The iTango Orchestra
The iTango Orchestra was founded by several musicians in July, 2004. As tango lovers, they hope to present you the original style of Argentine tango with typical arrangement. iTango includes musicians from different areas, such as classical, jazz, popular and latin, with 2 violins, 3 bandoneons, 1 piano, 1 double bass, and 2 vocals. For the Taipei Tango Festival 2009, Annie Chang (Cello) is invited as special guest. Be sure to join us in the Grand Milonga on Sept. 19th.
Website of the iTango Orchestra: http://www.itango.idv.tw/
Piano - Ingrid Chen
Master degree of Piano Perform of Taipei National University of the Arts. Piano of Taiwan Voice Chorus and the Cosmos Opera. She's often invited to many international musical festivals in many countries in Europe, America, and Asia.
Violin – Shih-Yun Hsieh
Doctor of Musical Arts of University of Maryland. She is teaching at Taipei Municipal University of Education. Besides teaching, she also devotes herself to various types of performances, including solo, chamber music and orchestra.
Violin – Mike Palmer
He was from Australia, where he arranged a Mexican music band and was invited to play in the Melbourne Port Folk Festival. He's specialized in folk music with strong emotions.
Bandoneon and Orchestra Leader – Alvin Cheng
Leader of iTango. Major in bandoneon in Ecole Nationale de Musique de Edgar-Varése Gennevilliers in Paris, with Professor Juan Jose Mosalini. He was invited to play and give speeches in many concerts, universities, and radio stations.
Bandoneon – Mark Wu
Bachelor degree in flute performing at the National Sun Yat-Sen University. With perfect sense of pitch and emotions toward tango, he is already a great bandoneon player in less than 2-year practicing.
Double Bass - Jay Cheng
Graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2007. Now a full-time bass player, he has performed at numerous jazz venues in Taiwan, as well as concert halls and universities.
Cello - Annie Chang
Cellist Annie Chang performs across multiple genres of music from classical, jazz to pop music. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Cello Performance from Boston University, USA and is a member of the "Afternoon Tree" Crossover Trio. With experience in live performance as well as in the recording studio, she is known for her complex and rich musicality and joyful energy on stage, qualities which she also incorporates into her passion for teaching music.
Female Vocal – Yvonne Peng
Singer, song & lyric writer, music producer. Nominated by Golden Melody Awards of Taiwan in the Best Album and the Best Female Vocal. With excellent singing technique and language talent, her performance of jazz/latin/French chansom/tango is always loved by audience.
Male Vocal - Daniel Liu
Professional tango dancer, singer of tango and flamenco. His life style of tango and his research of tango culture all make his tango voice derive naturally from the bottom of his heart. |
