Jorge Retamoza is one of the saxophonists from Argentine who has more deeply developed the inclusion of his instrument in tango language. This work can be heard on record albums with his group and more than a dozen collaborations with other artists. The Argentine press has referred to his music: "tango and jazz elements, creating an unprecedented mixture sound and, at times, overwhelming." For almost twenty years Retamoza has built with his original compositions a musical body based on the tango, the jazz gestures and academic procedures that put his writing and playing in an originality area, finding new ways to understand the tradition and future of Buenos Aires music. Leading his group he has toured Argentina, South America, Europe and under the auspices of the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Foreign Ministry Argentina, through the USA. This project performs regularly in theaters, festivals, cultural centers, and universities, as well as offer master classes in public and private educational institutes of America and Europe. He is the author of "The tango from the Saxo" book commissioned by Melos Ed. Music, which includes a series of practical works, studies, examples, transcriptions to develop a sound and a way to interpret Buenos Aires music from the sax. In constant search for new formats for sax in tango, he plays as a guest soloist at symphonic environments. In this academic field has also released several works: "Concerto for Tenor Saxophone Bandoneon and Orchestra", "Three Scenes Porteñas" (for two Bass Clarinets and Symphonic Band), "In Black and White Buenos Aires" (for Bandoneon soloist and six Percussionists) Concertango, for baritone Sax and Orchestra ( Argentine National Arts Fund Award 2016) He has composed music for TV and radio, for exhibitions and installations in galleries and museums as well as music for film animation, in collaboration with artist Pablo Delfini, have obtained various national and international awards. In 1998 obtained by contest the baritone sax place for the Buenos Aires Symphonic Band, also Retamoza dictates the sax lessons at the Manuel Falla Conservatory (Argentine Music Chair) He was part of various jazz groups playing with leading musicians of the genre of Argentine: Diego Urcola, Juan Cruz de Urquiza, Jorge Navarro, Hugo Pierre, Guillermo Romero, Daniel Piazzolla, etc. Professionally, he played and recorded with different groups sharing the stage with artists like Raul Lavie, Walter Rios, Guillermo Fernandez, Victor Pellegrini, Los Tarantos, etc. He had toured and recorded with international stars like Isabel Pantoja, Sandro and Celia Cruz as a member of their groups and orchestras.
Awards
Memoria y Balance dir Carlos Capella music Jorge Retamoza
First Prize Buenos Aires International Book Fair 1997
METROPOLITAN CULTURE FUND Buenos Aires 2006
LEVEDAD
dir Pablo Delfini music Jorge Retamoza
Best Music at 1st Latino American Poetic Short Film Festival
2008, Nueva York, USA.
ARGENTINE MUSIC TRIBUNE - UNESCO, 2007
INAMU (National Institute of Music of Argentina) 2015
ARGENTINE NATIONAL FUND OF THE ARTS 2016
INAMU (National Institute of Music of Argentina) 2018
Primary Instrument
Saxophone
Location
Buenos Aires
Willing to teach
Intermediate to advanced
Clinic/Workshop Information
Specifically on the subject of tango: the class works on the vocabulary of the genre, explaining and
observing articulations, basic rhythmic cells and harmonic organization of common practice of this style
and progressions most commonly used. It also refers to the melodic processes that are involved in
the arrangement, the melodic episodes of an arrangement that accompanies or completes a melody,
phrasing, and interpretations that tango masters made from a basic melody.
Classes are dynamic because students can interpret some arrangements for saxophone quartet of different
levels of musical difficulty, from all tango eras which are used to work in class as a rehearsal conducted by
Retamoza.
Re-read of the “Seis Estudios Tanguisticos”, Astor Piazzolla’s work most spread in conservatories, music
schools, universities,
SPECIAL CLASS
“Seis Estudios Tanguisticos” has been organized to work in Master Classes, emphasizing the rhythmic side
of the pieces, the typical articulations of the genre and general interpretation of this music
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Primary Instrument
Saxophone
Location
Buenos Aires
Willing to teach
Intermediate to advanced
Clinic/Workshop Information
Specifically on the subject of tango: the class works on the vocabulary of the genre, explaining and
observing articulations, basic rhythmic cells and harmonic organization of common practice of this style
and progressions most commonly used. It also refers to the melodic processes that are involved in
the arrangement, the melodic episodes of an arrangement that accompanies or completes a melody,
phrasing, and interpretations that tango masters made from a basic melody.
Classes are dynamic because students can interpret some arrangements for saxophone quartet of different
levels of musical difficulty, from all tango eras which are used to work in class as a rehearsal conducted by
Retamoza.
Re-read of the “Seis Estudios Tanguisticos”, Astor Piazzolla’s work most spread in conservatories, music
schools, universities,
SPECIAL CLASS
“Seis Estudios Tanguisticos” has been organized to work in Master Classes, emphasizing the rhythmic side
of the pieces, the typical articulations of the genre and general interpretation of this music. During the
class the teacher set a historical cut on the music of tango present in these studies: It is very important to
set each study in a historical frame of tango as it will allow students to observe how the connection
between contemporary materials and traditional gestures occurs.
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