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Tango Ensemble

Camilo Córdoba

MABO - Lycée Maria-Boodschap - Rue de la Braie 22, 1000 Bruxelles

The tango course aims to understand and to browse through this musical genre in all its forms: traditional, contemporary, modern, and fusion. As well as working on its different rhythms: tango, waltz, milonga. We will work on an adapted repertoire specifically arranged for the instruments of the ensemble. In the repertoire, we will find music from renowned composers such as Astor Piazzolla, Osvaldo Pugliese, Horacio Salgan, Anibal Troilo, as well as composers and bands of today.

The main idea of the course is to create a dynamic and fun musical ensemble, with a variety of instrument and a musical complexity adapted to the musicians.

The course is aimed at all musicians (intermediate or advanced) or amateurs of this music.

Instruments:

String instruments (violin, viola, cello, contrabass)
Guitar (classic or electric)
Electric bass
Percussions (drums, cajon, other)
Accordion and bandoneon
Harmonica
Piano
Vocals
Wind instruments (please contact me beforehand)

This course will tackle the fundamental notions of tango music: melody, rhythm, counterpoint, typical orchestral styles, contemporary and modern tango ensembles. The analysis will focus directly on developing musicality and music interpretation.

Camilo Córdoba

Camilo Cordoba is an Argentinian artist and one of the most renowned and active tango guitarists in Europe. He studied Tango and Jazz at the EMPA conservatory under the supervision of great masters in the music such as Anibal Arias, Javier Cohen and Guillermo Klein. Between 2005 and 2015, he toured more than 70 times in Europe, South and North America with his tango-fusion band “Violentango”. Since 2015 he has been living in Brussels and joined the ensemble “SONICO”, with which he travels through Europe at a rate of 50 concerts per year, as well as making appearances in the most prestigious festivals in the world, such as Glastonbury, Great Amber Hall or Pietrasanta en Concerto.