PROJECTS

Piazzolla and Rovira are usually presented as the two pioneers of avant-garde tango. It has been claimed that there was a certain rivalry between them, and is a subject of debate which of the two was the first to modernize tango.

Inspired by the modern urban music of Buenos Aires (the tango) and the energetic music of Stravinsky, Eduardo Rovira merged both elements in the thrilling ballet “Tango Buenos Aires”. For their newest album entitled “FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT”, SONICO was guided solely by a rare record from 1962, and thanks to an intensive archaeological effort they breathed new life into this fundamental tango ballet music.

In April 2025 Rovira would have been 100 years old. To celebrate, SONICO will travel to Argentina for the third time, where the ensemble will perform and record live Rovira’s two most iconic albums: “Sonico” (1969) and “Que lo Paren” (1975).

Tired of his ideas being rejected by the world of traditional tango, Astor Piazzolla decided he wanted to become a classical musician and travelled to Paris to study with Nadia Boulanger in the 1950s.