Tango 02
Many in the tango scene remember Pato Lorente as a flautist/bandoneonist in Alfredo Marcucci's Orquesta Veritango, with whom he played in concerts and milongas throughout Europe for fifteen years. Alfredo Marcucci himself was a member of the Julio De Caro and Carlos Di Sarli orchestras in the 1940s and 1950s.
Since the passing away of the master in 2010, Pato Lorente has not stood still artistically and founded 25 years ago the Belgian ensemble Tango 02 with a very strong focus on performances oriented towards tango dancing audiences. It performed at numerous tango dancing events in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Italy and Germany. In 2022, Tango 02 released an album containing exclusively new tango compositions. The aim is to add a Belgian chapter to the music history of the Tango Rioplatense genre: passionate urban folk music with a touch of self-mockery. Around this album, Tango 02 has developed a tango concert entitled 'Por Eso'. The Argentine dancer and choreographer Cristina Cortés joins this project. She specialised in the fusion of tango and contemporary dance and was part of A.M. Stekelman's Tangokinesis Company, a pioneer in this type of fusion in the 90's.
The ensemble premiered the show in November 2022 at Flagey's Studio 1 in Brussels, Belgium. Tango 02 also played the concert at the Handelsbeurs in Ghent (B) and at the CC Ter Diflt in Bornem (B), as well as in Liège and Soignies.
Benoît Leseure - violin
Ignaas Vermeiren - double bass
Pieter Baert - piano
Pato Lorente - bandoneon (artist name of Patrick Vankeirsbilck)
Cristina Cortés - choreographer/dancer
Cristian Taffarello - dancer
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