CHARLES GORCZYNSKI TANGO QUARTET
CHARLES GORCZYNSKI - BANDONEON
DEVAN MORAN - VIOLIN
ALEX WOODS - PIANO
SARAH LAHASKY - CONTRABASS
Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet is a Minneapolis-based ensemble dedicated to contemporary and traditional tango music.
Bandoneonist and composer Charles Gorczynski works in contemporary tango and music production. He is the director of Minneapolis-based Twin Cities Tango Collective, the bandleader of Redwood Tango Ensemble and Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet, and has worked as bandoneonist for dozens of tango projects including Mariano Barreiro Tango Trio, Alejandro Ziegler Cuarteto, Maldito Tango Duo, Maxi Larrea Trio, and Los Tangueros Del Oeste. He has toured North America and Europe extensively to support original tango music releases, most recently releasing the album “We Become The Night Sky” recorded by 12-piece tango ensemble based in San Francisco. As a life-long producer, Charles is a Latin Grammy-nominated mixing engineer and owner of the Minneapolis-based studio/label Caverns, focused on producing and releasing high quality and future-driven new tango work.
CHARLES GORCZYNSKI TANGO QUARTET THE CONSERVATORY (2023)
THE CONSERVATORY
11:15 ROSES
A FIST OF FAST WISHES
MARIGOLD
LUCKY STRIKE
Recorded by Joshua Parlanti at Wild Sound Recording Studio, Minneapolis MN
Mixed and mastered by Charles Gorczynski at Caverns, Minneapolis MN
Released October 29, 2023
Caverns Records CAV012
CHARLES GORCZYNSKI
Minneapolis-based composer and bandoneonist Charles Gorczynski works in contemporary tango, new music, and studio production. He leads the acclaimed modern tango outfit Redwood Tango Ensemble as well as Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet, Twin Cities Tango Collective, and his studio project IVYASA.
“A force in modern sound design…” - Jazz Times
Charles is an established musician and community organizer with a distinct voice in creative new music, stemming from his upbringing in jazz/improvised music and his extensive work in tango composition and performance. His projects Redwood Tango Ensemble and Colorlist have toured extensively in North America and Europe, working 100+ performances annually and releasing ten albums of original compositions. Charles has premiered compositions with Chamber Music Northwest Festival and Intermusic SF, where he was twice awarded the MGP grant commissioning new work for tango chamber ensemble. He has collaborated, recorded, and toured with many international tango projects, including Mariano Barreiro Tango Trio, Tango BC Quartet, Alejandro Ziegler Cuarteto, Maxi Larrea Trio, Maldito Tango, and Los Tangueros Del Oeste.
“Lovely contrapuntal melodies and kaleidoscopic harmonic explorations… gorgeous music that brings to mind the serene aesthetic of ECM records” - Chicago Reader
Charles has produced or contributed to more than 50 albums, working with labels Serein Records, Ropeadope, 482 Music, Front Forty Press, and a host of independent music houses. He licenses and composes bespoke music for various media, and works as a contracted mixing engineer who brings an insider ear to the sessions. Charles manages Caverns Records as a hub for his own music, a small label to cultivate and catalog new visions of instrumental music with no stylistic restriction.
