Tango with Winnie Musicians

Convinced of tango’s power to include everyone, pianist Winnie Cheung launched Tango With Winnie to bring live tango dance and music to both classic and unconventional tango corners of the world: concert halls, milongas, art galleries, farmers markets, K-12 schools, universities, dementia homes, assisted living spaces, prisons, town-wide multicultural celebrations, and more. Tango has deep magic: it reawakens memories of the body and of the mind; it tolerates differences; it shares cultures. With veteran artists that Winnie brings from all over the world, Tango with Winnie handcrafts each program towards any imaginable objective of your event, and invites you sincerely to tango, whoever you are, wherever you are.

Winnie has played over 250 tango events in the USA, Canada, Asia, Argentina, even Antarctica. Her album with Cuarteto Tanguero, Guapeando, charted Top 10 Billboard World Music in 2018. Her newest album with the duo Ben & Winnie, La Próxima Traición, was released in 2020 with glowing reviews.

Originally from Hong Kong, Winnie is a globetrotting pianist holding a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Chicago and Masters and Doctorate from the Eastman School of Music in Piano and Music Composition. She taught classes in music composition, theory, piano, choir, and music appreciation from ages 5 to 95 in Canada/USA until tango found her. More about Winnie Cheung: http://tangowithwinnie.com/

Natsuki Nishijara was born in Japan. She graduated from Toho College of Music at the age of 22 with a Bachelor's degree in Trumpet.

In 2012, she became interested in Tango and began studying Bandoneón in Tokyo. She traveleed to Buenos Aires in 2014 to study with Néstor Marconi and Ramiro Boero. In 2017, she joined the Orquesta Escuela de Tango Emilio Barcarce, directed by Víctor Lavallén, and had the opportunity to share the stage with maestros like José "Pepe" Colángelo, Nicolás Ledesma, Osvaldo Piro, Roberto Álvarez, Daniel Binelli and Mauricio Marcelli.

In 2019, she participated in the concert "Bandoneon Day," performing arrangements for solo bandoneon (including some of her own arrangements) at the Kirchner Cultural Center (CCK).

Natsuki performs in several tango groups and orchestras in the city of Buenos Aires, including the Yazmina Raies Trio and Juan Pablo Gallardo Orquesta, among others.

She currently performs as a bandoneon soloist in the tango show, Tango Porteño.

A native of Buenos Aires , Argentina, Laura is a classically-trained double bass player who specialized in tango with renowned bassist Horacio Cabarcos. After opening for acts like Mariano Mores and Sexteto Mayor, Camacho moved to the US after being offered a scholarship. Laura tours regionally and internationally, (Alejando Ziegler , ATP, Tanghetto), is the founder and music director of the Athens Tango Project, teaches seminars on tango music and its history to college students and general audiences, writes and performs soundtracks, and works to expand audiences for this rich genre of music so close to her heart.

A native of Buffalo, NY, Teagan Faran is a multidisciplinary musician focused on enacting social change through the arts. She has recorded with the Buffalo Tango Orkestra, La Martino Orquesta Típica, and had compositions featured at the NYSSMA Conference and the Persis Vehar Competition for Excellence. Faran has recently served as concertmaster of the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra and the Ann Arbor Camerata and was a member of the Orquesta Escuela de Emilio Balcarce.

As a soloist, Faran has performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra (including a performance in Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy), the Ann Arbor Camerata, the Williamsville East Symphonic Orchestra, and the University of Vermont Symphony. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Faran moved to Buenos Aires on a Fulbright grant. Faran was also a Turn The Spotlight Fellow, receiving their inaugural Hedwig Holbrook Prize. An avid educator, Faran has worked with the University Musical Society, the Kennedy Center, and the Sa’Oaxaca Music Festival to increase music accessibility. She is currently attending the Manhattan School of Music, pursuing a Masters in Contemporary Performance.