Wednesday, March 24, 2010
7:00 p.m.
Americas Society
680 Park Avenue
New York, NY
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The Archivo Digital del Tango is an initiative of TangoVia, a cultural organization based in Buenos Aires (www.tangovia.org). Its goal is to digitize and preserve the patrimony of recorded tango and associated materials, which are scattered among dozens of collections throughout the world. The task is particularly urgent due to the old age of many collectors, the high value of the items in the international market, and the lack of a standard conservation procedure. The Archive preserves these old audio and video recordings and documents and makes them available to musicologists, students, journalists and the general public. Tango was recently included in UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

This event will include presentations on TangoVia’s activities and on the ADT, as well as a performance by Pablo Aslan in a preview of his concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center on March 26.

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The MetLife Foundation Music of the Americas concert series is presented with the generous support of MetLife Foundation. The Spring 2010 Music Program is also supported in part by The Mexican Cultural Institute of New York, the Consulate General of Brazil in New York, and with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.


In-kind support is graciously provided by the Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Quintet of the Americas, and the Youth Orchestra of the Americas. The Momenta Quartet's performance is made possible through the generous support of The Aaron Coplan Fund for New Music and Meet the Composer's Cary New Music Performance Fund.