Hector Del Curto and “Eternal Tango”

Argentine tango ensembles, with or without vocals and dancers

HectorWithBandoneon Virtuoso award-winning bandoneonist Hector Del Curto leads the ensemble “Eternal Tango” as they perform the passionate, sensual rhythms, the lush textures and colors of great Argentinean tango. The group consists of some of the finest tango musicians in the world: Nick Danielson, principal violin; Gustavo Casenave, piano; Pedro Giraudo, double bass; joined when appropriate by ancers and/or vocalist.

Hector Del Curto is also available as guest soloist for symphony orchestra or chamber ensemble performances. He has appeared with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; and Orquestra Sinfónica Nacional de Argentina.

About Hector del Curto

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, bandoneón player Hector Del Curto has traveled the world both as soloist and chamber musician, sharing the stage with the world-renowned tango composers Astor Piazzolla and Osvaldo Pugliese, ballet dancer Julio Bocca, and the ensembles Orquesta Sinfónica de Buenos Aires and the Teatro Colón Ballet.

After a Carnegie Hall concert in April 1999 with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and such outstanding artists as Gary Burton, Joe Lovano, Argentine pianist Pablo Ziegler and his Quintet for the New Tango, and famous tango singers Jose Angel Trelles and Maria Graña, the New York Times highlighted Del Curto’s artistry, making special mention of his “wistful, piercing solos on the bandoneón.” But this was no new discovery. . .

In Buenos Aires, Del Curto had won the title of “Best Bandoneón Player under 25″ when he was only 17 years of age, and he was later to receive the EternalTangoQuartet Golden Note Award from the Italian-American Network in recognition of his artistic achievements (1999).

As conductor, Del Curto directed the spectacular show “Forever Tango” on Broadway and numerous concerts featuring tango music.

Hector Del Curto’s recordings include performances with the Luis Borda Cuarteto on the album “Linea de Tango” (Jazz and Fusion Records), Osvaldo Pugliese and his orchestra and Astor Piazzolla and the New Tango Sextet on “Finally Together” (Lucho Records), and Pablo Ziegler on the albums “Asphalt” and “Quintet for the New Tango” (both BMG-USA).

He also performed in the production “Tango Magic” (Sony Music USA), with Pablo Ziegler’s quintet, released on video and DVD. He was a guest musician in Tito Puente and Eddie Palmieri’s Grammy Award-winning collaboration “Masterpiece” (RMM), Roy Nathanson’s “Fire at the Keaton’s Bar and Grill” (featuring, among others, Elvis Costello, Cyrus Chestnut and Deborah Harry, on the label Six Degrees), and Shakira’s “Laundry Services” (BMG-LATIN).

Recent appearances include tango night at Lincoln Center’s “Midsummer Night Swing”, and Hector Del Curto as guest soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra for three performances at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He has also appeared as guest artist with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.; Composite with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; and with the Orquestra Sinfónica Nacional de Argentina, among others. He can provide orchestral arrangements of compositions from the classical repertoire, or perform others’ arrangements as appropriate.

The New York Times highlighted Del Curto’s artistry, making special mention of his “wistful, piercing solos on the bandoneón.”

Hector Del Curto’s “Eternal Tango Orchestra”

“Eternal Tango” is just the beginning of the path to a more ambitious dream: the renaissance of a true tango orchestra in the tradition of the great Osvaldo Pugliese and his “Tango Heaven”. Imagine four bandoneons, three violins, viola, cello and double bass sending forth EtTangOrchLincCtr250wide the language of music to an audience that connects with the orchestra in such an intense dialogue, that the audience becomes part of the experience.

The core of this project is the “Eternal Tango” ensemble, and the dream is now a reality, with Hector Del Curto’s “Eternal Tango Orchestra”.