Performer Bios
ARGENTINE TANGO DANCERS
Antonio “Junior” Cervila
Junior gained international acclaim as a principal dancer of “Tango Argentino” on Broadway and Julio Iglesias’ world tour performing with a tango celebrity, Guillermina Quiroga. He collaborated with tango orchestras of Jorge Dragone, Baffa Berlingieri, Jose Colangelo, Walter Rios, Color Tango, Osvaldo Requena, Julian Plaza and Ariel Ramirez. Junior performed on the stage of the world-renowned opera house Teatro Colon and in tango shows Tanguera, El Pelele, Tango Station, Tango y Fuga” by Ana Maria Steckelman, among others. On television, Junior performed in Grandes Valores del Tango, Hola Susana, Solo Tango, Noche con Amigos and Siglo XX Cambalache. He was a principal dancer in an Academy Award nominee for the Best Foreign Film “TANGO” and a BBC documentary partnering with first dancer of the Royal Ballet of London, Deborah Bull. His partners are renowned tango dancers Guillermina Quiroga and Beverly Duran.
Leonardo Suarez Paz & Mariana Fresno
Born to the family of renowned tango artists, Leonardo Suarez Paz studied tango dance with Juan Carlos Copes, a legendary dancer who marked the turning point in the art of tango and taught artists such as Julio Bocca, Liza Minelli, Eleonara Cassano, Robert Duvall, and Mijhail Baryshnikov. With his over 20 years of experience as a professional tango dancer and musician, Leonardo uniquely translates tango music into its physical form. His styles range from the traditional salon tango to the modern Nuevo Tango. He danced as a principal in internationally touring shows of Mariano Mores and TangoX2 in France, Italy, Spain, England, Greece, Japan, Mexico and the United States. Now, Leonardo choreographs and performs in his show Cuartetango partnering with an outstanding Argentine tango dancer, Mariana Fresno. A graduate of the National School of Dance of Buenos Aires, Mariana’s authentic tango style also incorporates various types of performance ballet, contemporary and jazz dance. Mariana apprenticed with world-renowned tango masters such as Juan Carlos Copes, Mino and Esther Pugliese. She starred in films “The Dream of the Heroes” by Sergio Renan and “Evita” directed by Alan Parker.
Roberto Reis & Lucila Cionci
Roberto Reis and Lucila Cionci are Argentina’s leading collaborations in tango dance. An extraordinary dance couple, they have brought their unique style and glamour to numerous shows around the world. They have toured worldwide as the principal dancers of Mosalini’s Orchestra, Mariano Mores Orchestra, Corazon del Tango and Forever Tango on Broadway. International press quotes that Cachorro and Lucia “embody the images of desire and elegance.” Roberto and Lucila were the only dance couple that performed at the premiere of Julio Iglesias’ tour at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
MUSICIANS
Alejandro Drago
violin
An outstanding Argentine violinist, Alejandro Drago combines tango intensity with technical perfection of classically trained artist. He studied violin in Argentina, Europe and Russia under the guidance of prominent teachers such as Ljerko Spiller, Gabriel Banat, Jacques Israelevitch, Chaim Taub, León Spierer, Alberto Lysy and Marina Yashvili. The Russian government awarded Alejandro a scholarship to pursue his Master of Arts program at the Chaikovsky Conservatory. The National Orchestra of Argentinean Music invited him to perform as Assistant Concertmaster during its European Tournče. Alejandro also founded and directed "Moskva Tango", an ensemble fully devoted to the popularization of tango in Eastern Europe. He performed with tango musicians such as Atilio Stampone, Nestor Marconi, Carlos Buono, Osvaldo Berlingieri, Fernando Suárez Paz and Osvaldo Piro.
Ron Lawrence
viola
With recent concerts at the Koln Musik Triennale, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and the Moers Festival, Ron has performed as a chamber musician and soloist on four continents. He also plays with the Orchestra of St. Lukes, Sirius String Quartet, Cecilia Bartoli and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. His classical recordings include work with Kathleen Battle, Renee Fleming, Robert Craft, Andre Previn, and Donald Runnicles. A champion of new music, Ron has collaborated with composers from John Adams to John Zorn, and recorded with Regina Carter, Lee Konitz, Paquito D'Rivera, Eumir Deodato, Jeremy Pelt, Bob Belden, Elliot Sharp, James Blood Ulmer, Cassandra Wilson, and John Cale. As part of the Cuartetango string quartet, Ron became an avid tango performer and continues to expand his tango expertise working in Buenos Aires where the group collaborates with legendary masters such as Marconi, Consentino, Zunini, Berlingieri, and Suarez Paz.
Daniel Miller
cello
Cuartetango’s cellist, Danny Miller is the principal cellist of the Greenwich Symphony and an active orchestral, recording and theater musician in New York. He plays in the Broadway production of Wicked and has appeared as soloist with the Little Orchestra Society, the Savannah Symphony, the New Jersey Philharmonic and the New Amsterdam Symphony. Danny was a member of the Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo in Naples and the Glimmerglass Opera. As a chamber musician, he performed at the Banff and Spoleto Music Festivals, as a member of the Laurentian String Quartet and Musica Amici, and is cellist for the Greenwich Chamber Players. He has played for Tony Bennett, Liza Minelli, Frank Sinatra, Smokey Robinson, and many more pop, rock, and jazz entertainers.
Leonardo Suarez Paz
violin & voice
Throughout his youth, Leonardo Suarez Paz has been surrounded by the sounds and attitudes of the avant-garde revolution of Nuevo Tango. His father, Fernando, was its premier violin soloist, his mother, Beatriz, a famous tango singer, and his house was always full of the greatest tango artists such as Piazzolla, Ferrer, Berlingieri, and Francini. Since 14, Leonardo played the violin professionally with leading tango orchestras whose legendary conductors Horacio Salgan, Nestor Marconi, Atilio Stampone and Osvaldo Berlingieri were creating the tango culture. For over 11 years, this young violinist toured worldwide as the soloist of TangoX2, Ballet Argentino, Forever Tango and Tango Argentino. In 1997, he came to New York as a Broadway soloist in Forever Tango, and soon thereafter, he played his other favorite music - jazz alongside renowned musicians such as Jim Hall, Cody Moffet, Regina Carter, Stanley Jordan, among others. Leonardo wrote tango arrangements for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and works for the Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall educational programs. He recorded music with Placido Domingo, Stanley Jordan, Luis Migel, on the Grammy-nominated “Tango Bar” and soundtracks of Bossa Nova, The Impostors, and Flawless. Leonardo writes music and records with his Suarez Paz Jazz Quintet and leads the Cuartetango String Quartet- the only group of its kind to devote itself to the music of tango.
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