HISTOIRE DU TANGO

Piazzolla's iconic suite comes to life

 "Virtuoso extraordinaire on the violin" (Wynton Marsalis) and 4th generation tango artist, Leonardo Suarez Paz interprets his mentor Piazzolla's virtuosic suite "Hisotire du Tango." He is joined by award winning guitarist Greg Skaff and members of Nuevo Tango Ballet  in creating a contemporary  which traces Tango from it's origins in the 1900's to the present.

​6 artists - violin & guitar duo and 4 members of Nuevo Tango Ballet
 chamber & world music, crossover and new music series
available as a 30 minute multidisciplinary program or full evening of music & dance

Featured artists: Leonardo Suarez Paz - violin, voice, direction; Greg Skaff - guitar
Nuevo Tango Ballet - Olga Suarez Paz - choreography, dance. Francesca Antonacci, Mathilde Guerrero, Brianna Rivera  - dancers.

Leonardo possesses a unique spirit and is a virtuoso extraordinaire on the violin.
- Wynton Marsalis

 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.
- GRAMOPHONE, UK Andrew Farach-Colton

Paz's singing voice is gorgeous, so his song was a special treat that brought loud cheers from the audience.
- Broadway World Review

His knowledge of the tango violin playing conveys a century of individual styles.
- The STRAD Magazine

​Sensual movements of Olga Suarez Paz, in a show dedicated to the tango of Piazzolla a true reformer of the genre proved to have excellent virtuosity and an incredible ability to convoke the unique timbre of the tango.
- Osservatorio Oggi, Notizie Cultura & Spettacolo

​Leonardo Suarez Paz - the finest tango violinist.... 
- Bill Bragin, Director of Public Programming at Lincoln Center on FOX 5 Good Day NY

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It is Leonardo Suarez Paz’s enchanted, inspired and creative soul that invades the warm balconies of this tango concert and come to greet us with a dreaming gesture..... Because it is very much of Tango this talented exhibition enjoys angels and devils, so that nothing goes unnoticed..."
- Horacio Ferrer, Poet & Lyricist, Creator of Nuevo Tango, Nobel Prize Nominee in Literature