Rockin’ tango orchestra bound for Botanic Park
Argentinian 12-piece tango ensemble Orquesta Típica Fernández Fierro lead the third and final program announcement for this year’s WOMADelaide, which will include artists from 31 countries.
Featuring four bandoneóns, three violins, a viola, a cello, a stand-up bass, a piano and a singer, the group has been described by one Argentinian website as “the most rockin’ tango orchestra in Buenos Aires”.
It prides itself on playing a style of tango which is more authentic than that often performed by touring groups – or, as Womad says, “they play tango as it was meant to be; not polished to a fine art, but raw, dirty and passionate”.
The latest international acts announced also include singer-songwriter Toni Childs, who will make her WOMADelaide debut; Bokanté, a newly formed group whose influences come from both “delta and desert” and which is headed up by members of jazz collective Snarky Puppy; Bamba Wassoulou Groove from Mali; Icelandic techno duo Kiasmos; Israel’s The Piyut Ensemble, and French street theatre company Cie Ekart.
Director Ian Scobie says the festival’s 25th anniversary line-up for March 10-13 in Botanic Park is “one of the most exciting and diverse programs” the festival has ever presented.
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See previous WOMADelaide announcements here.