From Taco to Tango – with Bram van Sambeek

From Taco to Tango – with Bram van Sambeek invites you on a thrilling musical journey through the soul of South America. Ciconia opens the concert with the lyrical Andante from Teresa Carreño’s String Quartet in B Minor (Venezuela), then moves into the moving Gabriel’s Oboe by Ennio Morricone (From The Mission, Bolivia) where master bassoonist Bram van Sambeek shines in a performance that reverberates with the film’s sense of history and faith. The exploration continues with Heitor Villa‑Lobos’s Ciranda Das Sete Notas for bassoon and strings (Brazil) and Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9 (Brazilië). As the music shifts, Astor Piazzolla’s Tango Ballet (Argentina) and Alberto Ginastera’s Concerto for Strings, Opus 33 (Argentina) bring fiery passion and lyrical intensity, while Arturo Márquez’s Danzón No. 2 (Mexico) culminates the program with rhythmic exuberance. This concert is not just a series of works—it is a living story of how Jesuits introduced Spanish and Portuguese music to South America, how indigenous peoples adopted and enriched it with African rhythms and native traditions, and how those influences gave rise to dance forms like the danzón, milonga, and tango. With fiery and lyrical music from Piazzolla, Ginastera and Márquez, Ciconia presents a varied program full of stories, history and passion—a concert that invites you to feel every beat as deeply as you hear it. Details & tickets.