| about |
| Barranguet & Casenave 's PAINTING TANGO |
| A constant conversation between painting, music and dancing. |
| Declared " of cultural and national interest" |
| by the Uruguayan Government |
| (Exp. 2007 - 11 - 0001 - 2587 Montevideo, Uruguay) |
| In 2005, Pintando Musica (Painting Music) show, premiered in Montevideo - Uruguay with big |
| success. The concept was born, combining Vicky Barranguet's daring paintings with Gustavo |
| Casenave's music. A live painting show in simultaneous with a piano solo concert. On the |
| following years, theshow evolved, adding musicians to perform Casenave's music, and |
| finally the Painting Tango show appeared, featuring Vicky Barranguet, Tango Casenave |
| ensemble and guest dancers. The cast included such musicians as: Nicolas Danielson, Hector |
| del Curto, Federico Britos, Rob Blumenthal, Pannagioti Andreu, Pedro Giraudo, Franco Pinna, |
| Angel Garcia Clemente, Valeria Solomonoff, and Vicky Barranguet together with Gustavo |
| Casenave,as the creators and directors of the project. |
| The idea of Painting Tango, is to present a moment of inspiration, featuring |
| Barranguet's sensibility and action on the canvas interacting with Casenave's |
| original Tangos, performed by top leading world - class musicians and dancers. |
| Uruguayan painter Vicky Barranguet, studied with Larry Poons, William Scharf an |
| Frank O'Cain at "The Art Students League" in New York, and with Clever Lara in |
| Montevideo . She was part of a group show for the winners of the " Merit Scholarship |
| rom the Art Students League", at "Cork Gallery" in Lincoln Center. Her artwork has travel the |
| world through exhibitions, galleries, shows etc, including cities and countries like China, |
| Germany, Switzerland, Finland, Spain, Austria, USA, Puerto Rico, Argentina and Uruguay |
| You can find Barranguet's paintings at: Jonathan Shorr Gallery (Soho), Somniac Gallery |
| (Harlem), Art Home Gallery (Astoria), Casa Vizcaya (Long Island City), Trench Gallery |
| (Punta del Este Uruguay), Galería Acatrás (Montevideo, Uruguay) and Galería Los Caracoles |
| (José Ignacio, Uruguay). |
| Internationally reknown pianist and composer Gustavo Casenave from Uruguay, |
| Musical Director and pianist of "Tango Casenave" show, Musical Director and pianist |
| of Mariela Franganillo's "Tango Connection" show, Musical Director and pianist of |
| Roxana Fontan's " Fontango" show, Bette Midler's Musical Director for two years, |
| tango arranger for Robert Duvall, cast member of "Forever Tango" Broadway |
| Show and Eternal Tango Orchestra, has worked and toured extensibly |
| throughout the world, including Asia, Europe, North, Central and South America, |
| with his different ensembles, performing at the most distinguished venues and |
| concert halls. Internationally awarded as a film composer, Jazz and Tango |
| pianist, Casenave plays a critical role in the future development of |
| Tango music, by constantly composing and presenting new Tango material. |