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Info text on the ensemble "Quadro Nuevo"

The ensemble comprises:
Mulo Francel (saxophone, clarinets)
Andreas Hinterseher (accordion, vibrandoneon, xylophone)
D. D. Lowka (double bass, percussion)
Evelyn Huber (harp, salterio)

Tango, valse musette, arabesque, flamenco, lovingly dusted off film music and an Italy almost lost in time - Quadro Nuevo since 1996 Quadro Nuevo has appeared in over 1500 concerts all over Europe.
The four musicians’ venues are as diverse as the roots of their music: The nostalgic-acoustic ensemble not only appears in concert halls and at festivals. The fervent virtuosi also travel around the Southern Mediterranean as street musicians enticing their audience to dance as a nightly tango band.

Each of Quadro Nuevo’s CDs so far have received the German Jazz Award and climbed into the Top Ten of the Jazz and World Music charts. In the summer of 2005 the quartet released its DVD - Quadro Nuevo LIVE - and won the European Phono Award Impala in Paris.

The quartet have so far played at numerous renowned festivals, such as the Montreal Jazz Festival, the ’Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen’, the ’Rheingau Musikfestival’, the ’Meraner Musikwochen’, ’Saalfelden Jazztage’ and the Quebec Festival.

In 2005, Quadro Nuevo performed concert tours in Singapore, Korea, Canada, Australia, Italy, Spain, France, Switzerland, Austria and Denmark.

Info text on the current programme "tango bitter sweet"

Magnetic melodies from Europe – wild temperament driven between easterly and westerly winds, between ardent desire and joyful fulfilment. Between the bitter and the sweet.

This is the world of the tango, as played by Quadro Nuevo.

The instrumental quartet has long since established its own form of poetical sound, beyond the genre stereotypes.
Based on European formed tango, Quadro Nuevo enriches this musical direction with elements of Flamenco, Valse Musette, Balkan swing, Oriental music, daring improvisations and an incomparable Mediterranean sense of ease.

On their latest album tango bitter sweet euphoric classics like “Petite Fleur“, ”Tango Jalousie“ or the sabre dance blossom in fresh, opalescent colours. Almost forgotten melodies once again touch the senses, make butterflies dance on the skin and send a yearning to the heart.
These mix with electrifying self-compositions, recounting tales from the vagabond life of the four virtuosi.

The unmistakable sound of Quadro Nuevo resounds on this CD too:
Sensual as the summer nights on the Mediterranean Sea, compelling as passion, bitter-sweet as lovesickness.

Even the 1970s hits like Dalida’s “Paroles, Paroles“ or ”L’été indien“ from Joe Dassin are filled with so much personal flair that one hardly wants to let them go.

The secret is devotion. Seldom has one experienced that music is performed with so much excitement, verve, almost tender love of the instrument and empathy with foreign cultures.

Quadro Nuevo has been distinguished by the German Phono Association with fifteen Jazz Awards and has received the European Impala three times. Their albums have been number one in the World Music Charts, Top Ten of the Jazz Charts and have reached the Top 50 of the German Album Charts.

The four musicians have been touring the countries of the world for ten years and have so far given around 1500 concerts. Their venues are as diverse as the roots of their music: The nostalgic-acoustic ensemble not only appears in concert halls and at festivals. The fervent virtuosi also travel around the southern Mediterranean as street musicians inviting their audience to dance as a nightly tango band.
Quadro Nuevoperformed concert tours in Singapore, Korea, Canada, Australia and throughout Europe from Spain to Estonia. The quartet has played at numerous renowned festivals, such as the Montreal Jazz Festival, the ’Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen’, the ’Rheingau Musikfestival’, the ’Meraner Musikwochen’ or Quebec Festival to name but a few.

Mulo Francel: saxophone, clarinets
D.D. Lowka: double bass, percussion
Andreas Hinterseher: accordion, vibrandoneon, xylophone
Evelyn Huber: harp, salterio

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Info text on the “Mocca flor” programme

Tango, valse musette, flamenco, arabesque lovingly recreated film music and an Italy almost lost in time – since 1996 Quadro Nuevo has given over 1500 concerts throughout Europe.
The four musicians’ venues are as diverse as the roots of their music: The nostalgic-acoustic ensemble not only appear in concert halls and at festivals. The fervent virtuosi also travel around the Southern Mediterranean as street musicians enticing their audience to dance as a nightly tango band.

The Quadro Nuevo CD Mocca Flor appeared in 2004 – music like a good cup of mocha. Invigorating the senses, warming the soul and laden with the fragrance of oriental pleasures. Luxury for the moment. The sounds of Quadro Nuevo permeate like the comforting aroma of freshly ground coffee. Savouring the captivating experience, the listener is led into a world of swaying turbans, old taverns and passionate tango.
Orient and occident coalesce in the music of Mocca Flor. Spanish guitars, Balkan swing and arabesque melodies fuse with accordion rhythms into oriental tango. The magic of Klezmer and an bold melancholic saxophone add spice to old European coffee house music.
A magical story in sounds begins, whose adventure begins somewhere between Paris and Istanbul, Palermo and Cairo, Berlin and Piraeus. [...]

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Info text on the "Canzone della Strada" programme

In its programme Canzone della Strada Quadro Nuevo explores old Italian tango and lyrical canciones.
Music of an Italy almost lost in time, once so enchantingly presented by long forgotten singers of the likes of Carlo Buti, Nilla Pizzi, and Claudio Villa. Visions of the South, firing the melancholic fantasy yearning in North and Central Europeans since time immemorial, are awoken by their songs.
These take their place next to temperamental Neapolitan street hits and daring improvisations.
Quadro Nuevo drew its ideas and inspiration from long trips through Italy.
Musical jewels pickup up from the streets and squares of Mediterranean towns.

The CD released in 2002 Quadro Nuevo : Canzone della Strada records this musical dream. It was distinguished with the German Jazz Award and the Impala European Phono Award and climbed into the Top Ten of the Jazz and World Music Charts. [...]

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