Sunday 14 June, 17:00

Tango: Music of Borges & Piazzolla

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Performed by the ensemble …Y su Orquesta Quartette, this tango recital traces the intimate dialogue between Jorge Luis Borges’s texts and Latin American composers. The programme draws on the El tango album and works by Astor Piazzolla, Aníbal Troilo, Carlos Guastavino and Eladia Blázquez, alternating nostalgic milongas and stormier tangos. Sparse arrangements and warm bandoneón tones unfold a cinematic, nocturnal atmosphere, where lyricism and longing meet. Presented by Los conjurados as part of the BORGES 2026 project.

In Spanish.

Grand-Rue 40,
1204 Genève
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Photo Credit: Maison Rousseau et Littérature

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