Wednesday, March 20th, 2019
7:00-10:00pm
$15.
Discount for members of the Berkeley City Club
On stage in the ballroom, we present Seth Asarnow on piano and Adrian Jost on bandoneon. All are welcome, including experienced dancers, beginning dancers, and listeners.
Seth Asarnow, a native of the Bay Area, plays bandoneon as well as piano and has a repertoire consisting of hundreds of tangos. He has composed film scores and has played on film soundtracks, and he works regularly with some of the finest tango dancers in the world. His tango ensemble, Seth Asarnow y su Sexteto Tipico, plays tango in the style of the golden age. Asarnow is working to preserve this unique style of music in its original form.
Born on the French Riviera in Switzerland, Adrian Jost first studied the accordion and bayan (similar to the accordion) with the country’s best teachers until coming to the U.S. to pursue his master’s degree at Northwestern University. It was there that Jost discovered Argentine tango and started the transition to the iconic bandoneon. In 2001, he co-founded Trio Garufa, a popular San Francisco-based tango group that has enthralled audiences in the U.S., Europe, Argentina, Colombia, and Canada.