Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and bandoneon virtuoso JP Jofre perform Jofre's Tangodromo 1 for bandoneon and strings and a few more special arrangements. Recorded on August 6, 2019 at Temple Emanu-El, presented by Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, in New York, NY.


"The bandoneon, a cousin of the concertina, first appeared in Germany, but its biggest market was in Argentina. In this concert with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the composer and bandoneonist J. P. Jofre plays his Tangodromo No. 1—a striking demonstration of his instrument’s varied moods, from eerie croons to spiky jollity…"
- Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker

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About JP Jofre

Native from San Juan, Argentina, Juan Pablo Jofre Romarion aka JP Jofre, is an award-winning bandoneon player and composer. Mr. Jofre has been repeatedly highlighted by the New York Times and praised as one of today’sleading artists by Great Performers at Lincoln Center. His music has been recorded by 16 Grammy winner Paquito D’ Rivera, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and choreographed/performed by ballet-star Herman Cornejo (Principal Dancer of the American Ballet Theatre) among others. He has performed and given lectures at Google Talks, TEDtalks, The Juilliard School of Music, The New School, etc.A recipient of the National Prize of the Arts grant in Argentina, Mr. Jofre has collaborated with many famous musicians in a wide range of musical styles, including Paquito D’Rivera, Kathryn Stott, Symphony Silicon Valley, Santa Rosa Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Argentina, San Antonio Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Philippe Quint, Fernando Otero, and Fred Sturm among others. Mr. Jofre has been part of many prestigious festivals including the Celebrity Series of Boston, Umbria Jazz Festival, Great Performers at Lincoln Center, Seattle Town, Belgorod Music Festival, Sudtirol Jazz Festival, Bachanalia Taiwan, and Lorin Maazel’s Castleton Festival among others. For the world premiere of his Bandoneon Concerto, the Mercury News wrote: “…he is an electrifying composer-bandoneon player.”