Quartett Escualo: Péter Ács – double bass, Zsolt Deli – accordion, István Kerek – violin, viola, Albert Mayer – guitar Featuring: Johanna Kulik, Josip Bartulovic – dance Cristóbal Repetto – vocals, Daniel Claudio Yaria, Juan Manuel Boyadjian, Angel Omar Godoy – guitar, Javier Casalla – violin Tango first emerged at the end of the 19th century in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and initially was regarded as the working class dance music of the city. Tango fed on the poverty of workers, the homesick...ness of immigrants and its emotional music made them believe that they were more attractive and successful than was probably the case. Astor Piazzolla, born in 1921, raised this tradition to new levels with his “new tango” which mixed it with contemporary music and jazz textures and brought it into the concert hall, heightening its drama, tragedy and passion. The programme by Quartett Escualo, which was formed in Budapest in 2002 and has been successful in a number of international competitions, is largely built on his works. They present unique arrangements and have invited two dancers who in 2003, were the only European dancers to reach the finals of the Buenos Aires tango world dance championships. Cristóbal Repetto exploded into the world of tango at the turn of the Millennium. Born in 1979, he grew up under the influence of northern Argentinean folk music and only “accidentally” began singing tango when he was seventeen, at a competition arranged for young tango singers. He placed third there but more importantly, the jury were knocked sideways by this long haired teenager in jeans and tennis shoes, whose voice seemed to be straight from the golden era of tango known only from old 78’s. After this unexpected success, he studied in Buenos Aires and after performing in local bars, began touring internationally. In 2004, he released his first much awaited album, the eponymous Cristóbal Repetto. Only three years later, and he is making his debut at the Palace of Arts. The musical culture of Spanish and Portuguese speaking territories, which extend from the Iberian Peninsula to Latin America is far too expansive to be able to explore adequately in three days. Latin is a kind of verbal shorthand which admits such diverse styles as Spanish flamenco, Portuguese fado, Cuban bolero and rumba, Columbian cumbia, Puerto Rican plena, Brazilian samba and bossa nova or even the music of Peruvian and Chilean Indians. This festival though is sufficient to give a taste and present it: Latin music can launch you without dance steps into another freer and more fascinating world.
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