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 COLLABORATING ARTIST
Savion Glover * Savion Glover & Leonardo Suarez Paz: Tap 'N Tango (aka Tap, Tango & Fire) PRINCIPAL 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, NUEVO TANGO BALLET
TANGO DANCER 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... 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 TANGO CHOREOGRAPHER, TANGO DANCER
Junior Cervilla NUEVO TANGO BALLET DANCER
Francesca Antonacci * El Nuevo Tango // Nuevo Tango Ballet 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
Mathilde Guerrero * El Nuevo Tango // Nuevo Tango Ballet 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
Brianna Rivera * El Nuevo Tango // Nuevo Tango Ballet 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. In 2010, Brianna was honored to be awarded the Teri and Shari Malone Foundation Award for Dance Excellence.... more NUEVO TANGO BALLET DANCER
Carolina Cabrera Volpe * El Nuevo Tango // Nuevo Tango Ballet Carolina Cabrera Volpe began her classical dance training at the age of 8 at the prestigious SODRE in her native country of Uruguay. Upon moving to New York City, Carolina continued her dance training on scholarship at the Joffrey Ballet School and Ballet Hispanico. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from the Alvin Ailey/ Fordham University BFA... more NUEVO TANGO BALLET DANCER
Leslie Ann Kilpatrick * El Nuevo Tango // Nuevo Tango Ballet 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 TANGO DANCER
Juan Alessandrini * Leonardo Suarez Paz's Cuartetango 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 GUEST DANCE & VISUAL ARTIST
Corey Katano * Paint the Music |
ARTISTIC ADVISOR , VIOLINIST
Fernando Suarez Paz 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...... GUEST 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 GUITARIST
Jim Hall *Jim Hall & Leonardo Suarez Paz's Cuartetango at Birdland 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
Lautaro Greco BANDONEONIST
Rodolfo Zanetti PIANIST, ARRANGER
Christian Zarate PIANIST
Abel Rogantini PIANIST / KEYBOARDIST
Pablo Cafici * El Nuevo Tango PIANIST
Ahmed Alom * El Nuevo Tango GUEST PERCUSSIONIST
Daniel "Pipi" Piazzolla * Escualo PERCUSSIONIST
Jose Luis Colzani * El Nuevo Tango PERCUSSIONIST
Eladio Rojas * El Nuevo Tango PERCUSSIONIST
Matt Vander Ende * El Nuevo Tango VIOLINIST
Sami Merdinian VIOLINIST
Hector Omar Falcon 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
Ronald Lawrence * El Nuevo Tango CELLIST
Daniel Miller Danny Miller is a Tony Award winning and Latin Grammy nominated musician with over 20 years of collaboration with Leonardo Suarez Paz as the principal cellist of Cuartetango string quartet and the productions of PIAZZOLLA 100 and Suarez Paz TANGO ... more CONTRABASS
Konrad Adderley * El Nuevo Tango |