Member Since: 11/9/2007
Band Website: orquestaimperial.com.ar
Band Members: Federico Morgan, violÃn;
Mariela Martins, violÃn;
Claudio Keller, violÃn;
Damián Pais, cello;
Matilde Vitullo, bandoneón;
Pablo Bernaba, bandoneón;
Nicolás Fontana, bandoneón;
Gerardo Martinez Argibay, piano;
Jano Seitun, Contrabajo;
Iván Espeche, cantor;
Influences: The Orquesta TÃpica Imperial is a group of young musicians from Buenos Aires (three bandoneonists, three violinists, a pianist, a cellist, a double bassist, plus the voice of Iván Espeche in some of the pieces). These Argentine musicians have found in tango a music with true identity that has allowed them to stand out as interpreters, arrangers and composers. The stressed style of their music, full of harmonic and rhythmic richness, has enabled them to rouse strong emotions in their audience.
Over the past five years, the Orquesta TÃpica Imperial has been performing at some of the most famous European venues (Kit Tropentheater or De Doelen, in Holland; National Palace of Culture of Sophia, in Bulgaria; or Victoria Eugenia Theater of San Sebastián, in Spain). It has also played in the most celebrated Tango Festivals of Europe and Latin America.
For the first time during the summer of 2008, this Orchestra will be touring the United States and also Canada, where it has been invited to participate at the Montreal Jazz Festival, on July 5th as well as at the Chicago Cultural Center.
The Orquesta TÃpica Imperial has recorded three albums, La Máquina Tanguera (2003), Ruidos Molestos (2005) and Concentración Troileana (December, 2007).
Una agrupación de jóvenes músicos que encontraron en el tango una música con gran identidad que los distingue en el mundo como intérpretes, arregladores y compositores argentinos. Que sienten el tango como una música viva, permeable a nuevas propuestas sin dejar de ser parte de una tradición de más de 100 años de música ciudadana.