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Formed at the beginning of 1997 (originally like Hombres de Tango), Funyi Tango Trío is essentially a classical Tango acoustic instrument formation: bandoneon (Norberto Vogel), guitar (Alejo Caramés) and contrabass (Patricio Cotella). Its repertoire consists of classic tango pieces of great composers of the genre such as Troilo, Laurenz, Filiberto, Bardi, De Caro, Maffia, Gardel, among others.
These works, in soberly written arrangements, reflect a rich harmonic development and rescue the characteristic phrasing (fraseo) of Tango.
The arrangements have been conceived from a present-like sound, preserving the essential melodies and rhythm of Tango. A special comment deserves the recreations of memorable versions executed by the quartet of Aníbal Troilo and Roberto Grela, carefully transcript and adapted for trio, in a certain way to make a tribute to these two great exponents of the genre, and of its respective instruments (bandoneon and guitar). Some examples of this are: El abrojito, Taconeando, La cachila, La trampera.
Between his live performances can be mentioned the following: Ciclo Jóven Guardia del Tango 1998 (Biblioteca Nacional), the live sound track of the theater play "El Angel: Tango and Bar" (Colonial Theater), recitals in radio FM 2x4, Solo Tango TV, Salón Dorado (Casa de la Cultura), Esquina Homero Manzi, Confitería Ideal, Plaza Dorrego (San Telmo), and also in various events accompanying singers and tango dance couples.
Funyi Tango Trío has made several studio recordings for tango singers and also participated in the music score of the children theater play "La Niña y la noche”, recorded and released on CD.
ALEJO CARAMÉS
(Guitar and arrangements)
He was born in Buenos Aires in 1969 and began his academic guitar studies at the Academia Superior de Carmelo Rizzuti, then continued them at the Conservatorio Municipal Manuel de Falla and he finally completed his studies at the Escuela de Música Popular de Avellaneda. In that school he obtained his Popular Music Instrumentalist degree, with a Tango Guitar specialty. His teachers were the most important Masters in Tango: Aníbal Arias, Rubén "Chocho" Ruiz, Hugo Romero, Rodolfo Alchourrón and Rodolfo Mederos with whom he then improved his arrangements and orchestration knowledges.
Since 1995 he has been performing as a tango guitarist, accompanying different singers (Jorge Valdés, Carlos Acuña, Enzo Valentino, Hugo Marcel and Patricia Vel, among others) at live performances and recordings in diverse instrumental bands such as Trébol Trío, Cuarteto Filiberto, Pura Maña, Daniel Buono Quinteto and in a guitar duet with Hugo Romero.
His appearances include stages like Teatro Astral, La Scala de San Telmo, the National Library, Café Tortoni, the Obras Sanitarias Stadium, La Esquina Homero Manzi, Oliverio Always (Bauen Hotel), La Casona del Conde de Palermo, El Caminito Tango Show, Teatro Colonial, The Salón Dorado at the Casa de la Cultura, Teatro Municipal de Morón and Gandhi Bookstore.
He worked as a musician and an arranger in several theater plays, like El conventillo de la Paloma, El Ángel: tango y bar, La niña de la noche, Canta San Telmo (un puñal y una guitarra).
He is a member of Funyi Trío since its foundation in 1997-on guitar and arrangements-and of the Quinteto Típico Buenos Aires-on electric guitar and arrangements-where he shares the musical direction with Norberto Vogel. With this quintet he has made an extended tour in seven European countries, performing in important cities like: Genéve, Basel, Zürich, Regensburg, Malmö, Milano, Oslo, Moscow, among others. He works as a guitar teacher and a Tango Assembly director privately as well as at various institutions like the School of Law at the University of Buenos Aires. He is in charge of arrangements in diverse projects, like singers recording productions, music production for dancers, music for plays, etc.
NORBERTO VOGEL
(Bandoneon and arrangements)
Norberto Vogel was born in Buenos Aires in 1972. He started studying the piano at the age of four, and later he continued his studies with the most important Masters of Argentina.
After Norberto had won a scholarship at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he continued his studies in 1991 at the famous Rubin Academy of Music & Dance, where he specialized in piano, arrangements and composition of Jazz and Contemporary Music, obtaining the “Bachelor” and “Master of Music” degrees.
In 1999 he returned to Buenos Aires, where he began his bandoneon studies with Master Néstor Marconi, and also founded together with Alejo Caramés the Quinteto Típico Buenos Aires, which he joins as pianist, arranger and co-director.
Since his return to Argentina, he has had an intense activity including performances at the Salón Dorado (Casa de la Cultura), Café Tortoni, recitals on the FM Radio 2x4, Sólo Tango TV, Teatro San Martin, Café Homero, Club del vino, Esquina Homero Manzi, Plaza Dorrego (San Telmo), Buenos Aires Tango Festival, as well as in private parties and events, accompanying very important singers: Raúl Lavie, Susana Rinaldi, Maria Volonté, Jairo, Cecilia Milone, Danny Martin, among others, and also very well known dance couples.
Since the beginning of 2000, he’s played bandoneon with the instrumental trio Funyi Tango Trío. As a bandoneon player, Norberto’s made several tours around USA, Europe, Scandinavia, Israel, Costa Rica, etc., invited by local groups and classical orchestras as bandoneon soloist.
Nowadays Norberto directs the Orquesta Inspiración, the first tango musical formation integrated by Jewish musicians of Argentina, and also the Betzalel, musical assembly from Amia. He writes musical arrangements for various groups in Argentina as well as in Puerto Rico, UK, Canada, Switzerland, Germany and France, and also participates in various musical projects, recordings and independent productions in his own studio.
PATRICIO COTELLA (Contrabass)
He was born in Buenos Aires in 1972. He graduated as an electric bass instrumentalist in the Escuela de Música Popular de Avellaneda. Daniel Buono and Oscar Giunta were his masters.
He is also a founding member and graduated from the Orquesta Escuela de Tangoconducted by Emilio Balcarce and advised by greatest musicians of the genre. (on the double-bass Alcides Rossi and Horacio Cabarcos). With this orchestra he made several performances and he took part in the Tango Festival in the Challiot Theatre in Paris in 2000 with the participation of the most important tango contemporary masters such as Julian Plaza, Atilio Stampone, Raul Garello,
Rodolfo Mederos, and Nestor Marconi as guest conductors. As a member of a variety of orchestras, he took part in the four tango festivals that were organized by the Government of the City of Buenos Aires.
The last festival was staged in the Teatro Colón, Sala Martín Coronado in the Teatro San Martin and in the Teatro Presidente Alvear.
He has made several tango studio recordings: Danza Maligna (Vale Tango), En contrapunto (Orquesta Escuela), Un giro extraño, (La Chicana,), Ufa (Daniel Melingo), Pasión en tango (Jaime Wilensky), etc.
He is currently performing as a double-bass player in the Funyi Tango Trío, the quartet Vale Tango, Mora Godoy, Danza Maligna Tango Company, Daniel Melingo, and Miguel Angel Zotto’s Tango Company Tango x 2, with which he has toured all around the world.
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