| | Bandoneon Born in Montevideo Uruguay on February 7, 1949, as Angel Roberto Cardozo Peña, he attended elementary and high school in Uruguayan State public schools. At the age of 11, Mr. Cardozo started his study of the bandoneon in the Private Conservatory of Francisco Jaurena, father of the world known Raul Gerardo Jaurena, with whom, later in life, he shares the bandoneon row of the Orchestra Tipica of Maestro Antonio Cerviño. With this orchestra he toured the best clubs of Montevideo, acting in radio and television and the famous Bicycle Tour of Uruguay. At the age of 16, on December 22, 1965, Mr. Cardozo took the test to become a Professional Musician, passing it with excellent score. Since then, Mr. Cardozo performed with different Orchestras Tipicas, among them, the Orchestra of Mario Rubeinstein, of Walter Mendez, the Orchestra of Antonio Cerviño conducted by the Argentine Maestro and Composer Toto Damario, playing in all the voices until reaching the position of “First Bandoneon” in substitution of previously mentioned, Raul Jaurena. After 8 years of performing with this last orchestra, he was selected by Maestro Donato Racciatti to perform as “Second Bandoneon” in his orchestra, performing in Argentina and Brazil. Mr. Cardozo was then selected to perform in Germany during the World Cup in 1974 but he did not travel to Germany, instead, he went to Venezuela where he was contracted for six months to perform in Venezuela, Margarita Island with the Los del Sur quartet. Mr. Cardozo lived in Venezuela for 25 years. In 1999, he was contracted to perform in Sweden, accompanying singer Raul Cancela, together with the Uruguay Tango Trio until 2003, when he moved back to Montevideo, Uruguay. There he decided to go back to study with different professors until he auditioned for the Philharmonic Orchestra of Montevideo with Maestro Federico Garcia Vigil. He was chosen and on December 12, 2005 debuted during the summer season. He has been with the Montevideo Philharmonic since then, currently performing as the “First Bandoneon B.” In January he arrived to the U.S. to join the Café Buenos Aires Tango Ensamble as its musical director. He conducts three rehearsals a week and performs every Wednesday. Return to Top Robert Cardozo Bandoneonista Nacido en Montevideo, Uruguay comienza sus estudios de bandoneon a los 11 años en el Conservatorio Privado de Francisco Jaurena, padre del mundialmente conocido Raul Jaurena., con quien, años despues, comparte la linea de bandoneones en la Orquesta Tipica del Maestro Antonio Cerviño. Con esta orquesta realizo giras en los mejores Clubs de Montevideo, actuo en redio y television y durante la famosa Gira Ciclista de Uruguay. A la edad de 16 años, pasa con honores el examen de AUDEM (Asociación Uruguaya de Músicos) para convertirse en músico profesional. A partir de esa fecha, toca con diferentes Orquestas Tipicas, entre ellas, la orquesta de Mario Rubenstein, Walter Mendez, la orquesta de Antonio Cerviño, conducida por el Maestro Argentino Toto Damario, tocando todas las voces del bandoneón hasta alcanzar la posición de primer bandoneón, en remplazo de Raul Jaurena. Despues de tocar en esta orquesta durante ocho años, es seleccionado por el Maestro Donato Racciatti para integrar su orquesta como segundo bandoneón para tocar en Brasil y Argentina. En 1974, Cardozo es seleccionado para representar al Uruguay en Alemania durante Copa Mundial de Futbol, pero prefiere viajar a Venezuela, donde es contratado para integrar el cuarteto “Los del Sur” por seis meses en la isla de Margarita. Cardozo se queda en Venezuela durante 25 años. En 1999 es contratado para acompañar al cantor Raul Cancela a Suecia con el Uruguay Tango Trio hasta 2003 cuando vuelve a Uruguay. Alli decide volver a estudiar con varios profesores durante dos años hasta que es seleccionado por concurso para integrar la Orquesta Filarmonica de Montevideo en la posicion de primer bandoneon B bajo la conduccion del Maestro Federico Garcia Vigil. En enero de 2008 se traslada a USA para integrarse al Ensamble de Tango del Café Buenos Aires como su director musical. Conduce tres ensayos Return to Top | Violin Laura Hackstein was born in California and began her violin studies at the age of four. Her violin teachers included Benedetto Greco, Gilles Apap, Nina Bodnar, Glen Dicterow, Henri Temianka, Ivry Gitlis, Kathleen Winkler and Michelle Makarski. Miss Hackstein works as a classical violinist through out the United States and works in California as a recording artist, freelance musician and soloist. She began to play tango music five years ago at Café Buenos Aires in Santa Barbara and now performs with The Café Buenos Aires Tango Ensamble. She first learned the tango style from old recordings. She then travelled several times to Argentina and Uruguay where she took classes with many tango violinists. She also took tango violin classes at the Academia Nacional del Tango en Buenos Aires. Her favorite tango orquestas are Juan D’Arienzo and Di Sarli, but she also likes very much the styles of Bianco -- Bachicha, Edgardo Donato, Troilo, and Varela. Ms. Hackstein rehearses with the CBA Tango Ensamble three times a week and performs every Wednesday. Return to Top Laura Hackstein Violin Laura Hackstein nació en California y comenzó a estudiar el violín a la edad de cuatro años. Sus maestros incluyeron a Benedetto Greco, Gilles Apap, Nina Bodnar, Glen Diderow, Henri Temianka, Ivry Gitlis, Kathleen Winkler y Michelle Makarski. Ha sido solista con la West Coast Chamber Orquestra y la sinfónica de Santa Maria. Hackstein trabaja como violinista clásica en todo los Estados Unidos y trabaja en California como artista de grabación y como música independiente. Hackstein comenzo a tocar Tango hace cinco años en el Café Buenos Aires en Santa Barbara. Ella ha aprendido los estilos de tango de grabaciones de todas las epocas y con varios violinistas argentinos. Tomo clases de violin en la Academia Nacional del Tango en Buenos Aires como asi tambien en Montevideo, Uruguay. Sus orquestas favoritas son Juan D’Arienzo y Di Sarli pero también le agradan los estilos de Bianco-Bachicha, Edgardo Donato y Aníbal Troilo. Laura ensaya con el Ensamble de Tango del CBA tres veces por semana y toca alli todos los Miercoles. Return to Top | Brendan Statom Bass Brendan Statom has been playing the bass for most of his life. He is a graduate of California State University Northridge in music performance and additional graduate studies at UCSB. He has played a great variety of musical styles including bluegrass, Eastern European gypsy, Indian classical, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and now tango of Argentina. Mr. Statom is the bass player for the Transylvanian Mountain Boys, Santa Barbara Symphony, Santa Maria Symphony, Lompoc Pops Orchestra and many other freelance ensembles. He has made several recordings with a variety of ensembles and is featured with his group The Transylvania Mountain Boys in the documentary called “The Unknown fiddler of Santa Barbara”. He was most recently featured on NPR news. Statom has been playing at Café Buenos Aires for three years. He rehearses with the CBA Tango Ensamble three times a week where he performs every Wednesday. Return to Top Brendan Statom Contrabajo Brendan Statom ha estado tocando el contrabajo casi toda su vida. Se gradúo en ejecución musical en California State Universita en Northridge y realizo estudios de postgrado en la Universidad de California en Santa Bárbara. Statom ha tocado una gran variedad de estilos musicales que incluyen bluegrass, gitano de Europa oriental, clásica hindú, brasilera, afrocubana y ahora el Tango de Argentina. El Señor Statom es el contrabajista del grupo Transylvania Mountain Boys, la Sinfonica de Santa Barbara, la sinfonica de Santa Maria, Lompoc Pops Orchestra y muchos otros grupos musicales. Statom ha grabado con varios conjuntos y su ejecucion con su grupo Transylvania Mountain Boys es mostrada en el documental “El violinista desconcido de Santa Barbara”. El noticiero NPR hizo una nota sobre el, recientemente. Brendan ensaya con el Ensamble de Tango del CBA tres veces por semana donde toca todos los miercoles. Return to Top | Erin Bonski Pianist Erin Bonski is an active collaborative pianist in Santa Barbara, CA. She has won numerous awards, both national and international, including First Prize as accompanist in the vocal division of the International Franz Liszt Competition, Audience Favorite and Semi- Finalist as accompanist at the International Adolphe Saxe Competition in Belgium, and First Prize in the Marjorie Conrad Peatee Art Song Competition. Her work has included teaching private lessons and instructing students in the Preparatory School at Bowling Green State University, as well as accompanying and directing the choruses at the Toledo Opera Association in Ohio. Ms. Bonski has been the local recipient of an award from the Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation in Santa Barbara. She currently directs a choir in Santa Barbara, and is finishing her Doctor of Musical of Arts in Piano Performance. She rehearses three times a week with the Ensamble de Tango del Café Buenos Aires where she performs every week on Wednesday. Return to Top Erin Bonski Pianista Erin Bonski es una activa pianista colaborativa en Santa Barbara California. Ha ganado numerosos premios tanto nacionales como internacionales incluyendo el Primer Premio como acompañante en la divison vocal de la competicion internacional Franz Liszt, premio a la favorita de la audiencia y semifinalista como acompañante en la Competicion Internacional Adolphe Saxe en Belgica y primer premio en la Competicion Internacional Marjorie Conrad Peatee Art Song. Sus tareas han incluido enseñar clases privadas y instruir estudiantes en la Preparatory School de Bowling Greens State University como asi tambien dirigiendo los coros de la Toledo Opera Association en Ohio. La Srta. Bonski ha recibido un premio local del Performing Art Scholarship Foundation en Santa Barbara. Actualmente dirige un Coro en Santa Barbara y esta terminando su Doctorado en Arte Musical en ejecucion de Piano. Erin ensaya tres veces a la semana con el Ensamble de Tango del Café Buenos Aires donde toca todos los miercoles. Return to Top | | | | Vijay Namasivayam Vijay Namasivayam was one of the key instructors and DJs in the Ann Arbor tango community. He is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He teaches the traditional Milonguero style of dancing that employs subtle body movements to generate complex choreography in a compact space. His classes have a strong emphasis on Connection, Musicality and Navigation that help students to quickly grasp the fundamentals of social dancing. His dancing style has been influenced by many teachers including Robin Thomas, Christopher & Caroline, Alex Krebs, Jaimes Friedgen in the US and by Susana Miller, Cacho Dante, Ana Maria Shapira and Javier Rodriguez in BsAs. As a DJ, he has been a part of several festivals in the US including the Portland and Denver tango festivals. Return to Top | | | Korey Ireland Korey Ireland is a professional composer turned tango-addict, he brings a lifetime of musical experience and an unquenchable thirst for tango to his teaching. He has developed his dancing on social dance floors of the world's tango capitols and with a great deal of guidance from some spectacular teachers (Winkler, Jeurissen, Valle, Naviera, Krebs.) Originally from Kansas City, Korey has spent the better part of the last three years traveling and teaching tango in England, Holland, Spain, Germany, Russia and Argentina, sharing his passion for tango, music, expression, and connection. In January 2005 he met Mila in El Corte and they are continuing this tango adventure as a duo. They are currently building Kansas City's first tango school while Korey finishes recording CD of original tango music. Return to Top | | | | Mitra Martin 
As a social dancer, Mitra has been dancing since 1998 when she first encountered Tango in Buenos Aires. From 1998-2004 she lived in New York City and enjoyed an intense six years of fantastic social dancing of many styles surrounded by great dancers, teachers, DJs, and musicians. She moved to Los Angeles in 2004 to work with West Coast Tango artists and contribute positively to the local Tango community.
Mitra is a Tango festival junkie and has attended probably all the major Tango festivals in North America, most of them several times. She has marathon danced at the finest milongas of Europe and Argentina.
Mitra has performed with some of the most renowned and subtle leaders in North America. In Los Angeles, she teaches and performs with Stefan Fabry, a modern dancer and contact improviser, and her partner in refining and experimenting with Tango. Return to Top | | | Miguel Cardoso As a child growing up in Mexico, Miguel Cardoso began listening to Tango due to his grandmother’s love for the music. This early familiarity has given him a unique and deep understanding of this wonderful music. This is revealed in his dancing and his selection of music, as he is one of the most sought out DJ’s in Los Angeles. Through his music, Miguel believes in bringing a high energy to the milonga with his always, “Very danceable music”.
Miguel Cardoso has been influenced and instructed by many great dancers such as Hugo Patyn and Miriam Larici, Julio Balmaceda and Corina de la Rosa, Gustavo Naveira and Giselle Anne as well as Orlando Paiva Jr.
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