Originally from Córdoba, Argentina and now living in New York City, Sofia Tosello brings the voice, the interpretation of the lyrics and the stories behind these songs to the World Music scene. Tosello has evolved a brand new musical synthesis finding a big approach to Tango and mixes in the rich variety of Latin American “ cancion” traditions, including Chacarera, Bolero Filin, Peruvian Vals, Son Cubano, Bossa Nova and Zamba. One also hears shades of the downtown “world” jazz scene of New York in Tosello’s performance. Christopher Loundon writing in Jazz Times, notes that “the purity of Tosello’s voice is matched by the vibrancy of her emotional palette and inventiveness of her cross-cultural technique. The next wave in Latin American Jazz may well begin with Tosello”. Sofia has performed and recorded with well-known artists such as Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra and Tango Ensemble, Fernando Otero, Polly Ferman and Glamour Tango, Cocomama, Alex Cuba, Thalia, Mariela Franganillo Tango Company, Guy Mendilow Ensemble, Guy Mendilow Ensemble, Chuño, among others. Tosello has toured and taught around the world in the USA, Europe, Latin America and Asia. She is currently teaching jazz at Jazz at Lincoln Center and New Jersey City University.

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and based in NYC, pianist/composer Emiliano Messiez has become one of the most in-demand tango pianists in the world. He has played some of the most notable music venues in the United States, including Lincoln Center, and performed with some of the world’s top musicians, such as Paquito de Rivera, Dino Saluzzi, and Concha Buika. With Jose Luis Infantino, he recorded the album, “Silencio,” in 2004, which received an UNESCO Prize for music.

With a versatile and unique style, Emiliano performs in a wide range of genres from classical music and jazz, to rock and Latin American rhythms. In the worldwide tango community, Emiliano has become known as one of the most brilliant tango pianists of our time. His playing is absolutely infectious and highly danceable. Whether Emiliano is performing as a soloist, in small group formations (duo / trio / quartet), or directing his entire orchestra, the Tipica Messiez, you can’t sit down when Emiliano is playing.

Emiliano graduated from the National University of the Arts in Buenos Aires. He later joined the faculty there, teaching in the Department of Composition. He also graduated from Berklee College of Music’s Escuela de Music Contemporánea in Buenos Aires.

Emiliano is the pianist for the hit show, “Forever Tango,” which has been seen by over eight million people worlwide, including on Broadway and the West End in London. He performs “Tango Dueling Pianos,” a unique concept featuring two tango pianists, with Latin-Grammy nominee Pablo Estigarribia.

In 2020, Emiliano released a new CD with the Underground Tango Ensemble, “El Charrúa,” a tribute dedicated to his friend, Latin Grammy winner bandoneonist Raúl Jaurena.

A prolific composer, Emiliano wrote the music for “The Guava Tree” and “Bordello”, an in-development musical based in 1920’s Buenos Aires. He is currently at work on a new musical for Creede Repertory Theater in Colorado.

For more information, please visit www.emilianomessiez.com.

Franco Pinna started his musical career as a drummer and percussionist in 1988 in Tucumán, Argentina where he performed and recorded with some of the most prominent musicians of the country. In 1998, Franco moved to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music , where he obtained the “Outstanding Musicianship” scholarship and graduated Magna Cum Laude. Since moving to New York in 2004, he has worked as a sideman, playing a wide variety of rhythms and has recorded more than 80 albums accompanying many artists around the globe. As an educator, he has also taught South American rhythms in various seminars.

Born in Mendoza, Argentina, Federico Díaz is an up-and-coming versatile musician of the new generation of guitarists with a multi-faceted career as a performing artist, arranger and composer in the Classical and Argentinian music worlds. His performances have taken him to distinguished festivals and concert halls across the US, Europe and Latin America. His passion for chamber music lead him to collaborate with musicians such as Lionel Cottet, Daniel Binelli, Juan Falú, Bruno Cavallaro, Juan Pablo Navarro, among others. He has recorded for Sony Classical and Epsa Music. Federico studied at prestigious institutions such as National University of Cuyo, University Mozarteum Salzburg, Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler, and Manhattan School of Music. His former teachers include Eliot Fisk, Ricardo Gallén and David Starobin. Currently, he is finishing a Doctor´s Degree in Performance, at the GraduateCenter of City University of New York, under the guidance of Frederic Hand.