Pablo Murgier is a pianist and composer based in Paris, France. He is one of the referents of the new generation of tango musicians and Argentine music, as well as a performer, composer or arranger, he has also passed through the fields of jazz and classical music. As a soloist or with the ensemble that bears his name, he has played in the most important theaters and festivals in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Europe and Asia. It integrates several projects such as the Duo Murgier - Rossi, Los Milonguitas, and Azimut Project. His Ensemble was awarded the award of "Best Tango Orchestra" in 2017 and his first solo album MUY LEJOS was nominated for the GARDEL AWARDS in 2018.
He recorded albums together with various musical projects around tango, jazz-fusion, Latin American folklore and chamber music. Both as solist and with his group the Ensemble Murgier, he has produced several productions whose music is original in its entirety: Piano Solo (album ‘‘Los Espejos’’) ; Ensemble Murgier (EP ‘‘Reflets’’ and album ‘‘Muy Lejos’’). He also recorded with Los Milonguitas Tango, Azimut Project, Cuarteto Biraben, SPEE, and Cacho Castaña, among others.
As a soloist, he gave concerts of academic and popular music in numerous halls and institutions, and toured in Argetina, Uruguay, Chile, Russia, China and Europe. He has performed concerts as a solo pianist with the string orchestra MusArt (Chile) and is involved in the field of musical production and arrangements collaborating with adaptations for symphonic orchestras and various musical formations in the Astor Sinfónico XXI project. He composed and performed the music for the play Fêtes Galantes Spectacle (Paul Verlaine) produced by the Theatre Essaion in Paris. He has been invited to participate in the prestigious Piazzolla 2020 – “The history continues” , which brings together composers who are references to current Argentine music.
In 2016 he formed his own project, the Ensemble Murgier, where he works as a composer and pianist. The group won the award of the First World Tango Orchestras World Cup in the International Tango Meeting for Musicians in Buenos Aires, and its first album was nominated for the Gardel Awards in the category Best New Tango Artist.
He has worked as a teacher of Piano and Tango in art schools of the Province of Buenos Aires, and has taught Musical Language in the program of Children’s Orchestras and Choirs for the Bicentennial of Argentina. He has also worked as a researcher in the program Territorios de la Música Contemporánea Argentina at the National University of Quilmes. He currently holds various courses on arrangements and composition in contemporary popular music and Latin American music.
Website: http://www.pablomurgier.com
Violinist Machiko Ozawa,a former concertmaster of Orquesta Sinfonica Sinaloa de las Artes, is a versatile violinist based in NYC for more than decades. Her most recent album, Mi Oblivion, became a top seller on the label, Composers Concordance Records in 2018.
She gave her debut recital at the Carnegie Weill Recital Hall as a winner of the Artists International Competition. Subsequently she has performed as a soloist with the C.W. Post Chamber Orchestra, Henry Mancini Festival Orchestra, North Shore Symphony Orchestra, and Orquesta Sinfónica Sinaloa de las Artes, among others. She has been awarded the " Amigos de la Musica" as the best orchestra in Mexico. She has also performed as a tango soloist with the Presidential Symphony Orchestra in Turkey, the Pan American Symphony Orchestra as well as American Philharmonic Orchestra.
As a performing artist, Ms. Ozawa has extended her musicianship to other styles of music, including jazz, Argentine tango, improvisation, and tap dance, among others. In addition, she has created her own style of performance called tapdanceviolin, which has been incorporated in some of her original compositions.
Ms. Ozawa was selected as one of the main cast members in the award winning musical Amor Latino at Thalia Theatre, in which she played as a tapdancer and violinist.
Ms. Ozawa’s playing could also be heard on the albums such as, Placido Domingo “Songs”(SONY CLASSICAL), Erwin Schrott “Rojotango”(SONY CLASSICAL), Importango”Tango For Import”(Panoramic Recordings), Urban Tango Trio”Urban Tango Trio”(PLATONIC), among others.
Ms. Ozawa received her formal training from The Juilliard School, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and Tokyo National University of the Arts (Tokyo Gei Dai).
Ms. Ozawa is a Yamaha performing artist and she plays their electric violin, YEV104.
Website: http://machikoozawa.com
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Machiko and Pablo met in Paris in February in 2019, they immediately formed Azimut Tango Project together with Simone Tolomeo and Sebastian Noya. They recently released their new album No Tags from the label, Collectif Por Que No?. They are waiting for kicking off their album release tour to deliver their brand new tango music to all over the world in 2022.
Youtube
Azimut Tango Project
https://youtu.be/VFwWH3JZQ70
Pablo Murgier Solo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZQCxHGjl_c
Machiko Ozawa
https://youtu.be/4ZA8241Xiic
Lo Que Vendra (by Astor Piazzolla), A Roberto Fontanarrosa, Suite Ayacucho (by Pablo Murgier) and more
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