Trio Nocturna

The "concurso del ocho" in 2010 was won by Trio Nocturna on 19 March in Nijmegen. The winner was already anounced to perform the livemusic on the opening tangoball on Thursday. The group performed surprisingly enthusiastic. The dancers enjoy the distinctiv but also cheerful rhythm and the powerful voiced lady singer.

Trio Nocturna

Nocturna (‘of the night’) is the title of a fast milonga from the Argentinean tango repertoire. The music of Trio Nocturna is in an original way based on this repertoire. The trio consists of Charlotte Dupuis (voice, violin) Mirek Walton (guitar, piano) and Boris Franz (double bass). The repertoire of Trio Nocturna includes new arrangements of tango classics (e.g. of A. Piazzolla en S. Piana) and contemporary compositions by Mirek and Boris. The diversity of influences is audible on the debut album of the trio: Milonga del norte (February 2009). The members of the trio graduated from various conservatories and each has a diverse musical backround. Their strong musical connection comes forward in poetic, quite dance-able, joyous and melancholic tangomusic.

Charlotte Dupuis

(1981, Eindhoven)
VIOLIN, VOICE
Charlotte Dupuis graduated with two majors from the Rotterdam Conservatory. During her initial studies in music education she took singing lessons from Winanda van Vliet and violin from Thijs Kramer. In 2008 she graduated in Argentinean tango violin, for which her teachers were Micha Molthoff and Andras Czifra. During her studies Charlotte performed with the tango orchestra OTRA at the tango festival of Buenos Aires. Currently she plays in Trio Nocturna, Quinteto Azul and the street music groups Fresco del mundo and Mariposas de la calle. In addition she is a teacher of music theory to young talents in the prepatory year of the Rotterdam Conservatory and she teaches at the Hellendaal Music Institute and the Rotterdam Music School (SKVR).

Mirek Walton

(1987, Gouda)
GUITAR
Mirek Walton graduated cum laude as a tango guitarist from the Rotterdam Conservatory in 2009. There he also studied jazz and Brazilian music. He learned the ins and outs of Argentinean tango music from Dutch pioneers like Kay Sleking, Leo Vervelde and Micha Molthoff as well as Argentinean masters like Gustavo Beytelmann, Coco Nelegatti and Victor Hugo Villena. Currently Mirek studies tango piano with Wim Warman. At the same time he is active as band member and leader, arranger and composer of several tango, jazz and world music groups, such as: Trio Nocturna, Quinteto Azul, Fadango and Franklin Smith Quartet. He plays as an accompanist for several promising young singers, such as Mirre Valkenburg and Kiki Schippers. In addition he works at his own solo projects as singer/songwriter.

Boris Franz

(1974, Bonn)
DOUBLE BASS
Boris Franz, double bass player from Germany, studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory with Arnold Doyeweerd. Since then he has been living and working in the Netherlands. He played Jazz and Brazilian music in various groups, amongst others with Susanna De and the Ricciotti Ensemble. Performing with Dario Polonara, Juan Otero, Mark Wyman and Santiago Cimadevilla was his school of tango music playing. He has performed with various tango ensembles, such as Bandola Zurdo, Tango Dorado, Tango Extremo and Trio Milongón. Boris has also composed and arranged tango pieces for various groups. Since 2008 he is the double bass player in Trio Nocturna for which he composes as well.

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