CUARTETANGO STRING QUARTET, an innovative group of musicians at the forefront of New Tango, “conveys all the tango rage and the aggressive nuances of tango with the mere aid of two violins, a viola, and a cello." The quartet’s members are some of the best tango and classical soloists from Buenos Aires and New York: Alejandro Drago on violin, Ron Lawrence on viola, Daniel Miller on cello, and lead by violin virtuoso and composer, Leonardo Suarez Paz. Upon request, Cuartetango can be joined by a guest bandoneónist.Cuartetango String Quartet celebrates its rich musical culture and opens limitless possibilities for musical expressions that speak of our time. Acclaimed by the press as “tango royalty,” violinist and director Leonardo Suarez Paz grew up in the midst of the Nuevo Tango revolution, alongside its greatest protagonists: his father Fernando Suarez Paz (violinist with Astor Piazzolla's Nuevo Tango Quintet), Osvaldo Berlingieri, and Horacio Salgan, among others. In 1990, Leonardo decided to fuse the influences of his tango heritage with the music of his newfound, urban American culture and assembled the Cuartetango String Quartet in New York City in order to achieve
the highest level Nuevo Tango musical performance on Western classical instruments. The members of Cuartetango precisely shape the texture and spirit of the authentic tango sound through the works of Astor Piazzolla, Osvaldo Pugliese, Miguel De Caro, Osvaldo Montes, Néstor Marconi, and many other composers. Reconnecting with the past, they break new ground with a daring repertoire: from Tango Barocco to post-Piazzolla’s Nuevo Tangos. The quartet dazzles with the mastery of this exquisite concert genre.
The only string quartet of its kind to devote itself to the music of tango, Cuartetango recently returned from a triumphant, sold-out tour of Argentina and the United States. They have performed at the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York, Newark Symphony Hall, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, New York’s famed jazz club Birdland with Jim Hall, at the annual Buenos Aires Tango Festival, and in Argentina’s grand opera house, Teatro Colón, at the invitation of the Buenos Aires Secretariat of Culture.
EMI Classics released Cuartetango String Quartet's first CD in 2006: "L'atelier," produced by Leonardo Suarez Paz in Buenos Aires. The recording features, as well as the Cuartetango String Quartet, guest artists Néstor Marconi on bandoneón, Leonardo's father, Fernando, and his Quinteto Suarez Paz, and his mother, tango singer Beatriz Suarez Paz.
"Leonardo possesses a unique spirit and is a virtuoso extraordinaire on the violin. The spirit of the age inhabits him. In fact, he shows us how easily we can communicate across cultures if the desire and effort are there." - Wynton Marsalis
“The mix of dignity and beauty had my heart in my throat.”
Vancouver Sun
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