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Das Cuarteto Rotterdam
The Cuarteto Rotterdam is rightly regarded as one of the best European tango ensembles”, ‘Excellent ensemble playing’, ‘A great moment of tango’, ‘The best and most interesting tango music I have heard in a long time’, ‘This top-class European tango quartet inspires’ - these are just some of the effusive press reactions in recent years.
Their concert activities have taken them from Amsterdam, Berlin and Paris to Buenos Aires, the USA and Canada to perform their music in concert halls, at tango balls and international music and tango festivals. They delight concert audiences and tango dancers alike.
They have won several prizes at international competitions in Klingenthal (Germany), Trani (Italy) and Castelfidardo (Italy).
The quartet was founded in 2004 while studying together in Rotterdam (Netherlands) at the Academy for Worldmusic (specializing in “Tango”) and named after its “birthplace”. In 2007 they all moved to Germany and today they live in Berlin, Stuttgart and Paris.


For them, tango is passion, virtuosity and power - and all this in the context of over 100 years of tango history. Conscious of tradition, they bring the initially more cheerful tangos of the “Guardia Vieja” to the stage with lightness and verve. They present the golden age of tango of the “1940s” in a compact quartet sound with “classics” from the great orchestras of the time. They feel so connected to Astor Piazzolla's sophisticated tango nuevo that the deeply felt melancholy and complexity of this music is always palpable in their interpretation.

But they also look to the future. In their examination of the tango of the 21st century, their concert and dance program features contemporary Argentinian and European tango compositions.
The classical formation of the quartet with bandoneón, violin, piano and double bass promises a sound experience that moves between tradition and modernity. With its creativity, imagination and experience, the small tango orchestra conjures up a tango world for all kinds of emotions on stage.


Michael Dolak (Deutschland) – Bandoneón
Susanne Cordula Welsch (Deutschland) – Violine
Judy Ruks (Niederlande) – Piano
Facundo Leónidas Di Pietro (Argentinien) – Contrabass
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