photo credit:

Oscar Balducci

PABLO ZIEGLER

TRIO

for NEW TANGO

 

Saturday 

September 11

8:00 pm

DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE, ASHEVILLE                        

 

Latin GRAMMY winning pianist comes to Asheville

     Argentinean pianist Pablo Ziegler’s Trio for New Tango blazes emotion-rich trails by melding tango with jazz to create unique music that earns abundant acclaim for its depth and potency. The New York Times declared, “Ziegler’s group maintains the essence of the new tango, translating structural experiments into mood swings: astringent to sultry, gruff to tender, agitated to buoyant” The response of The Savannah Morning News: “If you’ve never experienced tango, this new jazz-tinged tango may be for you. Ziegler’s music carries all the weighty seriousness of life, complete with all the carefree, improvised trappings of hope.”

      Pablo Ziegler began performing classical repertoire at the age of 14. In the early 1960’s, influenced by Bebop and Dixieland music, he began playing jazz. It was while performing and arranging jazz that he formed the Pablo Ziegler Trio, which reflected Ziegler’s musical background through the presentation of jazz arrangements of classical music.

       In 1978 Ziegler was invited to join Astor Piazzolla’s New Tango Quintet. Piazzolla is widely regarded as the leading exponent of the instrument bandoneón in the twentieth century. Bandoneon resembles a small accordion, but, unlike the piano accordion, the bandoneón does not have keys as per a piano, but has buttons on both sides. For the next ten years Ziegler performed at prominent venues with this group throughout Europe, Japan and North America, such as the Montreal Jazz Festival, Nice Jazz Festival, Sapporo Jazz Festival, Central Park SummerStage, and the Istanbul Festival.

photo credit:

Sergio R. Reyes

      Pablo Ziegler formed his own Trio for New Tango in 1990, blending classic tango rhythms with jazz improvisations, something that previously had not been part of the tango lexicon. Howard Reich of The Chicago Times said, “There’s no question that Ziegler takes the tango to levels of sophistication and refinement probably undreamed of by Piazzolla.” Eric Salzman of Stereo Review, writing of Ziegler’s CD “Tango Romance”, affirmed that the CD “solidifies Ziegler’s stature as the outstanding representative of the nuevo tango in his generation.” It was in 1998 that Ziegler recorded Tango Romance for BMG with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Other orchestral engagements have included the Sydney Symphony and the Stavanger Symphonic Orchestra of Norway, among others.

Hector Del Curto

      Ziegler’s stellar band mates, Hector Del Curto, bandoneon, and Claudio Ragazzi, guitar, have earned superb reputations for their playing with Ziegler and their own groups. Born in Buenos Aires, Del Curto has toured the world, both as soloist and chamber musician, having shared the stage with the renowned Astor Piazzolla, Orquestsa Sinfonica de Buenos Aires, and many others. In reviewing a performance at Carnegie Hall, The New York Times commented, “Del Curto plays wistful, piercing solos….”

photo credit:

Sergio R. Reyes

Claudio Ragazzi

       Guitarist Claudio Ragazzi was graduated Magna Cum Laude in Jazz Composition and Arranging from Berklee College of Music in 1984 and earned the Duke Ellington Master’s award and the Boston Music Awards that same year. Ragazzi relishes his complex role in Ziegler’s Trio, namely carrying the bass line while also playing chords. For the past ten years he has scored music for film, theater, and ballet, as well as performing with his own group and as sideman.

photo credit:

Sergio R. Reyes

      Since 2002 Pablo Ziegler has been presenting his group once a year, at the Jazz Standard in NYC with guest artists, including Paquito D’Rivera, Stefon Harris, David Sanchez, Randy Brecker, Gil Goldstein, James Carter, Edmar Castañeda, Dave Samuels, Harry Allen, Kenny Garrett and Nestor Torres. He performed at the Piano 2003 Festival in Manchester, UK, and he has done 16 European tours to date. Mr. Ziegler’s performances in recent  seasons have included several important venues and festivals throughout the U.S., including Carnegie Hall (as part of the JVC Jazz Festival with guest artists Paquito D’Rivera, Joe Lovano and Gary Burton), the Savannah Music Festival, Blue Note Jazz Club, Chamber Music Albuquerque, and many more. Important international engagements have included the Umbria Jazz Festival (with guest artists Paquito D´Rivera, Joe Lovano and Richard Galliano), Theatres in Haifa, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, twice at The Lapataia Jazz Festival in Punta del Este (Uruguay), and the Verbier Festival (Switzerland), as well as performances in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, England, Sweden, Slovenia, France, Luxembourg, Spain, Italy and Greece. 

      Mr. Ziegler's compositions are performed and recorded by many musicians throughout the world.

 

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