

Ron Lawrence
Viola

Daniel Miller
Cello

Horacio Romo
Bandoneon

Nicolas Ledesma
Piano

Ricardo Lew
Guitar

Daniel Falasca
Bass

Argentine Tango Dancers


Produced And Conceived
By Leonardo Suarez Paz

Email: LSPproductionsCo@gmail.com
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Url: www.leonardosuarezpaz.com

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-------------VIVIMOS EN UN MUNDO LLENO DE MORBO"La actriz Leonora Balcarce, ex novia de Gustavo Cerati,
criticó el juego entre las informaciones que dan los medios y la recepción del público. "Hay que ser cuidadoso con lo que uno mira y escucha", advirtió. "Es una persona que se renueva todo el tiempo", describió con optimismo al artista.

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