Listen to a diverse selection of classic and contemporary Argentine tango compositions. 

Experience the raw energy of its rhythms and melodies as we uncover the fascinating journey through tango music—from its deep connection to the dance, to the captivating directions it has taken on its own. The wonderful music ensemble will be joined by two outstanding Argentine tango dancers.

The concert is from 1:00–2:00 PM.  Please join us for coffee and snacks in the lobby after the concert.

Orquesta Típica Tarareando is a Bay Area ensemble dedicated to playing Argentine tango music for dancing and listening:

• Keiko Cadby, violin
• Naomi Kawabata, violin
• Sarah Wu, violin
• Angela Lee, cello
• Crystie Nicci Shum, piano, voice
• Ken Miller, double bass
• Alexander Zeyliger, bandoneon, voice

Tango dancers: Rena and Andres Francisco Sautel

Keiko Cadby, a mixed native to Northern California and Southern Japan, has been playing violin since the age of five. She won the Command Performance Award from California Music Educators Association of the Bay Area and placed first in competitions including the Yen Liang Young Artist Competition in Walnut Creek, the Ruth Finley Person Etude Music Club, and Santa Rosa Youth Orchestra Concerto Competitions in Northern California. Keiko continued her education with Lorenz Gamma and Movses Pogossian at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, where she was also first introduced to Argentine tango through the music chair and cello professor Antonio Lysy (son of the legendary Argentine violinist Alberto Lysy). Later, she participated in the Stowe Tango Music Festival and studied with renowned tango artists such as Julio Pane, Nicolas Ledesma and more.

Naomi Kawabata began playing the violin at a very young age, but it wasn’t until 2016 that she discovered the world of tango music when she joined La Orquesta Fusion Tango group. Since then, she has continued to deepen her study of tango music, performing with Orquesta Típica Tarareando.

Sarah Wu is a Bay Area native; she started violin studies at age 11 and has played ever since. She studied psychology and music at Reed College in Portland, where she was the concertmaster of the Reed College Orchestra and a member of multiple chamber ensembles. Supported by the Rothchild and Kahan Fellowships, Sarah had the opportunity to study with violinists Paloma Griffin-Hébert and Inés Voglar-Belgique; other prominent musical mentors in Oregon included Monica Ohuchi, Kenji Bunch and Giancarlo Castro D'Addona. Reed was also where Sarah was introduced to Argentine tango. Inspired from playing a Piazzolla piano trio, Sarah participated in Tango for Musicians at Reed College, where she learned tango violin techniques and performance practice from Guillermo Rubino. In Portland she performed in the tango quintet Ciao Felicia and since returning to the Bay Area she has performed with Orquesta Típica Tarareando. Sarah is also a member of Peninsula Symphony and plays a variety of genres (including tango!) for their music outreach events at Bay Area school assemblies.

Angela Lee is a graduate of The Juilliard School and Yale School of Music. Since making her Carnegie Hall debut in 1994, she has concertized throughout Europe, Asia and North America. She is a founding member of The Lee Trio, which has commissioned and premiered works of numerous living composers. Using music to foster peace and goodwill, she has made humanitarian trips to the Republic of the Philippines and the former Yugoslavia. While on a U.N.-sanctioned tour of six war-torn cities throughout Bosnia-Herzegovina, she performed for NATO troops and displaced civilians. In addition to coaching chamber music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Angela serves on the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra Alumni Association Leadership Council and on the Board of Directors of The Resonance Project, which promotes live music in mediation settings and international conflict resolution.

Crystie Nicci Shum was born in Hong Kong and began piano lessons at four. In 2017, she fell in love with Argentine tango after playing in the CMC Tango Ensemble directed by Scott O’Day. Since then, she has received coaching from maestros such as Hector Del Curto, Pablo Estigarribia, Gustavo Casenave, Hernan Possetti, Nicolas Ledesma, AdrianEnriquez, Cesar Salgan, Julian Peralta and Juan Pablo Gallardo. In August 2022, she performed in the Stowe Tango Music Festival Orchestra and experienced playing a piece for the Che Bandoneon International Competition. Crystie is currently a pianist, vocalist and arranger in La Orquesta Fusion Tango, TangoLuna, Tango Brumoso and Orquesta Tipica Tarareando. Besides being a musician, she is also a social worker.

Ken Miller is a versatile double bass player who works in many genres. He played with the SF Symphony, SF Opera, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and The Skywalker Symphony Orchestra. In addition, he is active on the San Francisco jazz scene, having performed with many top-level players including Branford Marsalis, Bruce Forman, Mark Levine and Mimi Fox.

Alexander Zeyliger grew up listening to records from the 1930s and ‘40s and singing them back. He studied voice, piano and clarinet at a music school in Leningrad. While pursuing a physics degree at Caltech, he never missed a quarter of Caltech Glee Club and Chamber Singers. He studied classical singing with Frieda Bernstein and Eugene Brancoveanu. Having discovered Argentine tango as a social dance over twenty years ago, it was only a matter of time before he was drawn into singing tangos and playing the bandoneon, an instrument of German origin that found its way to Argentina to become the soul of tango music. Alexander attended Tango Music Institute at Reed College as vocalist, bandoneon player and arranger, and participated in the Stowe Tango Music Festival. He currently leads several tango groups in the Bay Area.

Rena is a full-time Argentine Tango teacher, performer, and organizer with over 17 years of dance experience—12 of which have been devoted to Argentine Tango. Her tango journey has taken her across Europe, the U.S. and Buenos Aires. She is a multi-time finalist at the official U.S. Argentine
Tango Championship. Rena is the founder of La Cadencia Tango in Redwood City. She is also the co-creator of the Bay Tango Festival & Marathon.

Andrés Francisco Sautel is an Argentine tango dancer, choreographer, and instructor with over 20 years of international experience. Originally from Buenos Aires, his career includes performances in world-famous tango shows such as SeñorTango, Viejo Almacén, and Tango Porteño. He has toured globally with acclaimed companies like Tango Fire and Una Noche en Buenos Aires, and taught in countries including Germany, France, Japan, and the U.S. Now based in Hamburg, Germany, Andrés co-leads classes at Tangomatrix and organizes events through Alto Tango and Gotambó.

Rena and Andrés will be joining forces at the upcoming Bay Tango Festival & Marathon, taking place November 14–16, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Senior Programs are made possible in part by generous contributions from the Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund, the John R. Schwabacher Family, Diane and Jon Claerbout, as well as many other individual donors. We are grateful for their generous support.​