Leonardo Suarez Paz's: HISTOIRE DU TANGO

portrait of a genre through the female gaze​
 "Virtuoso extraordinaire on the violin" (Wynton Marsalis) and 4th generation tango artist, Leonardo Suarez Paz interprets his mentor Piazzolla's virtuosic suite that traces the 'HER-story' of Tango from the 1900's to the present. He is joined by award winning guitarist Greg Skaff and members of Nuevo Tango Ballet  in creating an intimate portrait of a genre through the female gaze.

​6 artists - violin & guitar duo and 4 members of Nuevo Tango Ballet
for chamber & world music, crossover and new music series, suitable for venues of multiple sizes
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
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