Pablo Zinger
| Pablo Zinger | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 7, 1956 |
| Origin | Uruguay |
| Genres | Nuevo tango, zarzuela |
| Occupation(s) | Conductor, pianist, arranger, writer |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Years active | 1970s – present |
Pablo Zinger is a conductor, pianist, writer, composer, arranger, lecturer and narrator, specializing in the music of Ástor Piazzolla, tango, Spanish zarzuela, and Latin American vocal and instrumental music.
Pablo Zinger was born in 1956 in Uruguay and has lived in New York City since 1976. He is married to Adriana Sananes. Mr. Zinger holds a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music Degrees from Manhattan School of Music, where he studied piano with Zenon Fishbein.
Mr. Zinger has conducted and played with orchestras, singers and chamber groups throughout the Americas and in Spain, Russia, Poland, Slovenia, Japan, Korea, South Africa, Germany and Norway.
In 2009, he accompanied Plácido Domingo singing tangos at Washington’s Constitution Hall, narrated Piazzolla’s Pueblo Joven at Tokyo’s Opera City (2008), played and conducted the Moscow première of Piazzolla’s María de Buenos Aires (2006), and conducted the closing of Paquito D'Rivera's Carnegie Hall 50th Anniversary Concert (2005).
In 1987, he was asked by Ástor Piazzolla to serve as musical director for the premiere production of Tango Apasionado at the Westbeth Theater Center. Mr. Zinger also played piano in the production and on the Kip Hanrahan recording which followed on the American Clavé label (see Discography).
He tours and records frequently with the Nuevo Tango Zinger Septet (Valencia, Spain). His critically acclaimed CD's include Tango Apasionado with Ástor Piazzolla, Chamber Music from the South and the Grammy nominated The Clarinetist with Paquito D'Rivera and Gustavo Tavares, Las Puertas de la Mañana (songs of Carlos Guastavino), and two albums of Carlos Suriñach’s flamenco-infused music.
He is considered the pre-eminent conductor of zarzuela in the U.S. Since 2004, he has been the Musical Director of the Zarzuela Series at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, directed by Salomé Martínez-Lutz in Albuquerque, NM.
...
Wikipedia