Tango Aliado is a unique Amsterdam-based quartet with a
passion for Argentinian tango music: Françoise van Varsseveld (violin), Mariken
Zandvliet (piano), Lucas Stam (cello) and Gert Wantenaar (bandoneon). The
members of the quartet, all professional musicians, undertook a journey of
discovery into the works of the renowned Astor Piazzolla and other past masters
of the tango, including Carlos Gardel, Aníbal Troilo and Horacio Salgán. Tango
Aliado’s repertoire includes many self-made arrangements of these breathtaking
compositions.
The quartet’s musicians come from a variety of musical
backgrounds, from classical to light music and world music. Their paths crossed
at the conservatory and in the professional orchestral circuit, and the
connection they found encouraged them to continue as a group. Tango Aliado
performs with pleasure at various venues in The Netherlands and France where
their music and performances are consistently met with overwhelming enthusiasm.
This year they were already featured on Dutch national radio with a performance
coming live from the Dutch Royal Concert Hall in Amsterdam.
El Compás, the title of the album, stands for rhythm and
cadence, but also refers to a dance figure in the Argentine tango where one
draws circles with the legs. Tango Aliado is fascinated by the power of rhythm
in the tango. At the end of the 19th century, the towns on the Río de la Plata
were a big melting pot of different cultures, each bringing their own kind of
music. Rhythms from the habanera, milonga, candombe and tango waltzes flowed
together in the versatile tango music.
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