Operation Tango is a tango album by the Argentine band Quinteto Astor Piazzolla, released by the E54Music label on March 17, 2023. With this album, the group won the 2023 Latin Grammy for Best Tango Album.
Background Founded to honor and promote the work of Astor Piazzolla, the Argentine musical group Quinteto Astor Piazzolla has been dedicated to this musical mission since 1998. Regarding the project Operation Tango, in an interview with journalist Augusto Pio for the Brazilian newspaper Estado de Minas, saxophonist and flutist Julián Vat stated that “the idea is not just to focus on Piazzolla’s classics. Part of our mission is to focus on lesser-known pieces that we believe deserve to be heard."
The album includes songs such as “Tocata Rea” and “Fuga y Misterio” from the tango opera (“operita”) María de Buenos Aires. It also features the song “Los Sueños,” which appears on the soundtrack of the film Sur, directed by Fernando Solanas.
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Release The album was released on March 17, 2023, via E54Music, and became available digitally on music distribution platforms.
Tour To promote the album, the band performed in several cities, including Salvador, Curitiba, and Belo Horizonte in Brazil; Lisbon, Guarda, and Porto in Portugal; Mexico City, the capital of Mexico; Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay; and West Palm Beach in the United States.
Prizes The album was nominated for a 2023 Latin Grammy in the Best Tango Album category. At a ceremony held in Seville, Andalusia, Spain, the album won the award. +YearPrizeCategoryVenueResultRef.2023Grammy LatinoBest Tango AlbumFIBES Conference and Exhibition Centre, Seville, Andalusia, Spain
Personnel The following musicians contributed to the album:
Pablo Mainetti: bandoneon;
Serdar Geldymuradov: violin;
Armando de la Vega: guitar;
Nicolás Guerschberg: piano;
Daniel Falasca: double bass.
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