Rotterdam Tango Transformations

2012 will be the year of transformations. A lot of things are changing at the moment and it seems that old patterns are not functional anymore in personal lifes and in society. The Rotterdam tango Transformations festival will look back and forward at the same time. Without the roots of tango we cannot make a vision of what awaits us in the future. So within classical tango festival structures we... will offer new ways and forms in tango like contact tango, Yoga and tango and seminars based on colours of our chackras. It is the first tangofestival in 2012 with a strong focus on the transformations that will take place in 2012 and we will focus on connections and deepened experiences using tango as a container for heart-contact, sharing and personal expression.

The festival also celebrates two main features of Rotterdam : the harbour and brilliant architecture and a lively world music scene and well known tango education at CODARTS. As a result of the latter the festival will have a strong live tangomusic input. During this event the semi finals of the concurso del Ocho will take place in WMDC, in coorperation with CODARTS Rotterdam, section Argentine tango. All international participants of this contest will play live at the festival.

The Urban quality is symbolised by Katendrecht, which has a history like Buenos Aires where sailors gathered in bars and visited illegal prostitution, a melting place of immigrants from different parts of the world. Katendrecht is now an Urban hotspot and develops rapidly, but still with the character and atmosphere from the recent past. The saturday main salon of the festival and tangocafe's will take place here, and the friday salon in CODART's WMDC/Grounds.

The festival is supported by the existing tangoschools in Rotterdam Cuartito Azul and TangoWorks and we work together to make a new atractive initiative in the city with the strongest vibrant artistic scene in the Netherlands at the moment: Rotterdam.
Programme

Friday january 20
Performance by OTRA (Orquesta Tanguera de Rotterdam Integrada por Alumnos)
WMDC / GROUNDS and Tango Salon 20.00 - 01.00
DJ Giggio Giovanni ( Moskow )

Afterpary/marathon 01.00 - 06.00

Saturday january 21
Seminars by ISMAEL LUDMAN
Ezequiel Sanucci & Lydia Muller
and tango & Yoga by Cathrin Alisch
Semi Finals of Concurso del Ocho with 4 international tango ensembles

SALON with Orquesta Tipica Budapest (http://orquestatipicabudapest.com/ )
and tango performances 20.00 - 01.00
De kantine, Theater Walhalla, Katendrecht
( DJ Jens Dorr , Koln )

Afterpary/Marathon 01.00 - 06.00

sunday january 22
seminars & tangocafe with World Music Gathering
14.00 - 23.00

more info coming soon via
www.rotterdamtangotransformations.nl

Introduction of a semi final during ZANGO festival Haarlem september 10

A Semi final will be introduced for the Concurso in Haarlem during the ZANGO Festival. More info about the assignment, the jury and conditions will be published on this website soon. The info will be also available through the ZANGO WEBSITE. The concurso is currently looking for more parters for semi finals throughout the Netherlands.

Tango music Competition
Doble Ocho organised in 2008 the first Concurso del Ocho, the Ocho. This new tangomusic competition is an initiative of Kunstburo and Tango Centre El Corte and is organised by kunstburo Lucien Lecarme. It started during the fifth Int. tangofestival Doble Ocho in march 2008. The competition is for amateur musicians, music students and semi-professional Argentinian tangomusic groups and musicians worldwide. Concurso del Ocho want's to stimulate the creation of new innovative arrangements of existing compositions, and the development of "new projects ".

Luis Stazo : Una Vida Feliz

We meet in '9 De Julio', according to owner Vittoria the only real Argentinean restaurant in Berlin. When I arrive Luis and Manuela Stazo are sitting at a small table in the bar section of this thoughtfully decorated restaurant, full of blue and white, and paintings created by Vittoria herself. It is a big contrast to its neighbourhood of grey buildings, gas stations, bed shops and other businesses plastered with sale-signs in NeuKöln, one of the poorer parts of Berlin.

I shake the old hand of the maestro, and notice that his fingers are bent, as if he were continuously holding a bandoneón. After a lifetime of playing this instrument this is a symbolic characteristic of Luis Stazo, one of the old masters of the Guardia Vieja, founder of the world-famous Sexteto Mayor, and still playing with his own Stazo Mayor, albeit only for performances in Europe.

Luis has found a place to rest in Berlin where he shares domestic bliss with his wife Manuela – after a lifetime of constant traveling, hotel rooms, playing and more playing. In response to a question about the differences between his life in Berlin and his life in Buenos Aires, Manuela answers that he actually never saw Buenos Aires very much during the time that he was (in theory) based there, being away on tour almost 11 months of the year.

His musical story starts at the amazingly young age of 9 years old when he already listens to the music of Troilo on the radio. He asks his father whether he can start to learn to play the bandoneón, and his old man decided to send him to a friend, a teacher at the Chopin conservatory just 50 meters away from his home. There he starts to learn piano and music theory, but not the bandoneón. But he soon finds the teacher he needs: José Liberteda. Here his successful life as tango bandoneón player starts, forming Sexteto Mayor in 1955 after working as an arranger for stars like Angel Vargas. Sexteto Mayor conquers the world, and Luis performs in front of stars like Pablo Picasso, Princess Diana, Shirley McClain, Prince Rainier of Monaco and also wins a Grammy award for Latin American Music. A quarrel with the second bandoneón player in the group led to him breaking with the Sexteto and after meeting Manuela in 2001, he got married in 2006, having already been living in Berlin since 2005. Tired of traveling, Luis took a break of 5-6 years from 2001 then formed his trio and later his sexteto Stazo Mayor, exclusively for concerts in Europe.

In my conversation with Luis, he offers the moment that he stopped smoking as being a key point in his life. He describes the life as a musician where friends would always ask him for a cigarette, or he gets a smoke from them. But when in 1986 a doctor discovered some heart problems, he was forced to stop. He then shows me a small sudoko book in his left pocket which is now, as he puts it, his ‘little smoke’


During the Berlin International Tango Festival 2009 I coincidentally booked into the same hotel as Luis Stazo and Alberto Podesta. In the morning, I hear the old gentlemen talk at a table right under my room in the garden of the hotel. Later that afternoon I am witness to the reunion of the two old maestros and Alfredo Marcucci. When Luis sees Alfredo coming out of the taxi, he shouts: ‘My Alfredissimo’ and the old men kiss each other on the cheeks (see video).
For Marcucci, Luis is young Luisissimo, and even now Luis speaks of Alfredissimo with a big smile on his face. Manuela tells me that they were already playing together at the age of eight! Their lives as active musicians divided them, but they kept in touch with regular phone calls. Also, Alfredo Podesta hadn’t seen Luis for more than 10 years when he sees him again in front of Hotel Beethoven in Berlin. That night, they played together on the Berlin Tango Festival, for what turned out to be the last time before the passing away of Marcucci in 2010.
© 2011 Lucien Lecarme



video of Luis Stazo meeting Podesta and Marcucci in Berlin , 2009 during the Int tangofestival Berlin.

to read the complete article, get the latest 2011 Doble Ocho newspaper or download it here

April 22, special Tangobazaar hosts Tangomusic Contest, tangofusion JAM, tangocafe, movies and a tangomarket

Nijmegen’s Kolpinghuis will host a special ‘Mercado de Tango’ or ‘Tango Bazaar’ on Friday April 22. It’s all about tango that Friday of the Festival, with the Music Contest, the Tango Music Fusion JAM, two special tango movies, a tangocafé with DJ James Bates, and a special room filled with all kinds of tango related stuff. Wine tasting, shoes, clothes, music CDs/DVDs and much more.

The finals of the Tangomusic contest will this year be boosted by the presence of tango maestro Luis Stazo. This will be an honour for us all, and a great opportunity for participating musicians to get some tips from one of the old maestros (founder of Sexteto Mayor); still alive, still playing! Look out for an article about Luis in the 2011 edition of the Doble Ocho festival paper, packed with personal anecdotes from his long and fascinating life.

One of the aims of the Tango Bazaar is to bring as many tango musicians as possible under one roof, so that the 2011 edition of the tango Music Fusion JAM will be packed with talented musicians ready to JAM for the dancers. This JAM is still one of Doble Ocho’s most creative elements, full of improvisation and a unique interaction between musicians and dancers.

info

Latin American mass in museum of Roman art: Misa Criolla in the Valkhof Museum

The Nijmegen Valkhof Museum is the city's museum of archeology and historical and contemporary art. On Easter Sunday, April 24, the foyer of the museum will play host to an iconic piece of Argentina's cultural heritage: a performance of Ariel Ramirez's 'Misa Creolla'. Set against a stunning backdrop of Roman artefacts from Nijmegen’s distant past, Argentinian music from Creole and Indian sources will fill the Museum. The soloist will be Argentinian tenor Javier Rodríguez, who is specially touring Holland in 2011 to perform this work. He will be supported by the Nijmegen Chamber Choir. The Misa Creolla ('Creole Mass') was originally composed by Ramirez in 1964, the year that the Vatican allowed masses to be written in different languages. It was made famous by the versions by José Carreras and Mercedes Sosa. It comprises 5 short pieces of music, which will be complemented by an extended musical programme consisting of selected tangos and Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco's ‘Romancero Gitano’.

Sunday April 24, Valkhof Museum 14.00 hrs. € 17,50
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april 3rd TangoMusic Route in Nijmegen presents live tango dance and music in shops

After a successful first edition of the Nijmegen Tango Route, on April 3 the centre of Nijmegen will be buzzing with live tango music and dance demos in shops, cafés and public places. More than 20 tango musicians will bring music to 10+ different locations, with a salon featuring Trio Nocturna in the public library and a grand climax in the Kolpinghuis from 17.00 with a free milonga – live music from the Origen tango sextet. Several streets will be transformed into authentic ‘Argentinian barrios de tango’, including the Houtstraat where several shops will be participating (and last year was the location for a spontaneous street milonga with live music). RBT-KAN and Ultimo Tango will be producing a flyer with full details, a map of the Tango Route and a list of all the participants.
video of last year, March 7 : Tango Music Route

Info also on www.vvvnijmegen.nl and www.doble-ocho.com/tangomuziekroute2011.htm

CD presentatie Trio Nocturna in Royal Class Tango

foto Michel Oehlen.

OP 19 maart presenteert Trio Nocturna haar nieuwe CD XONGO tijdens de Royal Class Salon in Rosmalen. Een album vol eigen composities, dansbare tango's, neergezet met een grote melodische verbeelding en ritmische finesse. Sensueel en subtiel, eigentijds en oorspronkelijk tegelijkertijd.

meer info over de salon & CD presentatie
website van Trio Nocturna
Luister naar enkele nieuwe tracks !

Tango Muziek Concours Concurso del Ocho opdracht voor 2011 : Cara Sucia

Het 'Concurso Del Ocho ' is een internationaal concours voor tangomuziek in de ruimste zin van het woord en wil amateurmusici, muziekstudenten en semi professionele tangomusici stimuleren tot het maken van nieuwe innovatieve arrangementen van bestaande nummers, nieuwe composities en nieuwe projecten. De 'Concurso del Ocho 'is een jaarlijks concours met elk jaar een nieuwe opdracht.

WAT kun je winnen ? klik hier !

2011 Opdracht
. Voor 2011, is het nummer : 'CARA SUCIA '

Hoe doe je mee ?

Dit zijn de stappen om een deelnemer te worden :
1. Schrijf je in door een mail te sturen naar: tango(add)dds.nl ( voor 1 april 2011)
2. Betaal de 75 euro inschrijfgeld LET OP ; STUDENTEN BETALEN GEEN INSCHRIJFGELD FIndien je wordt uitgenodigd voor de halve finale dan ontvang je 4 tickets voor de vrijdag avond salon twv 20 euro p/stuk.
3. De bladmuziek wordt opgestuurd naar de deelnemers of is te downloaden van deze site
4. Deelnemers maken een opname van hun nieuwe arrangement en sturen die digitaal op naar de organisatie NB Voor 1 april 2011
5. De finalisten worden uitgenodigd voor de finale op vrijdag 22 april 2011
6. NB Tangomuziek studenten en semi-professionele tango musici ( die verdienen 50% of meer van hun inkomen uit optredens ed ) spelen tijdens de finale Cara Sucia EN ook een eigen compositie !
7. Voor de 'Concurso del Ocho '2011 editie hebben weer diverse Europese podia hun interesse getoond de winnaar uit te nodigen. Overeenkomsten zijn gesloten met tangofestival BERLIN ( 9-13 juni), Int. Tangofestival tango Alchemie in Prague (16-19 juni), café Ada in Wuppertal, Duitsland en Holland De Toonzaal in Den Bosch. ( zie ook voorwaarden ) natuurlijk speelt de winnaar ook op de vrijdag avond salon van Doble Ocho waar de officiele Concurso Trofee wordt uitgereikt ( sponsored by El Corte.
8. Los van de eerste prijs introducereert het concurso ook de aanmoedigingsprijs voor amateur musici. Deze werd vorig jaar gewonnen door NORTENOS.

meer info hier

FAQ

Is er een aparte competitie voor echte amateurs ?
Neen, amateurs en semi profs zitten samen in de semi finale en finale, afhankelijk van de hoeveelheid inschrijvingen en de kwaliteit van de inschrijvingen

Is er altijd een semi finale en finale ?
Dit is afhankelijk van de hoeveelheid inschrijvingen en de kwaliteit van de inschrijvingen. Indien er 8 goed inschrijvingen zijn wordt er een semi finale georganiseerd

Wat is een semi prof op tangomuziek gebied ?
Volgens de voorwaarden, punt 4 , is een semi prof : Deze groep verdient meer dan 50 % inkomsten uit muziekbeoefening, maar is nog niet 'doorgebroken ', Dit is af te meten aan de hoeveelheid concerten per jaar en waar deze concerten plaatsvinden.

Wordt ik altijd uitgenodigd voor de (semi) finale als ik meedoe ?
Neen, dit is echt afhankelijk van de kwaliteit van je arragement en vooral de uitvoering daarvan, er volgt een eerste selectie hierop nog voor de (semi)finales

Mag iemand buiten de groep het arrangement maken ?
Ja dat mag, maar een groep die het zelf doet zal in het voordeel zijn. De uitvoering is een belangrijkere factor dan het zelf arrangeren

Tango Music Contest Concurso del Ocho new challenge : Cara Sucia

The competition 'Concurso del Ocho ' is for amateur musicians, music students and semi-professional Argentinian tangomusic groups and musicians worldwide. Concurso del Ocho want's to stimulate the creation of new innovative arrangements of existing compositions, and the development of "new projects ".

What can you win ? click here


2011 Assignment
Participants make a new arrangement of an excisting composition
For 2011, the new assignment is 'CARA SUCIA


How to participate?

These are the steps of becoming a participant :

1. Subscribe to this music competition by sending an email to tango(add)dds.nl ( before April 1 2011)
2.pay 75 euro sunbscription fee NOTE ; STUDENTS DON'T PAY THE ENTRY FEE ! For this money, they receive 4 tickets for the fridaynight salon of the festival.
3. The music score will be send to the participants
4. Participants make a recording on CD or digital of their arrangement played live and they have to send this to the organisation before april 1st
5. The finalists will be invited to participate in the final on friday april 22, 2011
6. NEW tango music Students and semi-profs will have to play Cara Sucia AND a home made composition during the finals !
7. For the 2011 edition several podia in Europe have again given the intention to invite the winner of the competition. Deals have been made with tangofestival BERLIN in may !, Int. Tangofestival tango Alchemie in Prague (june), café Ada in Wuppertal, Germany and in Holland De Toonzaal in Den Bosch. ( see rules ) Ofcourse the winner will also perform on the friday night salon of the Doble Ocho festival and the official Concurso trofee, both sponsored by El Corte.
8. Next to the main prize we introduce the music encouragement prize for amature musicians
(this prize is for NON Conservatorium Students or semi-Profs) Last year won by NORTENOS !!



find all the info and prices here :
http://www.doble-ocho.com/concurso/concurso88-eng.htm

CONCERT NARCOTANGO IN PARADISO 8 january

Narcotango, o.l.v. Carlos Libedinsky, werd in 2009 genomineerd voor zowel de Latin Grammy Award ('best tango album') als de Carlos Gardel Award ('best electronic album'). De laatste, vierde cd 'Limanueva' kwam uit in 2010 en was aanleiding voor een nieuwe wereldtoernee. Ook deze cd is genomineerd voor de Latin Grammy Award, van 2010. Neo-tango of Tango Nuevo is de verzamelnaam voor allerlei hedendaagse vormen van tango; muzikanten die vanuit hun eigen muziekstijlen een nieuw soort tangomuziek ontwikkelen.

De groep bestaat uit: Carlos Libedinsky - bandoneon, Fernando del Castillo - drums, percussie, samplers, Marcelo Toth - gitaar, basgitaar, samplers, Mariano Castro - piano, keyboards, basgitaar, samplers.

Als 'surprise-act' Miss Flora Gattina. Zij bereikte met haar paaldans-tango-act de finale van Holland's Got Talent 2010. Tangosalon vóór, tijdens en na afloop van het concert, tot 23.30 uur, met dj El Chino.

Concert met zit- en staanplaatsen.

Van 19.00 tot 20.00 Workshop NeoTango o.l.v. Karin Venverloo & Jelle de Vries. Deelname E. 10,00 p/p. Aanmelden: info@tangotalks.com.

Afterparty in Studio De Wit 24.00 - 3.00, info: www.tangotalks.com

video Miss Flora Gattina dancing on Tanghetto LIVE during Doble Ocho 2010

Brachen Siedlung Tangoshow & Salon3 oktober Arnhem

EN
In the context of the programme of Ruhr as Cultural Capital 2010, Doble Ocho persents a tangoproduction on three different locations in Holland and Germany in September & October. This special production is realized through a cooperation between German and Dutch tangodancers. On all three locations there will be a possibility to dance after the performance.

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Auf dem Kulturfestival Brachen-Siedlung präsentieren Arnheim und Nimwegen das Beste und Interessanteste, was die Gelderländische Grenzregion auf dem Gebiet von Kunst und Kultur zu bieten hat. Das Brachlandfestival findet an vier Wochenenden statt; das erste Wochenende in Nimwegen, danach zwei Wochenenden in Duisburg und abschließend ein Wochenende in Arnheim.


Uber die tango show„Verbindung“ ist das Leitmotiv im argentinischen Tango. Eine ausgezeichnete Metaphor für eine niederländisch-deutsche Zusammenarbeit. In dieser Vorstellung bewegt man sich gemeinsam, tauscht sich aus und werden die Grenzen von Sprache und Tanz erkundet. Nach der Vorstellung ist die Bühne frei für alle Tangueros und Tangueras aus den Niederlanden und Deutschland. Ein Tango DJ legt auf und es darf getanzt werden!

- Arnhem 3 oktober
tangoshow : 14.40 - 15.00
tangosalon 15.00 - 17.00
Locatie: Meijnerswijk 5
NEXT show & salon Duisburg Landschaftspark 26 sept
15.00 - 18.00 free entrance
Arnhem, 3 october 15.00 - 18.00 Meinerswijk




www.doble-ocho.com/brachensiedlung.htm

Orquesta Tipica Ciudad Baigon extra concert in Eindhoven 10-10-10

Ciudad Baigon

21st century. A new generation. A need slowly seeping through. The concept of Tradition starts to work no longer as a mirror, but as a bridge towards the unexplored. This formula brought about real team work, which forged the Typical Tango Orchestra: a formation responsible for The Golden Age of Tango Music. Henceforward, the task was to perceive the new society and to produce accordingly. Also, to explore urban folklore and arrive at two mandatory instances: to create the nonexistent and to boost what was already in existence, in the pursuit of excellence. To discover that social language in constant distortion; the same language that meanders generating new forms.

To discover the intangible logic which hangs to every breeze. And as a consequence, our first request: Permiso (Excuse me) - the first Tango composed by Ciudad Baigón : our opening gesture; and as an aftermath, our first album Ciudad Baigón. Then came the strategies to inaugurate new audiences; to perform street tango in Buenos Aires (with a piano on the sidewalk, literally!) Soon after that came our first encounter with the lands of origin: twelve musicians experiencing their initiation rites around Europe: Paris, Prague, Berlin, Milan, Zürich.

And on return, the big question: what..s going on with Tango today? And the answer opens up new projects: the era of rush without a substance must come to an end. We must find the pillars of tradition but ignore traditionalism; and generate concept. Integrate. Investigate the city..s past history. And then, the breakthrough: Destierro –our second album; and the same idea lives on in new tango after tango. We find out who we are; we arrange tango masterpieces, challenging the established culture; we celebrate each revival.

And then, we revisit them over and over again.Origin of western music, finishing line after over a century of blending Europe and America. And from then on, the last rung (rather the first of our extended, new phase): to conceive a new space for this current, this generation; to inaugurate the Ciudad Baigón nights. To develop this concept and impregnate it with life. In short, to conjugate Tango in the present tense.

start salon 17.00
start concert : about 19.00
entrance : 5 euro
Location : Scala, Eindhoven, Kanaalstraat 6




Tipo Tango Eindhoven
website
info on myspace

Tangosalon en optreden tijdens Nijmeegs Uitfestival 10-12 september

Doble Ocho presenteert een tangodansproductie met vier dansparen uit Nederland en Duitsland tijdens het Nijmeegse Uitfestival 10-12 sept A.S. In het kader van Brachen Siedlung - een rondreizend Kunst- en Cultuur Festival - zal er om 15.00 uur een tango optreden plaatsvinden in het Hunnerpark (achter het Valkhofmuseum) met aansluitend rond 15.30 een gratis tangosalon.

Optreden: 15.00 - 15.20 uur
Salon: 15.30 - 17.30 uur
Toegang is gratis

Voor meer informatie, locatie, volledige programma: klik hier

Doble Ocho presents a tangoproduction with four dancecouples from Holland and Germany during the Uitfestival in Nijmegen. In the context of Brachen Siedlung - a traveling cultural festival - there will be a tangoperformance with an open air tangosalon afterwards. The performance will start at 15.00h in the Hunnerpark (behind the Valkhof Museum).

Performance: 15.00 - 15.20 uur
Salon: 15.30 - 17.30 uur
Free entry

More information: click here

EN LAS SOMBRAS, multi media Tango show at the Castle Amerongen

On 16 September 2010 tango dancer Christiane Palha and (on special invitation) tango dancer Esteban Moreno will present at Castle Amerongen (the Netherlands) a special tribute to tango music and dance, titled: EN LAS SOMBRAS.
This special evening will be the start of a new bimonthly tango tradition at the recently restored castle.
The special combination of music, dance and film offers a highly esthetical and involving story, highlighting the passionate essence of the tango. Guided by the captivating music of amongst others Astor Piazzolla the traditional mystery and improvisations of the tango are shown. The live video projections are inspired by the Argentine poem ‘EN LAS SOMBRAS’ (Manuel Meaños, 1936).
Dancers Christiane Palha and Esteban Moreno combine in cooperation with Gustavo Beytelmann, Andre Heuvelman, Santiago Cimadevilla, Micha Molthoff and video maker Altin Kaftira their artistic qualities, resulting in an evening of synergy and serendipity. With her beauty, history, nature and style Castle Amerongen with her premises offers the perfect location for this special event.

LINEUP:

Dance:
Christiane Palha (Brasil)
Esteban Moreno (Argentina)

Musicians:
Gustavo Beytelmann : piano
Andre Heuvelman : trumpet
Santiago Cimadevilla : bandoneon
Micha Molthoff : violin

website : click here

Doble Ocho presents in september 2010: a Tangoproduction during Ruhr 2010 Cultural programme

In the context of the programme of Ruhr as Cultural Capital 2010, Doble Ocho persents a tangoproduction on three different locations in Holland and Germany in September. This special production is realized through a cooperation between German and Dutch tangodancers. On all three locations there will be a possibility to dance after the performance. For more information: click here

Nocturna in Café Ada

After several shows in Holland and playing at the Berlin tangofestival, Nocturnos, winner of the Concurso del Ocho 2010, will play at Café Ada in Wuppertal on the 4th of September. The concert starts at 20.30 and afterwards there’s a open-ended milonga. The entrance fee is 8 euros (incl. milonga) For more information concerning the group and music of Nocturna:click here and the programme in ADA, click here

VIDEO Nocturna plays in Int. Tangofestival Berlin 2010

Norteños in the Toonzaal

On the 2nd of October Norteños plays at the Toonzaal in Den Bosch. This tango-ensemble has strongly evolved after winning the Concurso del Ocho encouragement prize. The ensemble has been extended with new, enthousiastic musicians and built out their repetoire. Inspired by the first vocal tango’s (the tango canciones) from the years ’20 till ’50, they will play their beautiful oeuvre to listen and dance to at the opening of the tangoseason in Musiccentre De Toonzaal.
view the flyer

Nocturna wins Doble Ocho Concurso

foto: Michel Oehlen order photos of doble ocho from Michel Oehlen here

Trio Tango Nocturna won the 3rd Concurso del Ocho, the international Tango Music Competition held in Nijmegen on march 12th. The Encouragement price was given to NORTENOS.

Nocturna was immediately invited by a delegation of Cafe Ada from Wuppertahl to perform there later this year, and also the INTERNATIONAL TANGOFESTIVAL BERLIN send Hauke Juranek to invite the Trio Nocturna. As result of a coorperation with these international festivals, the winner has the oppertunity to play on these festivals when the organisation agrees and when the winner fits in the festival programme. Also negociations with the Sitges festival may lead to a performance in Spain later in july.

Nocturna will perform on the openingnight of the Berlin festival on may 19th/ See their website here


Nocturna (‘of the night’) is the title of a fast milonga from the Argentinean tango repertoire. The music of Trio Nocturna is in an original way based on this repertoire. The trio consists of Charlotte Dupuis (voice, violin) Mirek Walton (guitar, piano) and Boris Franz (double bass). The repertoire of Trio Nocturna includes new arrangements of tango classics (e.g. of A. Piazzolla en S. Piana) and contemporary compositions by Mirek and Boris. The diversity of influences is audible on the debut album of the trio: Milonga del norte (February 2009). The members of the trio graduated from various conservatories and each has a diverse musical backround. Their strong musical connection comes forward in poetic, quite dance-able, joyous and melancholic tangomusic.

go to the Nocturna website here

Juan Carlos Caceres in Nijmegen, march 13

CONCERT
SATURDAY MARCH 13

JUAN CARLOS CACERES
Murga Argentina


place : Mirror Tent Centre Nijmegen ( Koningsplein)
admission : 15 euro
time : start concert 20.30

Possessed by a strong magnetic tellurism, Cáceres was always to be found within the limits of the hurricane’s eye. He arrived in Paris – was it mere chance? – in May 1968. He was not looking for a beach under the cobblestones, but he found one. In Buenos Aires, where he was born, he had been the factotum of the Existentialist Scene. Student of Fine Arts during day time, trombonist at night, agitator, a force of nature, he became the attraction of the mythic Cueva de Passarato, a jazz club and epicentre of revolutionary trends. There converged beatniks, upper class chicks and future Maoist guerrillas, often combined in a single individual.

Cáceres, a tsunami of magma and champagne, was the man in charge. Until one day he answered the calling. In Paris he played with the artist Marie Laforêt, founded the bands Malon and Gotan, painted, produced shows, taught History of Art and did research on the roots of the River Plate’s music. Today he still lectures on the subject, but, above all, he composes and sings, with a lion’s voice, the most relevant pieces that mark the rebirth of tango, candombe, murga and milonga. Caceres is inspired, impetuous, passionate and fiery at this. This youngster, born in the 40s, is the reference for creators in and out of Argentina and Uruguay. The River Plate, the widest river in the world, separate these two countries, that once were one. Cáceres drinks these rhythms that Cáceres brings from the past, to move the present and point to the future.

Modernism is found in the beginnings.



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Tanghetto Concert & Tanguerilla VJ show at Doble Ocho 2010

For the 2010 Fusion Night we present one of the best Venues of Nijmegen, a very special location that is hard to get in Nijmegen: the Waalzaal of the Nijmegen theatre just adjacent to the Keizer Karel square. This venue seems to be made for tango with a brilliant dancefloor and fashionable design. It is the perfect place for the first full live concert of a tangoband on the thursday of Doble Ocho history: TANGHETTO. They will play danceable sets and a lot of stuff from their new album. This is not only the result of their recognition and popularity in Europe and the rest of the world, but also in Argentina. The concert is supported by VJ visuals on stage. But not only on stage.



VOLKER MARSSCHAUSSEN will present his TANGUERILLA experience at Doble Ocho Fusion night 2010. The tanguerilla merges lights, music and roomfilling, interactive videoprojections with up to 6 projectors at max. 40m screens to an immersive audiovisual tango production. The tanguerilla is far away from being an exhausting art event, it has preserved the melancholical essence of the tango flavored with contemporary musical ingredients hosted by DJ-VJ Volker.

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