Astor Piazzolla [photo: Quinteto Astor Piazzolla]
‘Traitor.’ ‘Apostate.’ ‘Little Lucifer.’ Astor Piazzolla was called all of these things and worse by his fellow Argentinians during his long career. It seems absurd now to think he received death threats in the 60s for breaking with tradition and taking tango off the dance floor and into the conservatory. Yet it was not only arch-conservatives who damned his innovations. Aníbal Troilo, the legendary
bandoneón player and bandleader for whom Piazzolla played in the early 40s – is on record as saying, “it bothers me the way he at times wants to frighten people with strange arrangements.”
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Harikoa Collective: Five Tango Sensations - 10 January, 6:30pm | The Jam Factory, Tauranga
Rimu -Fest Chamber Music Festival presents the closing concert to their 2021 chamber music series and showcases music for percussion and strings and the core members of the Harikoa Collective.
Prepare yourself for an unforgettable, multisensory evening of music and experience the magic of sticks and strings together. This final concert in Rimu Fest s Concert Series is not to be missed.
The Harikoa Collective is the ensemble-in-residence for Rimu Fest Chamber Music Festival, a biannual chamber music programme held in Mexico and New Zealand. The ensemble s mission is to honour Mexican and New Zealand cultural heritage and to champion the works of living and lesser-known composers.