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Following a sold-out performance at the famed "Ballena Azul," in Buenos Aires, Leonardo Suarez Paz, the multifaceted “virtuoso extraordinaire,” (Wynton Marsalis) brings his show to NYU Skirball. A 16-member cast with Nuevo Tango Ensemble and Nuevo Tango Ballet, share a new vision of this emotionally moving art form, while honoring Leonardo’s mentor, Astor Piazzolla, by demonstrating Tango as an evolving, daring, artistically complex and emotionally moving art form.
Powerful and sensual |
harmonically sophisticated |
Tango Master of the 21st Century |
the precise evidence that the tango history is still being written |
THE ARTISTS
We are an artist run company which celebrates multiple cultural heritages and the contributions of immigrants as the primary ingredients that formed and continue to shape this art form in conjunction with the local cultures which added to the creation of a rich cultural milieu. Nuevo Tango is a genre that speaks across cultures and generations. These are our stories....
Leonardo & Olga Suarez Paz - Concept, Direction & Production
Leonardo Suarez Paz - Artistic Director
Leonardo Suarez Paz & Astor Piazzolla
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Astor Piazzolla & Fernando Suarez Paz
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Leonardo Suarez Paz & Astor Piazzolla
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“Virtuoso extraordinaire,” Leonardo Suarez Paz, creates across cultures and genres, continuing a family legacy of over 100 years in the genre, beginning with Gabino Ezeiza to Fernando Suarez Paz who was instrumental in creating the Nuevo Tango alongside Piazzolla. A member of the Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colon, Leonardo's work as a soloist includes the most distinguished tango orchestras such as those of Mariano Mores, Horacio Salgan, Atilio Stampone, Osvaldo Berlingieri and the shows Tangox2 and Perfumes de Tango where he was also featured as a dancer. He was the soloist in both Broadway tango shows Forever Tango and Tango Argentino, with Placido Domingo, Ruben Blades, Carlos Franzetti, Patience Higgins, Jim Hall, Kenny Drew Jr., Steve Kuhn, Savion Glover and many others. Leonardo “shows us how easily we can communicate across cultures if the desire and effort are there.” (Wynton Marsalis, Artistic Director Jazz at Lincoln Center)
“Virtuoso extraordinaire,” Leonardo Suarez Paz, creates across cultures and genres, continuing a family legacy of over 100 years in the genre, beginning with Gabino Ezeiza to Fernando Suarez Paz who was instrumental in creating the Nuevo Tango alongside Piazzolla. A member of the Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colon, Leonardo's work as a soloist includes the most distinguished tango orchestras such as those of Mariano Mores, Horacio Salgan, Atilio Stampone, Osvaldo Berlingieri and the shows Tangox2 and Perfumes de Tango where he was also featured as a dancer. He was the soloist in both Broadway tango shows Forever Tango and Tango Argentino, with Placido Domingo, Ruben Blades, Carlos Franzetti, Patience Higgins, Jim Hall, Kenny Drew Jr., Steve Kuhn, Savion Glover and many others. Leonardo “shows us how easily we can communicate across cultures if the desire and effort are there.” (Wynton Marsalis, Artistic Director Jazz at Lincoln Center)
Leonardo Suarez Paz (soloist - violin, electric violin, voice, dance)
Patience Higgins (soloist - tenor saxophone)
members of the multiple Latin Grammy nominated Cuartetango string quartet
Sami Merdinian (violin I)
Francisco Salazar (violin II)
Jon Weber (viola)
Leo Grinhauz (cello)
and
Rodolfo Zanetti (bandoneon)
Ahmed Alom (piano)
Emilio Teubal (keyboard)
Jeffrey Carney (contrabass)
Matt Vander Ende (drums)
Nuevo Tango Ballet
Olga Suarez Paz (direction, dance)
Francesca Antonacci (dance), Caitlyn Casson (dance)
Mathilde Guerrero (dance), Brianna Rivera (dance)
Choreography
Laura Roatta, Olga Suarez Paz, Leonardo Suarez Paz
Special Visual Arts Feature
Lulú Michelli de Ferrer, Dedé Wolff, Pedro Figari
Technical Direction
Bridget Welty
Sound Design
Robert Anderson & Mariano Beyoglonian
Lighting Design
Fabian Molina Candela
Costume Design
Olga Suarez Paz, Laura Roatta
Patience Higgins (soloist - tenor saxophone)
members of the multiple Latin Grammy nominated Cuartetango string quartet
Sami Merdinian (violin I)
Francisco Salazar (violin II)
Jon Weber (viola)
Leo Grinhauz (cello)
and
Rodolfo Zanetti (bandoneon)
Ahmed Alom (piano)
Emilio Teubal (keyboard)
Jeffrey Carney (contrabass)
Matt Vander Ende (drums)
Nuevo Tango Ballet
Olga Suarez Paz (direction, dance)
Francesca Antonacci (dance), Caitlyn Casson (dance)
Mathilde Guerrero (dance), Brianna Rivera (dance)
Choreography
Laura Roatta, Olga Suarez Paz, Leonardo Suarez Paz
Special Visual Arts Feature
Lulú Michelli de Ferrer, Dedé Wolff, Pedro Figari
Technical Direction
Bridget Welty
Sound Design
Robert Anderson & Mariano Beyoglonian
Lighting Design
Fabian Molina Candela
Costume Design
Olga Suarez Paz, Laura Roatta
THE PROGRAM
1. Soledad (A. Piazzolla-arr: L. Suarez Paz) (art - Lulú Michelli de Ferrer) Full company
2. Melancólico Buenos Aires (A. Piazzolla / orch. L. Suarez Paz) (art - Dedé Wolff) Leonardo & Olga Suarez Paz - dance
3. Escualo (A. Piazzolla-arr: C. Zarate) (artwork - Dedé Wolff) written by Astor Piazzolla in dedication to Fernando Suarez Paz
4. Chiquilin De Bachin (A. Piazzolla/H. Ferrer-arr: L. Suarez Paz) (art - Lulú Michelli de Ferrer)
string quartet, L.Suarez Paz - vocals, Olga Suarez Paz - dance. Featuring the voice of Horacio Ferrer, recorded with Leonardo Suarez Paz's Cuartetango in 2012 for Latin Grammy nominated album "Masters of Bandoneon"
5. Milonga De Los Monsters (L. Suarez Paz) (art - Lulú Michelli de Ferrer)
6. Romance Uno (L. Suarez Paz) (art - Lulú Michelli de Ferrer)L. Suarez Paz - vocals, O.Suarez Paz & B. Rivera - dance
7. Violentango (A. Piazzolla-arr: L. Suarez Paz) (art - Dedé Wolff) Full company
8. Maria (L. Bernstein-arr: C. Zarate) (art - Lulú Michelli de Ferrer)
9. El Dia Que Me Quieras (C. Gardel/ A. Lepera - arr: C Zarate) (art - Lulú Michelli de Ferrer)
10. Milonga Loca (A. Piazzolla) (art - Lulú Michelli de Ferrer) Leonardo & Olga Suarez Paz - dance
11. Infant Eyes & Años de Soledad (W. Shorter / A. Piazzolla arr: L. Suarez Paz) (art - Lulú Michelli de Ferrer)
12. Yo Soy El Negro (A. Piazzolla/ C. Gorostiza. arr: L. Suarez Paz) (art - Pedro Figari) Full company
13. Libertango (A. Piazzolla-arr: L Suarez Paz) (art - Lulú Michelli de Ferrer) Full company
2. Melancólico Buenos Aires (A. Piazzolla / orch. L. Suarez Paz) (art - Dedé Wolff) Leonardo & Olga Suarez Paz - dance
3. Escualo (A. Piazzolla-arr: C. Zarate) (artwork - Dedé Wolff) written by Astor Piazzolla in dedication to Fernando Suarez Paz
4. Chiquilin De Bachin (A. Piazzolla/H. Ferrer-arr: L. Suarez Paz) (art - Lulú Michelli de Ferrer)
string quartet, L.Suarez Paz - vocals, Olga Suarez Paz - dance. Featuring the voice of Horacio Ferrer, recorded with Leonardo Suarez Paz's Cuartetango in 2012 for Latin Grammy nominated album "Masters of Bandoneon"
5. Milonga De Los Monsters (L. Suarez Paz) (art - Lulú Michelli de Ferrer)
6. Romance Uno (L. Suarez Paz) (art - Lulú Michelli de Ferrer)L. Suarez Paz - vocals, O.Suarez Paz & B. Rivera - dance
7. Violentango (A. Piazzolla-arr: L. Suarez Paz) (art - Dedé Wolff) Full company
8. Maria (L. Bernstein-arr: C. Zarate) (art - Lulú Michelli de Ferrer)
9. El Dia Que Me Quieras (C. Gardel/ A. Lepera - arr: C Zarate) (art - Lulú Michelli de Ferrer)
10. Milonga Loca (A. Piazzolla) (art - Lulú Michelli de Ferrer) Leonardo & Olga Suarez Paz - dance
11. Infant Eyes & Años de Soledad (W. Shorter / A. Piazzolla arr: L. Suarez Paz) (art - Lulú Michelli de Ferrer)
12. Yo Soy El Negro (A. Piazzolla/ C. Gorostiza. arr: L. Suarez Paz) (art - Pedro Figari) Full company
13. Libertango (A. Piazzolla-arr: L Suarez Paz) (art - Lulú Michelli de Ferrer) Full company
THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS
NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS (NYSCA)
our sponsors
SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY
RENO DESIGN
Donations from individual donors through our fiscal sponsor
NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS (NYFA)
Sonia DeSanctis, in loving memory of Juan DeSanctis
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Kate Revil & Gabriel DeSanctis, Katherine O'Grady, Melanie Gomez
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Anna Kokaurova & Paul Van Alstine, Andrew Farach-Colton, Vaughn Anglesey
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Orlando Maroglio, Rene Rouger, Neal Weissman, Rachel Worrel, Susan & Michael Enterline,
Deborah Graser, Akiko Tamuro, Richard Kiehl & Anna Scaglione, Janice and George Hubbard, Azin Valy, Paul Landsbergis, Orlando Maroglio, Sandra Lopez, Josue Ortiz, Mitchel Elinson
El Nuevo Tango was developed with the support of the
LOWER MANHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL, CITY ARTISTS CORPS GRANT, DANCE/NYC
and premiered at the Four Freedoms Park (NYC) in 2021 with the support of the
FOUR FREEDOMS PARK CONSERVANCY
El Nuevo Tango at "La Ballena Azul" CCK - Buenos Aires, as part of Piazzolla Centennial was supported by the
MID ATLANTIC ARTS FOUNDATION - USArtists International Award
Special Thank You
Fernando Suarez Paz - for teaching us to stay true to ourselves and our art
Beatriz Suarez Paz - for helping every step of the way and in every crucial moment
Horacio Ferrer & Lulu Michelli - for always being a part of what we do no matter how far away you may be
Daniel Piazzolla - for the long talks & insights and for sharing the paintings of your mother, Dedé Wolff
Amir Alikhani, Deborah Damast, Josh Schwartz, Micah Joel - for contributing artistry, technical skills and friendship
our sponsors
SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY
RENO DESIGN
Donations from individual donors through our fiscal sponsor
NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS (NYFA)
Sonia DeSanctis, in loving memory of Juan DeSanctis
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Kate Revil & Gabriel DeSanctis, Katherine O'Grady, Melanie Gomez
_________________________
Anna Kokaurova & Paul Van Alstine, Andrew Farach-Colton, Vaughn Anglesey
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Orlando Maroglio, Rene Rouger, Neal Weissman, Rachel Worrel, Susan & Michael Enterline,
Deborah Graser, Akiko Tamuro, Richard Kiehl & Anna Scaglione, Janice and George Hubbard, Azin Valy, Paul Landsbergis, Orlando Maroglio, Sandra Lopez, Josue Ortiz, Mitchel Elinson
El Nuevo Tango was developed with the support of the
LOWER MANHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL, CITY ARTISTS CORPS GRANT, DANCE/NYC
and premiered at the Four Freedoms Park (NYC) in 2021 with the support of the
FOUR FREEDOMS PARK CONSERVANCY
El Nuevo Tango at "La Ballena Azul" CCK - Buenos Aires, as part of Piazzolla Centennial was supported by the
MID ATLANTIC ARTS FOUNDATION - USArtists International Award
Special Thank You
Fernando Suarez Paz - for teaching us to stay true to ourselves and our art
Beatriz Suarez Paz - for helping every step of the way and in every crucial moment
Horacio Ferrer & Lulu Michelli - for always being a part of what we do no matter how far away you may be
Daniel Piazzolla - for the long talks & insights and for sharing the paintings of your mother, Dedé Wolff
Amir Alikhani, Deborah Damast, Josh Schwartz, Micah Joel - for contributing artistry, technical skills and friendship
Leonardo Suarez Paz's PIAZZOLLA 100 and OUR MISSION
Our mission is to further the genre of Nuevo Tango by elevating its artistic standards through live performances, recordings, publications and education, by demonstrating its evolution as an entire culture through every form of expression - music, dance, interdisciplinary work, visual art, literature and cinema. We celebrate Latin, African and European cultural heritages, the contributions of immigrants and women to the genre, while relating its history to Buenos Aires and New York City and affording an opportunity for artists across generations, cultures, genres and disciplines to create new work
and express through a renewed artistic idiom of cultural unity and inclusion.
Leonardo Suarez Paz’s Piazzolla 100 operates as a 501 c 3
Please consider making a tax deductible contribution towards our future programs though our fiscal sponsor
New York Foundation for the Arts
Our mission is to further the genre of Nuevo Tango by elevating its artistic standards through live performances, recordings, publications and education, by demonstrating its evolution as an entire culture through every form of expression - music, dance, interdisciplinary work, visual art, literature and cinema. We celebrate Latin, African and European cultural heritages, the contributions of immigrants and women to the genre, while relating its history to Buenos Aires and New York City and affording an opportunity for artists across generations, cultures, genres and disciplines to create new work
and express through a renewed artistic idiom of cultural unity and inclusion.
Leonardo Suarez Paz’s Piazzolla 100 operates as a 501 c 3
Please consider making a tax deductible contribution towards our future programs though our fiscal sponsor
New York Foundation for the Arts
Leonardo Suarez Paz is surely now the torchbearer of Argentine Tango and the legacy of its greatest composer, Astor Piazzolla. Leonardo Suarez Paz is Tango Royalty... powerful and sensual. |
The harmonically sophisticated arrangements by Leonardo Suárez Paz are superb, as is his sardonic Milonga de los monsters – an unlikely yet happy marriage of Prokofiev and tango nuevo His knowledge of the tango violin playing conveys a century of individual styles. |
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