About Los Chantas

Argentine pianist Emilio Teubal has lived in New York since 1999. He has studied jazz performance, composition, and arranging at the City College of New York. He has played with renowned artists John Benitez, Bob Mover, Daniel Binelli, Héctor del Curto, Yosvany Terry, Lucia Pulido, and Raul Jaurena, just to name a few. He performed in the LA tango show Al Corazon del Tango with the Lisandro Adrover quintet featuring violinist Miguel Bertero. He was awarded the prestigious Van Lier Fellowship in 2007 from Meet the Composers. He has also been a member of many NYC based groups including the Marta Gomez Quintet, Sebastian Cruz's Coba, and Los Chantas Tango group. He composes, arranges, and plays piano in his own Argentine Jazz group, La Balteuband, with whom he performs regularly in the New York area.back to top »

Bandoneonist David Hodges has studied with Héctor del Curto and Tito Castro. He created and performed with numerous tango ensembles in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest before relocating to New york in 2001. He has performed with groups including Los Chantas, Héctor del Curto's Eternal Tango Orchestra, El Cuarteto de María, Los Changos Septet, Los Acustilocos, and others. Recently he performed with The Eternal Tango Orchestra in the show Tango: Historias Breves at NYU's Skirball Center and at Lincoln Center's Midsummernight's Swing; with tenor Gaston Rivero at Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall; and with Los Acustilocos at Merkin Concert Hall. He was a featured performer in the musical play "Tango Masculino," and can be heard on the soundtrack to the film "American Carny." He recently recorded with Cantonese singer Hacken Lee on the CD/DVD "Concert Hall II," and performed with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and vocalist Jeff Chang at the Hong Kong Coliseum. back to top »

Sergio R. Reyes is a native of Guatemala City. He came to New York City in 1993, after graduating from Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. Here, he studied violin and composition at the Manhattan School of Music and at the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music. He works as a performer and music consultant for Horizon Concerts, a non-profit foundation that sponsors free classical music concerts throughout the metropolitan area. He has performed in Forever Tango on Broadway and Tango: Historias Breves at NYU, as well as with the Eternal Tango Orchestra, X-Tango, and other groups. He has shared the stage with world famous mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade and renowned bandoneonists Héctor del Curto and Tito Castro, among others. back to top »

Originally from Cordoba Argentina, Pedro Giraudo moved to New York City in 1996. Since then he has become an in-demand bass player and arranger working in a great variety of musical projects. He has performed professionally with Pablo Ziegler, Kenny Garret, Marco Granados, William Cepeda, Chris Washburn, and Eternal Tango; and recorded with Fernando Oteros X-Tango, Marta Topferova, Lucia Pulido, Mo’Guajiro and Jess Jurkovic. Pedro Giraudo has participated in various Jazz and Music Festivals throughout the United States, Europe, South America, the Caribbean and Asia and performed in venues such as The Blue Note (Japan), Birdland (Vienna), Kennedy Center (Washington DC), Blue Note, Iridium, Jazz Standard, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall (NYC).back to top »