[ iTango Orchestra ]

iTango Orchestra was founded by several musicians in July, 2004. As tango lovers, they hope to present you the original style of Argentine tango with typical arrangement.

iTango includes musicians from different area, such as classical, jazz, popular and latin, with 2 violins, 2 bandoneons, 1 piano, 1 double bass, and 2 vocals. For the Taipei Tango Festival 2008, Sarita Chen(harp), Emily Chang(Cello) and Ray Huang(Guitar) are invited as special guests. Be sure to join us in the Grand Milonga on Sept. 13.

[ Introduction of members ]

Piano - 陳詩愔 Ingrid Chen
Master degree of Piano Perform of Taipei National University of the Arts. Piano of Taiwan Voice Chorus and the Cosmos Opera. She's often invited to many international musical festivals in many countries in Europe, America, and Asia.

Violin – 羅俊傑 Mike Palmer
He was from Australia, where he arranged a Mexican music band and was invited to play in the Melbourne Port Folk Festival. He's specialized in folk music with strong emotions.

Violin – 盧耿鋒 Frank Lu
1st violin of Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra, 1st violin of Philharmonia Moment Musical. The first Taiwanese violinist to perform the N. Paganini 24 Caprices & J.S Bach 3 solo sonatas & 3 partitas in debut. He's often invited to many international classical, popular, and modern concerts around the world.

Bandoneon – 閻亭如 Tina Yen
Master degree of Musicology of Graduate School of Music, National Chiao Tung University. Championship of Taipei Piano Competition. She's specialized in instrument accompaniment and inprovisation.

Bandoneon – 程希智 Alvin Cheng
Leader of iTango. Major in bandoneon in Ecole Nationale de Musique de Edgar-Varése Gennevilliers in Paris, with Professor Juan Jose Mosalini. He was invited to play in the speech concert of the National Concert Hall.

Double Bass - 盧欣民 Minco Lu
Major in double bass and jazz music in Musicians Institute in USA. He's specialized in many different styles of music, and is a renowned bass player in Taiwan.

Female Vocal – 彭靖惠 Yvonne Peng
Singer，song & lyric writer, music producer. Nominated by Golden Melody Awards of Taiwan in the Best Album and the Best Female Vocal. With excellent singing technique and language talent, her performance of jazz/latin/French chansom/tango is always loved by audience.

Male Vocal/Bandoneon - 劉心岳 Daniel Liu
Professional tango dancer, singer of tango and flamenco. His life style of tango and his research of tango culture all make his tango voice derive naturally from the bottom of his heart.

[ Introduction of special guests ]

Cello – 張立青 Emily Chang
Major in Musicology of National Taiwan University of Arts, and Music Education of National Taipei University of Education. Championship of Cello in Taipei Musical Competition. She's specialized in music education and instrument performing, and is often invited to perform in popular/jazz concerts.

Harp – 陳淑杏 Sarita Chen
Master degree of Harp Performing of Indiana University, USA. Besides being an active performer, she is also very much into promoting new music and teaching. She has done many recordings and is praised for her unique ways of interpretating the music.

Guitar – 黃中岳 Ray Huang
Twice nominated by Golden Melody Awards of Taiwan in the Best Composer . Well-known composer and guitar player in Taiwan. He composed for many singers, such as Yvonne Peng, Chang-Ju Liang, Hui-Mei Chang, Yen-Tzu Sun….and he's often invited as guitar player and music director for grand concerts, such as FIR and Hui-Mei Chang. Perfect musicality and generous educating for the new generation all make him a very important musician with great contribution in Taiwan.