Bandoneon Tango Tutorial N1 - "The Basics" / "Primeros Pasos" (English & Español Sub.)

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Omar Massa is a Bandoneon player and composer from Buenos Aires (Argentina) based in Europe since 2016. Regarded by the critics as an expert on Astor Piazzolla’s music - whose work he has interpreted from the age of six - Omar has often been the connecting bridge between classical music and Argentine tango music. He has performed and participated in projects with internationally renowned artists such as Placido Domingo, Eugene Kohn (Conductor of Maria Callas, Luciano Pavarotti), Bruno Delepelaire (1st Cello soloist, Berlin Philharmonic), Tomasz Tomaszewski (Concertmaster, Deutsche Oper Berlin), Máté Szücs (1st Viola soloist, Berlin Philharmonic), Markus Däunert (Concertmaster & co-founder of Claudio Abbado’s Mahler Chamber Orchestra), and Janne Saksala (1st Double Bass soloist, Berlin Philharmonic).
Omar has been a pioneer in taking his instrument to concert halls to play works from the academic repertoire, especially those from the European and Latin American Baroque.
As a soloist he has performed with symphony orchestras and chamber groups like the Asturias Symphony Orchestra, the Romanian National Radio Orchestra, the Buenos Aires Philharmonic, the Moldova Philharmonic Orchestra, the Biel Solothurn Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonic Stat Sibiu, the Brasov Philharmonic, the Kamerata Kronstadt among others.
Omar has played in several important venues such as the Lincoln Center (New York), the National Concert Hall (Dublin), the Colon Theatre (Buenos Aires), the Palace of Fine Arts (Mexico DF) , George Enescu Festival (Bucharest) and the Berlin Philarmonic.
As a composer he has written several works, among which his "Suite Patagonia" and "Concertango" were premiered in the Chamber Music Season of the Palace of Fine Arts of Mexico in 2013 and his "Concerto for Bandoneon and Chamber Orchestra", in the Gala Concert of the "Pantonale Festival" at Berlin Philarmonic in 2019.
Omar was nominated for the Gardel Music Awards 2014 (most important award in the recording industry in Argentina) for his CD ‘Tribute to Piazzolla’ and 25 years after Astor Piazzolla´s death (2015) his family invited him to play Piazzolla´s bandoneon.
In addition to his artistic endeavours, Omar has conducted courses and masterclasses on bandoneon and on Astor Piazzolla’s music in universities around the world. His tours have been declared of ‘Cultural and Artistic importance to the country of Argentina’ by the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

PRESS
-“…One of the great authorities on his instrument, equally at home in baroque music as in Argentine tango” Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)
-“… in a sequence of works by the great Astor Piazzolla the trio, joined for one number by violist Mate Szücs, metaphorically raised the roof in Massa's brilliant arrangements which brought verve, louche sadness, wit and spectacle to these wonderful creations.” Birmingham Post (UK)
-“Of the other wonderful pieces of the evening, maybe one should be mentioned as especially outstanding: in Bach’s toccata and fugue, Omar Massa succeeded in producing sounds from his bandoneon such that one repeatedly had the impression of hearing an organ.” Weser-Kurier (Germany)
-“Omar Massa is one of the most brilliant Argentine bandoneonists of recent years.” Diario de Cuyo (Argentina)

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