Ah What a week its been this week I had the pleasure of meeting and chating with the group Tango Extremo from The Netherlands who were on tour here in Ireland. Tanya Schaap who plays violin and is the artistic director was accompanied in studio by the rest of the group. Ben van den Dungeon who plays soprano saxophone, Rob van Kreeveld the pianist of the group, Matias Pedrana from Argintina on accordion and Bandoneon and Stefan Lievestro on the double bass.
In talking to this group I noticed how passionate they all were about their music and the style they play in. Tango Extremo brings a distinctive flavour to the passion and persuasion of the Argentine Tango. Since the groups inception in 2003, the ensemble has made remarkable development.
Since then, its five musicians have become synonymous with the group’s familiar sound in the Netherlands and abroad Incidentally, the group has performed in countries across the world, such as Argentina, China, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, as well as in Europe in countries such as Spain, Italy, Ireland and the UK. During the Buenos Aires Tango Festival in August 2009,Tango Extremo was the only non-Argentine ensemble at one of the most prestigious tango festivals in the world.
With four albums under their belt, Quinteto Extremo are one of the most original and fascinating ensembles of the Netherlands. The quintet’s members (prestigious teachers of the conservatories of Rotterdam and The Hague and renowned musicians of the European jazz scene) have adopted tango as a language from a personal perspective, and in order to do so, numerous composers of that country write and arrange specially for them. The deep technical command of their instruments, the creative freedom and the natural balance between improvisation and written music are some of the hallmarks of their music.
We were lucky enough in the town of Youghal that this group had decided to include Youghal as part of this tour. Fromhere they were going to cork and then on to Dublin to play International Tango Festival and the National Concert Hall Dublin before returning to their homeland to continue their work and get ready for their next tour.
Check then out on their own website here
http://www.tangoextremo.com/
Listen to the interview here
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