On August 21, 2020, Anna Maria Mendieta released TANGO DEL CIELO. The album is an inspired collection of Tango & Flamenco bringing into focus the music of Astor Piazzolla as we approach the 100th anniversary of his birth in 2021.
The album has been submitted for Grammy Award consideration and focuses on new virtuosic arrangements for harp and orchestra featuring the original works of Astor Piazzolla, Isaac Albéniz, Pablo Ziegler, Jacob Gade, Jeremy Cohen, Ernesto Lecuona and a new work by Anna Maria Mendieta. These new orchestrations have been created specifically for Anna Maria Mendieta by composers including multi Grammy winner & Oscar nominee Jorge Calandrelli; multi Grammy winner and pianist for Piazzolla, Pablo Ziegler; and multi Grammy nominee Jeremy Cohen, Vincent Russo, Michael Touchi and more. The outstanding orchestra was specially selected with some of the finest musicians in the country. This re-imagining of Argentine tango & Spanish music for the harp was recorded at Skywalker Sound in Northern California with Grammy winning engineer Leslie Ann Jones and mixed by Russell Bond.
A project ripe with Piazzolla connections and history, Tango Del Cielo brings Anna Maria Mendieta’s technical prowess to the forefront. Mendieta considers the harp a perfect vehicle for tango, and has spent years advocating for the form and collaborating with the most important and influential figures in the tango world. These efforts, brought to life through the lens of some of Piazzolla’s closest colleagues and artistic collaborators, come together in the form of Tango Del Cielo, a new vision for tango and harp.
Anna Maria Mendieta's "Tango Del Cielo" show was the featured show
at the 2019 World Tango Festival in Victoria, Canada!
