Tangueros,
We are pleased to announce a live music milonga with Pablo Aslan, David
Alsina, Maurizio Najt and Jacqui Carrasco, "New York Tango Quartet" and a
musicality workshop for dancers by Pablo Aslan in Carrboro-Durham/North
Carolina!
TANGOPHILIA and TOWN OF CARRBORO present:
LIVE MUSIC MILONGA with
New York Tango Quartet
at Carrboro Century Center,
August 2, Saturday, 7:30pm-12:30am
Musicality Workshop
taught by Pablo Aslan
at Triangle dance Studio, August
3, Sunday, noon-1:30pm
Tangophilia (www.tangophilia.com), the Argentine Tango School in the
Triangle, and Town of Carrboro/Carrboro Century Center
(http://www.ci.carrboro.nc.us/rp/cc.htm) will host
New York Tango Quartet
The milonga will be held at the Carrboro Century Center with the
wonderful hardwood floor and there will be an introductory dance lesson
(7:30pm) taught by Jason Laughlin of Tangophilia for the newcomers before
the social dance starts. Snacks, drinks and special home-made Argentine
empanadas will be served!
Tickets: $20
Pablo Aslan, the bassist and the co-director of New York Tango Quartet,
will be teaching a musicality workshop for dancers on Sunday, August 3rd,
following the Saturdays festivities.
The Tango Musicality Workshop helps dancers develop an awareness of the
musical elements of tango. Unlike other dance music, tango does not rely on
drums to communicate its beat. Rather, the beat is inside the orchestra,
shared by all the instruments. After this workshop you will never hear
tango music the same way. We'll take you inside a tango orchestra and share
the secrets of tango musicians and arrangers. Through rhythmic exercises,
counting, clapping, and stepping on and off the beat, you'll discover the
elusive nature of tango rhythm. After this workshop you will never hear
tango music the same way!
Pricing: $20
Contact: Jason Laughlin at [email protected] or
(919)361-5145
www.tangophilia.com
Hope to see you in the Triangle,
Gulden Ozen
New York Tango Quartet
PABLO ASLAN (bassist)
Argentine-born bassist and composer Pablo Aslan is a leading figure in
the tango revival and has been residing in US since 1980. Director of
Avantango (www.avantango.com), he is also a founder and co-director of New
York Buenos Aires Connection and New York Tango Trio with bandoneonist Raul
Jaurena.
He participated in the 2nd and 3rd Tango Summits in Spain and Uruguay and
recently toured the US and Japan with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and members of the
Astor Piazzolla Quintet, appearing also on PBS and ABC. He is a member of
BMG artist Pablo Ziegler's Quintet for New Tango, with whom he recorded and
toured extensively in the US, Europe and Japan. He appeared at Carnegie
Hall and on PBS with "Tango Magic" and directed the New York Tango Quartet
in the 2000 JVC Jazz Festival also at Carnegie Hall.
Pablo has worked with artists as varied as film composer Lalo Shiffrin,
Grammy-winner singer Shakira, Grammy winner and Academy Award nominee Jorge
Calandrelli, Grammy nominated Argentine pianist Adrian Iaies, Grammy Winner
Argentine composer Carlos Franzetti, Osvaldo Golijov, Klezmer radical Frank
London, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. In addition to writing and
arranging for his own groups, Aslan wrote music for the New York-based
Tango Mujer and was arranger and musical director of Jenny Levison's
"Shtil, Mayn Corazon a Yiddish Tango Cabaret."
Aslan is also a scholar and teacher of tango music. He wrote his Masters
Thesis at UCLA on "Tango: Stylistic Evolution and Innovation", writes
regularly for Tango Times, La Voz del Tango, El Firulete, and was
Contributing Editor of La Posta del Tango. He has lectured on the history
of the tango at Wesleyan University, Stanford Tango Workshop, City
University of New York, University of North Carolina, Emory University, and
in several cities in the US and Europe. His "Musicality Workshop" is a
favorite among US tango dancers. Aslan is also devoted to the teaching of
tango musical techniques to North American musicians, holding workshops and
coaching bands throughout the country. He has coached Tango Number 9 (San
Francisco), Tango Divino (Seattle) and Extasis (Denver) in arranging and
performance techniques.
David Alsina (bandoneonist)
David Alsina, native of Buenos Aires, started performing at the age of
eight and composed over 100 original songs including musical pieces for
theatrical works.
David has been performing with the Miami City Ballet as bandoneon soloist
accompanied by philharmonic orchestra for more than 10 years. As bandoneon
player, arranger, and director of his group, David has performed in
Argentina, Uruguay, Perú, Venezuela, Mexico, Canada, Italy, and the United
States where he currently resides.
The music of his bandoneon has been acclaimed in concert halls such as
Carnegie Hall and Brooklyn Center (New York); Gusman Center, Dade County
Auditorium, Jackie Gleason, Bailey Concert Hall and Philharmonic Center
(Florida); Orange County Center (California); Ohio University, University
of Georgia and University of North Carolina.
Maurizio Najt (pianist)
Maurizio Najt has played a very important role as a tango pianist and band
leader in the New York tango renaissance and tango scene of the last decade.
He is a member of the acclaimed New York Tango Trio and The New York Buenos
Aires Connection, under the direction of master bandoneonist Raul Jaurena;
with these ensembles he has performed and toured extensively throughout the
USA, Europe and Russia. He has been guest pianist for the popular band
Tanguardia under the direction of bandoneonist Hector Tito Castro. And he
is the founder and director of the Trio Porteño, one of the top bands in
the New York tango club scene nowadays.
He has performed with the Panamerican Symphonic Orchestra in Washington,
DC; with the New York Tango Trio in Celebrate Buenos Aires! at the World
Financial Center in New York, and in Midnight Summer Swing at Lincoln
Center Plaza; with the Tango Camerata in Carrboro and Durham, North
Carolina, Washington DC and Denver, Colorado; with the Tango Meydl Company,
in Oregon; Quintango, Washington DC; and toured the US with Tango Mujer.
Jacqui Carrasco (violinist)
Jacqui Carrasco has performed as a soloist and chamber musician
throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, Mexico and Russia,
including solo appearances at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall and at the
Library of Congress.
Currently the violinist of the Cygnus Ensemble, the ensemble-in-residence
for the CUNY Graduate Center, she has also appeared regularly with New
York-based new music groups such as the S.E.M. Ensemble, Anthony Braxton's
Tri-Centric Ensemble, Newband and Musicians Accord. Ms. Carrasco has toured
extensively with the Mark Morris Dance Group, with whom she performed as a
soloist for the 2000 Kennedy Center Awards Gala Concert and CBS broadcast,
and has been a frequent guest at the June in Buffalo Festival and the
Foothills Music Festival in North Carolina. Also a noted performer of
Argentine tango music, she has joined cellist Yo-Yo Ma for Astor Piazzolla
tribute concerts and a PBS broadcast, and internationally renowned tango
musicians to make her Philadelphia Orchestra solo debut. After previously
teaching at Princeton University, she joined the faculty at Wake Forest
University in 1999.
