Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet
Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet is a Minneapolis-based quartet dedicated to contemporary and
traditional Argentine tango music. The ensemble is known for cutting-edge original tango music, and for
championing the work of contemporary tango composers.
Minneapolis-based composer and bandoneonist Charles Gorczynski works in contemporary tango, new
music, and studio production. He leads the acclaimed modern tango outfits Charles Gorczynski Tango
Quartet and Redwood Tango Ensemble, and is the director of the Twin Cities Tango Collective.
Charles is a deeply established musician and community organizer with a distinct voice in creative new
music, stemming from his upbringing in jazz/improvised music and decades of tango composition and
performance. His projects Redwood Tango Ensemble and Colorlist have toured North America and
Europe extensively, playing hundreds of performances annually and producing four albums of original
contemporary tango music. Charles has premiered his compositions with Chamber Music Northwest
Festival and the San Francisco International Arts Festival, worked with the Buenos Aires-based Tango Sin
Fin organization for their programs with Reed College, and is regularly commissioned for new works for
tango chamber ensemble. As bandoneonist he has worked with the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra,
Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Chorale, California Symphony, Vocal Essence, Mason Bates’
Mercury Soul Orchestra, and many other orchestral and chamber music organizations. Charles has
recorded and toured with international tango projects, including Mariano Barreiro Tango Trio, Tango BC
Quartet, Alejandro Ziegler Cuarteto, Maxi Larrea Trio, Maldito Tango, and Los Tangueros Del Oeste.
On the production side, Charles is a Latin-Grammy nominated audio engineer and has produced and
contributed to hundreds of albums. He licenses and composes bespoke music for various media, and has
worked with record labels Serein Records, Ropeadope, 482 Music, Ears and Eyes Records, Front Forty Press
and Caverns Records.
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