Martín Robbio Quintet presents The Blue of Fire
Guests: Hernán Ríos/Facundo Guevara duo
Federico Siksnys: bandoneón
Juan Bayón: contrabajo
Nicholas Politzer: batería
George Pemoff: percussion
Martín Robbio: piano y composición
The pianist and composer Martín Robbio returns to Argentina to present “the blue of fire”, in front of his new group: a quintet with a very particular formation and sound. They will present original music that is part of the pianist's seventh album (the first in quintet), edited in Brazil, with a difficult project to pigeonhole, in which the bandoneon and percussion of African roots coexist, with influences ranging from South American folklore to jazz and free improvisation. A music that opens universes and is projected without borders.
The music of Martín Robbio inhabits the border between jazz and South American music. Pianist,,it,Pablo Fraguela will be presented with a repertoire consisting of his own compositions and classical tango and folklore,,es,Pianist of María and Harvest from,,es,and arranger and musical director of the tango quintet La Grela from,,es,is presenting two recent albums of both groups,,es,At the same time, she plays a duet with Verónica Condomí and is part of the current formations of Georgina Hassán and Noelia Moncada,,es,He has also played with numerous artists,,es,like Raúl Carnota,,gl,Dúo Salteño,,es,Victor Heredia,,es,Horacio Molina,,es, compositor y docente, carry 20 years in the Argentine music scene both accompanying great musicians from our country and leading their own projects. I always avoid labels, his career reflects great versatility to go from folklore to rock and from jazz to tango. His original look allows an approach to Latin American folklore based on improvisation., without losing the root. The emphasis on rhythm and the rescue of music as an art of the moment make him an original and eclectic artist., that breaks the molds and defies the genres from an in-depth knowledge of the folklore tradition, tango, jazz, candombe, Afro-Peruvian rhythms and Brazilian music. That audacity led the writer Marcelo Cohen to write that Martín's music is "an act of repairing art, I think political". The Clarín newspaper described: “opens paths without niches”, while other media highlighted that he is "an impeccable pianist, owner of a technique and a sound that magnetize” and “a composer capable of offering beauty in complexity”.