Fabián Carbone Tango Ensemble brings to life the history of the River Plate region with a sonority as intimate as tanguística. The piano, the violin and the bandoneón, that are the bases of the typical orchestra, and unavoidable accomplices of the art of playing tango, introduce us to the Buenos Aires of the 20th century, where tango has developed to a level that allows it to be experienced by the audiences and venues of the whole world.

The fusion between the popular and the classic is present in his concerts where they play tango classics as El Choclo, Volver or La Cumparsita with Astor Piazzolla's music, which also takes elements of Bach, Stravinsky, Bartok and even some elements of jazz. In 2006 the project was initiated in order to recover the artistic inheritance of the golden decade of the Tango, during the 1940s when tango reached an interpretive maturity.

Carbone is recognized as one of the best bandoneón soloist based in Europe. With an extensive career, he studied tango composition attending classes with Rodolfo Mederos,. He has played in many international tango and contemporary music festivals and plays regularly as soloist in tango in some of the best meetings and milongas in Europe.

The history of Tango is fascinating and complex. The evolution of the dance has profound implications for the way we dance today, and Tango music has become one of the great World Music genres. The Fabian Carbone Tango Ensemble perform the story of dance, from its earliest stages, through to its worldwide success; from the Golden Age during the mid 1930s until the coup in Argentina in 1955, when the dark ages pushed Tango underground and was persecuted, up until the fabulous Tango renaissance which has, once again, spread the dance all over the world. An overview of the history of the music that will show us its evolution and the influences that formed it.

With this great concert you can dance to the classic pieces including those by Julian Plaza, Pugliese, Matos Rodriguez, Arolas, and a host of others. Or sit back and relax and listen to the melancholia of Piazzolla and Mederos.

FABIÁN CARBONE - BANDONEÓN & DIRECTOR

Born in Buenos Aires on 23th August, 1963. He is descendant from a family of a bandoneonist and tango musicians. In Argentina he studied bandoneón and composition with legendary masters such as Héctor Mele, Julio Pane and Rodolfo Mederos (The Daniel Baremboin bandonist) and finished his education in the “Escuela de música popular de Avellaneda”.

As soloist he paticipated in many international festivals (Poland, Mexico, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Canada, Venezuela and Argentina) as well as performing with well known orchestras like Orquesta Sinfónica de Canarias , Orquesta Sinfónica de Oporto, Orquesta Proyecto Gerard, Orquesta Camerata del Prado and la Orquesta Filarmonía de España.

During his career he performs in diverse tango instrumental formations , maybe the most relevant is "Tango Quattro", with very intense activity during the last 15 years. He has recorded 3 albums for Gyc records: “Fin de siglo” , “El arte del tango” and “Tango Che Passione”.

He was in charge of the direction and arrangements for bandoneón and string quintet of the "Concerto Porteño Sextet” performing the Piazzolla four seasons at the Teatro Real de Madrid. Another remarkable work was the direction of the Piazzolla's "Oblivion" with the great violinist Ara Malikian for the eighth edition of "Classic Popular" for the Spanish public television.

He recorded for the label C.B.C Records (Canada) the album " Tango Notturno " together with the prestigious and award-winning soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian. The presentation was held at the "Canadian Opera Company" in Toronto and in the "Chamberfest" of Ottawa.

He presented in 2009 his last CD: "Milonguero" with Rocio Terán and Sergo Lazarev at Granada Festival receiving the best critics in most specialized press.

NÉLIDA Y JORGE

Teachers, choreographers and professional dancers specializing in Argentinian tango since 1981. They received their artistic formation from important masters of tango in Argentina. During the last 10 years they have danced in the most important Spanish theaters like the “Kursaal of San Sebastian”, “Fígaro” or “Infanta Isabel”, and with different shows in many other venues and festivals around the world in Germany, Turkey, France, Lybia, Portugal, Israel, Italy, Finland, Switzerland, Bolivia, Chile, Poland, Argentina, Luxembourg, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Moscow, Leningrad, Armenia, Georgia and making the public quiver with their passion and energy that characterizes these great tango dancers.

Nowadays they are the main dancers in shows like, "Tango Azul", "El arte del tango", "Le Tango" and "Tango & Argentine Folk" touring with the highest level around Spain and Europe.

In 2010 they performed at the XIX “Awards of the Union Actors” in Madrid, “Celebration of the centenary of the Gran Via in Madrid” and at the “Christmas concert” with the famous Spanish singer Raphael broadcasted by TVE.