CC ENSEMBLE 22
ENSEMBLE 22 offers a unique tango experience that transcends traditional boundaries, blending tango with other Latin American musical styles, modern genres, jazz, and improvisation.
The ensemble is led by Camilo Cordoba, Pablo Woiz, and Lysandre Donoso, each of whom has garnered individual acclaim at prestigious venues and festivals across Europe, North America, and Latin America.
Known for their versatility, ENSEMBLE 22 seamlessly adapts to diverse settings, offering both concert and danceable repertoires. The ensemble’s talented musicians form a cohesive collective that allows for experimentation with different formats, such as trios, quartets, and quintets, while maintaining a steadfast commitment to musical excellence.
This flexibility, combined with the ensemble’s innovative approach and dedication to high-quality performances, ensures that every presentation by ENSEMBLE 22 is an unforgettable experience for audiences, leaving a lasting impression with their dynamic and captivating interpretations of tango.
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MUSICIANS BIO
A new association of musicians for the creation of this artistic collective called “Ensamble 22”, in which the creative and production forces of its members are combined in pursuit of an associative/group work.
The project is presented in various formats (contact us for more information).
The new show contemplates the promotion not only of the music of fundamental composers and performers in the creation of avant-garde tango, but also of contemporary composers, and of the ensemble’s own proposals.
- Lysandre Donoso - bandoneón
- Pablo Woiz - piano
- Felipe Devincenzi - Doublebass
- Camilo Córdoba - guitar & artistic director
Lysandre Donoso is now a reference in tango and one of the most requested bandoneonists in Europe. He’s been accompanying many theatrical works and operas, one with the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse; he is playing as a soloist in the Orchestre National de France, and in several European projects; he performs in some of the greatest halls in Europe like the Royal Albert Hall (London), the Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg), the Salle Pleyel (Paris), the Bozar (Brussels) and the Berlin Konzerthaus.
Lysandre took lessons with Hervé Esquis from 2008 to 2011, he created his first ensemble “Nonino Quartet” and he also took part in the musical tango workshop directed by the Silencio Orchestra and Ramiro Gallo in Tarbes for several years.
During 2010, he took lessons with renowned musicians as William Sabatier and Per Arne Golrvigen. He joined the Tango Department of the Conservatory of Rotterdam (Codarts) in 2011, under the teaching of Gustavo Beytelmann, Víctor Villena and Leo Vervelde amongst others.
In parallel of his studies, he has been multiplying the professional experiences: the Silbando Orchestra, the Quinteto Emedea, Roulotte Tango, the Grand Orchestre de Juan José Mosalini, Quatuor Caliente, the Silencio Orchestra directed by Roger Helou, Lalo Zanelli, Sónico, etc..
Lysandre does not limit himself to the tango world. He was accompanying a theatrical work about Frida Kahlo’s life with the company Art Toupan during 2 years. He played in two different operas by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht : “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny” with the Capitole Orchestra in Toulouse and “The Threepenny Opera” in the Théâtre Déjazet in Paris. He played as a soloist in several European projects like Mr McFall’s Chamber, Ballare : To Dance, the “Misa a Buenos Aires” from Martín Palmeri, the Sinfonía Buenos Aires with l’Orchestre National de France…
Pablo Woiz, is a renowned exponent of Tango and Argentine music in Europe. In his facets of pianist, arranger and composer, he is currently committed to his projects “Pablo Woiz & Milonga Roots” an experimental crossover, where he investigates the origins of the music of Rio de la Plata, as well as his Traditional Tango Trio and Quintett honoring the fundamental value of the dance. He also collaborates with the singer Noelia Tomassi. Woiz has collaborated with legends of the Tango world, including Juan José Mosalini, Luis Stazo, Julia Zenko, Alfredo Marcucci, Quique Sinesi, Alberto Podestá,and Osvaldo Montes He tooks part of the “Tango Pasion show” (Europe-Tour 2009, 2015, 2019) together with the Grammy Winner “Luis Stazo” as well with “Gabriel Merlino´s Sextett” Since 2007 Pablo Woiz, born in Argentina, lives and works in Berlin.
Felipe Devincenzi is an Argentinian musician with a remarkable academic background. Graduated from the Universidad Nacional de las Artes (AR), he was a scholarship holder of the Argentinian Mozarteum from 2016, which enabled him to continue his studies in Paris. Following this, he achieved his Master’s degree at Rotterdam’s University of the Arts. Throughout his career he has joined important musical ensembles such as the Teatro Colón Orchestra of Buenos Aires, the Paris National Opera and the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 2018, he’s been a fix musician at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie.
He has studied at E.M.P.A (Buenos Aires – Argentina), where he did the Jazz and Tango career studying with maestros such as Anibal Arias and “Chocho” Ruiz; he also took private lessons with Javier Cohen.
He dabbled into composition with Maestros he specifically select because of their original style: Guillermo Klein, Diego Schissi, and Nicolás Gershberg.
Since 2004 he has been part of the “Violentango” quintet as guitarist and composer, with which he recorded 5 CDs, and participate in several international tours in Europe, North America and Latin America; performing at famous festivals such as Glastonbury Festival (UK), Jazz Park (CO), Cultural Virada (BR), Savassi Jazz (BR), Vive Latino (MX), Heineken Canarias Jazz (ES), Nishville Jazz (SR), Para Ti Latino (BR), among others.
He received recognitions from the Ministry of Culture, declared to be as “Cultural and Artistic Interest” for his quintet (2012), and declared from the Ministry for Foreing Affairs and Ministry of Tourism as “..part of the national identity of Argentina, being granted the status of ̈Brand Ambassadors ̈ for the country.” (2013).
Since year 2016 he moved to Brussels, Belgium, where he lives nowadays. There he has joined some other contemporary tango groups:
“Sonico” a Brussels based quintet that celebrates the repertoire of the Argentinian composer Eduardo Rovira. With this group he has participated in important Jazz, Tango, Classical Music and World Music festivals in Latin America and Europe.
“Tango de Côté” is a trío that performs their own arrangements from traditional tango pieces.
On July 2018 he has created a traditional tango quintet called “Quinteto Ensueños” in collaboration with some of the best european tango musicians from the new generation.This project works deeply into the different traditional tango styles from maestros O. Pugliese, A. Troilo, H. Salgán, Di Sarli, among others.