CHANGO SPASIUK /Argentina/
THE MASTER OF CHAMAMÉ ON TOUR
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FIESTA MUSIC CHANGO SPASIUK HIS MUSIC, HIS CULTURE, HIS LAND
Horacio “Chango” Spasiuk was born in September 1968 in Apostoles, a small village in Misiones, a rural north-eastern province of Argentina. Set in the frontier region bordering southern Brazil and Paraguay, this exceptional melting-pot area offers a sub-tropical climate with its fertile dark red ground where mate grows. Until the 17th century, this region was inhabited by indigenous Guarani communities. Misiones was discovered in 1541 by Spanish people and Jesuit monks’ landing in 1609 disrupted the indigenous cultural environment. They were thrown out of the country following the king’s order. This event ended the provincial golden age: after lootings, the Portuguese and Brazilian invasions and the armed conflict with Paraguay. Although the area finally gained a form of autonomy in 1881, it was barely inhabited as a consequence of a century of nearly continuous conflicts. Argentina opened its borders and Misiones welcomed European settlers mainly Germans, Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, Scandinavians and Central Europeans who built up villages, mixing with the remaining natives. Those settlers brought with them accordions and polka.
Chamamé was born from the reunion of the indigenous world and the old continent. It is a traditional and rural music played by bands of 2 to 5 musicians integrating the accordion or the bandoneon, the violin, the guitar, the cajon and sometimes the double bass. This cadenced and bouncing music involves soft and poetical hints and is suited to dance. You can sing or recite chamamé, it expresses landsman’s feelings: landscapes beauty, love, nostalgia, life’s roughness…
Although music belonging to Argentina’s folklore is often disparaged, it gathers a wide range of wealthy forms. A few great artists were and still are fervent defenders of this diversity revealing it in their country and worldwide. Chango Spasiuk is one of them, the unquestionable chamamé’s master, known by all in South America.
Grandson of Ukrainians migrants, he was soon surrounded by eastern Europeans musical influences combined with chamamé. Indeed his father, a violinist, and his brother, a guitarist and singer, used to host wedding receptions and other balls in their hometown. He received his first accordion as a gift from his parents at the age of 12. “I’ve learned to play accordion away from conservatoires”, he says. “The day my father gave me my first instrument, I’ve never stopped playing it”. Soon recognized as a virtuoso, Chango Spasiuk could have settled for week-end dances animation and he would have made a pretty decent living out of it. He rather chose, without denying the tradition, to push back the limits of the artistic style. He is now a regular guest for Argentinean rock stars and he is a worldwide performer who overcame Argentina’s cliché of only being a land for tango.
Chango Spasiuk has not only already played in several European countries (United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Austria, Belgium, France…) he has also performed in Asia and in the United States. From venues in theatres to concerts in traditional, world or even jazz music festivals, he contributed to noteworthy events in jazz festivals from Montréal to New York. Chango Spasiuk has collaborated with a wide range of artists such as Kronos Quartet, Cyro Batista, Kepa Junkera, Carlos Nunez, Lila Downs, Bob Telson, Bobby Mc Ferrin, Raul Barboza, Mercedes Sosa… In each venue he takes part in, the audience, music professionals and journalists are captivated. They meet the artist and the man, a musician enjoying a complete artistic freedom in his creations who delivers compositions going beyond his own boundaries, therefore urging on a total universality. In the last two decades he recorded about ten albums on his behalf. The upcoming LP was recorded live in October 2013 at “Teatro Colon” in Buenos Aires (the famous opera house in Argentina’s capital), getting a full house of 3500 audience members. Now more than ever, Chango Spasiuk wishes to develop his international career in order to disclose more and share this music he embodies with modernity, innovation and high standards. CHANGO SPASIUK DISCOGRAPHY & NOMINATIONS
DISCOGRAPHY
/2014/ Tierra Colorada en el Teatro Colon – Chango Spasiuk en concierto - Sony BMG Argentina
/2010/ El Chango, the very best of - Nascente
/2009/ Pynandi - Los Descalzos - Sony BMG Argentina / World Village Music
/2004/ Tareferos de mis Pagos - Sony BMG Argentina / Piranha
/2003/ The Charm of chamamé - Weltwunder
/2001/ Chamamé crudo - Sony BMG Argentina
/1999/ Polcas de mi tierra - Sony BMG Argentina
/1996/ La ponzoña - Sony BMG Argentina
/1991/ Bailemos y... - GLD Discos
/1990/ Contrastes - M&M Argentina
/1989/ Chango Spasiuk - M&M Argentina
NOMINATIONS
/2015/ Award-winning « best folk artist » by the « Carlos Gardel Awards » for his CD « Tierra colorada en el Colon ». Doctor Honoris Causa by the National University of Misiones for his art.
/2006/ Nominated « best folk artist » by the « Carlos Gardel Awards » for his CD « Tarefero de mis Pagos ». « Tarefero de mis Pagos » nominated « best folk album » to the 7th « Annual Latin Grammy Awards ».
/2005/ Award-winning of the « best Argentinian folk male musician of the decade » by the « Konex Award ». Award-winning of « Newcomer BBC World Music Awards ».
/2001/ Nominated « best folk artist » by the « Carlos Gardel Awards » for his CD « Chamamé crudo ».
/2000/ « Chamamé crudo » nominated « best folk album of the year! » by the « Rolling Stone-Argentina ». Nominated « best folk artist » by the « Carlos Gardel Awards » for his CD « Polkas de mi tierra ».
/1999/ « Polkas de mi tierra » nominated « best folk album of the year! » by « Clarín ».
/1997/ « La Ponzoña » award-winning « best instrumental CD of the year! » by the Asociación de Cronistas del Espectáculo (ACE).
/1993/ « Bailemos y... » nominated « best instrumental CD of the year ! » by the Asociación de Cronistas del Espectáculo (ACE).
/1989/ « Consécration Prime » to the national folk festival national of Cosquín in Córdoba (Argentina).
CHANGO SPASIUK AUDIO & VIDEO
TEASER CHANGO SPASIUK 4TET - MARCH 2015 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSn-kk-ujuU
LIVE CONCERT (EXTRACTS) IN CAT OF BARCELONA (SPAIN – 4TET EUROPEAN TOUR) MARCH 2015: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUhyUL2YDFs www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7vrhIjh-MI www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjUnJ3Qbw_k
LIVE CONCERT (EXTRACT) OF THE CHAMAME’S NATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CORRIENTES (ARGENTINA) JANUARY 2015: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcbWIsR0SBQ
LIVE CONCERT (EXTRACTS) AT THE TEATRO COLON OF BUENOS AIRES (ARGENTINA) OCTOBER 2013: www.youtube.com/watch?v=70ldqF3hBKU www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWu05N_bNN8 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyfh1mnjcmE www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I2RqabnWOk
EPK « TIERRA COLORADA EN EL TEATRO COLON »: English subtitles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bopc9b-ek9g French subtitles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=alHLfWCCTi8
EPK « PYNANDI »: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWNaI9zcQp0#t=230
EPK « SUITE DEL NORDESTE »: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd4qEhlvC44
EXTRACTS OF THE TV PROGRAM « ENCUENTRO EN EL ESTUDIO » ON THE ARGENTINIAN NATIONAL TV: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tcvU9wp8Tg www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKj6j9sc7sc&list=PL9F0820796979A695
ARGENTINIAN NATIONAL TV PROGRAM « PEQUENOS UNIVERSOS »/CANAL ENCUENTRO BY CHANGO SPASIUK: Chamamé in Corrientes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZqnGtJf8Qs Chamamé in Misiones: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm2QDDTVB2A Chamamé in Buenos Aires: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LIRL_2Pr5E other programs: www.encuentro.gov.ar/sitios/encuentro/programas/ver?rec_id=50571
TELEVISION COVERAGE « ARGENTINA, CHAMAME CRUDO » BY JUAN CARLOS GONZALES WITH CHANGO SPASIUK (Spain - Argentina, 2011, 54 minutes): www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/todo-el-mundo-es-musica/todo-mundo-musica-argentina/1076730/
CHANGO SPASIUK PRESS REVIEW
PRESS REVIEWS AVAILABLE HERE: (Le Monde, Libération, Télérama, Mondomix, Vibrations, Soundworld, France 5, La Montagne, The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Observer, The Daily Telegraph, Times, Songlines, The Guardian, Billboards, FRoots, LoS…):
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“Chango Spasiuk is chamamé’s spectacular new champion” Simon BROUGHTON, EVENING STANDARD
“Will fill your living room with light” Charlie GILLETT, THE OBSERVER
“Few artists can match the impact of Chango Spasiuk's recent triumphant 'arrival'” Jon LUSK, FROOTS
“Great artistry, virtuoso talents... It’s a deep, unfettered joy to indulge in Chango’s masterpieces” Chris MOSS, SONGLINES
“A contagious sense of bonhomie that transcends region-specific cultural roots” Ernesto LECHNER, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
“…[he uses] the chamamé vocabulary to highly inventive effect, with sighing accordion and romantic violin creating elegiac sound pictures, before Spasiuk’s impulsive fingerwork sweeps everything breakneck to the dancefloor” Mark HUSON, THE TELEGRAPH
“Spasiuk has revitalised the music’s barn-dance traditions to create something thrillingly modern and cosmopolitan. (…) It is Spasiuk’s spirited virtuosity that generates the atmosphere... In such hands, the charm of chamamé is irresistible” Nigel WILLIAMSON, THE TIMES EYE MAGAZINE
“I can think of few better ways to spend an hour than with this, one of the very finest albums of the year” Jon LUSK, BBC
“Far from sounding rustic or rural, the mostly instrumental, acoustic work boasts a sophisticated sound that infuses earthy traditions with jazz influences and classical touch” LOS ANGELES TIMES
“Spasiuk's music has a grace and a romanticism that make it irresistible… played with tremendous soul” BILLBOARD
“Spasiuk is one of the great originals of the Latin music scene… [he plays] with subtlety, elegance and sophistication” THE GUARDIAN
“gorgeous… at once nostalgic and contemporary” THE TIMES
“Spasiuk’s version of chamamé… dresses up the old rural dance tunes, with chamber music tinged arrangements that use sighing violin lines and delicate accordion voicings, along the lines of what the towering Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla did with tango. But Mr. Spasiuk also preserves the music’s six-beat bounce and vitality, with passages that huff and scurry the length of his keyboard.” NEW YORK TIMES
“Not unlike what Astor Piazzolla did for tango, Spasiuk and his telepathic band elevate what was a simple dance music into something exquisite that can evoke jazz or classical while preserving its country charms.” NEWSDAY NEW YORK CITY
“His [accordion] is a magic box that breathes, stirring the stilted, conditioned air inside the Kennedy Center, as the chandeliers weep and even the ushers prick up their ears, while outside the Potomac river turns into the coffee-hued, snaking Rio Parana.” ATHUR MAGAZINE
“A virtuoso player, Spasiuk stretches the vocabulary of the genre, coming close to avant-pop yet always staying true to the feel and the spirit of chamamé.” JAZZIZ
CHANGO SPASIUK USA & EUROPE TOURS
DATE PAYS, VILLE SALLE, FESTIVAL, EVENEMENT
2015 Nov 22 FRANCE, Paris Musée du Quai Branly 2015 Nov 18 FRANCE, Privas Chapelle du Conservatoire de musique 2015 Nov 17 FRANCE, Lyon-Bron Espace Albert Camus 2015 Nov 14 FRANCE, Mainvilliers Théâtre 2015 Nov 13 FRANCE, Digne les Bains Théâtre René Char 2015 Nov 12 FRANCE, Berre l’Etang Forum 2015 Nov 10 FRANCE, Montélimar Auditorium Michel Petrucciani 2015 Nov 07 FRANCE, Gignac Le Somnambule 2015 Nov 06 SWITZERLAND, Nyon L’Usine à Gaz 2015 Nov 05 FRANCE, Strasbourg Espace Django Reinhardt 2015 Oct 30 FRANCE, Faverges La Soierie 2015 Oct 27 NORWAY, Oslo Music World Festival 2015 Aug 28 FRANCE, Saint Vaast la Hougue Festival Les Traversées de Tatihou 2015 Aug 27 FRANCE, Le Haillan Festival Les Inédits de l’été 2015 Mar 31 FRANCE, Montbrison Théâtre des Pénitents – Jazz à Montbrison 2015 Mar 29 SPAIN, Madrid Sala Clamores 2015 Mar 28 SPAIN, Barcelone Centre Artesa Tradicionarius 2015 Mar 27 FRANCE, Marseille Babel Med Music 2015 Mar 25 BELGIUM, Brussels Espace Senghor 2015 Mar 21 FRANCE, Montpellier Le Jam 2015 Mar 20 FRANCE, Bourg Saint Andéol Festival Bouteille en Bretelles 2015 Mar 19 FRANCE, Valence Auditorium Maison Musique et Danse – Jazz Action Valence 2015 Mar 15 FRANCE, Vernoux en Vivarais Espace Culturel Louis Nodon 2015 Mar 14 FRANCE, Annonay La Presqu’île/SMAC 07 2015 Mar 12 POLAND, Sopot Klub Pick & Roll 2015 Mar 11 POLAND, Warsaw Polish Radio Concert Studio 2015 Mar 10 POLAND, Torun Teatr Muzyczny 2015 Mar 09 POLAND, Ostrow Wilkopolski Jazz Festival Kino Komeda 2015 Mar 08 POLAND, Zabkowice Slaskie Zabkowicki Osrodeck Kultury 2015 Mar 07 POLAND, Feldkirchen/Karnten Kultur Forum Amthof 2015 Mar 06 FRANCE, Rumilly Le Quai des Arts 2015 Mar 05 FRANCE, Fontaine La Source 2015 Mar 04 FRANCE, Auron Espace Culturel Rovery 2015 Mar 03 FRANCE, Changé L’Atelier des Arts Vivants 2015 Jan 21 SCOTLAND, Glasgow Glasgow Concert Hall – Festival Celtic Connections 2011 Sep 21 SWITZERLAND, Zug Akkordeon Festival Zug 2011 Sep 17 FRANCE, Tulle Nuits de Nacre 2011 Sep 16 FRANCE, Tulle Nuits de Nacre 2011 Sep 15 FRANCE, Tulle Nuits de Nacre 2011 Sep 13 BELGIUM, Brussels Théâtre Marni 2011 Apr 17 POLAND, Wroclaw Ethno Jazz Festival 2011 Apr 16 POLAND, Lublin Philarmonie 2011 Apr 15 POLAND, Sopot Klub Pick & Roll 2011 Apr 14 GERMANY, Hannover Tango Impuls Festival 2011 Apr 09 SWITZERLAND, Basel Sonnenhof Arlesheim 2011 Apr 08 GERMANY, Sigmaringen Alter Schlachthof 2011 Apr 07 BELGIUM, Antwerpen DeRoma 2011 Apr 05 FRANCE, Franconville Espace St-Exupéry 2011 Apr 02 FRANCE, Pavillons-sous-Bois Espace des Arts 2011 Mar 19 AUSTRIA, Feldkirchen Kultur Forum Amthof 2011 Mar 18 SLOVENIA, Ljubljana Cankarjev dom 2011 Mar 17 AUSTRIA, Skt. Pölten Cinema Paradiso 2011 Mar 16 AUSTRIA, Vienna Akkordeonfestival Wien 2010 Sep 05 FRANCE, Paris Festival d'Ile de France 2010 Jul 24 FRANCE, Magne Les Heures Vagabondes 2010 Jul 23 FRANCE, Terce Les Heures Vagabondes 2010 May 30 POLAND, Opole Philharmonic Hall 2010 May 29 POLAND, Warsaw Club Argentina 2010 May 28 POLAND, Warsaw Teatr Komedia 2010 May 27 BELGIUM, Brussels Espace Senghor 2010 May 24 AUSTRIA, Vienna Kirche Sankt Elisabeth 2010 May 21 DANEMARK, Copenhagen Global 2010 May 20 BELGIUM, Brugge Airbag Festival 2010 May 17 UNITED KINGDOM, London Southbank Centre, Purcell Room 2010 May 15 FRANCE Trentels Accordeons-nous 2009 Jul 25 GERMANY, Berlin Wassermusik 2009 Jul 23 FRANCE, Couhé Concert d'été 2009 Jul 22 FRANCE, Saint Genest D'Ambière Eté Couleur Vienne Festival 2009 Apr 09 USA, San Francisco Yoshi's 2009 Apr 07 USA, San Luis Obispo Grace Church 2009 Apr 05 USA, Los Angeles, CA The Getty 2009 Apr 04 USA, Boston, MA Somerville Theatre 2009 Apr 03 USA, New York Carnegie Hall 2009 Mar 27 USA, Minneapolis, MN The Cedar Cultural Centre 2009 Mar 26 POLAND, Lublin Club Hades 2009 Mar 09 POLAND, Warsaw Polish Radio Concert Studio 2009 Mar 08 POLAND, Warsaw Club Argentina 2009 Mar 07 POLAND, Warsaw Fabryka Trzciny 2009 Mar 07 POLAND, Kalisz Art & Culture Centre 2009 Mar 06 UNITED KINGDOM, Oxford Wesley Memorial Church 2009 Mar 04 UNITED KINGDOM, London Union Chapel 2009 Feb 28 UNITED KINGDOM, Newcastle The Sage Gateshead 2009 Feb 26 UNITED KINGDOM, Leeds The Wardrobe 2009 Feb 25 UNITED KINGDOM, Bristol St Georges 2009 Feb 22 UNITED KINGDOM, Pontadarwe Pontadarwe Arts Centre 2008 Apr 01 SWITZERLAND, Stans Stanser Musiktage 2008 Mar 30 GERMANY, Kleve Kleine Kirche an der Bollenstege 2008 Mar 29 GERMANY, Soest Alter Schlachthof 2008 Mar 28 BELGIUM, Beveren Culturel Center 2008 Mar 27 GERMANY, Quelkhorn Berg Werk 2008 Mar 26 GERMANY, Siegen Krönchen Center 2008 Mar 24 NETHERLANDS, Tilburg Accordeonslag im Paradox 2008 Mar 20 GERMANY, Gronau Cafe Oreade 2008 Mar 19 GERMANY, Cologne Domforum 2008 Mar 17 GERMANY, Münster Pumpenhaus 2008 Mar 16 GERMANY, Gelsenkirchen Bleckkirche 2008 Mar 15 BELGIUM, Neerpelt Dommelhof 2008 Mar 14 GERMANY, Dortmund Keuninghaus 2008 Mar 13 GERMANY, Wuppertal Lutherstift 2008 Mar 12 GERMANY, Bergkamen Begegnungszentrum am Stadtmarkt 2008 Mar 11 GERMANY, Hamm Lutherkirche 2008 Mar 10 GERMANY, Dusseldorf Jazzschmiede 2008 Mar 09 GERMANY, Bonn Brotfabrik 2008 Mar 08 GERMANY, Kempen Paterskirche im Kulturforum Franziskanerkloster 2008 Mar 07 GERMANY, Detmold Alte Aula Schule am Wall 2008 Mar 06 GERMANY, Gutersloh Apostelkirche 2008 Mar 05 GERMANY, Remscheid Teo Otto Theater 2008 Mar 04 GERMANY, Hagen Offene Lutherkirche 2008 Mar 02 POLAND, Warszawa Sala NOT 2008 Mar 01 POLAND, Torun Dwor Artusa 2008 Feb 29 POLAND, Sopot Krzywy Domek 2008 Feb 28 POLAND, Sosnowiec Art Cafe Muza 2008 Feb 27 POLAND, Andrychow Centrum Kultury 2008 Feb 26 AUSTRIA, Vienna Akkordeon Festival 2008 Feb 24 UNITED KINGDOM, London SOAS 2008 Feb 23 UNITED KINGDOM, London St Ethelburga's 2008 Feb 22 UNITED KINGDOM, Norwich Norwich Arts Centre 2008 Feb 21 UNITED KINGDOM, Bristol St George's Bristol 2008 Feb 20 UNITED KINGDOM, Crawley The Hawth Arts Centre 2008 Feb 19 UNITED KINGDOM, Southampton Turner Sims Concert Hall 2008 Jan 13 USA, New York Global FEST 2007 Nov 25 SPAIN, Burgos Festival Evoluciona 2007 2007 Oct 15 USA, San Antonio International Accordion Festival 2007 Oct 14 USA, San Antonio International Accordion Festival 2007 Oct 13 USA, San Antonio International Accordion Festival 2007 Oct 09 USA, New York Americas Society 2007 Oct 07 USA, New York Symphony Space 2007 Oct 05 USA, Princeton NJ Princeton University 2007 Oct 03 USA, Washington DC Kennedy Center 2007 Sep 29 USA, Bloomington Lotus festival 2007 Sep 28 USA, Bloomington Lotus festival 2007 Sep 26 USA, San Luis Obispo The Monday Club 2007 Sep 23 USA, Los Angeles Skirball Center 2007 Sep 22 USA, Minneapolis Cedar Cultural Center 2007 Sep 21 USA, Albuquerque Globalquerque! Festival 2007 Sep 20 USA, Chicago Chicago World Music Festival 2007 Sep 19 USA, Chicago Chicago World Music Festival 2007 May 11 UNITED KINGDOM, Croydon Clocktower 2007 May 03 UNITED KINGDOM, Bristol St Georges 2007 Apr 28 UNITED KINGDOM, Caernafon Galeri 2007 Apr 27 UNITED KINGDOM, Pontardawe Arts Centre 2007 Apr 26 UNITED KINGDOM, Cardigan Theatr Mwldan 2007 Apr 24 UNITED KINGDOM, London La Linea Festival 2006 Oct 26 SPAIN, Sevilla Womex 2006 2005 Nov 24 UNITED KINGDOM, Tunbridge Weels Trinity Theatre 2005 Nov 23 UNITED KINGDOM, Newcastle The Sage Gateshead 2005 Nov 20 UNITED KINGDOM, Brighton Komedia 2005 Nov 17 UNITED KINGDOM, Bristol St Geroges 2005 Nov 15 UNITED KINGDOM, Chichester Minerva Theatre 2005 Nov 12 UNITED KINGDOM, Kendal Brewery Arts Centre 2005 Nov 09 UNITED KINGDOM, London The Spitz 2005 Nov 02 NORWAY, Oslo Oslo World Music Festival 2005 Jul 30 UNITED KINGDOM, Reading WOMAD Rivermead 2005 Jul 21 BELGIUM, Bruxelles Fete a la Ville 2005 Jul 12 FRANCE, Arles Les Suds a Arles 2005 Jul 08 SPAIN, Huesca Pirineos sur Festival 2005 Jul 05 GERMANY, Bremen KUZ Schlachthof 2005 Jul 03 NETHERLANDS, Nijimegen Music Meeting 2005 Jul 01 PORTUGAL, Porto El Palacio del Cristal 2005 Mar 07 UNITED KINGDOM, London Kemia Bar Momos 2005 Mar 05 UNITED KINGDOM, Newcastle BBC World Music Awards - The Sage 2004 Nov 14 NETHERLANDS, Utrecht Rasa 2004 Nov 09 UNITED KINGDOM, London Kemia Bar Momos 2004 Nov 07 UNITED KINGDOM, Southampton Turner Sims Concert Hall 2004 Nov 06 UNITED KINGDOM, Kendal Brewery Arts Centre 2004 Jul 04 SPAIN, Cartagena Mar de Musicas
CHANGO SPASIUK Pictures
With Bobby Mcferrin With Mercedes Sosa
With Raul Barboza Teatro Colon - Opéra de Buenos Aires - october 2013
European tour march 2015 European tour march 2015
European tour march 2015 Teatro Coliseo - Buenos Aires - 2014