featured artist
MAURIZIO NAJT (piano)
Maurizio Najt graduated in piano and composition from the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Buenos Aires. He played an important role as a tango pianist in the New York tango scene since the 90's performing with "Los Amigos del Tango", and with the acclaimed "New York Tango Trio", along with bandoneonist Raul Jaurena and bassist Pablo Aslan, with whom he toured the United States and Europe, and performed at the Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires in 2002.
As a member of the Forever Tango orchestra, Luis Bravo's Tony winning production, he toured the US, Mexico, Japan and China. Other performance credits include: Panamerican Symphonic Orchestra; Midnight Summer Swing at Lincoln Center Plaza; Alice Tully Hall, The Montclair Art Museum; Brooklyn's Museum of Art and El Museo del Barrio; and performances with Tito Castro's Tango Quartet, and Hector del Curto's Eternal Tango Orchestra.
As pianist for Japanese tango diva Anna Saeki, he toured Japan and Hawaii, as well as arranging and recording traditional tangos and Asian folk songs. As a composer and arranger he has written music for independent films, documentaries and musical theater including Don Quixxxote, which was nominated for an ACE award.
Recently he collaborated with Academy-Award winning film director Ang Lee, arranging and recording for the film Lust Caution.
http://www.maurizionajt.com
Maurizio Najt graduated in piano and composition from the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Buenos Aires. He played an important role as a tango pianist in the New York tango scene since the 90's performing with "Los Amigos del Tango", and with the acclaimed "New York Tango Trio", along with bandoneonist Raul Jaurena and bassist Pablo Aslan, with whom he toured the United States and Europe, and performed at the Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires in 2002.
As a member of the Forever Tango orchestra, Luis Bravo's Tony winning production, he toured the US, Mexico, Japan and China. Other performance credits include: Panamerican Symphonic Orchestra; Midnight Summer Swing at Lincoln Center Plaza; Alice Tully Hall, The Montclair Art Museum; Brooklyn's Museum of Art and El Museo del Barrio; and performances with Tito Castro's Tango Quartet, and Hector del Curto's Eternal Tango Orchestra.
As pianist for Japanese tango diva Anna Saeki, he toured Japan and Hawaii, as well as arranging and recording traditional tangos and Asian folk songs. As a composer and arranger he has written music for independent films, documentaries and musical theater including Don Quixxxote, which was nominated for an ACE award.
Recently he collaborated with Academy-Award winning film director Ang Lee, arranging and recording for the film Lust Caution.
http://www.maurizionajt.com
ZAC SELISSEN (guitar)
Zac Selissen is a guitarist, arranger and teacher whose performance of the guitar has earned him mastery of a wide range of music – from rock to jazz, bossa, and bluegrass, from classical to tango and flamenco. He spends his time arranging for his guitar duo, Duo Symphonious, his Argentine tango band, Tangonero, the University of St. Thomas Guitar Ensemble, and Out of the Chamber Arts Collective. Until his recent move to NY, he was on the guitar faculty of Community Music Center in San Francisco and New Mozart School of Music in Palo Alto.
As a member of Duo Symphonious, he was awarded the CMC Shenson Award for their original adaptation of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Ballet, and was awarded theCertificate of Honor by Mayor Gavin Newsom for their performance at San Francisco City Hall. With Tangonero he was awarded the CMC Shenson Award for their original stage production Malena. He has performed numerous festivals including the GFA Convention, Portland ValenTango Festival, Boston Tango Festival, andCotati Accordion Festival, and has shared the stage with Grammy Artists Jeremy Cohen, Pablo Aslan and British pop sensation Jamie Cullum. He earned his Masters of Music degree in Guitar Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under the instruction of Marc Teicholz and has received coaching from Sergio Assad, Su Meng and Yameng Wang, and Peter and Zoltan Katona.
http://www.zacplaysguitar.com
Special Appearance (Oct 8 & 9)
Duo Ramirez Satorre
(Adrian Ramirez on guitar & Hugo Satorre on bandoneon)
Hugo Satorre and Adrian Ramirez belong to a new generation of Argentine musicians that travel across the vast territory between academic and popular music. The duo was formed in 2008 with the purpose of exploring the music that Astor Piazzolla composed for two instruments. With this idea they recorded their debut album “Piazzolla de Camara” that was nominated to the Latin Grammy Awards in 2013. The project is now expanding, they’re incorporating works from other classical and contemporary Argentine composers of popular music to their repertoir
Duo Ramirez Satorre
(Adrian Ramirez on guitar & Hugo Satorre on bandoneon)
Hugo Satorre and Adrian Ramirez belong to a new generation of Argentine musicians that travel across the vast territory between academic and popular music. The duo was formed in 2008 with the purpose of exploring the music that Astor Piazzolla composed for two instruments. With this idea they recorded their debut album “Piazzolla de Camara” that was nominated to the Latin Grammy Awards in 2013. The project is now expanding, they’re incorporating works from other classical and contemporary Argentine composers of popular music to their repertoir
