GRAMMY Award-Winning Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet Performs on The Sembrich Lakeshore
The Latin GRAMMY Award-winner Pedro Giraudo brings the passionate music of his native Argentina to our Lake George museum on Wednesday, July 12 at 2 PM. The first event in the popular Touba Family Foundation World Music Wednesday series, this performance will celebrate tango — from its traditional roots to tango nuevo as epitomized by Astor Piazzolla to a contemporary sound that respects the past and looks to the future.
“It is my hope that this performance will be an emotional experience for the audience, because tango is passionate, rich in its beauty and in its possibilities,” says bassist Pedro Giraudo. “Although folkloric in its origins, the great Astor Piazzolla opened the door to new ways of interpreting tango. Today, it has evolved into a very sophisticated genre: music that can be intimate, exuberant, rageful, and sweet. We’re excited to be sharing it here!”
Giraudo is among the most compelling tango artists today. After two decades performing with the most important interpreters of tango, Pedro Giraudo debuted his own Tango Orchestra at Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing in July 2015 and since then has become an active cultural ambassador of this beautiful music from his homeland.
As a composer and arranger, Giraudo leads his own jazz and tango ensembles and has been hailed by critics as one of the most creative and daring bandleaders on the scene today. His compositions combine his love of classical forms, Argentine tango and folk music, and the spontaneity of jazz improvisation.
John Murph of Downbeat described Giraudo’s music as “an opulent listening experience of modern, orchestral jazz, brimming with passionate improvisations, deliberate contrapuntal melodies and plush harmonies.”
This is the first performance in The Sembrich’s Touba Family Foundation World Music Wednesday series. Other series performances include Celtic trio Poor Man’s Gambit on August 2 and the New York Crimean Tatar Ensemble on August 30. Individual tickets and series subscriptions can be purchased via phone at (518) 644-2431 or online at TheSembrich.org/festival.
The Sembrich's programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.