[PUBLIC EVENT 2014] TangoMundo plays Piazzolla: FRACANAPA [CD launch and concert] - PART TWO

This special concert will showcase the challenging works of Astor Piazzolla, performed by TangoMundo, who continue their ambitious Piazzolla Project with this latest CD Fracanapa.

We are honoured to have the CD launched by the Argentine Ambassador, His Excellency Pedro Villagra Delgado.

The TangoMundo ensemble is unique in Australia; specialising in both authentic tango standards and the repertoire of Astor Piazzolla, including many rarely-played works as well as his most popular songs. All arrangements are by Argentine tango scholar and composer Guillermo Anad (Académico correspondiente, Academia Nacional del Tango, Buenos Aires), and played by Anad on viola, Dave Evans on piano accordion and Faye Bendrups on piano and vocals.

Astor Piazzolla melded the best of traditional tango with Baroque fugue structures, jazz flourishes, echoes of klezmer and references to North American popular music styles. He had the vision and determination to reinvent this most emblematic of cultural expressions and to take it on the road around the world where he inspired musicians of all nations to take up the tango.