Friday, January 3, 2020 at 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM PST
Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
1317 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, CA
Hyperion Ensemble was formed in 1992 as ensemble
interested in contemporary music. From the very beginning, it has been deeply
interested to the Piazzolla repertoire and to Tango in general. Hyperion has
taken part, during its 26 years of activity in over 1000 shows, festivals and
theatres all over Europe, offering a wide repertoire ranging from contemporary
Tango to traditional Tango.
Since its foundation has collaborated with various
renowned bandoneonists such as Luis Stazo, Juan Josè Mosalini, Daniel Binelli,
Alfredo Marcucci; the regular bandoneonists in the Ensemble are Josè Luis
Betancor, Dario Polonara and Christian Gerber, while the singers are actually
the argentinian Martin Troncozo and Hernan Godoy. Hyperion Ensemble is
regularly invited to the most renowned Tango Festivals all over Europe: Paris,
Brussels, London, Barcelona (Sitges), Istanbul, Tarbes, Stokholm, Athens,
Torino, Rome, Firenze, Genova, Mantova etc. Has musically accompanied many
Shows with famous international Companies and dancers like “Tangovivo” with
Union Tanguera of Esteban Moreno and Claudia Codega, “Tango x 2 “ with Miguel
Angel Zotto, “Tango Metropolis” with Claudio Hoffmann and Daniel Binelli,
“Conceptango” with the company of Leo Calvelli y Eugenia, “TangObsesion” with
the company Leonardo Cuello, “Tango Nuevo” with Roberto Herrera’s company and,
others: in 2015 and in 2017 the Ensemble took part to the german Tour of
Gustavo Russo’s Company in the show Tango Seduccion. In this occasions Ensemble
has appeared in the most famous theatre scenes over Europe, such as Teatro
Regio and Auditorium Lingotto in Turin, Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Darmstadtium in
Darmstadt, Brucknerhaus in Linz, Die Glocke in Bremen Auditorium della
Conciliazione in Rome, Dom Musyck a Mosca, Teatro Regina Victoria in San
Sebastian, Trui teatro in Palma de Mallorca, Concert Noble Bruxelles, Mustafa
Kemal Merkezi in Istanbul, Blue Note in Milan … The Ensemble has often
performed with others famous dancers as Sebastian Arce and Mariana Montes, Chicho
Frumboli and Juana Sepulveda, Javier Rodriguez, etc. in several venues and
Festival around Europe. Often the ensemble features soloists like Cristina
Vilallonga, Aureliano Marin, Silvia Lallana (voice), Franco Luciani (harmonic),
Luis Bacalov (composer and pianist), Cesar Angeleri (guitar). Recently began
collaborating with the singer Antonella Ruggiero in the show “Contemporanea
Tango”. Has often performed accompanied by Symphonic orchestra, mainly with the
45 musicians of the Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana. Ensemble’s record
production has 9 CD’s: “Livin Tango” (1998) – “Boulevard Tango” (2000) – “Corso
Buenos Aires” (2005) – “Buenos Aires hora cero” (2006) – “Hyperion Live in
Paris”, with the special participation of Luis Stazo (2008), “Contemporanea Tango”
with Antonella Ruggiero (2010), “Epoca de Oro” (2011), “Remembranzas” (2014),
Tango 9 (2016), “Hasta siempre amor” (2018).
Cost: $18 - $20
