Urban Tango Trio
Piano/bass/violin,
performing both traditional and
new “tango nuevo”
Formed in 2008, Urban Tango Trio consists of three awesomely talented virtuoso musicians (Octavio Brunetti, piano; Pedro Giraudo, bass; Machiko Ozawa, violin). Together they capture the passion and excitement of Argentine tango in a repertoire ranging from traditional favorites, to contemporary interpretations. They have dazzled audiences in New York, Washington DC, South Carolina, Virginia, and in Tokyo, Japan, with return tours to Japan and other parts of the world already booked for 2010 and 2011.
The members of Urban Tango Trio:
Octavio Brunetti (pianist/arranger/composer):
Latin Grammy-winner Octavio Brunetti first studied piano in his home town of Rosario, Argentina. Before graduating, he was already performing a variety of musical styles.
But his love for the tango prevailed and soon he was playing with Argentina’s most important tango musicians and singers, including Alberto Castillo, Eladia Blazquez, Ruben Juarez, Domingo Federico, Rodolfo Mederos, Osvaldo Piro and more. He moved to the United States in 2004 where his participation in New York’s International Tango Competition won him two first prizes: Best Solo Pianist and Best Duo. He now successfully tours with his own band, the Octavio Brunetti Quintet, and is one of the most sought after tango pianists of our times. His recordings include “Soledad” by Astor Piazzolla with world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma (“Appassionato” by Sony BMG-Classical), and Grammy Award Winning CD “Te amo Tango” with Raul Jaurena. He has performed with the Panam Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta del Tango de Cordoba, and Yo-Yo Ma at the international Tango Conference at Harvard, Cambridge. In December 2008 he participated in the recording of the original soundtrack music for the Francis Ford Coppola’s last movie “TETRO” composed by Osvaldo Golijov
Pedro Giraudo (bassist/arranger/composer):
Originally from Córdoba, Argentina, Pedro Giraudo moved to New York City in 1996. Since then he has become an in-demand bass player playing in a wide 
variety of musical projects, but specializing in the music of Latin America. As a bassist and/or arranger, he has performed with Pablo Ziegler (Astor Piazzolla), Kenny Garrett (Miles Davis), and William Cepeda (Dizzy Gillespie). He has participated in various Jazz and Music Festivals throughout the United States, Europe, South America, the Caribbean and Asia, and performed in venues such as The Blue Note (Japan), Birdland (Austria), Kennedy Center (Washington DC), Iridium, Jazz Standard, Blue Note, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall (NYC). Since 2000, Pedro Giraudo leads his own group, the Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra. for which he composes and arranges. These ensembles showcase compositions which combine Pedro Giraudo’s love of the Argentine tango and folk music, classical music, and the spontaneity of jazz improvisation. He has released four critically acclaimed CDs: “Destiny of Flowers” (2002), “Mr Vivo” (2002), “Desconsuelo” (2005) and “El Viaje” (2009); and he performs regularly in prestigious jazz clubs in the New York City area.
Machiko Ozawa (violinist/tapdancer/composer):
The former concertmaster of Orquesta Sinfonica Sinaloa de Las Artes, Machiko Ozawa gave her debut recital at the Carnegie Weill Recital Hall in 
February 2002 as a winner of Artists International Competition in 2001. As a soloist, she has performed with C.W. Post Chamber Orchestra, Henry Mancini Festival Orchestra, North Shore Symphony Orchestra and Orquesta Sinfonica Sinaloa de LasArtes. She commissioned and premiered her original concerto “Syrenes” for violin, percussion and orchestra, by the North Shore Symphony Orchestra in 2004. She also performed Morton Gould’s Tap Concerto as a tap dancer soloist with this orchestra in 2007. She was a finalist in the New York International Tango Competition in 2004 as a member of M2duo (formally M2O). She received an artistic grant sponsored by the YAMAHA Foundation and released her first Album, “Vertical Voyage” in Japan in 2007. Although trained classically in Juilliard School, Guildhall Music School and Tokyo National School of fine arts and music (Tokyo Gei Dai), she now extends her musical range to a variety of styles including jazz, tango, improvisation, world music and dancing/acting. She was chosen as one of the main cast members with an award winning musical, AMOR LATINO at the Thalia Theatre in 2009 as a tapdancer/ violinst. She created her own style of performance called tapdanceviolin. Recently she has extended her musical world into Argentine tango and she has performed with Pablo Ziegler, Hector Del Curto, Fernando Otero, Octavio Brunetti, Polly Ferman and Pedro Giraudo at NYC’s major venues such as Blue Note, Jazz Standard, Winter Garden at Financial Center, Joe’s Pub, Highline Ballroom, as well as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Merkin Concert Hall.
Contact:
Ellen Azorin, President
Cantaloupe Music Productions, Inc.
Phone: 212.724.2400
E-Mail: music.inquiry@cantaloupeproductions.com
Music samples:
Libertango:
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Escualo:
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Canaro En Paris:
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Morena:
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Video:
Urban Tango performs “Escualo” (Astor Piazzolla) at the DC Tango Festival 2010: