Lakeside welcomes The Oblivion Project to Hoover Auditorium as part of our Global Music Weekend at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15. To fully understand and enjoy the evening concert, join us at a Pre-Concert Lecture at 6:15 p.m. in the Fountain Inn Aigler Room.
Formed in 2003, the group is dedicated to the exploration and performance of the over 3,000 Nuevo Tango works of Argentine tango master Astor Piazzolla. These talented musicians from across the Americas have collaborated to explore and share the uncompromisingly unique, unequivocally attractive language of Piazzolla’s tangos. It is based in the musical crossroads of Cleveland.
Based in Cleveland, Ohio, The Oblivion Project is now blazing trails and carrying the sound of Piazzolla with them on their 19th tour of the Midwest. This tour comes on the heels of several successes, including a sold-out debut at Severance Hall with the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, a residency with the nationally acclaimed Contemporary Youth Orchestra, and a slew of other performances, both educational and entertaining, at a variety of venues.
This “tight band of musical adventurers” includes graduates of the Cleveland Institute of Music, the New England Conservatory, Oberlin Conservatory, the Conservatory of Music in Cologne, Germany, and other notable institutions.
Individually, The Oblivion Project performers have played as ensemble members and as featured soloists with orchestras such as the Cleveland Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Erie Philharmonic of Pennsylvania, and the Blue Water Chamber Orchestra of Cleveland.
They have collaborated with artists such as Arturo Sandoval, Paquito D’Rivera, Randy Brecker, Dave and Chris Brubeck, Gil Shaham, Gabriela Montero and Jamey Haddad.
Lead singer, Malena Dayen, is an Argentinian opera singer and stage director based in New York City.
Praised by the New York Times as “outstanding” for her performance at the Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall of the world premiere of “The Blizzard Voices,” Dayen made her debut as Cherubino at the Teatro Municipal of Rio de Janeiro and has performed the roles of Mercedes (Carmen), Musico (Manon Lescaut), Zweite Magd (Elektra) and Myrtale (Thaïs) at the Teatro Municipal de São Paulo, as well as Carmen with the Natchez Opera Festival, the Festival d’Art Vocal de Montreal and the New York Lyric Opera Theatre. Dayen has been directing opera productions since 2019.
Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Dayen is a Spanish music and tango specialist and has performed with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and in venues such as Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall and the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute.
She sang the title role in Piazzolla’s María de Buenos Aires with Opera Naples in Florida and with Opera Hispanica in New York City.
She is the lead singer with New Aires Tango since 2010.
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