Featuring Anna Maria Mendieta
Leading you through the tight turns, dips and smokey cafes of Argentina, concert harpist Anna Maria Mendieta’s exciting new project is a fresh and innovative presentation of the passionate and sensuous music of the Argentine Tango. Bringing together for the first time in tango history: harp, string quartet, percussion and dance — we invite you to experience this wholly captivating and rhythmically intoxicating music in a way never before presented!
Performers include:
Anna Maria Mendieta, harp
Jeremy Cohen, violin
Kayo Miki, violin
Emily Onderdonk, viola
Joseph Hebert, cello
Percussion alternate: Jack Van Geem
Eldon Bryce, dancer/choreographer
Special music arranged and composed by Grammy Award winner Pablo Ziegler, and world-renowned Piazolla expert Daniel Binelli. Musical contributions by Grammy nominees Jovino Santos Neto, and our own violinist and composer Jeremy Cohen of Quartet San Francisco (recent recipents of a Grammy nomination).
“You’re the only harpist who makes me turn around to hear and watch you play!”
— Singer, Josh Groban
“My favorite harpist” — Barry Manilow
“You are superb” — Olivia Newton John