Hyperion Ensemble

Hyperion Ensemble was formed in 1992 as ensemble interested in contemporary music. From the very beginning, it has been deeply interested to the Piazzolla repertoire and to Tango in general. Hyperion has taken part, during its 29 years of activity in over 1000 shows, festivals and theatres all over Europe, offering a wide repertoire ranging from contemporary Tango to traditional Tango. Since its foundation has collaborated with various renowned bandoneonists such as Luis Stazo, Juan Josè Mosalini, Daniel Binelli, Alfredo Marcucci, Josè Luis Betancor, Victor Villena; the regular bandoneonists in the Ensemble are actually Nicola Maceratesi and Gino Zambelli, while the singers are actually the argentinians Martin Troncozo and Hernan Godoy. Hyperion Ensemble is regularly invited to the most renowned Tango Festivals all over Europe: Paris, Brussels, London, Barcelona (Sitges), Istanbul, Tarbes, Porec, Athens, Torino, Rome, Firenze, Genova, Mantova etc. Has musically accompanied many Shows with famous international Companies and dancers like “Tangovivo” with Union Tanguera of Esteban Moreno and Claudia Codega, “Tango x 2 “ with Miguel Angel Zotto, “Tango Metropolis” with Claudio Hoffmann and Daniel Binelli, “Conceptango” with the company of Leo Calvelli y Eugenia, “TangObsesion” with the company Leonardo Cuello, “Tango Nuevo” with Roberto Herrera’s company and, others: in 2015 and 2017 Ensemble took part to the german Tour of Gustavo Russo’s Company in the show Tango in Red. In this occasions Ensemble has appeared in the most famous theatre scenes over Europe, such as Teatro Regio and Auditorium Lingotto in Turin, Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova, Darmstadtium in Darmstadt, Brucknerhaus in Linz, Die Glocke in Bremen Auditorium della Conciliazione in Rome, Dom Musyck a Mosca, Teatro Regina Victoria in San Sebastian, Trui teatro in Palma de Mallorca, Concert Noble Bruxelles, Mustafa Kemal Merkezi in Istanbul, Mohammed V in Rabat (Marocco), Blue Note in Milan … In 2019 the Ensemble will do 2 intercontinental Tours: in Bali-Jakarta-Dubai (march) and in the U.S.A. (December). The Ensemble has often performed with others famous dancers as Sebastian Arce and Mariana Montes, Chicho Frumboli and Juana Sepulveda, Miguel Angel Zotto, Javier Rodriguez, etc. in several venues and Festival around Europe. Often the ensemble features soloists like Cristina Vilallonga, Sandra Rumolino, Silvia Lallana (voice), Franco Luciani (harmonic), Luis Bacalov (composer and pianist), Cesar Angeleri (guitar). Recently began collaborating with the singer Antonella Ruggiero in the show “Contemporanea Tango”. Has often performed accompanied by Symphonic orchestra, mainly with the 45 musicians of the Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana. Ensemble’s record production has released 9 CDs: “Livin Tango” (1998) – “Boulevard Tango” (2000) – “Corso Buenos Aires” (2005) – “Buenos Aires hora cero” (2006) – “Hyperion Live in Paris”, with the special participation of Luis Stazo (2008) – “Contemporanea Tango” with Antonella Ruggiero (2010) – “Epoca de Oro” (2011) – “Remembranzas” (2014), “Tango 9” (2016), “Hasta siempre amor” (2018).