http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Music/article_2411.jsp Comments for "New Tango, Tony Staveacre " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Music/article_2411.jsp <p> <em>It was an unusual setting for a concert: the garden of the Nationalgalerie in Berlin – Mies van der Rohe’s final architectural flourish in the city which abandoned him in 1933. I felt distinctly under-dressed in an audience of young Berliners sporting the fanciest of fancy waistcoats, exotic headgear, expensive foot-wear. I had just got off the plane from Bristol, no time to change my shirt. This was 1989, only months before Berlin’s Wall of legend came tumbling down.</em> </p> <div class="pull_quote_article"> <div class="pull_quote"> <p> Tony Staveacre produced the 1989 BBC 2 programme, <em>Tango Nuevo</em> (now available on a BBC/Opus Arte DVD) and <em>Tango Maestro</em>, a new documentary film about Astor Piazzolla. This will be premiered on BBC 4 on 8 April 2005, as part of a dedicated “Tango Night.” The film was the last recorded session Astor Piazzolla ever made. </p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Music/article_2411.jsp" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Music/article_2411.jsp">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Music/article_2411.jsp#comment europe latin america arts &amp; cultures Creative Commons normal music the americas Tony Staveacre Fri, 08 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0100 2411 at http://www.opendemocracy.net