A celebration of the countless ways tango has crossed borders, absorbed influences, and transformed both itself and other musical traditions.
Tango pieces interpreted through other genres. Non-tangos bandoneonized. Jazzango. Candombe. Saltango. Tango Azules. Canyengue. Popango. Classango. Electro-Tango. Skango. Tango-Punk. Whatever.
If somebody, somewhere, has ever asked the question „What happens if we combine Tango with…?“ then the answer may well appear in this program.
The focus is neither on tradition nor on innovation alone, but on the points of contact, collision, dialogue, and fusion between Tango and the otros ritmos of the world.
From the musical roots that contributed to the birth of tango in the nineteenth century to speculative visions of what tango may become in the future, Tango Transversal explores a timeline stretching from 1850 to 2050.
Expect encounters between:
- Tango and Jazz
- Tango and Blues
- Tango and Rock
- Tango and Classical Music
- Tango and Electronic Music
- Tango and Folk Traditions
- Tango and Candombe
- Tango and Salsa
- Tango and Punk
- Tango and Hip-Hop
- Tango and Experimental Music
- Tango and whatever else musicians have dared to imagine
Some pieces remain clearly recognizable as tango. Others have wandered so far from their origins that only a faint family resemblance remains. Yet all selections share a connection to the tango spirit: tension and release, longing and passion, rhythm and dialogue.
This is not a historical survey, but an exploration of tango as a living, adaptive cultural organism—one that has always borrowed, influenced, transformed, and been transformed in return.
For curious dancers and adventurous listeners.
For people who enjoy discovering connections where others see categories.
For everyone who believes that tango is not a museum piece but a conversation.
No genre boundaries. No ideological purity. No apologies.
Only Tango—and all the places it has been, and all the places it might still go.