
OCTOBER 24TH, 2025
7-8 PM SYMPHONIC TANGO CONCERT
Reserved VIP Seating
Chapel of the Good Shepherd, 543 Main Street, NY NY 10044
8:30 PM - 10 PM BENEFIT RECEPTION
Roosevelt Island NY 10044
$200 Donation or Join a Patron Circle for additional gifts!
Only 10 spots available!
THIS EVENT HAS PASSED
BENEFIT PROGRAM
1. SYMPHONIC TANGO
Enjoy your upclose tango experience with Reserved VIP Seating at the Symphonic Tango Concert. Feel the grandeur of the genre through music, dance and “superb,” “harmonically sophisticated" compositions and arrangements by Leonardo Suarez Paz in - "an unlikely yet happy marriage of Prokofiev and tango nuevo." (GRAMOPHONE)
Featuring the North/South Consonance Chamber Orchestra, conductor Max Lifchitz, PIAZZOLLA100 soloists Leonardo Suarez-Paz (violin, dance, artistic direction), Rodolo Zanetti (bandoneon), Leo Grinhauz (violoncello) and Nuevo Tango Ballet.
2. BENEFIT RECEPTION
Follow us to a private residence for a post-concert reception to enjoy the company of artists, Argentine wine, Italian prosecco, homemade empanadas, light bites, live music.
Limited Space, please reserve your spot by making a donation of $200 or more.
Benefit location provided upon the completion of your tax-deductible donation.
BENEFIT by DONATION - $200 or more
JOIN A PATRON CIRCLE WITH A DONATION OF $250 or up
and ejoy special gifts & perks
Your donation is tax deductible, minus the fair market value of goods and services provided. You donations will benefit the 2026-27 season of Nuevo Tango Arts.
Thank you in advance for supporting public arts programming, arts education and the creation of new works!





Artistic Director, Composer, violinist, tango dancer & choreographer
Leonardo Suarez Paz is a visionary artist who redefines tango as a complex, contemporary genre - a legacy that was passed on to him by family friend and mentor, Astor Piazzolla. A composer, choreographer, vocalist and "virtuoso extraordinaire on the violin" (Wynton Mar
Artistic Director, Composer, violinist, tango dancer & choreographer
Leonardo Suarez Paz is a visionary artist who redefines tango as a complex, contemporary genre - a legacy that was passed on to him by family friend and mentor, Astor Piazzolla. A composer, choreographer, vocalist and "virtuoso extraordinaire on the violin" (Wynton Marsalis) Leonardo's "knowledge of the tango violin playing conveys a century of individual styles" (The STRAD Magazine). He is a twice Latin Grammy Nominated artist who has been featured as a soloist on scores of GRAMMY winning recordings including those of Placido Domingo, Luis Miguel, Carlos Franzetti and Ruben Blades and is sought out worldwide as a Nuevo Tango specialist and the "torchbearer of Argentine Tango and the legacy of its greatest composer, Astor Piazzolla" (All About Jazz, UK).

Bandoneon
Argentine-born Latin GRAMMY Award winning musician & educator, Rodolfo has been featured with New York City Opera, at The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Carnegie Hall, Lisner Auditorium of George Washington University and the Embassy of Argentina. He has performed with Leonardo Suarez Paz's Cuartetango s
Bandoneon
Argentine-born Latin GRAMMY Award winning musician & educator, Rodolfo has been featured with New York City Opera, at The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Carnegie Hall, Lisner Auditorium of George Washington University and the Embassy of Argentina. He has performed with Leonardo Suarez Paz's Cuartetango string quartet, El Nuevo Tango and Symphonic Tango programs.
He has been featured as a bandoneon soloist with the Choir of the National University of Cuyo (U.N.C. - Mendoza), Coro de Jóvenes de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo and the Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia.

Co-Director, Choreographer, Dancer
Featured at Centro Cultural Kirchner in Buenos Aires, Lincoln Center, Metropolitan Museum of Art and National Museum of Dance Olga Suarez-Paz is a tango dancer, chorepgrapher who made her tango debut with Andrea Misse and has partnered with Leonardo Suarez-Paz since 2009. She was a tango guest with Savion
Co-Director, Choreographer, Dancer
Featured at Centro Cultural Kirchner in Buenos Aires, Lincoln Center, Metropolitan Museum of Art and National Museum of Dance Olga Suarez-Paz is a tango dancer, chorepgrapher who made her tango debut with Andrea Misse and has partnered with Leonardo Suarez-Paz since 2009. She was a tango guest with Savion Glover, Greenwich Symphony. She directs Nuevo Tango Ballet was the Dean's Artist-In-Residence at NYU, recipient of NYCSA, LMCC & Dance/NYC Awards.
We thank our board members, donors and volunteers for making BENEFIT possible and we thank you in advance for your support of Nuevo Tango Arts, PIAZZOLLA100 Festival and our public programming in the 2026/27 Season.
NUEVO TANGO ARTS BOARD & STAFF
Olga Suarez-Paz, Chairperson/Co-Director
Scott Einbinder, Secretary
Daniela Campillo Valencia, Trasurer
Amir Alikhani, Board Member
Leonardo Suarez-Paz, Special Member/Artistic Director
Sandra Lopez, incoming Board Member
We use cookies to analyze website traffic and optimize your website experience. By accepting our use of cookies, your data will be aggregated with all other user data.

Concerts, Milongas, Films & Exhibits, Music Study Program, Dance Study Program, Orquesta Tipica, and more
Don't Miss This Unique Cultural Experience! Program announcements coming soon!