Fugata Quintet Performs Piazzolla Live at Purcell Room

About the Fugata Quintet: The Fugata Quintet was born out of a shared passion for the music of Astor Piazzolla and a desire to champion his name as a great composer of the 20th century. Drawing upon backgrounds in classical, jazz and world music, they bring dazzling technique and a distinguished, expressive sound to the Nuevo Tango style, and are now building on this rich tradition with contemporary works specially commissioned for the group. All outstanding musicians in their own right, Zivorad Nikolic (accordion), Anastasios Mavroudis (violin), Antonis Hatzinikolaou (guitar), Anahit Chaushyan (piano) and James Opstad (double bass) combine their musical personalities to create an enormous range of possibilities for expression. Inspired by Piazzolla’s pioneering work, they are expanding the repertoire for this unique instrumentation. Formed in 2007 by graduates of the Royal Academy of Music in London, the Fugata Quintet has performed arrangements of compositions across a broad range