Praised for her “soulful bandoneon” (Washington Classical Review), Heyni Solera is a sought after bandoneonist in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. In 2019, Solera has launched her career on the international stage with her orchestra and chamber music performances in Argentina and Australia, and continues to collaborate with prominent musicians in the tango music scene.

Heyni currently actively performs in the Washington, D.C. area with the Da Capo Tango Orchestra, and her cello and bandoneon duo, Arco & Aire. Also a music scholar, she holds a Master of Music in Ethnomusicology from the University of Maryland. Her research explored the role of gesture theory in explaining how tango and bandoneon can be taught via tango festivals.

Heyni began her bandoneon studies in 2015 with Santiago Segret. In 2019, she was able to fully immerse herself in tango and bandoneon during her time in Buenos Aires, where she continued her bandoneon studies with Segret and renowned bandoneonist Ramiro Boero. During this time, she also had the privilege of performing with several of Argentina’s most prominent educational tango orchestras, such as the Orquesta de Tango de la UNA, Orquesta Escuela Orlando Goñi, Orquesta de Tango del Conservatorio Superior de Musica Manuel de Falla, and Ensemble de Tango de la UNSAM under the direction of Ariel Pirotti, Julian Peralta, Adrian Enriquez, and Ramiro Gallo, respectively.

Past projects include playing in the orchestra of the highly praised IN Series production of Le Cabaret de Carmen at Source Theatre in Washington, D.C. and at Baltimore Theatre Project in Baltimore, Maryland. During the pandemic, Heyni has produced two mini-series, Today’s Tango with Heyni and Discovering Troilo, performed in many virtual concerts, and recorded an EP with Arco & Aire, which is to be released 2021.

A native of Buffalo, NY, Teagan Faran is a multidisciplinary musician focused on enacting social change through the arts. She has recorded with the Buffalo Tango Orkestra, La Martino Orquesta Típica, and had compositions featured at the NYSSMA Conference and the Persis Vehar Competition for Excellence. Faran has recently served as concertmaster of the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra and the Ann Arbor Camerata and was a member of the Orquesta Escuela de Emilio Balcarce.

As a soloist, Faran has performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra (including a performance in Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy), the Ann Arbor Camerata, the Williamsville East Symphonic Orchestra, and the University of Vermont Symphony. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Faran moved to Buenos Aires on a Fulbright grant. Faran was also a Turn The Spotlight Fellow, receiving their inaugural Hedwig Holbrook Prize. An avid educator, Faran has worked with the University Musical Society, the Kennedy Center, and the Sa’Oaxaca Music Festival to increase music accessibility. She is currently attending the Manhattan School of Music, pursuing a Masters in Contemporary Performance.

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.