ARTISTS
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Leonardo Suarez Paz Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Leonardo Suarez Paz is known for his uncommon talent as a singer, a career he began at the age of 6, a tango dancer and choreographer, composer and arranger and an artist who “possesses a unique spirit and is a virtuoso extraordinaire on the violin” - Wynton Marsalis. Leonardo continues the legacy that was passed on to him by his mentors, Astor Piazzolla & Horacio Ferrer, who revolutionized traditional tango. more... SPECIAL COLLABORATOR
Savion Glover * Savion Glover & Leonardo Suarez Paz: Tap 'N Tango (aka Tap, Tango & Fire) 
CHOREOGRAPHER
NUEVO TANGO BALLET Laura Roatta Argentina's premier, award-winning modern choreographer featured in Leonardo Suarez Paz: El Nuevo Tango and other productions. She is the recipient of the ACE Award, Medalla de Oro, Medalla de Plata for Concurso Latinoamericano de Coreógrafos, Medalla de Oro for Concurso Internacional de Joinville more.... 
CHOREOGRAPHER/TANGO DANCER
NUEVO TANGO BALLET Olga Suarez Paz A choreographer, dancer and director, Olga has been praised by the critics for the “high quality” of her dancing, the “stunning vocal performance” (Cleveland Classical), "beautiful" (Fox 5, Good Day NY) expression and "sensual tangos" (goFasano) more... 
NUEVO TANGO BALLET DANCER
Francesca Antonacci Francesca Antonacci originally from Puglia-Italy, she was certified by the Royal Academy of Dance at the age of 18 specializing in the RAD method, studied on scholarship with Dino Verga and Fabrizio Monteverde in Cunningham Technique and Contemporary dance and has worked with Giuliano Peparini, Francesco Saracino and Germana Bonaparte in Italy..... more 
NUEVO TANGO BALLET DANCER
Brianna Rivera Brianna Rivera is a member of the Nuevo Tango Ballet. She attended Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, VA to pursue a career in dance, where she began her training in modern technique. Through the VCU School of the Arts she received her B.F.A in Dance & Choreography; including a Minor in Media Studies in May 2018, under the direction of Dr. Gaynell Sherrod. .... more 
NUEVO TANGO BALLET DANCER
Mathilde Guerrero Mathilde Guerrero is a member of the Nuevo Tango Ballet. She is the recipient of the Silver Medal at the 2017 Prix d'Europe in Paris and studied at the Alvin Ailey School on a Scholarship Program. more... 
NUEVO TANGO BALLET DANCER
Caitlyn Casson Caitlyn Casson is a global performing artist, choreographer and teacher. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of South Florida and has performed repertoire by distinguished artists Bill T. Jones more.... 
NUEVO TANGO BALLET DANCER
Carla Loustaunau Nuevo Tango Ballet guest artist - Argentina 
NUEVO TANGO BALLET DANCER
Maria Eugenia Pommorsky Nuevo Tango Ballet guest artists - Argentina GUEST TANGO CHOREOGRAPHER, TANGO DANCER
Junior Cervilla TANGO DANCER
Armando Orzuza TANGO DANCER
Nuria Martinez TANGO DANCER
Mariana Fresno TANGO DANCER
Leonardo Barrionuevo * Leonardo Suarez Paz's Cuartetango - PBS WHYY Special TANGO DANCER
Miriam Larici * Leonardo Suarez Paz's Cuartetango - PBS WHYY Special 
TANGO DANCER
Carolina Jaurena * Leonardo Suarez Paz's Cuartetango *Romance de Tango Bound at an early age to follow a desire to perform, Carolina has been teaching and performing for over 20 years, the height of her professional career is marked by her role as a primary dancer in the feature film Random Hearts directed by Sidney Pollack. Throughout her career as a dancer and performer she has been part of performances including “Eternal Tango,” The Show “Tanguero”, “Tango! Soul and Heart” with the Choral Arts Society of Washington at Kennedy Center and the off Broadway Show “Tango House” produced by Juan Fabbri, more... TANGO DANCER
Juan Alessandrini * Leonardo Suarez Paz's Cuartetango Juan Alessandrini joined Cuartetango Music & Dance in 2019. He was first introduced to tango at the age of 10 and was part of one of the most important folklore festivals in Argentina “La Noche Mas Larga.” Being part of this festival inspired him to continue his tango training in Buenos Aires. After a few years, he was invited to teach in the United States at Carolina Zokalski and Diego Di Falco’s ... more..... 
VISUAL ARTIST, SURREALIST PAINTER
Lulú Michelli de Ferrer * El Nuevo Tango Lulú Michelli de Ferrer is an Argentine surrealist painter, illustrator, actor and the widow of Horacio Ferrer, Piazzolla's lyricist and co-creator of Nuevo Tango who was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature... more 
VISUAL ARTIST, PAINTER
Dedé Wolff * El Nuevo Tango Dedé Wolff (Odette Maria Wolff, 1923-2010), was an Argentine painter and wife to Astor Piazzolla with whom she had two children, Diana and Daniel before their divorce. Their influence on each other is a dialogue that can be seen in their mutual works... more 
GUEST VISUAL ARTIST, ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST
Susana Aldanondo * Paint the Music Susana Aldanondo is an abstract expressionist artist based in New York City, originally from Buenos Aires, she finds inspiration in the music that is deeply tied to her identity, tango and jazz. Her art journey begun during her teenage years when she took art classes and helped her father sell his work in the streets of SoHo... more 
FEATURED VISUAL ARTIST
Ana Pérez Grassano * Nuevo Tango Arts GALA 2022, special exhibit at the Consulate General of Argentina in New York Ana Pérez Grassano is a Franco-Argentine painter and architect, working and living in Paris, France. Her paintings meld together layers of rendered emotion assertively expressing womanhood. She has exhibited from Paris to Buenos Aires to New York City. Her paintings are part of prestigious art collections including those of Mr. Laurent Dassault, Mr. & Mrs. Schmoll, Mrs. Karine Ohana and the Bouygues collection. Leonardo Suarez Paz's PIAZZOLLA 100 and Nuevo Tango Arts was honored to have Ms. Grassano's exhibit form part of the Nuevo Tango Arts GALA November 16th, 2022 at the Consulate General of Argentina in New York. |
ARTISTIC ADVISOR , VIOLINIST
Fernando Suarez Paz (1941-2020) A member of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Buenos Aires and violinist of "delicious clarity and passion" - New York Times Fernando's work with Astor Piazzolla, that spanned over a decade, resulted in the creation of a new sound in Tango. The most recorded Argentine violinist, Fernando was featured in Cuartetango, Romance de Tango, El Nuevo Tango and the recordings L'Atelier (EMI Classics) and Escualo (Azica). more... GUEST SINGER
Beatriz Suarez Paz An award-winning tango soloist, Beatriz is one of the most admired tango singers in Buenos Aires and Argentina, known for her “exquisite interpretation,” (El Tangauta) and “a beautiful, clear, hyperfemenine soprano voice.” (The Herald, Bs.As.) She began her career at an early age and has not forgotten her origin nor her roots more...... 
JAZZ SAXOPHONIST
Patience Higgins * El Nuevo Tango Patience Higgins is a New York based jazz saxophonist, flutist and multi-reed musician who has a 20 year working relationship with Artistic Director Leonardo Suarez Paz. He was featured on the double Grammy winning recording Dee Dee Bridgewater's Dear Ella, played with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Barry Harris, Archie Shepp, Jimmy Scott, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles ... more 
GUEST FLUTIST
Lisa Hansen * Symphonic Tango, N/S Consonance Orchestra The New York Times described Ms. Hansen’s flute playing as “irresistibly lyrical” and praised her “considerable coloristic variety.” A graduate of The Juilliard School, she is winner of the New York Flute Club Competition and was featured in the Emmy award winning CBS TV documentary: “Juilliard & Beyond – A Life in Music.” Formerly principal flutist of the Mexico City Philharmonic.... more GUEST GUITARIST
Jim Hall *Jim Hall & Leonardo Suarez Paz's Cuartetango at Birdland GUITARIST
Greg Skaff *Histoire Du Tango From the soulful to the swinging, Greg Skaff has earned a reputation as one of the premiere guitarists in modern jazz. A Kansas native, the New York-based Skaff got his start with a five-year tenure in sax titan Stanley Turrentine’s band and has gone on to work with many of the music’s most legendary names... more GUEST PIANIST
Osvaldo Berlingieri * L'Atelier, Teatro Colon Opera House GUEST BANDONEONIST, COMPOSER
Nestor Marconi *L'Atelier * Masters of Bandoneon *El Nuevo Tango GUEST BANDONEONIST, COMPOSER
Leopoldo Federico GUEST BANDONEONIST, ARRANGER
Lisandro Adrover 
GUEST BANDONEONIST
Nicolas Enrich GUEST BANDONEONIST
Lautaro Greco 
BANDONEONIST
Rodolfo Zanetti A native of Argentina, Rodolfo Zanetti studied with Jorge Puebla Hilario and Alberto Iribarne on bandoneon, continuing his studies in piano with masters Monica Rizzo and Roberto Urbay at the Faculty of Arts of the National University of Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina. He has performed with Leonardo Suarez Paz's Cuartetango more... 
PIANIST, ARRANGER
Christian Zarate 
PIANIST
Abel Rogantini PIANIST
Ahmed Alom * El Nuevo Tango PIANIST / KEYBOARDIST
Pablo Cafici * El Nuevo Tango PIANIST / KEYBOARDIST
Emilio Teubal * El Nuevo Tango GUEST PERCUSSIONIST
Daniel "Pipi" Piazzolla * Escualo PERCUSSIONIST
Jose Luis Colzani * El Nuevo Tango PERCUSSIONIST
Matt Vander Ende * El Nuevo Tango 
PERCUSSIONIST
Diego Alejandro * El Nuevo Tango Diego has accompanied numerous renowned artists including Dino Saluzzi, María Creuza, Silvina Garre, Juan CarlosBaglietto, Lito Vitale, Nito Mestre, Sandra Mihanovich,Ligia Piro, Oscar Stagnaro, Sizao Machado and others. He has produced 4 albums as a soloist on which he is featured, in addition to percussion, as a director, producer, composer and arranger. We are thrilled to have him participate in the show of El Nuevo Tango. 
VIOLINIST
Pablo Agri * El Nuevo Tango VIOLINIST
Sami Merdinian VIOLINIST
Hector Omar Falcon Violinist Hector Omar Falcon is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where he obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees and studied under Dorothy DeLay, Hyo Kang and Masao Kawasaki. Hector Omar has won numerous awards and competitions both in the United States and Puerto Rico, including first prize in the Sam Levenson Violin Competition and the R. J. Reynolds Career Grant award more.... VIOLINIST
Francisco Salazar 
VIOLIST
Ronald Lawrence Violist Ron Lawrence has performed and recorded with new music’s most exiting personalities from John Adams to John Zorn. He has recorded with Kathleen Battle, Robert Craft, John Cage and Andre Previn. Ron is a founding member of the Sirius Quartet and an original member of Cuartetango string quartet with which he has performed and recorded with tango’s main figures ..... more 
VIOLIST
Jon Weber 
VIOLINIST/VIOLIST
Chern Hwei Fung 
CELLIST
Leo Ginhauz Argentine born Leo Grinhauz began playing the cello under the tutelage of the legendary Walter Joachim, then the principal cellist of the M.S.O. He earned his Bachelor’s degree and the prestigious Performer’s Certificate from Indiana University, and received his Master’s from Rutgers. more... CONTRABASS
Konrad Adderley * El Nuevo Tango CONTRABASS
Jeffrey Carney * El Nuevo Tango 
CONTRABASS
Pablo Motta * El Nuevo Tango |