World-renowned bandoneon virtuoso Daniel Binelli returns to IC to perform a free concert and residency as part of the Enduring Masters series. The concert is free and open to the public; it takes place Friday, January 30, at 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall in the Whalen Center for Music.
Daniel Binelli is an internationally-renowned bandoneon virtuoso from Argentina who performs across the world. The bandoneon is a unique and sensuous keyboard instrument associated with the tango. A prolific composer, Binelli is also widely acclaimed as the foremost exponent and torchbearer of the music of Astor Piazzolla.
In 1989 he joined Astor Piazzolla's New Tango Sextet. From 1968 until 1982, he was a member and arranger of Osvaldo Pugliese's Orquesta Típica.
He has also performed as guest soloist on bandoneon with the symphony orchestras of Philadelphia, San Francisco, Dallas, Buffalo, Atlanta, Virginia, Sydney (Australia), Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich, NHK (Tokyo), and Teatro Colón Orchestra of Buenos Aires.
He has recorded more than 50 CDs, including Tangazo with the Montreal Symphony conducted by Charles Dutoit, Orquestango with Polly Ferman (piano) and the Uruguayan Philharmonic, Daniel Binelli Tango, Daniel Binelli and The Camerata Bariloche, Daniel Binelli – Astor Piazzolla New Tango Sextet, La Música Argentina y el Tang with guitarist Eduardo Isaac, and New Tango Vision with the Binelli-Ferman-Isaac Trio.
He is musical director of Tango Metropolis, as well as the Daniel Binelli Quintet.
He returns to Ithaca College to perform and will provide master classes to students during his January 26-30 residency. For details, contact Susan Harris, coordinator of Enduring Masters, at sharris@ithaca.edu or visit the Enduring Masters website:
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