Trio de Tango

Piazzolla, at the volume he meant it.

Accordion, double bass and piano. Aleks Farseev, Guennadi Mouzyka and Kseniia Vokhmianina play tango the way it was written to be played — close, loud where it should be loud, and quiet enough in the middle that a room of two hundred people stops talking. Born in the cafés and bars of Buenos Aires, carried outward by Gardel and Piazzolla, and on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list since 2009.

Trio de Tango performing at Crossing Borders

From the performance

Crossing Borders

Stills from the set — the full performance runs above. The programme moves from Gardel's early tango canción through Piazzolla's nuevo tango, with the bass carrying the walking line and the accordion taking the bandoneón's part.

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The trio

Who plays

  • Aleks Farseev
    Aleks Farseev
    Accordion & bayan. Born and trained in Russia; founder of the Accordion Singapore community and a repeat prize-winner at international competitions. He built and maintains the free Accordion Score Library.
  • Guennadi Mouzyka
    Guennadi Mouzyka
    Double bass. Principal Bass of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra since 1992 and Artist Faculty at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory. Graduated with honours from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatoire; has played with the Yo-Yo Ma Silk Road Ensemble and the T’ang Quartet.
  • Kseniia Vokhmianina
    Kseniia Vokhmianina
    Piano. Praised for her “artistry of the highest order,” multi-award-winning pianist Kseniia Vokhmianina has captivated audiences across continents — performing in premier venues from the Seoul Arts Centre and Mendelssohn-Haus Leipzig to the Pablo Casals Festival in France. A dedicated mentor, she is Music Programme Director and piano teacher at Madison Academy of Music, after eight years on the Music Faculty at the School of the Arts, and leads masterclasses across the globe.

Booking the trio

30, 45 or 60-minute sets. Acoustic indoors up to roughly 150 guests; we bring our own amplification for anything larger or outdoors. Send the date, venue and rough guest count and you'll get a straight yes-or-no with a fee, not a brochure.

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