The Tango / Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet

Week of September 19, 2026

Latin GRAMMY winner Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet is a virtuoso quartet that elegantly expresses the beauty and passion of the tango repertoire.

TANGO: THEN AND NOW
This program includes selections from great tango masters from the 1930s to the present, including Alfredo Gobbi, Francisco Canaro, Osvaldo Pugliese, the revolutionary Astor Piazzolla, and—evolving even further—Pedro Giraudo.

In this program, the ensemble offers the audience insight into how tango evolved from marginal venues to cafés and dance halls, and finally to prominent concert halls. The musical journey will be accompanied by short anecdotes about the main figures in the history of tango, as well as explanations of the principal rhythms of the genre (milonga, waltz, and tango).

THE PIAZZOLLA LEGACY
This program demonstrates, through selections of Piazzolla’s music, how he almost single-handedly took tango from small cafés, bars, and dance halls into the world of legitimate, prominent concert venues.

His legacy lies in conceiving of and composing tango as concert music, opening the door to the classical world and to leading contemporary composers such as Pedro Giraudo, who continue to evolve tango even further within the concert-music tradition.

THE FOUR SEASONS OF BUENOS AIRES
This program is centered around four pieces that Piazzolla wrote as his impressions of each of the seasons in Buenos Aires. Although they were originally written as separate works, they are often performed as a suite, as in this performance by the Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet—a powerful and evocative centerpiece for the program.

Also included are several original compositions by other composers that complement the Piazzolla work.

 

The Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet is widely acknowledged as one of the most compelling tango ensembles today, moving forward from the giant footsteps of Astor Piazzolla, and continuing to take this musical genre into new territories. With immense respect for its roots and rich musical past, the ensemble effectively serves as an active ambassador of tango and a proponent of its evolution. The quartet’s fervent and virtuosic musical style takes elements from Argentine tango, European classical music, and American jazz, and combines them gracefully and organically, bringing something new and exciting to the form while retaining all the lushness and beauty that characterizes the genre.