A future-focused music ensemble featuring the most esperienced contemporary tango musicians in Australia – all key members of groups dismantled by the effect of the global pandemic and changes to the live music industry in Melbourne.
Urban Tango. Summer Activation
February – April 2021
We’ve done this before …
Mini-series curation
Begins March 2021
Short-set venue live performance
March – May 2021
… unique in Australia. This talented ensemble of young musicians posits a tasteful blend of charisma, musicality and a profound knowledge of tango. The poignancy and passion of this ensemble is palpable and indelible.” Dr Daniel Rojas, Senior Lecturer in Music, University of Sydney
Tango collusion are contemporary music group that blur genre boundaries between contemporary jazz, world, and classical music, to create high quality artistic outcomes and appeal across genre markets and demographics. The group includes well-known musicians from Victorian Opera, Melbourne’s vibrant latin music scene, jazz, and tango musicians. Members of Tango Collusion Sextet have dedicated their careers to this genre, having lived, studied, and performed in Buenos Aires and Uruguay, and received Australia Council funding to attend workshops in Portland, Oregon over three consecutive years, and even written PhD and honours theses on contemporary tango.