TANGO REIMAGINED — ONE NIGHT ONLY IN THE BAY AREA.

World-renowned tango maestros unite as a quartet at the Piano Palace for an electrifying evening that pushes tango to its limits. This is not a traditional tango concert—this is bold, virtuosic, contemporary tango at the highest level.

Experience fresh, daring sounds, featuring their own original compositions alongside some of the most technically demanding and rarely performed works by Astor Piazzolla on the West Coast

Guillermo Rubino — Latin Grammy Winner
Ramiro Boero — Latin Grammy Nominee
Intimate. Powerful. Creative. Fearless.
Extremely rare concert outside Argentina
This is a once-in-a-generation chance to hear where tango is going—performed by the artists shaping its future.

Ramiro Boero
Ramiro Boero is an Argentine bandoneonist, arranger, composer, and educator born in Buenos
Aires. He is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary voices of the
bandoneón, combining deep knowledge of tango tradition with a modern musical vision.
As a soloist, Boero has performed with major orchestras throughout Latin America and Europe,
including the Argentine National Symphony Orchestra, Madrid Symphony Orchestra,
Montevideo Philharmonic Orchestra, São Paulo Jazz Symphony Orchestra, Medellín Symphony
Orchestra, and the Juan de Dios Filiberto Argentine Music Orchestra. He has collaborated with
legendary tango figures such as Víctor Lavallén, Leopoldo Federico, Rubén Juárez, Emilio
Balcarce, Daniel Binelli, and Osvaldo Piro.
Boero has been a member of leading tango ensembles including Sexteto Mayor, Color Tango
Orchestra, and Orquesta El Arranque, with which he received two Carlos Gardel Awards and a
Latin Grammy nomination. He is a long-time soloist and faculty member of the Orquesta
Escuela de Tango Emilio Balcarce and teaches Bandoneón Tango at the Escuela de Música
Popular de Avellaneda.
His recordings include Tres Expresiones Porteñas (First Prize, National Arts Fund, 2012) and
Acontece (2018), a solo bandoneón album. He is currently preparing a new album with his own
orchestra.
🌐 Website: https://ramiroboero.com/

Guillermo Rubino
Guillermo Rubino is an Argentine violinist, conductor, and educator specializing in tango and
contemporary Argentine music. Born in La Plata in 1979, he is recognized internationally for
uniting traditional tango language with modern aesthetics, virtuosity, and improvisation.
Rubino is a 2024 Latin Grammy Award winner as a member of the Diego Schissi Quintet and
has served as first violinist of the Teatro Argentino de La Plata Orchestra and the renowned
Orquesta El Arranque. Since 2009, he has been a core faculty member of the Orquesta Escuela
de Tango Emilio Balcarce, one of the most influential tango training programs worldwide.
His musical education includes studies with leading Argentine violinists José Bondar, Pablo
Saraví, and Szymsia Bajour. Rubino is the founder and artistic director of SurdelSur Ensemble,
dedicated to contemporary Argentine string repertoire. The ensemble has performed at major

venues such as Teatro Colón, CCK, Usina del Arte, and Teatro San Martín, and released three
albums, one nominated for a Carlos Gardel Award.
Rubino is also the author of 12 Famous Violin Solos in Tango and regularly teaches
masterclasses and lectures in Argentina, Europe, and the United States.
🌐 Website: https://guillermorubino.com.ar/

Pablo Lanouguere
Pablo Lanouguere is an Argentine bassist, composer, and bandleader based in New York City.
Born in Buenos Aires, he is an active performer across tango, jazz, Latin jazz, classical, and
world music scenes.
Lanouguere has performed at major venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, National
Sawdust, SOB’s, Rockwood Music Hall, The Bitter End, and The Django. He has collaborated
with artists such as Raúl Jaurena, Fernando Otero, Daniel Binelli and the Astoria Tango
Orchestra, Adam Tully, and Típica Messiez, and has toured extensively throughout the United
States with American and Argentine ensembles.
Since 2016, he has been a founding member of Abaddon, a traditional tango sextet based in
NYC. In 2019, he formed the Pablo Lanouguere Quintet and released his debut album as a
bandleader, Eclectico (Piano Piano Records). His second album, Altar, was fully funded by the
Café Royal Cultural Foundation, followed by support from the NYFA City Artists Corps.
Lanouguere holds a degree in Jazz Music from the Escuela de Música Popular de Avellaneda
and earned a Master’s degree in Jazz Performance from CUNY Queens College in 2025.
🌐 Website: https://www.pablolanouguere.com/

Sumi Lee
Sumi Lee is a pianist, educator, and cultural leader specializing in Argentine tango and classical
music. She holds a Master’s degree in Piano Performance from the San Francisco
Conservatory of Music and has worked extensively with opera companies, choruses, and
schools throughout the Bay Area.
Lee received advanced tango training at the Orquesta Escuela de Tango Emilio Balcarce in
Buenos Aires, where she studied and performed with legendary maestros including Víctor
Lavallén, José “Pepe” Colángelo, Osvaldo Piro, Daniel Binelli, and Nicolás Ledesma. A concert

with the Balcarce Orchestra at Teatro San Martín sold out and was broadcast nationally on
Radio 2×4 and Argentina’s public television.
Since returning to the U.S., Lee has performed and toured internationally in the U.S., South
Korea, and Canada. She is a founding member of Solidaridad, an international all-women tango
orchestra, and co-founded Las Almas, a tango duo featured at the San Francisco International
Arts Festival (2020, 2021, 2023).
She is the founder of Golden Gate International Artists, which supports underrepresented
musicians globally, and serves on the faculty of the CU Tango Music Workshop and the SF
Tango Music Academy. Her recent albums include San Francisco–Buenos Aires (2024) and El
Gaucho Perdido (2025).
🌐 Website: http://www.sumilee.com/

Tango Reimagined

Tango Reimagined