Cuarteto Rotterdam
| Cuarteto Rotterdam | |
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 Lessons with Carlos Tapia in the dance tent of the Rudolstadt Festival 2017 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Tango Argentino |
| founding | 2004 |
| Website | www.cuarteto-rotterdam.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Michael Dolak | |
| Susanne Cordula Welsch | |
| Judy Ruks | |
| Anna-Maria Chicken | |
| former members | |
| Tino Scholz | |
| Frances Dorling | |
Cuarteto Rotterdam is a German - Dutch tango- argentino ensemble from Berlin , Stuttgart and Meißen .
history
In 2004 Michael Dolak and Susanne Cordula Welsch from Germany and Judy Ruks from the Netherlands founded the Cuarteto Rotterdam together with Frances Dorling from Great Britain . All four were completing their tango studies in Rotterdam at the Rotterdam World Music Academy at this time . Since its founding, the focus of the artistic work has been on maintaining the repertoire of the various tango epochs as well as the performance of Argentine and European tango compositions of the present. By combining all styles of tango between tradition and modernity, the quartet can often be found in concert halls, at tango balls and international music and tango festivals.
The Cuarteto Rotterdam can often be experienced together with other artists and ensembles , such as the Saxon Vocal Ensemble , the Dresden Kapellsolisten or the Argentine tango singer Sandra Rumolino.
Concert tours have taken the Cuarteto Rotterdam to Germany, Italy , Switzerland , France , Austria , Argentina , Turkey , Spain , Scotland and Sweden, among others .
After the main creative focus of the ensemble shifted to Germany in summer 2008, the tango bassist Tino Scholz joined the ensemble.
Tango bassist Anna-Maria Huhn has been a permanent member of the ensemble since 2014.
Discography
- Yunta De Oro (2007)
- Deleitante (2009)
- Homage to Astor Piazzolla (2015)
- Un placer (2019)
Awards
- 2011: 1st prize winner of the 48th Klingenthal International Accordion Competition in the category "Instrumental groups with at least one but no more than two bandoneons with a total of up to six musicians"
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Nied: The morbid beauty of the tango. In: Heilbronner Voice , July 24, 2006, p. 23.
- ↑ The sound experience is impressive. In: Schwarzwälder Bote , March 31, 2009.
- ^ Jürgen Bieler: The Cuarteto Rotterdam - refreshingly competent. In: Tangodanza - magazine for Tango Argentino. Issue 39 , 3/2009, pp. 12-13 (section Música).