Pablo Ziegler

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Latin GRAMMY winning pianist Pablo Ziegler artfully blends classic tango rhythms with jazz improvisations, adding a new voice to the tango lexicon. Howard Reich of The Chicago Times writes, “There’s no question that Ziegler takes the tango to levels of sophistication and refinement probably undreamed of by Piazzolla”, and Eric Salzman of Stereo Review, writing of Ziegler’s CD, Tango Romance, affirmed that the CD “solidifies his (Ziegler’s) claim to be the outstanding representative of the nuevo tango in
his generation.”

In 1978, Mr. Ziegler was invited to join Astor Piazzolla’s New Tango Quintet, and for over the next ten years, he performed with this group throughout Europe, Japan and North America, at the Montreal Jazz Festival, Nice Jazz Festival, Sapporo Jazz Festival, Central Park SummerStage, and the Istanbul Festival, among many others.

Pablo Ziegler formed his own Quartet for New Tango in 1990 and has been touring extensively throughout the world with his trio, quartet and quintet. Performances in recent seasons have included Carnegie Hall (as part of the JVC Jazz Festival with guest artists Paquito D’Rivera, Joe Lovano and Gary Burton), the Savannah Music Festival, Blue Note, UCLA, the University of Texas-Austin, the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in
Maryland, the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, the Ravinia Festival, the International Festival of Arts & Ideas with pianist Christopher O’Riley in the duo Los Tangueros, the New World Symphony in Miami, New York’s Knitting Factory with Emanuel Ax, the Cape May Music Festival in New Jersey, and the San Francisco Jazz Festival amongst many others. Ziegler’s quintet has also been performing annually at the Jazz Standard in
NYC since 2002, with guest artists including Paquito D’Rivera, Stefon Harris, David Sanchez, Randy Brecker, and Kenny Garrett. Important international engagements have included the Umbria Jazz Festival (with guest artists Paquito D´Rivera, Joe Lovano and Richard Galliano), The Lapataia Jazz Festival in Punta del Este (Uruguay), and the Verbier Festival (Switzerland), as well as performances throughout Europe. He also performed at the Piano 2003 Festival in Manchester, UK, and has done 16 European tours to date.

2007 marks the release of a new Live CD, Buenos Aires Report (Saphrane) from a performance recorded at The Bimhuis in Amsterdam during his recent European tour in April 2006 as well as a live from the Jazz Standard recording with guest artist Stefon Harris, Tango Meets Jazz (Kind of Blue). Pablo Ziegler’s discography also includes Tango Romance: Music of Buenos Aires with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (BMG/RCA); Los Tangueros: the tangos of Astor Piazzolla played by Ziegler and Emmanuel Ax (with two piano arrangements by Ziegler) (SONY); Asfalto: Street Tango (BMG/RCA); Pablo Ziegler Quintet for New Tango recorded with guest artist Joe Lovano (BMG/RCA); and Bajo Cero with Quique Sinesi and Walter Castro (Zoho Music) which won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Tango Album in 2005. Pablo Ziegler also appears as a guest artist on two of Gary Burton’s recordings, Piazzolla Reunion and Libertango, both on the Concord Jazz label, as well as making an appearance as arranger and accompanist on The Lost Days, a recording with renowned mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, released in 2003 on BMG/RCA. Mr. Ziegler’s compositions are performed and recorded by many musicians throughout the world.

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