Cellist Tommy Mesa returns to THE 222 this season with bandoneon player and composer JP Jofre combining their considerable talents in a special program of tango music by Astor Piazzola and transcriptions by Jofre himself, one of Argentina’s foremost composers and bandoneon players.

Art of the Tango

The 222

How are composers able to capture the hustle and bustle of the city? Join Parlando as it explores the sounds of the city, from Seoul to Berlin to Buenos Aires. The program includes Unsuk Chin’s kaleidoscopic Gougalon, Erwin Schulhoff’s jazzy Suite for Chamber Orchestra, and Astor Piazzolla’s Nuevo Tango Suite Punta del Este, featuring bandoneon soloist JP Jofre.

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Parlando: Sidewalk Tango

Kaufman Music Center

How are composers able to capture the hustle and bustle of the city?  Join Parlando as it explores the sounds of the city, from Seoul to  Berlin to Buenos Aires. The program includes Unsuk Chin’s kaleidoscopic Gougalon,  Erwin Schulhoff’s jazzy Suite for Chamber Orchestra, and Astor  Piazzolla’s Nuevo Tango Suite Punta del Este, featuring bandoneon  soloist JP Jofre.

Sidewalk Tango

The Sphinx Organization is a social justice organization dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts. Focused on increasing representation of Black and Latinx artists in classical music and recognizing excellence, Sphinx programs serve beginner students to seasoned classical music professionals, as well as cultural entrepreneurs and administrators. Based in Detroit, Michigan, but with nationwide reach, Sphinx envisions a day where the classical music field looks like our communities: where every young person has the opportunity to express themselves and learn classical music; where audiences reflect the people we see on our streets; and where leadership—on stage and off—includes all deserving voices.

An Evening with Sphinx

Arts for Lawrence's Theater at the Fort

GRAMMY® Award-nominated composer and bandoneon player JP Jofre stars in this imaginative juxtaposition of contemporary and classic influences. Performing his own concerto for cello and bandoneon with acclaimed soloist Michael Katz, Jofre’s mesmerizing artistry brings new sound worlds to the historic expanses of the Michigan Theater. Guest conductor Joshua Gersen directs music by the “wistfully idiosyncratic and contemplative” composer and multi-instrumentalist Angélica Negrón, before Brahm’s masterful Symphony No. 4 closes the program in a poignant summary of the composer’s worldview and lifetime of achievement.

Symphony No. 4

Michigan Theater

Curated by Juan Pablo Contreras, Episode 6 celebrates composers from around the Americas who reside and work in the melting pot of the United States, while their musical influences and flavors originate from their native countries like Argentina, Mexico and Uruguay. Also featured is the world premiere of Juan Pablo’s “Mariachitlán” for Piano Four-Hands.

Contreras, del Águila + Jofre

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra performs Tangodromo by Argentinian bandoneon virtuoso and composer JP Jofre.

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Events

Upcoming events

Mar 1, 2026

Lysander Trio with JP Jofre · Mobile Chamber Music

Past events

Feb 7, 2025

Art of the Tango · 222

Dec 8, 2024

Parlando: Sidewalk Tango · Kaufman Music Center

Future and recently performed repertoire

Bandoneon in Two Nguni Dances by Ndodana-Breen

Mobile Chamber Music

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