There’s a new tango master in town… Boston-based flautist Yulia Musayelyan whose brilliant Zoho debut of Tangos and Piazzolla classics will delight your soul.
Oblivion is an inspired masterwork that will encourage more musicians to explore the vintage and nuevo forms of tango, and perhaps they’ll make a pilgrimage to learn from the maestra herself.
Born in Moscow, Yulia began studying music at the age of four. Along the way, she earned many prestigious recognitions as a flautist such as the National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts Awards. She later moved to the United States where she is a professor at Berklee College of Music. What’s more, Yulia is a prolific performer who has played with the likes of Hector Martignon, Marta Gomez, and Marta Topferova, among others. She has also played on more than 30 albums.
On Oblivion, Yulia is joined by a stellar rhythm section to complete the quartet, each of them also on the faculty at the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Each member also shares Yulia’s cosmopolitan heritage and outlook- pianist Maxim Lubarsky is a native of Ukraine, bassist Fernando Huergo is from Córdoba, Argentina, and Mark Walker is from Chicago, USA.
Take Effect Reviews says: “An exciting tango listen that’s emotionally charged, spiritually aware and full of very fun and memorable instrumentation, Musayelyan puts her inimitable stamp on these classics, proving that she can tango with the best of them, too.”
Multi-Grammy and Latin Grammy Award winner, Kabir Sehgal, agrees: “Yulia Musayelyan is the real deal. She makes music at the highest level, with emotional depth that draws upon her spiritual core. Oblivion is an opening salvo of a tango master. This album features some of the most iconic tango pieces of all time yet played in a manner that is refreshing and rejuvenating. This is where tango is headed, and it couldn’t be more exciting.“
TRACKS
Fuga Y Misterio
Flor de Lino
Oblivion
Milonga de Mis Amores
Como Dos Extranos
La Muerte del Angel
Si Lega a ser Tucumana
Nada
To Ostatnia Niedziela
Nostalgias
Libertango
