Quartango
Date: Sat Jan 23 • 2010
Tickets $26
Showtime: 7:30 pm
Four classically trained musicians come together to explore their passion for tango. Quartango takes tango in new directions, with impeccable arrangements, subtle and unexpected allusions to classical music, and a liberal dose of humor, all woven together by the elegant interplay of ensemble playing at its best. The four members are equally at home in an intimate chamber music setting, with a symphony orchestra or at a jazz festival. Their varied repertoire ranges from the best-loved classic tangos to tango Nuevo and Piazzolla and also explores other genres from jazz and ragtime to waltzes and Celtic jigs in its own inimitable style. Quartango has charmed audiences across Canada and in Tokyo, Taipei, Paris and New York. They stole the show at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops in 1996, and performed at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, with the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec and the National Arts Centre Orchestra.