La Cumparsita

Tango! with the Peninsula Symphony and Quartet San Francisco Peninsula Symphony and Music Director Mitchell Sardou Klein welcome the New Year with a colorful program of tango music. All of the passion and magic of Tango! comes to our stage, with Quartet San Francisco (and its founder, violinist Jeremy Cohen), colorful tango dancers Sandor & Parissa, and the Symphony all combining for an electrifying evening of classic and new tangos. Tango began in the working class neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, blending African rhythms with instruments and techniques from Europe. Composers such as Astor Piazzolla further influenced the tango by introducing jazz rhythms and classical music, creating a Tango Nuevo. Around this time, the tango was forced to go underground in Argentina, with a conservative government deeming it publicly unacceptable. An eventual change in government led to the resurgence of tango in the 80s, and since then, it has enjoyed new popularity, with composers such as Arturo