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October 15, 2005
New School, New York City TANGO & BEYOND: The World of Tango Songs
TANGO & BEYOND, premiered at Joe's Pub last Spring, is a soulful journey through classic tango songs, its characters and themes from the 1930s to the present. It includes some of the most famous tango songs from the golden age of tango (1930-50s), as well as, the new tango of Astor Piazzolla (1960s). Maria Cangiano's soulful interpretation of the songs and the musical arrangements explore the melodramatic nature of the music, as well as, the complex and rich relationship between classic, jazz and tango music.
(PRWEB) October 16, 2005 -- Called by her many fans, "Anna Magnani with voice," Maria Cangiano, originally from Argentina, has a unique voice within Argentine a new generation of Tango singers. Tango is much more than the lusty and sensuous dance familiar in the United States and around the world. Since the genre’s birth among the lower classes of Buenos Aires at the turn of the 19th century, it comprised not only music and dance, but a rich lyric tradition. Tango songs portray humankind conflicts from gender issues, ethnic stereotypes, and class conflicts to the plain old heartache of love in all its forms. Trained as an opera singer, Maria Cangiano combines drama and singing in her interpretation of old and new Tango songs as "mini-operas" or melodramatic stories. As the Brooklyn press said, “The depth and power of Maria Cangiano’s woeful, soulful voice brings the nostalgic nature of the music to life.”
Her musicians -some of the best exponents of new tango in the United States- are four incredible international performers with a rich background in classical, jazz and tango music: Octavio Brunetti (piano), the winner of the New York Tango International Competition, David Hodges (bandoneon), Pedro Giraudo (Bass), and Victor Prieto (accordion), called the “accordion genius” (Daily News). The result is an original "global tango," that mixes traditional and avant-garde tango trends with the musicians' backgrounds and life experiences.
TANGO & BEYOND, premiered at Joe's Pub last Spring, is a soulful journey through classic tango songs, its characters and themes from the 1930s to the present. It includes some of the most famous tango songs from the golden age of tango (1930-50s), as well as, the new tango of Astor Piazzolla (1960s). This repertoire shows different aspects of the poetics of tango, ranging from the 1930s well-know sentimental and realistic ones, the 1940-50s more abstract and symbolic to the surrealistic tangos of the 60s and 70s. Maria Cangiano's soulful interpretation of the songs and the musical arrangements explore the melodramatic nature of the music, as well as, the complex and rich relationship between classic, jazz and tango music.
TANGO&BEYOND: THE WORLD OF TANGO SONGS
with
Maria Cangiano, vocals
Octavio Brunetti, piano
David Hodges, bandoneon
Pedro Giraudo, bass Victor Prieto, accordion
November 5th, 2pm, Tishman Auditorium
66 West 12st
New School, New York City
free admission
KEYWORDS [ tango
Posted by BIGBAER at October 15, 2005 11:27 PM
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