Nocturna wins Doble Ocho Concurso

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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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DIVERSI-TREE

3D Animation about the project 'DIVERSI-TREE', a social community LIGHT Artwork in the centre of Nijmegen from 12-14 march 2010, celebrating the 200 years excistence of the Republic of Argentine. Hands of Participants will be scanned and projected into the DIVERSI-tree that will virtually grow on the font wall of the LUX building in Nijmegen. The 1 euro fee for each participant will be directed to children street programme in Buenos Aires. The Art work will have it;s climax and end on sunday march 14 with an impressive Light Show covering the whole front of the LUX building.

Nijmegen starts new year in tango style

The new-year's reception of the city of Nijmegen was presented with the theme ; It takes 2 to tango ! Slowly but surely, the tango becomes more well known in Nijmegen to the general audience (it is already for more than 20 years very well known in the tango world) due to the Doble Ocho Tangofestival and this is supported by the city of Nijmegen, that recognizes the fact that Tango has also an economic value for the city of Nijmegen with the many national and international visitors to tango El Corte, Doble Ocho, and other initiatives.

Tangodancers made a little show on the main stage where Major Thom de Graaf held his newyears speach. Quinteto Tango Extremo played also on stage making the link to the Doble Ocho tangofestival in Nijmegen that will take place from march 17-21, with the kick off on march 17 with this Quinteto Tango Extremo and their theatre tour : Carnaval de Buenos Aires: mixture of Tango, Jazz and film ! On the main stage, on music by GOTAN PROJECT, the Artemiev duo performed their famous Tango trapeze act high above the heads of the spectators, and after this show, the Best Citizen of Nijmegen of 2009 was presented and honoured.
Tango Extremo and the dancers on the main stage

After the main presentations, the crowd headed for the drinks and the snacks and a tango salon started in another room, again with Live music from quinteto Tango Extremo. More than 30 couples crowded the floor and the room was filled with dancers and spectators.

3rd Tango Music Contest 'Concurso del Ocho' is open for registration

Finals : march 19 in Nijmegen during the Doble Ocho festival

New : Winner will play at the Doble Ocho festival on march 19, but also will be invited to Sitges tangofestival( Spain), Berlin Tangofestival, café Ada (Wuppertal) and other venues (conditions aply, see the concurso website)

This music contest is for amateur musicians, music students and semi-professional (tango)music groups and musicians worldwide. Concurso del Ocho want's to stimulate the creation of new innovative arrangements of existing compositions.

The participants are invited to re-arrange the song 'Buenos Aires'. (Music : Di Sarli , lyrics : Roberto Florio, Text :Manuel Romero) This song is chosen in reference of the 200 year celebrations of the existence of the Republic of Argentina in 2010. Music Score can be found here

Main Objectives
The concurso want's to stimulate and discover new musical talent and offer a podium for this talent and possibilities for a breakthrough in the professional circuit. Also the Concurso want's to be a meeting place for musicians worldwide, podium programmers, festival directors and music labels and of course tangodance and music lovers. With the professional jury the Concurso stands for quality and realises a selection in tango groups and musicians.

Jury 2009 Competition
- Dhr. Wim Warman
Piano player, Composer, teacher and trainee coordinator CODARTS Rotterdam
Pianist with Sexteto Canyengue in ’96
- Mr. Robert Schmidt
Pianist, initiated several tango groups in Berlijn such as Tango REAL and Sabor a Tango
- Mrs. Marie Cécile Moerdijk
Ethnomusicologist, Singer, Actress, Author // jury member for various competitions like the Elisabeth Concours
- Mr. Lukas Groen Composer and Conductor
- Ms. Maria José Ortiz Singer, guest teacher Rotterdam Conservatorium

New: For the 2010 edition several podia in Europe have given the intention to invite the winner of the competition. Deals have been made with Int. Tangofestival Sitges in Spain (july), café Ada in Wuppertal, Germany and in Holland De Toonzaal in Den Bosch. ( see rules )
New: Next to the main price we introduce the music stimulation price for amature musicians
(this price is for NON Conservatorium Students or semi-Profs)

Maria Fernandez and Norman Peplov, winners talent price 2009



more information :
http://www.doble-ocho.com/concurso/concurso88-eng.htm
tango@dds.nl

Tango on Unesco World Heritage list

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Tango was declared part of the world's cultural heritage by the United Nations on Wednesday and granted the international seal of approval Argentina and Uruguay have long sought for the dramatic dance and its sensual moves.

The 24 members of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee of Intangible Heritage granted the tango dance and its music protected cultural status at its meeting in Abu Dhabi.

The designation may make Argentina and Uruguay, which both claim to be tango's birthplace, eligible to receive financial assistance from a specialized fund for safeguarding cultural traditions. It will also help both governments justify using public funds to preserve their most famous export after to beef.

"We are very proud," Hernan Lombardi, the minister of culture of the autonomous city of Buenos Aires told the Associated Press on the phone from the Emirates' capital. "We hope this decision will help spread the tradition of tango all over the world."

foto : Lucien Lecarme
Tango emerged as a dance style in the late 1800s in the suburbs of Buenos Aires and Montevideo, Uruguay. It is popular in Europe, Japan and the United States. The recent spike in tango's popularity throughout the world is in part attributed to the Broadway hit "Forever Tango" and TV's "Dancing With the Stars."

"Tango is a feeling that can be danced, and that feeling of course is passion," Lombardi told the AP on Wednesday.

The popular image — willowy, spike-heeled women spinning, kicking and lunging across the floor in the arms of tuxedo-clad men — is known as show tango. The kind danced in milongas, or tango dance halls, is more waltzlike, but equally sensual.

Argentina and Uruguay have long been embroiled in a clash over the birthplace of the great tango crooner Carlos Gardel. They kicked aside their differences last year in a joint effort to persuade UNESCO to list tango among UNESCO's traditions worth safeguarding for humanity.

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