[Tango-A] Live tango music coming to Minneapolis

[Lois Donnay]

Minnesota is honored to bring in one of the masters of the bandoneon from
Buenos Aires. Manuel Garcia started studying the bandoneon at 13 years old.
His teachers were Fermin Favero, Luppi and Omar Valente, among others, all
of them accomplished musicians in the Golden Age. At 17 he joined the
orchestra of Omar Valente, traveling to different cities, and had a brief
stint in the orchestra of Roberto Calo.
When tango became less popular, he joined the Symphony Orchestra of the
Teatro Argentino de La Plata city as deputy bass trombone solo for nearly
26 years. Also,  he played with the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Teatro
Colon in Buenos Aires, accompanying many different artists, including
 Pavarotti. Returning to the bandoneon in 1999, he was in a tour with the
Ballet Folklorico of the University of Buenos Aires, representing Argentina
in Europe, visiting various cities in France and Belgium and accompanied
soloists.
In 2000 he founded the Quartet of the Bank. It was composed of acoustic
instruments, flute, acoustic guitar, the instruments from the earliest days
of tango.  In 2012, he founded La Vuaturé, a group that travels different
stages of tango, traditional with piano, bass, violin and accordion. Luis
Castillo, pianist, creates the group arrangements and will join him on this
visit. Luis has played on different stages in tArgentina, such as Teatro
Argentino of the city of La PLata, Teatro Coliseo Podestá, Teatro Municipal
Gral. San Martín, in the Jazzologia and Mardel Jazz. The virtuos Greek
saxophonist George Daravelis two of Luis's arrangements: Contrabajeando and
Libertango, both Astor Piazzolla Protypo at the Conservatory of Eastern
Athens
His daughter Cecilia will accompany them as violinist, with other
instruments from local tango orchestras. This will all happen from October
6th to October 16.  Stay tuned for more details!

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Lois Donnay
www.mndance.com
Minneapolis, MN USA
612.822.8436