Professional musician (BMus, Russia). Tango Quartet "Milonga De Cuatro" leader (piano/vocal). More than 20 years of performing experience in Russia (until 2002), South Korea (2002-2018), New Zealand (2018-till now).
Music interests: classical/ jazz/ modern/ tango nuevo.
Organisation/Company
Name: Tango Quartet "Milonga De Cuatro"
My Role: Producer/manager/musician
https://www.milongadecuatro.com/
Tango Quartet "Milonga De Cuatro" is the multinational team of musicians from Russia, Argentina, China, Serbia. We started in September 2018. Since then we performed in The Pumphouse Theatre, in Lewis Eady Showroom, Fringe Festival 2019, Auckland Heritage Festival 2019, Tango Rendezvous 2019, in Halswell Centre, Christchurch 2019. The current project Five Tango Sensations was played on November 15th, 2020 In Nathan Homestead.
Five Tango Sensations
Artform: Music
Development Status: Tour Ready
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Synopsis
The new program in 2020 is Five Tango Sensations.
Five Tango Sensations is a central part of the performing program. This is a masterpiece of Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla, where he expressed five different emotions/sensations through five tangos given in the titles: Asleep, Loving, Anxiety, Despertar (Waking up) and Fear. It was a debut performance for New Zealand.
The program also includes a few most well-known Piazzola's melodies: Oblivion, Triunfal, Libertango, Yo soy Maria from his tango-opera "Maria de Buenos Aires".
The other premiere: Eduardo Rovira's Taplala (tango) will a great surprise for the audience!
Title: Five Tango Sensations
Music: Astor Piazzolla, Eduardo Rovira
Duration: 80 minutes
Performers: Celina Reyes Badger (viola), Lian Jones (accordion), Natalia Meyta (piano/vocal), Marija Dimitrijevic (double bass)
Debut performance: November 15th, 2020 in Nathan Homestead, Auckland
Creative Team and Crew
Natalia Meyta (idea/arragement/promotion/managment)
Dmitry Konovalov (design/video/lighting/promotion)
Number of People in the Touring Party
4 musicians (viola/accordion/piano/double bass)
Previous Seasons
The Pumphouse Theatre, February 2019
Fringe Festival, February 2019
Lewis Eady Showroom, April 2019
Tango Rendezvous, September 2019
Auckland Heritage Festival, October 2019
Halswell Centre Christchurch, December 2019
Reviews and Quotes
"What a lovely evening of high quality musicians and beautiful pieces. A little piece of home from Buenos Aires to Auckland. Thank you so much" - Marien Vilnitzky Ward
[ on "Milonga De Cuatro" Facebook page, November 16, 2020 ]
Technical Rider & International Touring Info (if applicable)
- View/download document #1 here
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