• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

Winnie Cheung

Tango Pianist

  • Services
  • Projects
  • Outreach
  • Calendar
  • Media
  • Discography
  • About
  • Contact

Media

PreviousNext

Ben & Winnie + Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington Choir – Weave In

Ben & Winnie honors the memory of social activist Dan Quilter by commission from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington Choir.

Premiered on October 10, 2021

Ben & Winnie – Tango for Young Musicians – Gato Salvaje

Keeping up with outreach efforts in the middle of Pandemic 2020, Ben & Winnie collaborated with the Fairview Elementary School Strings Project and produced an original tango by composer Aaron Travers especially written for beginning violinists of all ages.

Cuarteto Tanguero – Adios Nonino LIVE in Taiwan

Live debut footage of Winnie with her band Cuarteto Tanguero at the Taipei National University of the Arts in Taiwan, playing the tune by Astor Piazzolla.

Tango for Sextet – Elementos by Aaron Travers

Tango marries contemporary Classical: Cross-genre is the new sexy 🔥
Original Tango inspired by Astor Piazzolla
Composed by Aaron Travers
2016 (Performed in 2018)

Ben Bogart, Bandoneon
Isaac Allen and Ben Parton, violins
Isabel Kwon, cello
Matt McConahay bass
Winnie Cheung, piano

I, Tango de Aire y Tierra
II, Tango de Fuego y Agua

http://aarontravers.com/
See his FB page for a video of the scrolling score of Elementos

Tango with Winnie – first original tango composition (Violin y Piano) Canción para Alba

Canción para Alba (2019) is dedicated to my friend Alba Guerra, celebrating the pureness of joy within her presence. The first original tango by Winnie, performed live by Julia Shannon and Winnie Cheung of Tamango.

Tango with Winnie – Piano Solo Nada

A famous tango song about lost love, arranged by Maestro Orlando Trípodi, played by Winnie Cheung

Tango with Winnie Endorsements

My personal take is that Ms. Cheung truly represents the spirit of tango and its deep message. I am originally from Argentina and I was born in the city of Buenos Aires, the cradle of tango. As a tango lover, I know that tango music represents the way people live. The rich variety of rhythms in its music represent the way we walk and the melodies and phrasing represents the way we talk with our own accent. As far as I am concerned, Ms. Cheung is Argentinean and one of the best representatives of tango in the US.

Pablo Zavattieri

Jerry M. and Lynda T. Engelhardt Professor, Purdue University

Through music, dance, and a deep passion for tango, she is able to engage each one of them, eliciting high levels of participation and engendering a love of live performance, an appreciation for music from another culture and a whole lot of fun!

Eve Cusack

Lead Teacher, Walnut Lower Elementary Classroom, Bloomington Montessori School

Her presentation was lively and fascinating, focusing on the history of the instrument and its repertoire, as well as both the physical intricacies of playing the instrument and the sonic possibilities for incorporating it into contemporary music… the material she presented was relevant to our students, both graduate and undergraduate, and thoroughly engaging as well.

All of our students were enthralled with her live performance of examples on both bandoneon and piano.

Aaron Travers

Professor, Dept. of Composition, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

It was an incredible event. From a musical standpoint, she covered a wide range of tango pieces that were equally accessible to our audience of students in grades 3rd-8th. She shared historical and linguistic relevance to the music and its origins in a way that was engaging and enjoyable for all students.

Chris Bultman

Performing Arts Specialist, The Project School
  • facebook
  • soundcloud
  • youtube
  • instagram
  • mail

Copyright © 2023 Winnie Cheung · Website by Punkt Digital