Gamelan Tango

I was exposed to tango music and dance from a very young age, always looking at my parents dancing tango in festivals, milongas or usually filming them when they rehearsed at home. In "Gamelan Tango", I attempted to combine two very contrasting music traditions that I love; Indonesian Gamelan music and Argentine/Uruguayan Tango & Milonga music.Thus, I composed a piece, a part of which includes scattered segments of famous tango songs, cliché tango motivic gestures, habanera and Piazzola-style rhythms, and combined it with gamelan-like figures and harmonies. The work is dedicated to my parents, Sandy and Dmitris, and the UofT Percussion Ensemble