Astor Piazzolla News

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 featuring soloists Leonardo Suarez Paz on violin and Lisa Hansen on flute.

GatherNYC has announced the final 3 performances of its Spring 2022 season, held at the series’ new home at Museum of Arts and Design (MAD). The performances take place Sundays, June 5, 12 and 19 at 11am, and also feature a brief spoken word performance by Moth StorySLAM-winning storytellers and a collective celebration of silence.

The North/South Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Max Lifchitz gathers for their first live performance of the 2021-22 season the evening of Thursday, June 2.

The Centre des Musiciens du Monde unveils the programming for the 5th edition of Festival des musiciens du monde, June 16 to 19, 2022, at the Saint-Enfant-Jésus du Mile-End church and at Lahaie park.

Internationally acclaimed organ virtuoso Hector Olivera makes his Northrop debut in a program that features works by Meyerbeer, Elmore, Franck, Vierne, and more.

Dances We Dance (DWD), the newly created New York-based dance company, will present PASSAGES, its first self-produced season June 3-5, at the Theater at St. Jeans, 150 East 76th Street.   DWD is a small, dedicated team of dancers whose passion will bring to life the repertory works of Isadora Duncan and new choreography by Catherine Gallant and Francesca Todesco.

Leonardo Suarez Paz's PIAZZOLLA 100: “El Nuevo Tango” is set for MAY 14th at NYU Skirball. TICKETS can be purchased HERE.  The show is a genre-redefining, multidisciplinary, infused with jazz, rock, modern dance, and visual art - a tango performance for the new century. 

Igor Stravinsky's First World War music theatre piece tells the dark Faustian fable of a soldier who makes a trade with the devil on the promise of untold wealth and success... or so he is led to believe.

Special Offer - TANGO - like never before! Leonardo Suarez Paz's 'El Nuevo Tango' at NYU Skirball

Musical Remembrances, the new album from the Neave Trio (Anna Williams, violin; Mikhail Veselov, cello; Eri Nakamura, piano) is out today in digital formats with CDs to follow on May 6, 2022. 

The Milford Arts Council has announced the return of the sensational Argentine Guitar Duo, Saldaña/Bravo to the MAC stage after 16 years thanks to our New England Guitar Society. The duo originally performed to standing ovations in 2006, and now they're back for what is sure to be another outstanding performance. Both are honors graduates of Manuel de Falla Conservatory and the University Institute of Art.

On Friday, May 6 at 7:30PM, acclaimed composer Osvaldo Golijov’s poignant and emotional new work Falling Out of Time receives its New York premiere in Zankel Hall.

The Music Institute of Chicago has partnered with Strings of Latin America and the Reverón Piano Trio to produce Celebración de la Música Latinoamericana, a three-concert guest artist series featuring music by Latin-American composers at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston.

Crawford again joins forces with pianist Victor Santiago Asunción, and on three tracks with guitarist JIJI, perform a survey of Latin American music that includes works by Leo Brouwer, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Carlos Guastavino, Manuel Ponce, Egberto Gismonti, and Astor Piazzolla.

Following a sold-out performance at the famed “Ballena Azul,” CCK in Buenos Aires, the multifaceted “virtuoso extraordinaire,” (Wynton Marsalis), Leonardo Suarez Paz, brings his genre-redefining, multidisciplinary performance to NYU Skirball, sharing his unique vision of the genre across a century of immigrant struggles and triumphs. Leonardo honors his mentor, Astor Piazzolla, the Argentine born and New York raised composer by recreating Nuevo Tango as an evolving, daring, artistically complex, and emotionally moving art form.

On Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 7:00pm, multiple GRAMMY Award-nominated violinist Philippe Quint will return to Irvine Barclay Theatre in Orange County to present the West Coast premiere of his latest docu-concert experience: Astor Piazzolla at 100: Between Angels & Demons.

The Neave Trio (Anna Williams, violin; Mikhail Veselov, cello; Eri Nakamura, piano) announce Musical Remembrances — the Trio's fourth album with Chandos Records, which will be available digitally worldwide on April 29, 2022, with CDs following on May 6, 2022.

Smock Alley Theatre has announced selected summer theatre highlights. These include the Oscar nominated actor, Ciarán Hinds, who will star in Stravinski's The Soldier's Tale, as well as a production of Dubliners by Corn Exchange to celebrate Bloomsday. With world class theatre, music and performance, there is always something worth watching in Dublin's Oldest Newest Theatre.

THE DJANGO, downtown Manhattan’s premier jazz club, is celebrating the next generation of jazz with a special concert series this month. During the month of May, The Django welcomes rising stars as part of its new Next Gen Series.

Last season, Dutch National Ballet celebrated its anniversary by primarily showcasing Dutch choreographers, but this season the company will also turn the spotlight on prominent international choreographers as well as on major works from abroad. Dutch National Ballet will be presenting a season jam-packed with new creations as well as a few classics.