Tango
Biography
Tango // Patricia Pankonin - Diego Suarez
The Tango Duo Pescante, made up of Patricia Pankonin on piano and Diego Suárez on guitar, was formed at the beginning of 2002 in Buenos Aires.
Composed of young instrumentalists, who combine their academic training with popular music, they try to understand the Tango genre from a particular perspective, making their own arrangements and also with compositions that belong to them.
They are currently presenting their fourth album "Hacia balvanera" (original compositions and arrangements of traditional tangos).
In November 2009 they embarked on their Third European Tour through Denmark, Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy.
In 2005 he made his first European tour, performing in various theaters and milongas in France, Germany and Italy.
The Pescante tango duo has performed in numerous venues and series, including the Buenos Aires Tango Festival, La Noche de Los Museos (Night of the Museums), Tango YMCA Siglo XXI, Centro Cultural de la Cooperación, Biblioteca Nacional, Centro Cultural del Sur, Radio Nacional, Scala de San Telmo, Café Tortoni, Pista Urbana, Auditorio Hotel Bauen, Café Homero, Feria Internacional de Libro en Buenos Aires, Manzana de las Luces, CC Julián Centeya, among others.
Patricia Pankonin (piano)
Graduated from the Escuela de Música Popular de Avellaneda, specializing in Tango Piano, under professors such as Rodolfo Mederos, Aníbal Arias, and Pablo Mainetti, among others. She began her studies at the Manuel de Falla Conservatory and the Instituto Vocacional de Arte, where she graduated with a specialization in Music.
She studied composition, counterpoint, and orchestration with composer Michel Merlet at the Maurice Ravel Conservatory in Paris.
She continued her piano training with concert pianist Susana Kasakoff and specialized in the tango genre with Nicolás Ledesma. Currently, she is taking composition courses with Diego Schissi.
She works as a piano teacher and general coordinator of the Music Department at the Instituto Vocacional de Arte Labardén.
She was a member of Rodolfo Mederos's Orchestral School, the Quinteto El Desbande, and the Silencio Tango sextet. She performed as a pianist in the shows Tango por metro, Malevo, Always, and Amarás esta voz, and accompanied singers such as Alejandra Desiderio, Paula Estrella, Lina Avellaneda, and Reynaldo Martín, among others, performing at venues like C.C. San Martín, C.C. Torquato Tasso, Hebraica, Clásica y Moderna, Hyatt Hotel, and the Radio Nacional Auditorium.
Diego Suarez ( Guitar)
Graduated as a Senior Guitar Professor from the "Conservatorio de Música de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires Astor Piazzolla" and earned a degree in Composition from the Manuel de Falla Conservatory.
He studied composition, counterpoint, and orchestration with composer Michel Merlet at the Maurice Ravel Conservatory in Paris.
He completed his academic training with concert pianist/guitarist Walter Ujaldón and participated in masterclasses with Eduardo Fernández and Pablo Márquez.
He took private lessons in the tango genre with master Aníbal Arias, and in jazz with Juan Benítez and Armando Alonso.
He is a Tenured Professor of Guitar at the "Conservatorio Superior de Música Manuel de Falla" and a Tenured Professor at the "Lycée Franco-Argentin Jean Mermoz".
He has been part of numerous music groups and has accompanied artists such as Paula Estrella, Lucrecia Merico, María Volonté, Alejandra Desiderio, and Elena Buchbinder.