Saturday, September 1, 2012
Grand Opening of Tango Revolution Telegraph in Berkeley!
This Labor Day week-end, labor less and dance more!
Join us in the opening of Tango Revolution Telegraph!
TANGO REVOLUTION TELEGRAPH
EVERY 1ST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH
AT CAFFE MEDITERRANEUM
IN BERKELEY!
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 2012
from 7pm -11:30pm
CAFFE MEDITERRANEUM
2475 TELEGRAPH AVENUE (b/w DWIGHT & HASTE)
BERKELEY, CA 94704
PARKING GARAGE ONE BLOCK AWAY AT CHANNING STREET OR IN THE NEIGHBOURING STREETS.
MILONGA IS FREE with purchase of food/drink at the caffe.
Donations for the artists are encouraged!
Hosted by Sonja Riket: 415.661.1852 and Jonas Aquino: 510.698.2640
www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com - www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com
ENJOY A SATURDAY EVENING OF ARGENTINE TANGO AT BERKELEY’S BIRTHPLACE OF THE CAFFE LATTE!
EVENT SCHEDULE:
7-8pm: Intermediate Tango dance lesson with Jonas Aquino $5 Donation
8-9pm: Beginner Tango dance lesson with Sonja Riket $5 Donation (no dance experience or partner necessary)
9-11:30pm: Milonga (Tango Dance Party) to recorded music from the Golden Era.
Roberto Traina will sing Argentine Tango classics accompanied by Kate Bernier on piano.
Come practice your steps, listen to Tango songs, or watch the dancers strut their stuff!
Bring friends and family for an authentic Argentine Tango experience! All levels and ages are welcome.
About Tango Revolution:
Tango Revolution is a neighborhood project to offer anyone the opportunity to learn and experience the social aspect of Argentine Tango: a dance and music of immigrants which continues to cross the boundaries of race, culture, language and social status. By regularly holding the event free of charge in accessible places such as cafés and community centers we encourage the spontaneous inclusion of music and dance in our everyday life as a communal experience. Where both beginning and accomplished dancers and musicians can share the floor without obvious hierarchy.
The Tango Revolution project began in 2005 at Café Revolution in SF’s Mission District and found a home at Caffe Trieste Downtown from 2007-2012. Part of the project is giving young musicians from high schools, community music schools, conservatories and universities the opportunity to learn and perform traditional Argentine Tango music as well as Piazzolla’s Nuevo Tango.
We are currently looking for another permanent location in SF.
Tango Revolution is a program of Intimate Embrace Tango, which envisions Argentine Tango as a relational matrix of connection to ourselves, each other and the world. We offer the beautiful connection between human beings in the Tango Embrace as a common ground and antidote against the isolation, separation and fearful existence we are led to believe is necessary. What better way to come home to ourselves and connect with each other across our differences than the non-verbal power of a musical and dance embrace, listening and moving together as one?
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
TANGO FOR ASHKENAZ! BENEFIT with Joe Powers and Redwood Tango Trio
A benefit for Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center with a world-class Tango concert, dance lesson, championship dance performances and a Milonga (Tango dance party) by Tango harmonica phenomenon JOE POWERS with REDWOOD TANGO TRIO.
Saturday, July 21, 2012
8pm – 1am $15 (in advance & students)at www.ashkenaz.com; $18 at the door. Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Music Center 1317 San Pablo Avenue (Gillman), Berkeley, CA 94702 510.525.5099 www.ashkenaz.com Event Schedule 7:30pm: Doors open 8pm: Sit-down Tango Concert of Nuevo Tangos and original compositions with Joe Powers (harmonica) and Redwood Tango Trio Charles Gorczynski (bandoneon), Holly Mead (piano), Daniel Fabricant (bass) 9pm: Introductory Tango dance lesson with award winning instructor Sonja Riket (no partner or dance experience necessary). 9:45pm: Tango dance party (Milonga) starts with recorded Tangos from the Golden Era (1920’s-30’s) by DJ Zeycan. 10:15pm: Professional Dance performance by Nicolas Tapia & Amar Singh (3rd place 2012 USA Tango Salon Championships) 10:30pm: Live music set for Tango social dancing by Joe Powers and Redwood Tango Trio. 11:15pm: Professional Dance performance by Mirabai Deranja & Michael Kass (2rd place 2012 USA Tango Stage Championships). Milonga continues till 1am with DJ Zeycan. Come listen, watch or join in the dance! Entrance price gives you all 3 and supports a great organization! Advance Tickets are available at www.ashkenaz.com For more info: Call Sonja Riket at 415.661.1852 or intimate_embrace_tango@earthlink.net www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com More info about the artists: International harmonica phenomenon, Joe Powers is taking his instrument to new heights with his engaging and energetic performances that cover a full spectrum of musical genres from Jazz, Blues, and Pop-Rock, to Classical, New Age, Argentine Tango, traditional Japanese music, and other world traditions. The only tango harmonica phenomenon in the USA, Joe honed his tango skills while living in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he recorded his 2007 debut solo album, “Amor de Tango”. He has shared the stage with top Tango artists: NarcoTango, ColorTango, and "Gotan Project" singer, Veronika Silva, and performed with groups as diverse as Pink Martini, British Pop Icon Jamie Cullum, and Smooth Jazz Pioneer Tom Grant. Last December he was guest soloist with the Ichikawa Symphony for that Japanese orchestra’s 60th anniversary concert, and this summer is busy touring from the Oregon Bach Festival to Ashkenaz, and on to European events. He is also a singer, and will sing on a couple of the great tangos at Ashkenaz. www.joepowers.com Redwood Tango Trio: Redwood Tango Ensemble is a young Bay Area quintet dedicated to playing traditional and original tango music. The group plays transcriptions and adaptations of the classic orchestras led by Francisco Canaro, Juan D’Arienzo, Osvaldo Pugliese, Anibal Troilo, Julian Plaza and others, as well as original compositions and nuevo tango from around the world. The group’s new CD, “Joaquin,” includes music they are currently playing in concert. Tonight’s event features bandoneon player and saxophonist Charles Gorczynski, pianist Holly Mead and bass player Daniel Fabricant. www.redwoodtango.com Sonja Riket: The benefit is organized by Sonja Riket, resident Tango instructor at Ashkenaz since 2008. A 7x7 Magazine “Best Tango Teacher” Award winner and somatic movement therapist, she teaches dance and somatic movement classes and organizes cultural-, social and fundraising events around critical issues of our time. Sonja says: “I’ve worked with Joe Powers since 2009 as his Bay Area representative, and wanted to bring him to Ashkenaz because it has such a special atmosphere; it’s a wonderful tango room. And I wanted to do something for this community to support Ashkenaz”. In addition to her own Intimate Embrace Tango program, she started Tango Revolution in 2005, which stages free weekly tango events in accessible places. Sonja is faculty member of the SF Community Music Center and a humble student of the bandoneon. www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com Nicolas Tapia & Amar Singh: Nicholas Tapia and Amar Singh received most of their tango training in Buenos Aires and are currently located in the Bay Area as instructors. They are happy to have just placed 3rd at the 2012 USA Tango Championships Salon Category. www.delmartango.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLwcFqQ5RQo&feature=plcp Mirabai Deranja & Michael Kass: Mirabai graduated from UC, Santa Cruz with a degree in Astronomy. She has danced professionally in Jazz, Swing, Blues and Salsa, then studied Tango intensively in Buenos Aires for 5 years. She now tours the world teaching tango. Together with Michael Kass she won 2nd place in the 2012 USA Argentine Tango Championship Stage Category. www.miratango.com Michael attained numerous patents in his career at Pixar studios. He still finds time to devote to figure skating and Argentine Tango. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPcvsA1PdAA Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Music Center presents concerts, classes, and workshops of participatory dance and music rooted in traditional cultures from around the world. We are committed to providing a great place to dance that supports local and international bands of both established and emerging artists in a respectful, comfortable, safe, and family atmosphere. Through this we build friendship and culturally inclusive community that encourages social awareness, education, and dedication to fairness, honor, and equality. Established in 1973 by David Nadel, a dedicated human rights activist and folkdancer, and a nonprofit since 1997, we are always all ages and wheel chair accessible. Come admire the World Wall for Peace dedicated to Ashkenaz founder David Nadel! www.ashkenaz.com
Saturday, July 21, 2012
8pm – 1am $15 (in advance & students)at www.ashkenaz.com; $18 at the door. Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Music Center 1317 San Pablo Avenue (Gillman), Berkeley, CA 94702 510.525.5099 www.ashkenaz.com Event Schedule 7:30pm: Doors open 8pm: Sit-down Tango Concert of Nuevo Tangos and original compositions with Joe Powers (harmonica) and Redwood Tango Trio Charles Gorczynski (bandoneon), Holly Mead (piano), Daniel Fabricant (bass) 9pm: Introductory Tango dance lesson with award winning instructor Sonja Riket (no partner or dance experience necessary). 9:45pm: Tango dance party (Milonga) starts with recorded Tangos from the Golden Era (1920’s-30’s) by DJ Zeycan. 10:15pm: Professional Dance performance by Nicolas Tapia & Amar Singh (3rd place 2012 USA Tango Salon Championships) 10:30pm: Live music set for Tango social dancing by Joe Powers and Redwood Tango Trio. 11:15pm: Professional Dance performance by Mirabai Deranja & Michael Kass (2rd place 2012 USA Tango Stage Championships). Milonga continues till 1am with DJ Zeycan. Come listen, watch or join in the dance! Entrance price gives you all 3 and supports a great organization! Advance Tickets are available at www.ashkenaz.com For more info: Call Sonja Riket at 415.661.1852 or intimate_embrace_tango@earthlink.net www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com More info about the artists: International harmonica phenomenon, Joe Powers is taking his instrument to new heights with his engaging and energetic performances that cover a full spectrum of musical genres from Jazz, Blues, and Pop-Rock, to Classical, New Age, Argentine Tango, traditional Japanese music, and other world traditions. The only tango harmonica phenomenon in the USA, Joe honed his tango skills while living in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he recorded his 2007 debut solo album, “Amor de Tango”. He has shared the stage with top Tango artists: NarcoTango, ColorTango, and "Gotan Project" singer, Veronika Silva, and performed with groups as diverse as Pink Martini, British Pop Icon Jamie Cullum, and Smooth Jazz Pioneer Tom Grant. Last December he was guest soloist with the Ichikawa Symphony for that Japanese orchestra’s 60th anniversary concert, and this summer is busy touring from the Oregon Bach Festival to Ashkenaz, and on to European events. He is also a singer, and will sing on a couple of the great tangos at Ashkenaz. www.joepowers.com Redwood Tango Trio: Redwood Tango Ensemble is a young Bay Area quintet dedicated to playing traditional and original tango music. The group plays transcriptions and adaptations of the classic orchestras led by Francisco Canaro, Juan D’Arienzo, Osvaldo Pugliese, Anibal Troilo, Julian Plaza and others, as well as original compositions and nuevo tango from around the world. The group’s new CD, “Joaquin,” includes music they are currently playing in concert. Tonight’s event features bandoneon player and saxophonist Charles Gorczynski, pianist Holly Mead and bass player Daniel Fabricant. www.redwoodtango.com Sonja Riket: The benefit is organized by Sonja Riket, resident Tango instructor at Ashkenaz since 2008. A 7x7 Magazine “Best Tango Teacher” Award winner and somatic movement therapist, she teaches dance and somatic movement classes and organizes cultural-, social and fundraising events around critical issues of our time. Sonja says: “I’ve worked with Joe Powers since 2009 as his Bay Area representative, and wanted to bring him to Ashkenaz because it has such a special atmosphere; it’s a wonderful tango room. And I wanted to do something for this community to support Ashkenaz”. In addition to her own Intimate Embrace Tango program, she started Tango Revolution in 2005, which stages free weekly tango events in accessible places. Sonja is faculty member of the SF Community Music Center and a humble student of the bandoneon. www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com Nicolas Tapia & Amar Singh: Nicholas Tapia and Amar Singh received most of their tango training in Buenos Aires and are currently located in the Bay Area as instructors. They are happy to have just placed 3rd at the 2012 USA Tango Championships Salon Category. www.delmartango.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLwcFqQ5RQo&feature=plcp Mirabai Deranja & Michael Kass: Mirabai graduated from UC, Santa Cruz with a degree in Astronomy. She has danced professionally in Jazz, Swing, Blues and Salsa, then studied Tango intensively in Buenos Aires for 5 years. She now tours the world teaching tango. Together with Michael Kass she won 2nd place in the 2012 USA Argentine Tango Championship Stage Category. www.miratango.com Michael attained numerous patents in his career at Pixar studios. He still finds time to devote to figure skating and Argentine Tango. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPcvsA1PdAA Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Music Center presents concerts, classes, and workshops of participatory dance and music rooted in traditional cultures from around the world. We are committed to providing a great place to dance that supports local and international bands of both established and emerging artists in a respectful, comfortable, safe, and family atmosphere. Through this we build friendship and culturally inclusive community that encourages social awareness, education, and dedication to fairness, honor, and equality. Established in 1973 by David Nadel, a dedicated human rights activist and folkdancer, and a nonprofit since 1997, we are always all ages and wheel chair accessible. Come admire the World Wall for Peace dedicated to Ashkenaz founder David Nadel! www.ashkenaz.com
Sunday, July 15, 2012
TANGO REVOLUTION CELEBRATES SONJA'S BIRTHDAY WITH TANGO HARMONICA MASTER JOE POWERS AT SF SHAMBALA CENTER
SUNDAY JULY 15, 2012
from 6pm -10pm
SF SHAMBALA CENTER
1231 STEVENSON STREET, SF, CA 94103
(the little street behind Caffe Trieste Downtown)
FREE ENTRANCE.
ATTENTION: WEAR ONLY socks or soft-soled shoes (suede or leather bottom), no rubber soled sneakers.
Bring food/drink to add to the celebration!
Hosted by Sonja Riket - More info: 415.661.1852
www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com - www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com
EVENT SCHEDULE:
6-7pm: All levels Tango dance lesson with Sonja Riket ($5 Donation, which will be offered to the Center)
7:00-10pm Milonga with 2 Live music sets by special guest performer Joe Powers (Tango Harmonica)
Come celebrate with us!
We are very grateful to SF Shambala Center for opening their doors to Tango Revolution and hosting our special celebration! Please visit www.sfshambala.org to learn more about their programs or join their community.
We are honored that our friend and Tango Harmonica master Joe Powers will perform 2 Live music sets during the Milonga! Read more about him below. www.joepowers.com
Since her first contact with Argentine Tango 14 years ago Sonja recognized the meditative qualities this dance can offer. Her 30-year professional dance career combined with decades of meditative practices inform her unique approach to teaching Argentine Tango. In October 2011 she taught a daylong workshop on “Tango as Contemplative Practice” in SF’s Zen Center.
The theme of tonight’s class is: "Moving together as one, listening and responding to another’s presence, allows us to find stillness within. With this awareness we learn the Argentine tango way of walking together in an embrace." www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com
Come watch, listen or join in the dance. Bring friends and family for an authentic Argentine Tango experience! All levels and ages are welcome.
About Joe Powers:
Joe Powers is taking his instrument to new heights with his engaging and energetic performances that cover a full spectrum of musical genres from Jazz, Blues, and Pop-Rock, to Classical, New Age, Argentine Tango, traditional Japanese music, and other world traditions. The only tango harmonica phenomenon in the USA, Joe honed his tango skills while living in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he recorded his 2007 debut solo album, “Amor de Tango”. He has shared the stage with top Tango artists: NarcoTango, ColorTango, and "Gotan Project" singer, Veronika Silva, and performed with groups as diverse as Pink Martini, British Pop Icon Jamie Cullum, and Smooth Jazz Pioneer Tom Grant. Last December he was guest soloist with the Ichikawa Symphony for that Japanese orchestra’s 60th anniversary concert, and this summer is busy touring from the Oregon Bach Festival to Ashkenaz, and on to European events.
Don’t miss Joe’s performance at the fundraiser for Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center on Saturday July 21, 2012!
About Tango Revolution:
Tango Revolution is a weekly neighborhood project to offer anyone the opportunity to learn and experience the social aspect of Argentine Tango: a dance and music of immigrants which continues to cross the boundaries of race, culture, language and social status. By regularly holding the event free of charge in accessible places such as cafés and community centers on a Sunday afternoon we encourage the spontaneous inclusion of music and dance in our everyday life as a communal experience. Where both beginning and accomplished dancers and musicians can share the floor without obvious hierarchy.
The Tango Revolution project began in 2005 at Café Revolution in SF’s Mission District and found a home at Caffe Trieste Downtown from 2007-2012. Part of the project is giving young musicians from high schools, community music schools, conservatories and universities the opportunity to learn and perform traditional Argentine Tango music as well as Piazzolla’s Nuevo Tango.
We are currently looking for another permanent location.
Tango Revolution is a program of Intimate Embrace Tango, which envisions Argentine Tango as a relational matrix of connection to ourselves, each other and the world. We offer the beautiful connection between human beings in the Tango Embrace as a common ground and antidote against the isolation, separation and fearful existence we are led to believe is necessary. What better way to come home to ourselves and connect with each other across our differences than the non-verbal power of a musical and dance embrace, listening and moving together as one?
www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com – www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com
Sunday, June 17, 2012
TANGO REVOLUTION CELEBRATES FATHER’S DAY 2012 WITH REDWOOD TANGO TRIO AT VIRACOCHA!
SUNDAY JUNE 17, 2012 from 7:30pm -11:30pm
VIRACOCHA - www.viracochasf.com
998 VALENCIA STREET@21st STREET
SAN FRANCSICO, CA 94110
PARKING IN STREET OR AT MISSION/BARTLETT GARAGE (21st STREET B/W VALENICA & BARTLETT)
$5 at door (includes introductory Tango class).
Donations for the artists are encouraged!
Hosted by Sonja Riket - More info: 415.661.1852
www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com - www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com
After the closure of Caffe Trieste we are very happy to have found a magical place to celebrate Father’s Day with the live music of Redwood Tango Trio! www.redwoodtango.com
Enter at the street level store full of antiques, vintage clothing, books and old typewriters.
Then find the stairs leading to a subterranean, intimately lit wooden room with couches and chairs, wooden dance floor and fabulous acoustics! Be prepared to be charmed by a very Tango atmosphere!
Wine and beer available.
EVENT SCHEDULE:
7:30-8:30pm: Take an introductory Tango dance lesson with award-winning teacher Sonja Riket (no dance experience or partner necessary)
8:30-11:30pm: Milonga (Tango Dance Party) with 2 live music sets by Redwood Tango Trio: Charles Gorczynski (bandoneon), Holly Mead (piano), Kendra Vernon (violin).
Dancers dress lightly; it will get steamy!
Or come to enjoy listening to first class Argentine Tango live music, watching the dancers strut their stuff!
Bring friends and family for an authentic Argentine Tango experience! All levels and ages are welcome.
ABOUT REDWOOD TANGO ENSEMBLE
Redwood Tango Ensemble is a quintet in the San Francisco bay area, dedicated to playing traditional and original tango music. The group plays transcriptions and adaptations of the classic orchestras led by Francisco Canaro, Juan D’Arienzo, Osvaldo Pugliese, Anibal Troilo, Julian Plaza etc, as well as original compositions and nuevo-tango from around the world. www.redwoodtango.com
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Tango Revolution celebrates International Day of Tango (12/11) at Caffe Trieste Downtown SF!
Special guest performers Ville Hiltula (bandoneon) and Maho Nabeshima (piano)will perform 2 Live music sets during the Milonga. See details below.
SUNDAY DECEMBER 11, 2011 from 6pm -10pm
CAFFE TRIESTE DOWNTOWN
1667 MARKET STREET@ GOUGH
San Francisco, CA 94103
FREE with food/drink at the caffe. Special Tango menu available.
Donations for the artists are encouraged!
Hosted by Sonja Riket - More info: 415.661.1852
www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com - www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com
Come celebrate the International Day of Tango and Tango icon Carlos Gardel’s birthday!
We are honored and grateful that our friends and professional Tango musicians Ville Hiltula (bandoneon) and Maho Nabeshima (piano) will perform 2 Live music sets during the Milonga.
Members of the Tango Revolution Orchestra will join them in the first set, then our guests will play a second set in duo.
Take an introductory Tango dance lesson with award-winning teacher Sonja Riket (no dance experience or partner necessary), then dance the night away in the intimate atmosphere of Caffe Trieste.
Or come to taste the special Tango Menu with locally made Argentine empanadas and enjoy listening to first class Argentine Tango live music, watching the dancers strut their stuff!
Bring friends and family for an authentic Argentine Tango experience! All levels and ages are welcome.
EVENT SCHEDULE:
6-7pm: Introductory Tango dance lesson with Sonja Riket ($5 Donation)
7:30-10pm Milonga (Tango Dance Party).
8pm: 1st Set of Live music with special guest performers Ville Hiltula (bandoneon) and Maho Nabeshima (piano) joined by members of the Tango Revolution Orchestra.
9pm: 2nd Set of Live music by duo Ville Hiltula (bandoneon) and Maho Nabeshima (piano).
About Ville Hiltula and Maho Nabeshima:
Ville Hiltula (Finland) and Maho Nabeshima (Japan) are an international tango duo from the San Francisco Bay Area: two extremely talented musicians who put their mark on the tango tradition.
Coming from diverse musical and cultural backgrounds these two musicians unite their collective experience and talents to provide tango music with a contemporary personal vision without forgetting the traditions of this wonderful music.
Their repertoire covers a wide range of different tango styles. Having an extensive collection of old traditional danceable tango and tango nuevo in their repertoire, they also like to push the borders of traditional tango music by playing contemporary newly written music.
Ville Hiltula:
Ville was born and raised in Finland where he started his musical career with accordion at the age of 9. He studied at the Sibelius-Academy in Helsinki and later performed as an accordion soloist and chamber musician in different countries in Europe. From 2002 to 2006, Ville studied bandoneon and Argentine Tango at The Rotterdam Conservatory`s tango department in the Netherlands, the best Tango school outside Buenos Aires, Argentina.
As a bandoneon player and tango musician Ville has been working actively ever since and collaborated with many world renowned tango artists such as Carel Kraayenhof y su Sexteto Canyengue, Gustavo Beytelmann, Victor Hugo Villena, Orquesta Tipica OTRA, Roberto Alvarez y su Color Tango, Alfredo Marcucci, Sonia Possetti, Alejandro Schwarz, Leonardo Sanchez, Pablo Agri, and also played together with pop groups Blof and Nuspirit Helsinki.
He participated as a soloist in Astor Piazzolla`s tango opera Maria de Buenos Aires, which performed all over Belgium in 2005-2006 together with Musiques Nouvelles ensemble. Ville also worked together with Aurelia Saxophone Quartet and the Argentinean pianist Juan Pablo Dobal in the project called Nuevo Encuentro.
Ville has performed in Buenos Aires, Argentina (VIII Festival de Tango Buenos Aires, Teatro Alvear, Teatro San Martin, Casa del Tango, Congreso National de Buenos Aires, Teatro de la Ribera, Carapachay, Confiteria Ideal, La Viruta), most European countries as well as in Japan and the USA. His music appears on 4 CD’s. www.villehiltula.com
Maho Nabeshima:
Maho received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in piano performance from New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, and an Artist Diploma from Carnegie Mellon University.
She served on the faculty of the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Mellon University’s preparatory school, the Colburn School of Performing Arts and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music preparatory division.
Maho has given solo and chamber music recitals in Japan, Germany and the United States, with the Essex Symphony Orchestra in Andover, Massachusetts and most recently in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. She was a featured pianist on the Steinway Society Concert Series in Pittsburgh, PA, the Walden School Concert Series in Dublin, New Hampshire, as well as on the Liszt Gala Concert hosted by the American Liszt Society in San Francisco, CA. She recorded 2 CD’s. www.mahonabeshima.com
About Tango Revolution:
Tango Revolution is a weekly neighborhood project to offer anyone the opportunity to learn and experience the social aspect of Argentine Tango: a dance and music of immigrants which continues to cross the boundaries of race, culture, language and social status. By regularly holding the event free of charge in an accessible café on a Sunday afternoon we encourage the spontaneous inclusion of music and dance in our everyday life as a communal experience. Where both beginning and accomplished dancers and musicians can share the floor without obvious hierarchy.
Part of the project includes giving young musicians from high schools, community music schools, conservatories and universities the opportunity to learn and perform traditional Argentine Tango music as well as Piazzolla’s Nuevo Tango. They receive coaching sessions by professional Tango musicians from Argentina, Europe and the USA, collaborate with guest faculty and professional musicians and perform regularly as a music ensemble at SF’s Community Music Center, Caffe Trieste Downtown and other special events in the Bay Area.
The Tango Revolution project began in 2005 at Café Revolution in SF’s Mission District. Its success has inspired other musical groups such as Classical Revolution to adopt the idea, the name and the practice of making music in accessible places.
Many dancers honed their skills with us and many musicians were introduced to the tango music, since there is no official Tango music school in the Bay Area. Some went on to form their own groups such as the tango quartet Tangonero, which has its origin in the Tango Revolution project.
Tango Revolution is a program of Intimate Embrace Tango, which envisions Argentine Tango as a relational matrix of connection to ourselves, each other and the world. We offer the beautiful connection between human beings in the Tango Embrace as a common ground and antidote against the isolation, separation and fearful existence we are led to believe is necessary. What better way to come home to ourselves and connect with each other across our differences than the non-verbal power of a musical and dance embrace, listening and moving together as one?
www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com – www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com
SUNDAY DECEMBER 11, 2011 from 6pm -10pm
CAFFE TRIESTE DOWNTOWN
1667 MARKET STREET@ GOUGH
San Francisco, CA 94103
FREE with food/drink at the caffe. Special Tango menu available.
Donations for the artists are encouraged!
Hosted by Sonja Riket - More info: 415.661.1852
www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com - www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com
Come celebrate the International Day of Tango and Tango icon Carlos Gardel’s birthday!
We are honored and grateful that our friends and professional Tango musicians Ville Hiltula (bandoneon) and Maho Nabeshima (piano) will perform 2 Live music sets during the Milonga.
Members of the Tango Revolution Orchestra will join them in the first set, then our guests will play a second set in duo.
Take an introductory Tango dance lesson with award-winning teacher Sonja Riket (no dance experience or partner necessary), then dance the night away in the intimate atmosphere of Caffe Trieste.
Or come to taste the special Tango Menu with locally made Argentine empanadas and enjoy listening to first class Argentine Tango live music, watching the dancers strut their stuff!
Bring friends and family for an authentic Argentine Tango experience! All levels and ages are welcome.
EVENT SCHEDULE:
6-7pm: Introductory Tango dance lesson with Sonja Riket ($5 Donation)
7:30-10pm Milonga (Tango Dance Party).
8pm: 1st Set of Live music with special guest performers Ville Hiltula (bandoneon) and Maho Nabeshima (piano) joined by members of the Tango Revolution Orchestra.
9pm: 2nd Set of Live music by duo Ville Hiltula (bandoneon) and Maho Nabeshima (piano).
About Ville Hiltula and Maho Nabeshima:
Ville Hiltula (Finland) and Maho Nabeshima (Japan) are an international tango duo from the San Francisco Bay Area: two extremely talented musicians who put their mark on the tango tradition.
Coming from diverse musical and cultural backgrounds these two musicians unite their collective experience and talents to provide tango music with a contemporary personal vision without forgetting the traditions of this wonderful music.
Their repertoire covers a wide range of different tango styles. Having an extensive collection of old traditional danceable tango and tango nuevo in their repertoire, they also like to push the borders of traditional tango music by playing contemporary newly written music.
Ville Hiltula:
Ville was born and raised in Finland where he started his musical career with accordion at the age of 9. He studied at the Sibelius-Academy in Helsinki and later performed as an accordion soloist and chamber musician in different countries in Europe. From 2002 to 2006, Ville studied bandoneon and Argentine Tango at The Rotterdam Conservatory`s tango department in the Netherlands, the best Tango school outside Buenos Aires, Argentina.
As a bandoneon player and tango musician Ville has been working actively ever since and collaborated with many world renowned tango artists such as Carel Kraayenhof y su Sexteto Canyengue, Gustavo Beytelmann, Victor Hugo Villena, Orquesta Tipica OTRA, Roberto Alvarez y su Color Tango, Alfredo Marcucci, Sonia Possetti, Alejandro Schwarz, Leonardo Sanchez, Pablo Agri, and also played together with pop groups Blof and Nuspirit Helsinki.
He participated as a soloist in Astor Piazzolla`s tango opera Maria de Buenos Aires, which performed all over Belgium in 2005-2006 together with Musiques Nouvelles ensemble. Ville also worked together with Aurelia Saxophone Quartet and the Argentinean pianist Juan Pablo Dobal in the project called Nuevo Encuentro.
Ville has performed in Buenos Aires, Argentina (VIII Festival de Tango Buenos Aires, Teatro Alvear, Teatro San Martin, Casa del Tango, Congreso National de Buenos Aires, Teatro de la Ribera, Carapachay, Confiteria Ideal, La Viruta), most European countries as well as in Japan and the USA. His music appears on 4 CD’s. www.villehiltula.com
Maho Nabeshima:
Maho received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in piano performance from New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, and an Artist Diploma from Carnegie Mellon University.
She served on the faculty of the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Mellon University’s preparatory school, the Colburn School of Performing Arts and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music preparatory division.
Maho has given solo and chamber music recitals in Japan, Germany and the United States, with the Essex Symphony Orchestra in Andover, Massachusetts and most recently in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. She was a featured pianist on the Steinway Society Concert Series in Pittsburgh, PA, the Walden School Concert Series in Dublin, New Hampshire, as well as on the Liszt Gala Concert hosted by the American Liszt Society in San Francisco, CA. She recorded 2 CD’s. www.mahonabeshima.com
About Tango Revolution:
Tango Revolution is a weekly neighborhood project to offer anyone the opportunity to learn and experience the social aspect of Argentine Tango: a dance and music of immigrants which continues to cross the boundaries of race, culture, language and social status. By regularly holding the event free of charge in an accessible café on a Sunday afternoon we encourage the spontaneous inclusion of music and dance in our everyday life as a communal experience. Where both beginning and accomplished dancers and musicians can share the floor without obvious hierarchy.
Part of the project includes giving young musicians from high schools, community music schools, conservatories and universities the opportunity to learn and perform traditional Argentine Tango music as well as Piazzolla’s Nuevo Tango. They receive coaching sessions by professional Tango musicians from Argentina, Europe and the USA, collaborate with guest faculty and professional musicians and perform regularly as a music ensemble at SF’s Community Music Center, Caffe Trieste Downtown and other special events in the Bay Area.
The Tango Revolution project began in 2005 at Café Revolution in SF’s Mission District. Its success has inspired other musical groups such as Classical Revolution to adopt the idea, the name and the practice of making music in accessible places.
Many dancers honed their skills with us and many musicians were introduced to the tango music, since there is no official Tango music school in the Bay Area. Some went on to form their own groups such as the tango quartet Tangonero, which has its origin in the Tango Revolution project.
Tango Revolution is a program of Intimate Embrace Tango, which envisions Argentine Tango as a relational matrix of connection to ourselves, each other and the world. We offer the beautiful connection between human beings in the Tango Embrace as a common ground and antidote against the isolation, separation and fearful existence we are led to believe is necessary. What better way to come home to ourselves and connect with each other across our differences than the non-verbal power of a musical and dance embrace, listening and moving together as one?
www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com – www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com
Friday, October 28, 2011
Tango Revolution Orchestra celebrates its 6th Anniversary
TANGO REVOLUTION 6TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION (2005-2011)
Special guest performers Ville Hiltula (bandoneon) and Maho Nabeshima (piano) join Tango Revolution musicians in a CONCERT of Piazzolla (Nuevo Tango), traditional Argentine Tango and Argentine folk music and as “Orquesta Tipica” in the MILONGA(Tango Dance Party)!
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 6, 2011 from 7pm -12am
SF Community Music Center
544 Capp Street (b/w 20th & 21st Street)
San Francisco, CA 94110
Hosted by Sonja Riket - More info: 415.661.1852
www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com - www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com
Come celebrate Tango Revolution’s 6 years of service to the community with free Tango classes, Milongas and opportunities for young musicians to learn about and perform the Argentine Tango style!
We feel extremely honored that Argentine Tango professionals of such caliber as Ville Hiltula and Maho Nabeshima will join us in this celebration!
With high level artistry and exceptional teaching ability, they have coached the Tango Revolution musicians in an intensive master class leading up to tonight’s collaborative performance in Concert and as “Orquesta Tipica” during the Milonga (Tango Dance Party).
Take an introductory Tango dance lesson with award-winning teacher Sonja Riket (no dance experience or partner necessary), then dance the night away in the intimate atmosphere of the concert hall with balcony, splendid hardwood floors and a beautiful open air patio to catch your breath!
What a treat!!! Don’t miss this very special and participatory event!
Come watch, listen or join in the dance! All levels and ages are welcome.
EVENT SCHEDULE:
7-7:50pm: Concert of Piazzolla (Nuevo Tango), traditional Argentine Tango and Argentine folk music by Tango Revolution musicians with guest performers Ville Hiltula (bandoneon) and Maho Nabeshima (piano)
8-8:45pm: Introductory Dance Lesson by award winning teacher Sonja Riket (no dance experience or partner required)
9pm: Milonga starts
10pm: Live music set for dancing with Tango Revolution “Orquesta Tipica” and guests Ville Hiltula (bandoneon) and Maho Nabeshima (piano)
Milonga continues till 12 am.
Entrance fee: $15/$10 seniors & students, children under 11 free
ABOUT VILLE HILTULA AND MAHO NABESHIMA:
Ville Hiltula (Finland) and Maho Nabeshima (Japan) are an international tango duo from the San Francisco Bay Area: two extremely talented musicians who put their mark on the tango tradition.
Coming from diverse musical and cultural backgrounds these two musicians unite their collective experience and talents to provide tango music with a contemporary personal vision without forgetting the traditions of this wonderful music.
Their repertoire covers a wide range of different tango styles. Having an extensive collection of old traditional danceable tango and tango nuevo in their repertoire, they also like to push the borders of traditional tango music by playing contemporary newly written music.
VILLE HILTULA: was born and raised in Finland where he started his musical career with accordion at the age of 9. He studied at the Sibelius-Academy in Helsinki and later performed as an accordion soloist and chamber musician in different countries in Europe. From 2002 to 2006, Ville studied bandoneon and Argentine Tango at The Rotterdam Conservatory`s tango department in the Netherlands, the best Tango school outside Buenos Aires, Argentina.
As a bandoneon player and tango musician Ville has been working actively ever since and collaborated with many world renowned tango artists such as Carel Kraayenhof y su Sexteto Canyengue, Gustavo Beytelmann, Victor Hugo Villena, Orquesta Tipica OTRA, Roberto Alvarez y su Color Tango, Alfredo Marcucci, Sonia Possetti, Alejandro Schwarz, Leonardo Sanchez, Pablo Agri, and also played together with pop groups Blof and Nuspirit Helsinki.
He participated as a soloist in Astor Piazzolla`s tango opera Maria de Buenos Aires, which performed all over Belgium in 2005-2006 together with Musiques Nouvelles ensemble. Ville also worked together with Aurelia Saxophone Quartet and the Argentinean pianist Juan Pablo Dobal in the project called Nuevo Encuentro.
Ville has performed in Buenos Aires, Argentina (VIII Festival de Tango Buenos Aires, Teatro Alvear, Teatro San Martin, Casa del Tango, Congreso National de Buenos Aires, Teatro de la Ribera, Carapachay, Confiteria Ideal, La Viruta), most European countries as well as in Japan and the USA. His music appears on 4 CD’s. www.villehiltula.com
MAHO NABESHIMA:
Maho received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in piano performance from New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, and an Artist Diploma from Carnegie Mellon University.
She served on the faculty of the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Mellon University’s preparatory school, the Colburn School of Performing Arts and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music preparatory division.
Maho has given solo and chamber music recitals in Japan, Germany and the United States, with the Essex Symphony Orchestra in Andover, Massachusetts and most recently in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. She was a featured pianist on the Steinway Society Concert Series in Pittsburgh, PA, the Walden School Concert Series in Dublin, New Hampshire, as well as on the Liszt Gala Concert hosted by the American Liszt Society in San Francisco, CA. She recorded 2 CD’s. www.mahonabeshima.com
ABOUT TANGO REVOLUTION:
Tango Revolution is a weekly neighborhood project to offer anyone the opportunity to learn and experience the social aspect of Argentine Tango: a dance and music of immigrants which continues to cross the boundaries of race, culture, language and social status. By regularly holding the event free of charge in an accessible café on a Sunday afternoon we encourage the spontaneous inclusion of music and dance in our everyday life as a communal experience. Where both beginning and accomplished dancers and musicians can share the floor without obvious hierarchy.
Part of the project includes giving young musicians from high schools, community music schools, conservatories and universities the opportunity to learn and perform traditional Argentine Tango music as well as Piazzolla’s Nuevo Tango. They receive coaching sessions by professional Tango musicians from Argentina, Europe and the USA, collaborate with guest faculty and professional musicians and perform regularly as a music ensemble at SF’s Community Music Center, Caffe Trieste Downtown and other special events in the Bay Area.
The Tango Revolution project began in 2005 at Café Revolution in SF’s Mission District. Its success has inspired other musical groups such as Classical Revolution to adopt the idea, the name and the practice of making music in accessible places.
Many dancers honed their skills with us and many musicians were introduced to the tango music, since there is no official Tango music school in the Bay Area. Some went on to form their own groups such as the tango quartet Tangonero, which has its origin in the Tango Revolution project.
Tango Revolution is a program of Intimate Embrace Tango, which envisions Argentine Tango as a relational matrix of connection to ourselves, each other and the world. We offer the beautiful connection between human beings in the Tango Embrace as a common ground and antidote against the isolation, separation and fearful existence we are led to believe is necessary. What better way to come home to ourselves and connect with each other across our differences than the non-verbal power of a musical and dance embrace, listening and moving together as one?
www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com – www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com
Special guest performers Ville Hiltula (bandoneon) and Maho Nabeshima (piano) join Tango Revolution musicians in a CONCERT of Piazzolla (Nuevo Tango), traditional Argentine Tango and Argentine folk music and as “Orquesta Tipica” in the MILONGA(Tango Dance Party)!
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 6, 2011 from 7pm -12am
SF Community Music Center
544 Capp Street (b/w 20th & 21st Street)
San Francisco, CA 94110
Hosted by Sonja Riket - More info: 415.661.1852
www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com - www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com
Come celebrate Tango Revolution’s 6 years of service to the community with free Tango classes, Milongas and opportunities for young musicians to learn about and perform the Argentine Tango style!
We feel extremely honored that Argentine Tango professionals of such caliber as Ville Hiltula and Maho Nabeshima will join us in this celebration!
With high level artistry and exceptional teaching ability, they have coached the Tango Revolution musicians in an intensive master class leading up to tonight’s collaborative performance in Concert and as “Orquesta Tipica” during the Milonga (Tango Dance Party).
Take an introductory Tango dance lesson with award-winning teacher Sonja Riket (no dance experience or partner necessary), then dance the night away in the intimate atmosphere of the concert hall with balcony, splendid hardwood floors and a beautiful open air patio to catch your breath!
What a treat!!! Don’t miss this very special and participatory event!
Come watch, listen or join in the dance! All levels and ages are welcome.
EVENT SCHEDULE:
7-7:50pm: Concert of Piazzolla (Nuevo Tango), traditional Argentine Tango and Argentine folk music by Tango Revolution musicians with guest performers Ville Hiltula (bandoneon) and Maho Nabeshima (piano)
8-8:45pm: Introductory Dance Lesson by award winning teacher Sonja Riket (no dance experience or partner required)
9pm: Milonga starts
10pm: Live music set for dancing with Tango Revolution “Orquesta Tipica” and guests Ville Hiltula (bandoneon) and Maho Nabeshima (piano)
Milonga continues till 12 am.
Entrance fee: $15/$10 seniors & students, children under 11 free
ABOUT VILLE HILTULA AND MAHO NABESHIMA:
Ville Hiltula (Finland) and Maho Nabeshima (Japan) are an international tango duo from the San Francisco Bay Area: two extremely talented musicians who put their mark on the tango tradition.
Coming from diverse musical and cultural backgrounds these two musicians unite their collective experience and talents to provide tango music with a contemporary personal vision without forgetting the traditions of this wonderful music.
Their repertoire covers a wide range of different tango styles. Having an extensive collection of old traditional danceable tango and tango nuevo in their repertoire, they also like to push the borders of traditional tango music by playing contemporary newly written music.
VILLE HILTULA: was born and raised in Finland where he started his musical career with accordion at the age of 9. He studied at the Sibelius-Academy in Helsinki and later performed as an accordion soloist and chamber musician in different countries in Europe. From 2002 to 2006, Ville studied bandoneon and Argentine Tango at The Rotterdam Conservatory`s tango department in the Netherlands, the best Tango school outside Buenos Aires, Argentina.
As a bandoneon player and tango musician Ville has been working actively ever since and collaborated with many world renowned tango artists such as Carel Kraayenhof y su Sexteto Canyengue, Gustavo Beytelmann, Victor Hugo Villena, Orquesta Tipica OTRA, Roberto Alvarez y su Color Tango, Alfredo Marcucci, Sonia Possetti, Alejandro Schwarz, Leonardo Sanchez, Pablo Agri, and also played together with pop groups Blof and Nuspirit Helsinki.
He participated as a soloist in Astor Piazzolla`s tango opera Maria de Buenos Aires, which performed all over Belgium in 2005-2006 together with Musiques Nouvelles ensemble. Ville also worked together with Aurelia Saxophone Quartet and the Argentinean pianist Juan Pablo Dobal in the project called Nuevo Encuentro.
Ville has performed in Buenos Aires, Argentina (VIII Festival de Tango Buenos Aires, Teatro Alvear, Teatro San Martin, Casa del Tango, Congreso National de Buenos Aires, Teatro de la Ribera, Carapachay, Confiteria Ideal, La Viruta), most European countries as well as in Japan and the USA. His music appears on 4 CD’s. www.villehiltula.com
MAHO NABESHIMA:
Maho received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in piano performance from New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, and an Artist Diploma from Carnegie Mellon University.
She served on the faculty of the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Mellon University’s preparatory school, the Colburn School of Performing Arts and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music preparatory division.
Maho has given solo and chamber music recitals in Japan, Germany and the United States, with the Essex Symphony Orchestra in Andover, Massachusetts and most recently in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. She was a featured pianist on the Steinway Society Concert Series in Pittsburgh, PA, the Walden School Concert Series in Dublin, New Hampshire, as well as on the Liszt Gala Concert hosted by the American Liszt Society in San Francisco, CA. She recorded 2 CD’s. www.mahonabeshima.com
ABOUT TANGO REVOLUTION:
Tango Revolution is a weekly neighborhood project to offer anyone the opportunity to learn and experience the social aspect of Argentine Tango: a dance and music of immigrants which continues to cross the boundaries of race, culture, language and social status. By regularly holding the event free of charge in an accessible café on a Sunday afternoon we encourage the spontaneous inclusion of music and dance in our everyday life as a communal experience. Where both beginning and accomplished dancers and musicians can share the floor without obvious hierarchy.
Part of the project includes giving young musicians from high schools, community music schools, conservatories and universities the opportunity to learn and perform traditional Argentine Tango music as well as Piazzolla’s Nuevo Tango. They receive coaching sessions by professional Tango musicians from Argentina, Europe and the USA, collaborate with guest faculty and professional musicians and perform regularly as a music ensemble at SF’s Community Music Center, Caffe Trieste Downtown and other special events in the Bay Area.
The Tango Revolution project began in 2005 at Café Revolution in SF’s Mission District. Its success has inspired other musical groups such as Classical Revolution to adopt the idea, the name and the practice of making music in accessible places.
Many dancers honed their skills with us and many musicians were introduced to the tango music, since there is no official Tango music school in the Bay Area. Some went on to form their own groups such as the tango quartet Tangonero, which has its origin in the Tango Revolution project.
Tango Revolution is a program of Intimate Embrace Tango, which envisions Argentine Tango as a relational matrix of connection to ourselves, each other and the world. We offer the beautiful connection between human beings in the Tango Embrace as a common ground and antidote against the isolation, separation and fearful existence we are led to believe is necessary. What better way to come home to ourselves and connect with each other across our differences than the non-verbal power of a musical and dance embrace, listening and moving together as one?
www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com – www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
TANGO REVOLUTION ORCHESTRA AND DANCERS APPEAR AT THE SF SYMPHONY!
Come join us in a special music and dance opportunity this Thursday July 28, 2011 at Davies Symphony Hall!
The SF Symphony is putting on a special concert with the 4 seasons by Vivaldi and Piazzolla and has asked Sonja Riket to organize a pre-concert and intermission event with live Argentine tango music and dance.
Come to dance or watch the expert dancers at the Milonga de Symphonia with live music by Tango Revolution Orchestra, then enjoy a fabulous Piazzolla concert by the SF Symphony.
MILONGA DE SYMPHONIA
WHAT: Tango dancing with Live music by Tango Revolution Orchestra.
WHEN: THURSDAY JULY 28, 2011
Pre-concert from 7-8pm and during intermission from 8:30-8:50pm
WHERE: DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL UPSTAIRS LOBBY
On the corner of Grove Street and Van Ness Avenue in SF(Parking garage on Grove St. between Gough and Franklin St.)
COST: To enter you need a concert ticket. Half price concert tickets are available with promo code “July50off” online or by phone/in person. http://www.sfsymphony.org/season/Event.aspx?eventid=48928
MORE INFO: Sonja Riket 415.661.1852
www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com
www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com
The SF Symphony is putting on a special concert with the 4 seasons by Vivaldi and Piazzolla and has asked Sonja Riket to organize a pre-concert and intermission event with live Argentine tango music and dance.
Come to dance or watch the expert dancers at the Milonga de Symphonia with live music by Tango Revolution Orchestra, then enjoy a fabulous Piazzolla concert by the SF Symphony.
MILONGA DE SYMPHONIA
WHAT: Tango dancing with Live music by Tango Revolution Orchestra.
WHEN: THURSDAY JULY 28, 2011
Pre-concert from 7-8pm and during intermission from 8:30-8:50pm
WHERE: DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL UPSTAIRS LOBBY
On the corner of Grove Street and Van Ness Avenue in SF(Parking garage on Grove St. between Gough and Franklin St.)
COST: To enter you need a concert ticket. Half price concert tickets are available with promo code “July50off” online or by phone/in person. http://www.sfsymphony.org/season/Event.aspx?eventid=48928
MORE INFO: Sonja Riket 415.661.1852
www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com
www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com
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