The ensemble consists of virtuoso instrumentalists who have played the main stages of the US, including Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, and Lincoln Center. The combination of Pedro's innovative compositions and arrangements, as well as his interpretations of the great tango masters from Pugliese to Piazzolla, and the impeccable musicianship, make for an unusually appealing performance.
Latin GRAMMY Winner
"Pedro Giraudo’s purposeful, imaginative and inventive music has rightly gained its own following. . . the sound world is decidedly big and bold, the music radiates a sense of purpose” — LatinJazzNet.com
Kenny Garret, Regina Carter, Nestor Torres, Miguel Zenon among many others.
Pedro Giraudo has also been the musical director of Tango for All’s ‘Blind’, Mariela Franganillo Company’s “Tango Connection” and “Tango Recuerdo” and performed with U.S.’s most prominent tango ensembles including ‘Forever Tango’, Hector Del Curto’s Eternal Tango, Fernando Otero’s X-Tango and Daniel Binelli’s ‘Tango Metropolis’. He has participated in numerous jazz and music festivals throughout the North America, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia, and performed in venues such as The Blue Note (Japan & USA), Birdland (Austria), London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, Jazz Festival Royale in Thailand, Kennedy Center (Washington DC), Iridium, Jazz Standard, Blue Note, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall (NYC).
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Pedro Giraudo (bass, composition, arrangements)
Rodolfo Zanetti (bandoneón)
Nicolás Danielson (violin)
Ahmed Alom (piano)
$31 ADULTS
$28 NCMA MEMBERS
$15 STUDENTS
Pedro Giraudo won the 2018 Latin GRAMMY Award for Best Tango Album, “Vigor Tanguero,” with his Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet. In 2014 Ruben Blades’ CD “Tangos” on which he recorded bass won two Grammys Awards (Best Tango Album & Best Latin Pop). Pedro Giraudo has collaborated with Grammy award winner Pablo Ziegler, 9 time Grammy award winner Paquito D’Rivera, and Dizzy Gillespie’s protégé William Cepeda, as well as ‘Tango meets Jazz’ guests: Branford Marsalis, Kenny Garret, Regina Carter, Nestor Torres, Miguel Zenon among many others. award winner Pablo Ziegler, 9 time Grammy award winner Paquito D’Rivera, and Dizzy Gillespie’s protégé William Cepeda, as well as ‘Tango meets Jazz’ guests: Branford Marsalis,
ARTHUR ROSS III
TANGO QUARTET
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Regarded as one of the most compelling
tango artists today, Latin GRAMMY winner
Pedro Giraudo is a preeminent cultural
ambassador for the beautiful and passionate
music of his native Argentina. His compositions represent the evolution of tango, from its roots in the traditional orquesta típica, to tango nuevo as epitomized by Astor Piazzolla, and to his own sound that respects the past and looks to the future, bringing something new and exciting to the form while retaining all its lushness and beauty.
Sunday, July 16, 2023
2:00 p.m
SECU Auditorium - NC Museum of Art
2110 Blue Ridge Rd. Raleigh, NC 27607
PEDRO GIRAUDO
SUNDAY'S PROGRAM
Lo que vendrá (Astor Piazzolla)
Ávido (Pedro Giraudo)
Astucias (Pedro Giraudo)
Con un nudo en la garganta (Pedro Giraudo)
Escualo (Astor Piazzolla)
Milonga Infausta (Pedro Giraudo)
La muerte del Ángel (Astor Piazzolla)
Resurrección del Ángel (Astor Piazzolla)
- Intermission -
Verano Porteño (Astor Piazzolla)
Dartmouth (Pedro Giraudo)
Chicharrita (Pedro Giraudo)
Senza Parole (Pedro Giraudo)
Adios Nonino (Astor Piazzolla)
Con Creces (Pedro Giraudo)
Canaro en París (Alejandro Scarpino & Juan Caldarella)
QUARTET