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Phoenix tango@Phoenix Central Park

MFT recording with Dan Russell Phoenix Collective at Phoenix Central Park in March 2020 Concerts 2021 February 26 Chatswood Concourse March 5,6,7 East coast tour March 8 Wayside Chapel March 19 Chatswood Concourse March 25 Tattersalls Club Sydney (pictured below) April 9 Chatswood Concourse

MaggieFergusonTango & Friends update

Hi all Regrettably my quintet will not be performing for the remainder of 2019 due to illness. This includes our scheduled debut for Kathy Selby and Friends at City Recital Hall, Angel Place on Tuesday September 10th. I apologise for the inconvenience and hope to see you at future gigs in 2020 Maggiex

Maggie Ferguson Tango & Friends in 2019

Thank you for your kind support for Maggie Ferguson Tango & Friends in 2019 Two gigs for the diary in 2019 and more to come! Camelot Lounge – Tango Ablaze –Sunday April 7th @ 8pm City Recital Hall – A Little Lunch Music – Tuesday September 10th @12.30pm

Tango Origins & Passion

Phoenix Collective is the initiative of Sydney violinist Dan Russell. Dan and I will be presenting some of the most iconic twentieth century tangos, some anecdotes and tango lore passed through generations. We’ll be joined by Katie Robinson on piano, a graduate of Sydney Conservatorium of Music and TangoOz. Katie also studied tango piano with celebrated maestros in Buenos Aires […]

TangoOz 2018 @ Club Uruguayo

$15 per head | Tables available | Dinner from 6:30pm | 8:30pm show | EPs for $10 Join Maggie Ferguson and TangoOz 2018 in an evening of the most exciting dance tangos of the 20th century, in the second of a series of concerts and gigs across Sydney to mark the tenth year of TangoOz. […]

Bandoneón Undressed

The Bandoneón The bandoneón is a bi-sonoric, free reed instrument invented in Chemnitz, Germany around 1834 by Carl Friedrich Uhlig. It is a square squeezebox, with bellows not unlike a concertina. Heinrich Band, a teacher, promoted the instrument to his students and modified and extended the keyboard. He called it ‘bandonion’, shorthand for Heinrich Band’s […]

Last Tango in Sydney – TangoOz 2016 EP Launch

Join me at the Camelot Lounge on Sunday 8 October as TangoOz 2016 reunite for one last tango and the official launch of their first EP, recorded while on tour in Buenos Aires in July 2016. Details on the poster below. Tickets available at https://www.stickytickets.com.au/56650/. Join the Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/327371847708393. Read about the tour at https://www.maggiefergusontango.com.au/tango_oz/ Food, wine, and […]

MaggieFergusonTango & Friends

MaggieFergusonTango (MFT) & Friends is an ensemble of bandoneon, violin, double bass and piano, electric guitar and invited guests. I formed the quintet as a response to some wonderful collaborations I’ve had with classical musicians in Australia. Audiences who had never seen a tango concert before were introduced to music they had previously associated […]

Tango Oz Emerging Artists Development Project June 29 – July 15, 2016

In 2016 SYO’s unique tango chamber ensemble TangoOz will embark on a 10–14 day tango immersion, a trip to Buenos Aires and Montevideo, the birth cities of tango as part of SYO’s inaugural Emerging Artists Development Project. SYO is working with Buenos Aires resident Ignacio Varchausky: a double bass player, music producer and founder of […]