This Thursday, June 23, at 8 pm, at La Cúpula del Centro Cultural Kirchner, will take place the second date of Tangueadoras, a cycle of music by female singer-songwriters and composers who are building the inclusive and diverse New Tango Songbook of the 21st Century.
Its members are: Marina Baigorria, Verónica Bellini, Andrea Bollof, Bárbara Grabinski, Claudia Levy, Gisela Magri, Patricia Malanca and Cintia Trigo. The accompanying band is formed by: Pamela Victoriano, Cecilia Zarate, Sara Smalbrugge and Amelia Vidal (violins, bandoneon and guitar).
On this second date, the artists, in addition to performing their own songs, share the stage in duets, trios and group versions and in crossovers with works by other female composers of the group. As they explain, "the construction of this musical framework expresses an artistic search aimed at reflecting the voice, the lyrics and the presence of all of them on stage as a metaphor of the collective effervescence of the streets".
Patricia Malanca is a tango singer-songwriter, lyricist and composer. She has released five albums and was nominated for the Gardel Awards 2014 and the Latin Grammy Awards 2017. Winner of the Ibermúsicas Award for Latin American Song Creation 2021, she is also a psychologist and cultural manager.
Below, the artist tells us how the project was born, what are the expectations and the chosen repertoire, among other things.
-How was Tangueadoras born?
The project was born from the concern of a group of female singer-songwriters and composers. We were all simultaneously perceiving the need to renew the tango songbook. Because basically what we, as composers of the new tango song, are challenged by are the themes that interest the new audiences, those of the 21st century, an audience that needs to be represented by a genre with a national identity such as tango.
Although there are many tango authors who address universal themes, the gender perspective put in tension some tango lines that historically detracted women.
The cycle began on April 14. This is the second date and in August we will have the third.
-What does it mean for this collective to be shown in a space like the Kirchner Cultural Center?
-Although we all have quite solid professional careers, this opportunity to be curated by the Kirchner Cultural Center opens the discussion of a diverse and inclusive tango to the general public. Even the programming of traditional radio stations, as a result of the impulse of these public policies of curating and protecting the new tango song, made and sung by its own authors, are beginning to contemplate this opening. Not only in what is heard on the radio, but also in the milongas.
-What are your expectations with this cycle?
-Our expectation is to be able to export our new tangos as another cultural asset to the world, to diversify the tango matrix and to leave to the new generations lyrics with which they can identify themselves.
SOURCE: argentina.gob.ar