Extasis will perform two Argentine tango music performances in Southern Utah

Z-Arts and the Kayenta Center for the Arts have teamed up to bring Extasis, an incredibly talented trio, to southern Utah. They have been performing together for over 20 years with Evan Orman as the group’s founder. He is a cellist, a bow maker, and self-taught banoneón performer.

Historically, bandoneóns were produced primarily in Germany and were brought to Argentina by German and Italian immigrants. The instrument was used in churches that could not afford an organ. In time it was adopted into the nascent genre of tango music and has become an essential instrument in most tango ensembles.

Claude Sim performs the violin and Michael Tilley performs the piano in this trio of talented music performers. Claude is currently the associate concertmaster of the Colorado Symphony, and Michael is an assistant professor and musical administrator for the Lyric Theatre Department at the University of Illinois.

They will present works of many different Tango composers  including Astor Piazzolla, Rosa Melo Di Piuma, and Armando  Pontier, to name a few.

Z-Arts will host the Extasis performance on Thursday, March 21^st, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. in the Canyon Community Center located at 126 Lion Boulevard in Springdale.

 

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Z-Arts will host a private members only reception before the performance.  To become a Z-Arts member, click here!

 

Argentine tango music is ubiquitous in TV and film. It blends many cultures and is astonishingly complex, requiring real virtuosity from the performers. Originating in the 1880s along the border between Argentina and Uruguay, the tango has influences from African, Native American and European cultures.

Described as “the world’s foremost composer of tango music,” Astor Piazzolla was born the only child of Italian immigrant parents in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in 1921. Astor grew up in New York and began to play the bandoneón in 1929. By the age of 17, he had moved to Buenos Aires and joined what would become the greatest tango orchestra of the time. As Argentine psychoanalyst Carlos Kuri has pointed out, Piazzolla’s fusion of tango with a wide rage of other recognizable Western musical elements was so successful that it produced a new individual style transcending these influences.

Extasis will give an insightful and encouraging demonstration to the students of Springdale Elementary School at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 21, 2019.

The Center for the Arts at Kayenta will host the encore concert on Friday, March 22^nd at 7:00 p.m. at 881 Coyote Gulch Court in Ivins. Additional information and $30 tickets can be found at www.kayentaarts.com.

Extasis’ performance and educational outreach are underwritten by the Utah Division of Arts and Museums, with funding from the State of Utah and the National Endowment for the Arts, and by the Western States Arts Federation. Accommodations were provided by Flanigan’s Inn, the Hampton Inn and Cable Mountain Lodge. Kayenta and Z-Arts are grateful for all the support received to bring such amazing talent to southern Utah.

 

Support for this event provided by the Western States Arts Federation.

 

This project is supported by Utah Arts and Museums, with funding from the State of Utah and the National Endowment for the Arts .

Support for this event provided by The National Endowment for the Arts - Art Works