Join us for a unique multidisciplinary program featuring the world premiere of The Rites of Love, a new composition by Leonardo Suarez Paz performed by the two-time Grammy-nominated Cuartetango String Quartet, along with special appearances by members of Cuartetango Music & Dance Co., Nuevo Tango Ballet and a post-concert milonga to the music of Suarez Paz TANGO Orchestra. Leonardo Suarez-Paz follows in the footsteps of his mentor, Astor Piazzolla—the revolutionary Argentine-born, New York-raised composer who pioneered the creation of new tango. Described by Wynton Marsalis as a “virtuoso extraordinaire on the violin,” Suarez-Paz creates an “ingenious musical concept” (The Day, CT) with Cuartetango, a quartet that “personifies and embodies the authentic spirit of Tango” (Latin Grammy). In The Rites of Love, a four-movement journey from pain to joy, Suarez-Paz advocates for freedom of expression and the right to love without fear. The program also features nuevo tango works for string quartet and bandoneon, with special guests Rodolfo Zanetti on bandoneon, the Nuevo Tango Ballet, and artists from the Cuartetango Music & Dance Co. The concert will conclude with a mini-milonga, inviting the audience to dance tango to live music. Cuartetango String Quartet has been celebrated on prominent stages, including Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Chautauqua Institution, live at the Latin Grammy Awards, and Teatro Colon Opera House in Buenos Aires. The award-winning ensemble features Leonardo Suarez-Paz (violin I, voice, director), Francisco Salazar (violin II), Jon Weber (viola), and Danny Miller (violoncello). Cuartetango String Quartet is part of a multidisciplinary nuevo tango project, PIAZZOLLA 100. This premiere of The Rites of Love is made possible by funding from NYSCA, LMCC, and support from the New York Foundation for the Arts.

Tickets start at $20 and are available at: https://www.suarezpaztango.com/the-rites-of-love.html

Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to Leonardo Suarez-Paz’s PIAZZOLLA 100 to help support new works & public programs through our fiscal sponsor, New York Foundation for the Arts: https://www.nyfa.org/fiscal-sponsorship/project-directory/view-project/?id=LP1642

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ABOUT Leonardo Suarez Paz’s PIAZZOLLA 100 — www.piazzolla100.com Leonardo Suarez-Paz’s PIAZZOLLA 100 is a multidisciplinary performing arts project that draws on the common roots of tango, jazz, classical, and popular genres as shaped by the culture of African and European migration to the new world. The project is named after Leonardo Suarez-Paz’s mentor and family friend, Astor Piazzolla, the Argentine-born and New York-raised composer who revolutionized 21st-century music. We honor his legacy by demonstrating the genre’s continuing evolution. Our mission is to further tango as a contemporary art form across all disciplines through live music and dance performances, exhibits, recordings, film, and education. To continue the genre’s evolution and its relationship with jazz, contemporary classical and popular genres, challenge artistic and sociocultural constructs and promote cross-cultural collaboration.

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