Les Amis Concert: Norteño Ensemble

Les AMIS Concert - Sunday, February 9, 2025

Les AMIS and Le Cercle des Amis de Norteño present the tango nuevo ensemble Norteño.

Performance at TRINITY UNITED CHURCH at 3:00 pm

Tickets $35.00 plus service fee .Online .Victoria Hall box office 905-372-2210 .and at the door half an hour before the concert. (Cash only)

Uniting sensuality and passion, virtuosity and musicality, Norteño electrifies its audiences by its outstanding performances. Norteño (meaning “people of the north” in Spanish) inhabits the turbulent universe of “tango nuevo” (new tango), a genre created by the great Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992). This passionate music, which is derived from classical and contemporary music, with influences of jazz and traditional tango, leaves nobody indifferent! Norteño’s repertoire consists of works by Piazzolla, in their original instrumentation, as well as compositions by Pierre-Paul Provencher, bandoneonist in the ensemble.

Norteño has performed across Canada in such diverse venues as the 1999 Pan American Games for an audience of 20,000 (at the invitation of the Embassy of the Republic of Argentina), at Place des Arts in Montreal, at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, and the National Arts Centre. Norteño is frequently heard on CBC radio and Radio-Canada. Performances in classical concert series have been received with great enthusiasm. As well, Norteño has achieved popular successes in various outdoor venues. Norteño’s concerts finish systematically with encores and standing ovations.