[Tango-A] EU-W: Announcing the Tango 59° Stockholm City orchestra: HYPERION ENSEMBLE with Luis Stazo

[Peter Bengtson]

Tango 59° Stockholm City is proud to present one of the foremost  
tango orquestas in the world - ENSEMBLE HYPERION, numbering seven  
instrumentalists of the very highest level.

Since its conception in 1992, the Hyperion Ensemble has developed a  
wide repertory of tango music and has performed at festivals,  
theaters, tango parties, and concert halls all over Europe, with more  
than 450 performances.

The Ensemble has collaborated with various bandoneonists as Daniel  
Binelli, Luis Stazo, Hector Raul "Tito" Cartechini, Peter Reil, Josè  
Luis Betancor, Marisa Mercadè, Massimiliano Pitocco, Gilberto  
Pereyra, Veronique Rioux, and others. These fruitful collaborations  
has added a deeper dimension to the Hyperion Ensemble's already  
intense, artistic character.

Hyperion's most notable appearances have been in: VI Cumbre  
Internacional del Tango Sevilla 2005, Festival d’Etè and Festival  
Couleurs Tango in Paris, London Battersea Arts centre, Lausanne  
Festival internazionale Tangofolie 1995, Freiburg, Stuttgart,  
Zaragoza, Malaga Theater Cervantes, La Versiliana, Vignaledanza,  
Teatro Nuovo di Torino, Arena del sole Bologna, Spoleto, Demotikè  
Theatro Kerkyra, Teatro San Babila Milano, in the Tangofestivals in  
Torino, Roma, Milano, Firenze, Venezia, Genova, Fivizzano etc.

In the month of may 2004 Hyperion has produced the show Boulevard  
Tango, with 4 couples of dancers, which has been performed in the  
last two years in several Italian theaters.

In summer 2005 Hyperion began the collaboration with an important  
dance company; AllthatTango, directed by Sebastian Arce and Mariana  
Montes. In summer 2005 the Ensemble also took part in the show Tango  
Nuevo with Roberto Herrera, and in the show Tango Metropolis with  
Claudio Hoffmann and the renowned bandoneonist Daniel Binelli.

 From September 2005 Hyperion also performs with another great  
bandoneon player: Luis Stazo, ex Sexteto Mayor. The Hyperion Ensemble  
actually released 4 cds: Livin Tango (1998) - Boulevard Tango (2000)  
- Corso Buenos Aires (2005) – Buenos Aires Hora cero (2006).

For more information, surf to http://tango59degrees.com.