»A tango festival of superlatives«
---Augsburger Allgemeine
The Quinteto Ángel
founded in 2001, has quickly become one of the most well known German tango ensembles and regularly inspires concert-goers and tango dancers all over Europe. With extraordinary personal commitment, the five performers play music that draws its intensity from the apparent contradiction between sustained melancholy and impetuous pulsating power. With their interpretations of traditional Argentine tangos and compositions by Tango Nuevo protagonist Astor Piazzolla, they prove that tango is alive and kicking in Europe too.
The musicians, originally from jazz, classical and tango genres, have collaborated together and succeeded in establishing an individual and distinctive style for their arrangements. Their versatility displays at times a sound like a filigree chamber ensemble, at others like a Gran Orquesta Típica from Buenos Aires.
»One of the best and most danceable ensembles of our times«
---Augsburger Allgemeine
»Storms of enthusiasm and lengthy applause«
---Oberhessische Presse
Throughout its 20 year existence, the Quinteto Ángel has performed at concerts and festivals in Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, Scandinavia, Estonia, Scotland, Poland and Slovenia.
Four CD releases demonstrate the musicians’ virtuosity and enthusiasm and their wide-ranging repertoire from traditional Argentine tango to Astor Piazzolla's Tango Nuevo.
Videos
Photos
CD-Releases und Program samples
CDs Programs
On the hundredth birthday of Astor Piazzolla: From the Beginning to Tango Nuevo
In their current concert programme, the musicians trace Piazzolla’s career from his early days as bandoneonist and arranger with the orchestra Aníbal Troilos up to the founding of his revolutionary Quinteto Nuevo Tango. With music by Aníbal Troilo, Astor Piazzolla, Emilio Balcarce, Julio De Caro and others. The programme includes most of the pieces from the new quintet album "Alma, Corazón y Vida" (2021).
Astor Piazzolla – Canciones y Baladas
Throughout his long career, Piazzolla worked with numerous excellent singers such as Eladia Blázquez, Milva, Roberto Goyeneche and Edmundo Rivero. The compositions arising out of these collaborations reflect the full breadth of human emotions from love to melancholy to madness. A programme with Canciones, Baladas and instrumental works by Astor Piazzolla. With singers from the Wiesbaden State Theater and the Komische Oper Berlin.
Tango Argentino - Show
Dance, song and music combine in wonderful and diverse ways in Argentine tango. In this show programme, the Quinteto Ángel presents the whole scope of this more than 100 year old music, ranging from the traditional tangos, milongas and valsecitos of the 30s and 40s to Astor Piazzolla’s Tango Nuevo and beyond. The quintet is supported in this varied programme by internationally successful dance couples and singers.
«A bailar!» - Tango, Milonga und Vals for Milonga und Festival
The Quinteto Ángel has played at many big tango festivals throughout Europe and has resurrected the legendary Orquesta Típica from Buenos Aires with its unique line-up of bandoneon, violin, cello, double bass and piano. Organisers and press repeatedly emphasize the excellent danceability of the ensemble´s music, not to mention their energy and virtuosity. Arrangements and transcriptions of the orchestras by D´Arienzo, Canaro, Troílo, Di Sarli, Salgán and many more.
«Alma, Corazón y Vida» (2021)
New arrangements and transcriptions from the golden age of tango: music by the orchestra of Aníbal Troilo and Astor Piazzolla's first Orquesta Típica 1946-1948; by Horacio Salgán's Quinteto Real and Piazzolla's revolutionary Quinteto Nuevo Tango.
Tracks zum anhören:
«5 al Tango» (2014)
A cross-section through the ensemble’s musical history, amongst them many favourites that have accompanied the Quinteto Ángel for years. Tangos, waltzes and milongas by Eduardo Arolas, Horacio Salgán, Astor Piazzolla and others. Featuring: Sergio Gobi (voc)
Tracks zum anhören:
«Final de Fiesta» (2009)
A homage to the great orchestra conductors and arrangers, who largely shaped the quintet’s style. Music by Carlos Di Sarli, Julián Plaza, Horacio Sálgan amongst others. Featuring: Sergio Gobi (voc)
Tracks zum anhören:
«Sábado Inglés» (2006)
Arrangements and interpretations of traditional and new tangos. Featuring legendary bandoneonist and founder of Sexteto Mayor, Luis Stazo and Argentinian singer and composer Sergio Gobi
Tracks zum anhören:
Contact form
Disclaimer (German Version)
Angaben gem. § 5 TMG
Inhaltlich Verantwortlicher gemäß § 55 Abs. 2 RStV:
Quinteto Ángel GbR
c/o Frank Schulte
Nollendorfstr. 26
10777 Berlin
www.quintetoangel.de
Fotos: René Löffler
Videos: Julia Fabian
Haftungsbeschränkung
Trotz sorgfältiger inhaltlicher Kontrolle übernehmen wir keine Haftung für die Richtigkeit, Vollständigkeit und Aktualität der bereitgestellten Inhalte. Die Nutzung der Inhalte der Website erfolgt auf eigene Gefahr des Nutzers. Der Anbieter übernimmt keinerlei Haftung für Schäden jeglicher Art, die direkt oder indirekt auf die Verwendung dieses Internetangebots zurückzuführen sind.
Externe Links
Diese Website enthält Verknüpfungen zu Websites Dritter („externe Links“). Diese Websites unterliegen der Haftung der jeweiligen Betreiber. Der Anbieter hat bei der erstmaligen Verknüpfung der externen Links die fremden Inhalte daraufhin überprüft, ob etwaige Rechtsverstöße bestehen. Zu dem Zeitpunkt waren keine Rechtsverstöße ersichtlich. Der Anbieter hat keinerlei Einfluss auf die aktuelle und zukünftige Gestaltung und auf die Inhalte der verknüpften Seiten. Bei Kenntnis von Rechtsverstößen werden jedoch derartige externe Links unverzüglich gelöscht.
Urheberrecht
Die durch die Seitenbetreiber erstellten Inhalte und Werke (inklusive Texte, Grafiken, Bilder, Soundfiles und Videos) auf diesen Seiten unterliegen dem deutschen Urheberrecht. Die Vervielfältigung, Bearbeitung, Verbreitung und jede Art der Verwertung außerhalb der Grenzen des Urheberrechtes bedürfen der schriftlichen Zustimmung des jeweiligen Autors bzw. Erstellers. Downloads und Kopien dieser Seite sind nur für den privaten, nicht kommerziellen Gebrauch gestattet. Die Darstellung dieser Website in fremden Frames ist nur mit schriftlicher Erlaubnis zulässig.
Datenschutz
Die Nutzung unserer Webseite ist in der Regel ohne Angabe personenbezogener Daten möglich. Soweit auf unseren Seiten personenbezogene Daten (beispielsweise Name, Anschrift oder eMail-Adressen) erhoben werden, erfolgt dies, soweit möglich, stets auf freiwilliger Basis. Diese Daten werden ohne Ihre ausdrückliche Zustimmung nicht an Dritte weitergegeben. Wir weisen darauf hin, dass die Datenübertragung im Internet (z.B. bei der Kommunikation per E‑Mail) Sicherheitslücken aufweisen kann. Ein lückenloser Schutz der Daten vor dem Zugriff durch Dritte ist nicht möglich. Der Nutzung von im Rahmen der Impressumspflicht veröffentlichten Kontaktdaten durch Dritte zur übersendung von nicht ausdrücklich angeforderter Werbung und Informationsmaterialien wird hiermit ausdrücklich widersprochen. Die Betreiber der Seiten behalten sich ausdrücklich rechtliche Schritte im Falle der unverlangten Zusendung von Werbeinformationen, etwa durch Spam-Mails, vor.
Rechtswirksamkeit dieses Disclaimers
Sofern Teile oder einzelne Formulierungen dieses Disclaimers der geltenden Rechtslage nicht, nicht mehr oder nicht vollständig entsprechen sollten, bleiben die übrigen Teile des Dokumentes in ihrem Inhalt und ihrer Gültigkeit davon unberührt.
Christian Gerber
is one of the most sought-after and versatile bandoneonists of his generation in Europe. He began focussing on Argentine tango in 1996 and has since shared the stage with numerous tango greats such as Alberto Podestá, Juan José Mosalini, Alfredo Marcucci, Raul Garello, Grammy award winner Luis Stazo and others. As a guest soloist he has performed with the WDR Radio Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Hanover State Opera, Hamburg Philharmonic and the Berlin Konzerthausorchester. In addition to participating in numerous cross-genre projects and contemporary music concerts, his musical activities are rounded off by film and theatre music and compositions (e.g. for the Deutsches Theater Berlin, Schaubühne Berlin, and the Hamburger Schauspielhaus), since 2003 he has also played with the group “Tangocrash” (German Record Critics’ Award in 2008) and since 2011 has given concerts all over Europe with a quartet led by violinist Isabelle van Keulen. He has made several new arrangements of Astor Piazzolla’s music for this formation.
Samuel Lutzker
is a member of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of chief conductor Sir Simon Rattle. He studied in Berlin and Weimar with Jens Peter Maintz and Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt and has received various scholarships and awards from different foundations and competitions, including the German National Academic Foundation, the Villa Musica Foundation, the Bodensee Music Competition and the Khachaturian Competition. Alongside a variety of solo appearances, chamber music is the main focus of his work. His chamber music partners include Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Atar Arad and Lynn Harrell. Regular invitations to the chamber music festival of the International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove in Cornwall, England were formative sources of inspiration. Since 2016 he has been cellist with the prize-winning piano trio Trio Gaon with concert activities throughout Europe and Asia.
Cellist Johannes Henschel is a regular guest player of the Quinteto Ángel
Vita
Frank Schulte
first studied music pedagogy at the University of the Arts in Berlin, followed by opera accompaniment and Lied interpretation at the Leipzig University of Music. He graduated with honours in 2006. He received his pianistic training from Prof. Thomas Menrath and Prof. Markus Tomas. He has worked as solo répétiteur at the Komische Oper Berlin since 2008 and played as an orchestral pianist in many performances and guest performances at numerous opera houses, for example in Budapest, Zurich and New York. He regularly performs chamber music with musicians of the orchestra at the Komische Oper. As a piano accompanist, he is frequently engaged for competitions such as the German Federal Singing Competition. He also works as a pianist and Lied accompanist with many singers and ensembles, including the actress and singer Dagmar Manzel, with whom he has worked for many years. Frank Schulte has been intensively involved with Argentine tango since 1996. Together with Christian Gerber, he was the second winner of the 4th Premio Internazionale “Astor Piazzolla” in Castelfidardo / Italy in 1997.
Bernhard von der Gabelentz
studied in Dresden and Berlin and has been a freelance violinist since 2003. He is a member of the Berliner Symphoniker and also makes regular guest appearances at the Cottbus State Theatre, the Brandenburg State Theatre Frankfurt / Oder, the Magdeburg Philharmonic, the Chamber Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin amongst others. In 2001 he was one of the founding members of the Quinteto Ángel. Since then, the Argentine tango has not let go of him. He is 1st violinist in the Orquesta típica “Sabor a Tango” and the Sexteto Stazo Mayor, with whom he toured Europe with the world-famous tango show “Tango Pasión” in 2008 and 2009. In 2008 he played with celebrities such as Luis Stazo, Alfredo Marcucci and the tango violinist Fernando Suarez Paz at the tango show “Café de los maestros”.
Rodolfo Paccapelo
born in Buenos Aires, plays as a versatile musician in numerous ensembles and is at home in various musical styles. He studied double bass and improvisation in Buenos Aires and Berlin with Herman Merlo, Oscar Giunta, Juan Cruz Quiza and Ernesto Jodos and has worked with musicians such as John Schröder, Rudi Mahall, Felix Wahnschaffe, Georg Pfister, Steve Grossman, Richie Beirach and Ralph Towner.
Johannes Henschel
was a permanent member of the Quinteto Ángel until 2008 and has continued to be a welcome guest of the quintet ever since. Born in Berlin, he completed his cello studies at the Hanns Eisler University of Music and has performed with the Berliner Symphoniker, the Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt / Oder and the German Chamber Orchestra Berlin. In addition to his activities as a theatre musician at the Berlin Schaubühne, Hans Otto Theater Potsdam and the Berliner Ensemble, he has worked regularly with the songwriter Klaus Hoffmann and actress Andrea Sawatzki.
