Raúl Jaurena
Raúl Jaurena (born August 26, 1941 in Montevideo , Uruguay ) is a bandoneon player, musical director at the Thalia Theater New York, arranger and composer. He is considered a representative of Tango Nuevo , but falls back on traditional Tango templates and uses them as a starting point for his interpretations.
Life
Raúl Jaurena learned to play the bandoneon from his father at an early age. At the age of eight he played in a tango orchestra. At the age of 15 he started playing in the Donato Raciatti Orchestra.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Raúl Jaurena laid the foundation for his career as a member and arranger of various tango ensembles in Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and Venezuela. In 1988 he moved to New York , where he originally didn't want to stay, but it turned into a permanent residence and a source of inspiration for his music: “When I arrived, I was playing a chamber tango, totally square. Now I play an improvisational tango. [When I got there, I was playing totally bourgeois chamber music tango. Now I'm playing improvisational tango.] "
At the Montreal Jazz Festival he appears together with Astor Piazzolla , which turns out to be a milestone in his career, as he sees himself as its musical heir. In 1990 he founded the New York Buenos Aires Connection ensemble .
In 1998 the cooperation with the German ensemble " Tango Five " begins , which consists of the musicians Gregor Hübner (violin), Veit Hübner (double bass), Bernd Ruf (clarinet) and Karl Albrecht "Bobbi" Fischer (piano and viola). The ensemble moves in the musical border area of classical, jazz and world music, whereby the sound of the interpretations is characterized by the integration of jazz, gipsy and klezmer elements. Multiple albums are recorded together.
At the Thalia Theater in New York City he has been developing musicals as musical director, arranger, composer and bandoneon player since 2001 such as "Todo Tango" (2001/2002), "La vida es Tango" (2003), "Tangomania" (2004) , "Te Amo Tango" (2005), "Tango & Flamenco Fusion" (2006), "The four Tango Seasons" (2007) and "[He] Tango & [She] Milonga" (2008).
Jaurena, Bobbi Fischer (piano), Gregor Hübner (violin) and Veit Hübner (double bass) have recorded three albums as “Tango Five”, including the production “Symphonic Tango Night” with the Stuttgart Philharmonic under the direction of Bernd Ruf .
Jaurena accompanies well-known tango singers such as the Argentinians Roberto Goyeneche and Edmundo Rivero . He worked with the pianist Cesar Zagnol and the bandoneon player Astor Piazzolla and performed with the cellist Yo-Yo Ma in 1998 . Jaurena has been working with the clarinetist Giora Feidman's quartet since 2000 and toured Europe with “From Klezmer to Piazzolla”. He made further records with the Brazilian Ana Caram and the Cuban Paquito D'Rivera . Since 2007 Jaurena has been playing tango chamber music together with clarinetist Bernd Ruf in the “Jaurena Ruf Project”.
Awards
- 2002 nomination of the album "Tango Bar" for the Latin Grammy
- 2007 Latin Grammy for the album “Te amo Tango” in the category “Best Tango Album”.
Discography
Own albums
- 2006 Te amo Tango
- 2001 Tango Bar
With other musicians
- 2010 Tango Tales - para vos y para mí ( Bernd Ruf )
- 2003 Feidman Plays Mozart & More (Giora Feidman)
- 2002 Amando A Buenos Aires (Tango Five & Marga Mitchell)
- 2002 Tango Lezmer (Giora Feidman)
- 2000 Symphonic Tango Night (Tango Five & Stuttgart Philharmonic)
- 1999 Obsecion (Tango Five)
- 1995 Cabarute (New York Tango Trio)
- 1990 Concert for Bandoneón and Orchestra (Astor Piazzolla)
Web links
- Official website
- Thalia Theater NY
- JAURENA RUF Project
- Raul Jaurena in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jaurena, Raúl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan tango musician, bandoneon player and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montevideo , Uruguay |