Tipica Tangarte

Orquesta Típica Tangarte, is an Argentinian-Swedish tango orchestra from Malmö. The group is under musical and artistic direction of Juanjo Passo, guitar player, who founded the group in 1999. Their music is primarily played for dancing. Tangarte have been touring mainly in Sweden, Denmark and Finland, but also Germany, Spain, France, Argentina and Chile, performing at major tango festivals such as Cumbre Mundial de Tango, Tarbes Tango Festival and others. The group have had guest bandoneonists on a quite regular basis, such as Luis Stazo from world famous Sexteto Mayor, Carlos Buono and others.

The group consists of:
Juanjo Passo - Guitar, Musical Director
Juan José Passo - Vocalist
Sofia Alvarez - Vocalist
Claudio Contantini - Bandoneon
Tord Sölvesson - Accordion
Lars Hansen - Accordion
Jerzy Markiewicz - Piano
Garik Binder - Piano
Hedda Heiskanen - Violin
Irina Binder - Violin
Sarah Nordholm - Violin
Per Tidstrand - Cello
Robert Pettersson - Double Bass

The album "Lo que vendrá" was released in october 2007 (monophon) on iTunes music store.In 2004 the album "Ecos de Tango" was released on iTunes music store.

[http://www.tangarte.se Orquesta Tipica Tangarte's home page]