La Bruja: concert-milonga with Ramiro Boero and Las Almas del Tango

Acclaimed bandoneonist Ramiro Boero, on tour from Buenos Aires, joins the US tango duo Las Almas del Tango, made up of San Francisco pianist Sumi Lee and Washington DC bandoneonist Heyni Solera. The ensemble will play a selection of classic tangos as well as original pieces by Maestro Boero.  With DJ Robert Hammond playing traditional tango music.

6:30 doors open
7:00-8:00 pm sit-down concert
8:00-10:00 pm milonga

$20 general (cash only)
$15 full-time students with ID (cash only)

Arrive by 7:00 to hear the concert! Then dance to DJ’d music (traditional), with one live tanda of Pugliese and Troilo pieces performed by Sumi and Heyni.  Those who arrive between 7:00 and 8:00 will be seated during the applause between pieces.

This is a queer-friendly event where all genders are welcome to lead and follow. Drinks (full bar) and empanadas are offered for sale (cards accepted for refreshments).

Masks are required when you are not actively eating or drinking.  This event takes place in the ballroom on the second floor. The floor is slippery.

Maestro Ramiro Boero is a soloist and teacher in the Orquesta Escuela de Tango Emilio Balcarce, and received the Carlos Gardel Award in the ‘Best Tango Album’ category in 2014. He currently teaches Bandoneon at the Escuela de Música Popular de Avellaneda. In 2012 he was awarded First Prize by the Fondo Nacional de las Artes for his album “Tres Expresiones Porteñas.” In 2018 he released a solo bandoneon album entitled “Acontece,” published in the collection El Arte del Bandoneón.

Heyni Solera received her Master of Music degree in Ethnomusicology at the University of Maryland, College Park. She regularly performs with the Da Capo Tango Orchestra, which focuses on playing danceable tangos; and is part of the cello/bandoneon duo, Arco & Aire, with cellist Maxfield Wollam-Fisher. She is also the bandoneonist of Orquesta Solidaridad Tango, which features female tango musicians in a typically male-dominated genre.  Past projects include playing in the orchestra of the IN Series production of Le Cabaret de Carmen at Source Theatre in Washington, D.C. and at Baltimore Theatre Project in Baltimore, Maryland.

Sumi Lee studied piano performance at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Universitat Mozarteum Salzburg. She studied tango music performance in Buenos Aires at the Orquesta Escuela de Tango Emilio Balcarce, where she worked with Ramiro Boero.  She has taught music classes in the Redwood City school district and classical piano classes at East Bay Center of Performing Arts, the Northern California Music & Art Center and Marin Country Day School.  She has performed with various tango ensembles including Las Malevas and Orquesta Solidaridad Tango, in which Heyni Solera also plays.

To enter the building, ring the bell and say “tango!”  We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. For bike parking, use the bell to enter through the service entrance, and then go straight until you are outside again.

www.labrujatangoberkeley.com
https://ramiroboero.com
https://heynisolera.com
http://www.sumilee.com
info@nulllabrujatangoberkeley.com