Alex Roitman Tango Ensemble (ARTE)

Alex Roitman Tango Ensemble (ARTE) is a Sarasota-based group in Florida, performing exciting authentic Argentine Tango music, for both dancers and listeners. Combining strong classical skills with the extensive tango style training and individual musicality, this ensemble brings the flavor of Buenos Aires to sophisticated audiences.

ARTE will perform as a Sexteto Típico for this special occasion of 2025 ATUSA, featuring two bandoneons, two violins, piano and double bass:

Yukie Kawanami: bandoneon
Alex Roitman: bandoneon
Natalia Maiden: violin
Keiko Cadby: violin
Crystie Shum: piano
Chris Johnson: double bass

 
The group is led by Alex Roitman, a bandoneonist disciple of Hector Del Curto.

Born and raised in Moscow, Russia, Alex Roitman began playing the piano when he was seven years old. He has studied accordion with Peter Di Bono, San Francisco’s premier accordionist. During his accordion years, he enjoyed playing Klezmer, Italian, French musette and Russian music. His playing has been featured in Pure Piaf, a musical about the life of Edith Piaf.

Mr. Roitman’s passion for Argentine Tango led him to study the bandoneon, first on his own, then with Ville Hiltula, and finally with Hector Del Curto. As a bandoneonist, he performed locally in San Francisco with his previous band Tangonero. While living on the West Coast, Alex performed in San Francisco with his previous group Tangonero.

Mr. Roitman is a member of a Stowe Tango Music Festival tango orchestra, and a silver medalist of the 2022 Che Bandoneon International Competition (also a bronze medalists of 2018 and 2019). He shared the stage with legendary tango musicians such as Victor Lavallen, Horacio Cabarcos, Pablo Estigarribia, Jose Colangelo, Pablo Agri, Nicolas Ledesma, Humberto Ridolfi, Guillermo Rubino, Julio Pane and Nestor Marconi, as well as the members of Héctor Del Curto’s quintet. In addition to his bandoneon work, Mr. Roitman has composed several tango pieces, made original arrangements and continues to work on transcribing and arranging great tango music of the past. In the fall of 2020, he relocated to the East Coast, and currently splits his time between Boston Tango Orchestra in the summers and Alex Roitman Tango Ensemble in the winters.