CAPE TANGO ENSEMBLE
Based in Cape Town
The Cape Town Tango Ensemble specializes in Argentinean Tango ranging from the old fashioned Classical Tango style from the first half of 20th century up to the Tango “Nuevo”, started and developed by the famous Argentinean composer and Bandoneon virtuoso Astor Piazzolla. Their latest ideas explore the mixing between African Rhythms and sounds with the “Tango Nuevo” style. Hence is the name of their album “Tango in Africa ”.
The Ensemble was started by Stanislav Anguelov in 1996 as an Accordion & Piano Duo with intention to perform this music at concerts. During the year 2000 the Double Bass was added and since 2001 the Violin became as important as all other instruments to shape the perfect combination for Tango. Their latest addition was an African drum, which demonstrates once again the African roots of the Tango.
Performances:
The Cape Town Tango Ensemble’s television appearances include an interview with “DSTV”; E-TV’s “Back Stage” series, where the Cape Town Tango Ensemble accompanied the Tango dance salon scene and coverage of their CD Launch by the program “Heita” on E-TV.
They have provided dance music accompaniment at the request of Tango dance instructors who teach the Argentinean style Tango at dance salons held at venues like the Valve in Adderley street and Hidding hall at UCT.
The Ensemble’s concert performances include venues like ArtsCape theatre, Baxter theatre, High Street Theatre, DeWetshof wine estate Robertson, Worchester music society, Groot Constantia wine estate, Bellville library and Kirstenbosch botanical gardens, Cape Town Festival and many more.
The members:
Stanislav Anguelov (accordion) received a degree in Accordion from Academy of Music and Dance in Plovdiv-Bulgaria. He has performed at concerts in Bulgaria , France and Poland . In 1992 he moved to Cape Town where he teaches and performs. Stanislav has done recordings for SABC, and has been featured in the CD’s of many local artistes and in 1998 he released his solo album called “Stanislav”. In 1999 he performed together with Cape Town Symphonieta at Sun City Super Bowl accompanying the British singer Elaine Paige. On 29 November 2003 Stanislav was invited to perform on “Nelson Mandela 46664 Concert” on Green Point Stadium–Cape Town, where he performed 2 songs “Say it is not true” with Queen and “Great song of Indifference” with Sir Bob Geldof. In February 2004 he was invited by the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra to perform the Concerto for Bandoneón (or Accordion) and orchestra by Astor Piazzolla.
Jacek Domagala (Violin) was born in Poland where he completed his Violin study with Master Degree in Wroclaw , after which he joined Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Later he was invited to play in “Leopoldium” Chamber Orchestra, which toured all over Europe and Iraq . In 1990 he and his family moved to South Africa and played in The National Orchestra. In 1993 he and his wife successfully applied to CTSO and later to Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra where he shares the first violin desk.
Albert Combrink (piano) graduated form Natal University with M Mus in Piano Performance. He also holds three Licentiates from Unisa, in Performance, Teaching and Accompaniment. He has taken part in Master Classes with artists such as Anton Nel, Martino Tirimo, Deon van der Walt and Graham Johnson. He performed and studied in Germany and was a freelance Vocal Coach in the UK . Before his present post as Musical Coordinator for the five Herzlia Schools in Cape Town , he was Head of Music at St. Andrew's School and the official accompanist and Vocal Coach for the UCT Opera School .
Cape Town Tango Ensemble have collaborated with dancers Mark Hoeben & Ina Wichterich in the production of “Tango del Fuego” in 2001, appearance on E-TV’s “Back Stage” series in 2001, appearance on E-TV program “Heyta” in 2003, Windhoek Arts Festival in 2003, concert at Baxter Theatre in 2004 and many private and corporate functions.
Their next collaboration will be again at the Windhoek Arts Festival later this year, where they will present their new show “Tango Expirience”.
Mark Hoeben is a highly trained actor, dancer and teacher. He has been dancing since 1979, trained in competitive Ballroom and Latin American and have won WP titles in 1980 and 1981. Since 1999 he has focused on teaching the Argentian Tango in Cape Town , and the local Tango scene has grown hugely since then. He often travels to “Tango cities” all over the world, like Buenos Aires , Amsterdam , London , Paris , etc.
Mark and his partner - Ina Wichterich – now teach the Argentinean Tango often together with the Cape Tango Ensemble.
Ina Wichterich studied in Germany and Holland , both dance and performance. She toured the world performing in various dance companies, from Russia to America , and was a soloist for the famous PINA BAUSCH dance company.
