Bandoneon concert at the Cave Poésie in Toulouse
This Saturday, August 13, the musician Hubert Plessis will be at the Cave Poésie, in Toulouse, for a bandoneon concert. This instrument of the accordion family is characteristic of Argentine tango, in which the artist mixes improvisation and classical.
It’s a Latin music week that is coming up at the Grotto Po’ . La Cave Poésie, performance hall in Toulouse, is hosting a concert by Hubert Plessis this Saturday, August 13, 2022: “Mi bandoneón y yo”. The bandoneon is an instrument of the accordion family.. It resembles it but differs from it, in particular on the technique, as well as on the level of the keyboards.
” Invented in Germany in the middle of the 19th century, the bandoneon very quickly became the traveling companion of German or Italian sailors, to settle permanently in Buenos Aires and become the iconic musical instrument of the Río de la Plata: the tango “, explains the Cave Poésie
Several Latin music concerts at the Cave Poésie
In concert every evening since Tuesday August 9 at the Cave Poésie, Hubert Plessis gives his last bandoneon performance in Toulouse, this Saturday 13 at 8:30 p.m. And for this last evening, he will be accompanied by piano, double bass or cello. The whole forming a sextet that mixes tango and classical music, with a touch of improvisation.
” The musician Hubert Plessis made the bandoneon his favorite instrument, drawing on his encounters with great maestros such as Juan José Mosalini, William Sabatier or Marcelo Mercadante… “says the theater about the artist.
The latin music designated to be in the spotlight of the Cave Poésie program with the Cuarteto Tafí, from Tuesday August 16 to Saturday August 20. The quartet with various influences will mix on stage: salsa, flamenco, rebetiko, milonga, chacarera and electronic music.