Emiliano Messiez, Pianist
Emiliano Messiez is a pianist/composer from Argentina, who has been based in New York City for the past four years. He has performed worldwide at notable venues like Lincoln Center, and with some of the world’s greatest musicians, such as Paquito de Rivera, Dino Saluzzi, Concha Buika and Diego El Cigala. He is the pianist for “Forever Tango,” a show that has been seen by over eight million people worldwide, and the founder and director of Típica Messiez, a 10 piece Tango orchestra. He is the composer for the upcoming musical, Bordello, written by Barbara Bellman.
WHYY's "Movers and Makers" Show features Emiliano Messiez and the Philadelphia Argentine Tango School
We are so grateful to WHYY’s Movers and Makers show for featuring Emiliano Messiez and the Philadelphia Argentine Tango School in this week’s episode.
You can now view the entire show on the WHYY website.
Thanks to Karen Smyles, Anne Ishii, Sharla Feldscher, Ines Muzzopappa and all of the tango dancers featured in the episode. And huge thanks to Emiliano Messiez for five years of awesome collaborations.
Concert of Tango & Argentine Folklore + Milonga Qilombo
UPDATE!!! We’re thrilled to welcome DJ Jorge Fernandez, who will be spinning the tunes at PATS tonight for the first time!
We are thrilled to welcome, for the third time, an amazing trio of Argentine musicians, performing Argentine tango and folkloric music. They are:
EMILIANO MESSIEZ, piano
FEDE DIAZ, guitar
FRANCO PINNA, percussion
This trio amazed us in December 2019 with their performance with choir of Ariel Ramirez’s “Misa Criolla,” and other works. And they wowed us once again in September 2020, when they presented the first concert of the socially-distanced concert series at Greensgrow Farms.
For this concert, they will be joined by the remarkable vocalist SOFIA TOSELLO, performing at PATS for the very first time!
Saturday, April 23
8-9 pm: Seated Concert of Argentine tango & folkloric music
9:30 pm-2 am: Milonga Qilombo featuring LIVE & DJed music
Fully vaccinated guests only, please.
Online registration is now closed, but you are welcome to pay at the door!
PRICING AT THE DOOR
Concert + Milonga: $55
Concert or Milonga: $35
2023 Philadelphia Tango Festival
Thank you to everyone who attended the 11th Philadelphia Tango Festival. It was everything I had hoped and more.
You’ll find a ginormous thank you post here.
If you attended the festival, please give us your feedback by completing this survey.
The next Philadelphia Tango Festival will take place from May 24-27, 2024 (Memorial Day Weekend: Friday through Monday). Please save the dates! The theme will be “The Poetry of Tango.”
WRTI 90.1 FM Performance & Interview
On September 30, 2019, WRTI 90.1 FM Philadelphia aired a beautiful show on Argentine tango, featuring performances and interviews by pianist Emiliano Messiez, bandoneonist Leandro Ragusa, and dancers Gustavo Rember and Meredith Klein. The show offers an up-to-the-minute view of the state of tango music today, and the ways that tango dance and tango music are influencing each other.
Please take a few moments to watch and listen!
Un Tango Para Philly
Emiliano Messiez and Leandro Ragusa composed this tango as a gift for the Philadelphia tango community, while all of us, dancers and musicians alike, are going through a hard time. It has two names PTS (Philadelphia Tango School) and Un Tango Para Philly.
The recording was made in Buenos Aires and New York in July 2020 by
Leandro Ragusa, bandoneon
Emiliano Messiez, piano
Pablo Lanouguere, bass
They promise to come play it in our studio as soon as it is safe to do so.
Episode 1: Interview with Pianist Emiliano Messiez (aired 7/4/18)
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