Fundraiser for Community Health Mission & MedBank at the Lucas Theater
Community Health Mission & MedBank are hosting a fundraising event at the Lucas Theater in downtown Savannah on April 30, 2010. For more information or tickets, contact the Community Health Mission at (912) 692-1451 or MedBank at (912) 356-2898.Artists:
David Alsina, Bandoneon Player:
Composer, arranger, and director of tango bands and chamber music groups; native of Buenos Aires, started performing at the age of eight, and composed over 100 original songs, and the score for five independent films. David has been performing with the Miami City Ballet as bandoneon soloist with symphonic and philharmonic orchestras for more than 10 years. He has performed in Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Venezuela, Mexico, Canada, Italy, and the United States, where he currently resides. David has contributed bandoneon solos to the recording of TV spots and videos, soundtrack of movies "Random Hearts" and "Estados", and a large number of CDs, accompanying famous artists (Ricky Martin, Shakira, Julio Iglesias, Olga Tanon, Jose Luis Rodriguez, Daniela Romo, El Consorcio (Mocedades), Luis Enrique, Huey Dunbar, Enrique Chia, and many others.) The music of his bandoneon has been acclaimed in concert halls such as Carnegie Hall, Brooklyn Center, (New York); Gusman Center, Dade County Auditorium, Jackie Gleason, Bailey Concert Hall, Philharmonic Center, (Florida); Orange County Center (California); Ohio University; University of Georgia; University of North Carolina; and more.
http://www.davidalsina.com/
Ricardo Ochoa, Violinist
Anibal Berraute, Pianist:
Pianist, Arranger and Producer with a large classical training, he began early as a sessionist playing with singers, conducting orchestras in TV shows and arranging and/or producing records in Argentina. There are various famous artists who have recorded his compositions too. Within Tango, Anibal Berraute has excelled as a Pianist and Musical Director in houses as "Michelangelo", "Tango Mío", "Castello Vechio", "La Ventana" and others traditional temples in Buenos Aires. He has worked with singers such as Raul Lavié, José Angel Trelles, Libertad Lamarque, Nestor Fabian, Guillermo Fernández, María Graña, Eladia Blázquez, Chico Novarro, Estela Rabal, Jairo, Mariano Mores ("master of whom I have learned the most"...), with whom he travelled around the world, and many others. He has shared stages with Ariel Ramírez, Osvaldo Copes, José Colángelo, Roberto Pansera, Victor Lavallen, Osvaldo Montes, Daniel Binelli, Nestor Marconi and other major musicians and artists. One of his most important goals in Argentina was a live recording as an homage to Astor Piazzolla, made with "Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colon" (Conductor Jose Carli). As an Arranger and Producer recently done two productions with argentinean artists in Mexico, the last album of legendary singer Fontan Luna before he passed away, and Hugo Jordan´s "Sabor a Tango", with participation of "Orquesta Filarmonica de Mexico". He performed also with this formation, "Concertango", a Tango Concert for Piano & Symphonic Orchestra. Actually he is in the final process as Arranger and Producer of new album of Fernando Soler, done with some of the best Tango musicians in Buenos Aires such as Walter Rios, Nestor Marconi, Fernando Suarez Paz, Hector Console, Daniel Falasca, Ricardo Dominguez and others. According to his words: "...Tango is at the same time, a visceral, nostalgic, passionate and romantic music with which I identify myself plainly. I consider that it represents a hundred percent of argentinean feeling, wherefore I'm very honored to show it through all over the world..."
http://www.anibalberraute.com/
Pablo and Alicia Repun, Tango Dancers:
Pablo Repun was born and raised in Buenos Aires- the city where the exciting and passionate dance of Argentine Tango first came alive. During his extensive tango training in Buenos Aires, Pablo studied with the top professional "Masters" of Argentine Tango: Carlos Hidalgo, Celia Blanco, Ernesto Carmona, Gustavo Naveira, Esteban Moreno, Pepito Avellaneda, Natalia Games & Gabriel Angio, Fabian Salas, Mingo Pugliese & Roberto Herrera. In addition to his training in tango, Pablo studied Graham Contemporary Dance and Parallelism Dance Technique at The National School of Dance in Buenos Aires.
Pablo enjoys teaching both private lessons and group classes to all levels from beginners to advanced students. He teaches all style of Argentine tango: Tango Salon, Close Embrace, Open Embrace, Social, Nuevo Tango and Performance Tango. He is known for his utmost concentration on the importance of posture, balance and technique for both Leaders and Followers. Pablo has taught his 'tango foundation' to several students who have gained international recognition.
In Buenos Aires, Pablo taught group classes, private lessons and workshops at local milongas, cultural centers, universities and also historical places like Café Tortoni and Café Homero Manzi.
He has taken his knowledge & experience both as a teacher and performer worldwide to Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Germany, Italy and throughout the USA in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Maryland, Iowa, Kentucky, No. Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Seattle and Alaska, where he received a special invitation from the Mayor of Juneau . He has performed on TV numerous times in Brazil, Costa Rica and USA and traveled with Quintango quintet performing around the USA, appearing on the cover of their last CD, which won a Grammy in its field.(SEE "C.Vitae")
Pablo has performed at milongas, private events, public shows, hotel functions, corporate events and universities such as: 2008 Miami Tango Fantasy Congress; The Tropigala Theater, Florida Grand Opera Miami fundraising event "A Toast to You"; Quintango & Ars Flores Symphonic Orchestra; La Playa Hotel in Naples; Motorola Corporation's Hispanic Festival: 2005 Miami Tango Fantasy Congress; The University Center for the Performing Arts; The Argentinean Embassy in Washington, D.C.; Black Rock Center for the Performing Arts in Maryland; Ames City Auditorium Town & Gown Chamber Music Association in Iowa; Madison Theater in Kentucky; Thalian Hall in North Carolina; Tango Master Class at he University of Salisbury in Maryland; Rappahannock Foundation for the Arts, Virginia. (SEE"C.Vitae")
Pablo moved to Miami Florida in 2002, where he now has a very active schedule teaching and performing Argentine Tango in the Miami-Ft Lauderdale area, the west coast of Florida, in Naples, Ft. Myers and Sarasota - in addition to traveling throughout the USA and abroad doing workshops and performances.
For four years, Pablo taught group classes at South Florida's most popular weekly milonga, "The International Club of Argentine Tango" along with weekly classes in Aventura and Miami Dade Community College Kendall Campus.
At present, with his wife and tango partner, Alicia, they teach at the three most popular milongas on the east coast of Florida every Friday, Saturday and Sunday and also Host a monthly milonga on the west coast of Florida in Sarasota. In addition, they are the tango instructors at The University Center for Performing Arts teaching weekly classes. (SEE "AGENDA" for the schedule listing the availability of private lessons & group classes) In addition to teaching and performing, Pablo was one of the organizers of the "Miami Tangothon", an Argentine Tango marathon for Florida dancers. He was the Publisher and Editor of "El Milonguero Tango Magazine", the first Argentine tango magazine in Florida.
http://www.pablorepuntango.com/
