Leonardo Suarez Paz's PIAZZOLLA 100: Nuevo Tango Arts
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One of New York City's historic chapels is transformed into an elegant salon for a special evening of intimate chamber music, dance performance and art exhibit to celebrate December 11th - The International Day of Tango and Nuevo Tango ARTS.
This Gala celebrates our mission of unity through the arts and is a unique opportunity to connect with artists and community members. The program will showcase works in progress by the musicians of PIAZZOLLA 100 and Nuevo Tango Ballet, artwork by the children of "Paint the Music" workshops. Wine bar, meet the artists and more!
Featured artists include Artistic Director, Leonardo Suarez Paz, award-winning guitarist Greg Skaff and members of Nuevo Tango Ballet - Olga Suarez Paz, Francesca Antonacci, Mathilde Guerrero and Brianna Rivera.
COVID-19 Protocol: Proof of vaccination and ID are required to attend for everyone over the age of 12. Temperature checks will be conducted at the door. Masks are required during the showcase portion. ,
Leonardo Suarez Paz's PIAZZOLLA 100: El Nuevo Tango is made possible in part with public funds from Restart NY, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, support from the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and contributions from individual donors, through our fiscal sponsor, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA).
We've provided free programming through 2020 and 2021, ensuring that all of us have access to the arts, whether digitally or in person. We hope we can count on your support now in order to continue or mission of unity through the arts! Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to the project here: https://www.nyfa.org/fiscal-sponsorship/project-directory/view-project/?id=LP1642
Featured artist, Greg Skaff will perform "Histoire du Tango," playing violin and guitar duo with Leonardo Suarez Paz, as part of our works in progress for a multidisciplinary production of the same title.
Greg Skaff has earned a reputation as one of the guitarists in modern jazz. His credits include a five-year tenure in sax titan Stanley Turrentine’s band, masters such as Ruth Brown, Freddie Hubbard, David “Fathead” Newman, Gloria Lynne, Bobby Watson, Ben Allison, Bruce Barth, Orrin Evans, Joe Farnsworth, David Hazeltine, Victor Lewis, Ralph Peterson Jr., Jim Rotondi, and E. J. Strickland.
Skaff fronts a trio featuring jazz icons Ron Carter and Albert “Tootie” Heath in Polaris (SMK Jazz), his latest album. He has appeared at Blue Note, Birdland, Smalls, Mezzrow, Iridium, Zinc Bar, and Minton’s Playhouse to Italy’s Umbria Jazz Festival.
Leonardo Suarez Paz's PIAZZOLLA 100: El Nuevo Tango at FDR 4 Freedoms Park, NYC. 1. "Violentango" with soloist Leonardo Suarez Paz and Nuevo Tango Ballet (left to right: Brianna Rivera, Olga Suarez Paz, Mathilde Guerrero, Francesca Antonacci.) Art - Dede Wolff 2. "Libertango" with soloist Leonardo Suarez Paz and Nuevo Tango Ballet (left to right: Mathilde Guerrero, Carolia Cabrera-Volpe, Olga Suarez Paz, Francesca Antonacci, Brianna rivera) Art - Lulu Michelli de Ferrer. Photo: Diego Guallpa
Leonardo Suarez Paz's PIAZZOLLA 100: El Nuevo Tango at FDR 4 Freedoms Park, NYC. Nuevo Tango orchestra in "Chiquilin de Bachin" with soloists Leonardo & Olga Suarez Paz. Art - Lulu Michelli de Ferrer.
Photo credit: Diego Guallpa
Organizer Leonardo Suarez Paz's PIAZZOLLA 100
Organizer of Leonardo Suarez Paz's PIAZZOLLA 100: Nuevo Tango Arts
Artistic Director and “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)
PIAZZOLLA 100 is unprecedented in format and will take place in New York City, a city of great importance for Tango from Carlos Gardel in the 1930’s to Astor Piazzolla. Throughout the year of Piazzolla's centennial we will be offering a variety of programs including a chamber music program, an interdisciplinary show, 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.
