Leonardo Suarez Paz's PIAZZOLLA 100: SYMPHONIC TANGO

​Artistic Directorand“virtuoso extraordinaire,”Leonardo Suarez Paz, creates across cultures and genres, continuing a family legacy of over 100 years in the genre, beginning with Gabino Ezeiza to Fernando Suarez Paz who was instrumental in creating the Nuevo Tango alongside Piazzolla, the Argentine-born and New York raised composer whose centennial we are celebrating.  Following in the footsteps of his mentors Astor Piazzolla and Horacio Ferrer, Leonardo“shows us how easily we can communicate across cultures if the desire and effort are there.”(Wynton Marsalis, Artistic Director Jazz at Lincoln Center)Directors Leonardo & Olga Suarez Paz are currently the Dean's Artists-In-Residence at NYU.PIAZZOLLA  100is unprecedented in format and takes place in New York City  a city of great importance for Tango from Carlos Gardel in the 1930s to Astor Piazzolla.  Throughout the year of Piazzolla's centennial, we offered diverse programs including a chamber music program, multidisciplinary shows, art exhibits,  film screenings, a literary night, and a series of master classes and lectures, bringing together top artists from all disciplines who form a part of the genre's renewal and highlights the importance of women in post Piazzolla Nuevo Tango.  We offer a touring format of PIAZZOLLA 100 worldwide "El Nuevo Tango"  which in 2022 took place at the "Sala Ballena Azul" at the Centro Cultural Kirchner in Buenos Aires, Argentina in March, closing the Piazzolla Centennial cycle. For us, this marks a new century of Tango and its evolution and we are thrilled to share the legacy, innovation, and creativity that this artistic language has to offer with as many audiences as possible.

Leonardo Suarez Paz's PIAZZOLLA 100

N/S Consonance Orchestra plays Ginastera, Piazzolla,  Suarez Paz and Lifchitz.  Soloist - Leonardo Suarez Paz. Guests - Nuevo Tango Ballet

Chapel of the Good Shepherd

Demonstrating Nuevo Tango as a contemporary art form  across all disciplines while emphasizing its  evolution and relationship to Jazz, Contemporary Classical and popular genres, fostering the creation of new works and cross cultural collaborations.

Leonardo Suarez Paz's PIAZZOLLA 100 presents "Symphonic Tango" in collaboration with the North/South Consonance Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Max Lifchitz, who leads the orchestra in its 42nd season and soloists Leonardo Suarez Paz on violin and Lisa Hansen on flute. Dedicated to featuring vocal, instrumental, and new music from the Americas, the orchestra will perform compositions by Astor Piazzolla, Alberto Ginastera, Max Lifchitz, and Leonardo Suarez Paz, featuring his tango violin concerto Nuevos Aires, with bandoneon and cello concertante, Rodolfo Zanetti and Daniel Miller performing. Nuevo Aires was composed as a commission from the North/South Consonance Orchestra which first premiered the concerto in 2017. Special guests - Nuevo Tango Ballet under the direction of Olga Suarez Paz with members Mathilde Guerrero and Leslie Anne Kilpatrick.The program is FREE but a donation of $20 is suggested in support of public programming by PIAZZOLLA 100. Donations can be at the door or patrons may <a href="https://www.nyfa.org/fiscal-sponsorship/project-directory/view-project/?id=LP1642" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">DONATE HERE</a>In "Symphonic Tango" Leonardo Suarez Paz continues to expand a new vision of Argentina’s rich culture, by taking it beyond the musical and metaphysical boundaries of his homeland and into the international world of contemporary music with all the influences that have made him the artist he is today, the sounds and personality of Tango, contemporary harmonies and rhythms of Nuevo Tango and influences from Classical and Jazz music. The June 14 program features guest artists from the Nuevo Tango Ballet under the direction of Olga Suarez Paz, as an integral aspect of Leonardo Suarez Paz's PIAZZOLLA 100 and its multidisciplinary nature. Nuevo Tango Ballet aims to expand Tango's boundaries and perception as an artistic language by contemporizing the traditional form with elements of modern dance, and classical ballet, and, creating new narratives, reexamining gender roles and themes of liberty, inspiration, and love. The concert takes place at the acoustically superior Landmarked Historic Chapel of the Good Shepherd.More About the Project: Leonardo Suarez Paz’s PIAZZOLLA 100 celebrates creative liberty and the invaluable contribution of immigrants and women to society, starting with our namesake whose centennial we celebrate. Astor Piazzolla, the Argentine-born and New York raised composer who mentored Leonardo Suarez Paz now leads this cross-cultural, interdisciplinary project in order to demonstrate how the desires, values, and artistic influences of immigrants in conjunction with local cultures continue to fuel the evolution of Nuevo Tango, Jazz, and Classical genres and enrich our society. The project recreates Nuevo Tango as an elevated, contemporary, relevant art form, infusing it with modern choreographic elements and influences from classical, jazz, and popular music. Leonardo Suarez Paz's PIAZZOLLA 100: "Symphonic Tango" is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts and contributions from individual donors, through our fiscal sponsor, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). The June 14th Program is made possible with support from the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) and Music Performance Trust Fund. Leonardo Suarez Paz's PIAZZOLLA 100 operates as a non for profit 501 C 3 organization. Your support and donations help create free public programming, making the arts accessible to all New Yorkers. Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution toward this endeavor:<a href="https://www.nyfa.org/fiscal-sponsorship/project-directory/view-project/?id=LP1642" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">DONATE HERE</a>Ticketing &amp; Covid Protocol: Seats are issued on a first-come basis. Donors receive a seat reservation with any donation of $20 or above. Any unused reservations will be released by 7:30 PM. Vaccination is no longer required to attend, however, masks are required for all audience members above the age of 2. If you are experiencing symptoms of illness, please refrain from attending and return your ticket.

Special guests for the June 14th program - Nuevo Tango Ballet under the direction of Olga Suarez Paz (photo credit: Becca Oviatt/Becca Vision)

Violin Soloist - Leonardo Suarez Paz

The performance will take place at the Landmarked Chapel of the Good Shepherd, provided by the Roosevelt Island Operation Corporation.

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