Argentine tango orchestra
The predecessor of the orchestra was founded in 1998 with the leadership of Katalin Bartha. Enchanted by the music of Argentinean Astor Piazzolla the orchestra began to build their repertoire cooperating with Eero Kesti finnish composer. Therefore Tango Harmony has been invited to play at several concerts and shows. They play Piazzolla’s music as well as traditional tangos, valses, milongas and music composed by the group’s pianist György Lázár.
Members of the orchestra:
Alejandro Szabo (arg) – bandoneon
Katalin Bartha (hun) – violin, violincornetto, vocal, art director
Péter Bartha (hun) – bandoneon
György Lázár (hun) – piano, vocal
Ottó Nagy (hun) – violoncello, viola da gamba
Gábor Piukovics (hun) – doublebass
Contributors:
Bernát Babicsek – accordeon
András Szőllősi – doublebass, vocal
From its foundation Tango Harmony Orchestra cooperates with Budai László tango world champion, the Argentine Tango Dance Theatre, Kulik Johanna, Bánhidi Petra & Bartulovic Josip, and Szőlőssi András & Götz Andrea.
The orchestra regularly plays at Hungarian National Dance Theatre, IBS Stage, Klebelsberg Kultúrkúria, International Danubiando Festival and other eventplaces, where they achieved success with their music (Évszakok Buenos Airesben (2002), Tangó-expressz (2005), Lélekhúrok (2005), A szenvedélyes tangó (2007), Tango & Piazzolla, Tango Harmony (2008), Tango Montázs(2010), Tango Fantasy (2010), Tangó Szerenád (2010), La Bella Tangolita(2011), BailAmor (2011).
Tango Harmony Orchestra performs on Hungarian and International festivals, theaters, company and other events with its unique tango-show setups, or concert programmes.
In 2002 the orchestra released the Évszakok Buenos Airesben (Seasons of Buenos Aires) audio and multimedia CD-ROM.
Tango Harmony is the host and regular orchestra of Tango Salon series.
