'El Chamuyo' Tango Quartet
KAMILA BYDLOWSKA violin
ADAM DYER piano
JUAN PABLO MAURO double bass
SIMON COOK bandoneon
7:30 p.m. Friday 5 JULY
Photo by AKIN SUVARI
The EL CHAMUYO quartet performs a wide sweep of Argentinian tango music, ranging from golden era of the 1920s and '30s, through to the tango nuevo masterpieces of Piazzolla, and on to a few contemporary composers. While respecting the tradition, El Chamuyo also takes this repertoire as a starting point for improvisation, blurring the boundaries between tango and jazz in exciting and innovative ways. Not forgetting that this music is rooted in dance, the quartet regularly performs at milongas for tango dancers.
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El Chamuyo features the virtuoso violinist Kamila Bydlowska, who performs as a soloist, chamber musician and collaborator across multiple genres.
She has appeared in venues and festivals in Europe, Asia and America, including the Royal Albert Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Jazz Cafe, iTunes Festival in London, Holywell Rooms in Oxford, KIOI Hall in Tokyo, Tengiz Amirejibi International Music Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia; iPalpiti Festival of International Laureats in Los Angeles, Midem Festival in Cannes, UK International Tango Festival and London Electronic Arts Festival. Kamila made the world-first recordings of the Violin Concertos by the 20th Century British composers William Wordsworth and Arnold Griller with Liepaja Symphony Orchestra (Latvia) on the Toccata Classics label, released in August 2019. and January 2021. Other recent concerto engagements include Bruch, Sibelius, Bartok as well as Szymanowski, Arnold, Ethel Smyth. She has broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Classic FM (UK), WNYC (New York), RAI (Italy) & Japanese TV. A multiple winner of awards, she is the recipient of the Ministry of Culture of Poland Scholarship and Artistic Excellence Award from Indiana University. Born in Slupca, central Poland into a family of non-musicians, at seven she started to play the violin and went on to study on a full scholarship at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, USA with Mauricio Fuks and Kevork Mardirossian and Royal College of Music in London with Ani Schnarch. |
ADAM DYER (photo by Akin Suvari)
Jazz pianist Adam Dyer (whose quartet with Duncan Eagles appears at Bracknell Jazz in June) studied in Cambridge and at the Guildhall, before travelling to Scandinavia to study jazz for two years on a scholarship. He has performed with artists including Bobby Wellins, Dan Berglund and Gregory Porter. Adam directs ensembles and teaches composition at Morley College, and has hosted a jazz radio show on Phoenix FM. He has also worked with Bill Laurence (Snarky Puppy) as an arranger for his collaboration with the Morley College Big Band.
JUAMPI MAURO (photo by Akin Suvari)
Juampi Mauro is an Argentinian bass player based in London, who works with several jazz, tango and folk bands. He keeps El Chamuyo rooted not just in the right chords, but also in the authentic tradition of tango music.
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SIMON COOK (photo by Akin Suvari)
As the house pianist and organizer of Bracknell Jazz, Simon Cook is a familiar figure to our audience.
Lockdown gave Simon the opportunity to study free bass accordion technique online with jazz accordionist Karen Street. This led Simon to the chromatic bandoneon, enabling him to play in several tango ensembles. 
EL CHAMUYO at a milonga in 2023 (photo by Akin Suvari)
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KAMILA BYDLOWSKA (violin) performing at SHP with Olga Paliy (piano)