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Tango Meets String Quartet
The Musical Offering welcomes Paris-based bandoneon artist Sebastien Innocenti as he takes us on a journey of musical discovery to combine the music of the tango with the sound of the traditional string quartet. The bandoneon is a type of concertina particularly popular in South America and in Europe, especially Lithuania.
The evening will include works by Astor Piazzola and Gustavo Beytelmann that were explicitly written for string quartet and bandoneon. Sebastien Innocenti's virtuosic and passionate bandoneon mastery will bring you the heat of Argentinian tango as he and the Chicago-based Innocenti String Quartet - led by Sebastiens brother Pascal Innocenti - collaborate to present this special concert event at the Musical Offering
The MO's intimate Madison Room provides the ideal acoustically-rich setting to enjoy this performance.
About the performers:
Sebastien Innocenti
Bandoneon & Accordion
Sebastien has become a proven catalyst toward a new trajectory for tango music by working with composers such as Gustavo Beytelmann, Ramiro Gallo, or Roger Hellou and Tomas Gubitsch. He began his classical training on accordion (Bayan) in the study of Christiane Bonnay. In 2006 in Paris he earned the Prize of the President of the Republic Classic soloist category. In 2007 he graduated with a Diploma in electroacoustic composition under the tutelage of Mario Marry. Innocenti was unanimously accepted at the After entering the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris to study with Max Bonnay, Sébastien also studied bandoneon with Juan Jo Mosalini Gennevilliers.
A chamber musician as well, Sebastien performs with the Respiro Tango Quintet and Quartet of Susana Blaszko. He has performed with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, the Orchestra of the nice Opera, the Paris Opera Orchestra and the Orchestra soloists of Versailles. Sebastien seeks to discover the richness of his instrument, performing a repertoire ranging from Baroque transcription works (Bach, Rameau) to the modern literature of tango (Beytelmann, Gubitsch, Mosalini). Sébastien was aided in his study of tango by pianist and Argentine composer Gustavo Beytelmann, and by attending master classes and tango workshops in France and abroad.
https://www.respirotango.com/sebastien-innocenti
Pascal Innocenti and
The Innocenti String Quartet
Pascal (Violin) grew up in Monaco (south of France) and began his violin studies at age 7. Then went on to Paris where he received first prize at the Rueil conservatory. While there, he was member of the Orchestre des prix du CNSM de Paris. Just before making his way to the U.S. to play at the Aspen Music Festival for three summers, he appeared as a soloist with the Orchestre Philharmonic de Monte-Carlo. Pascal earned his Master in violin performance at the University of Cincinnati (CCM). In 2009, Pascal Innocenti arrived to Chicago to join the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Two years later he moved to Montreal where he performed with L'Opéra Bouffe du Québec as concertmaster and with the Montreal Imperial Orchestra.
An avid chamber musician and traveler, he then formed the Adagio Strings to perform on board of Holland-America line sailing all over the world while exploring the string quartet repertoire. Founder of The Innocenti Strings LLC, a contracting company who provides musicians all over the US for special events, Pascal is now settled in Chicago with is wife Isabelle Rozendaal who also plays with Baroque Band. Pascal is an active freelancer in the Chiocagoland and can be seen with various groups including the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra and Rockford Symphony Orchestra. In addition to his chamber music and orchestral work, Pascal loves baroque music and performs with period instrument groups like Baroque Band, the Callipygian Players, and Ars Antigua. When he isn't performing, he enjoys cooking, long distance running and yoga.
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LocationThe Musical Offering (View)
743 Custer Avenue
Evanston, IL 60202
United States
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