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Arabesques, Balkan swing, ballads, daredevil improvisations, the melodies of old Europe and the lightness of the Mediterranean merge into fabulous songs full of joyous colour.
These melodies tell of the vagabond life, of experiences and encounters on this great journey of life, of small coincidences and grand moments, of tenderness and wild temperament driven between the winds of east and west, caught between consuming yearning and joyful fulfillment – between the bitter and the sweet.
Quadro Nuevo has been touring the globe since 1996 giving over 3000 concerts in places as far flung as Sidney, Montreal, Ottawa, Kuala Lumpur, Istanbul, New York, New Orleans, Mexico City, Peking, Seoul, Singapore, Tunis and Tel Aviv. From the tranquility of Upper Bavaria, the road has led them over the Alps to Porto, traversing Europe from Denmark to the Balkans and to the Ukraine.
In the course of their travels, the quartet has established its own form of melodic poetry beyond all genre pigeon holes, unmistakably shaped by the passionate love of their instruments and the joy of making music. The secret is their devotion: it is a rare experience to hear music performed with so much excitement, verve and an empathy with cultures that are foreign.
The Quartet’s venues are as diverse as the roots of their music and are not limited to concert halls and festivals. Quadro Nuevo’s ardent virtuosi are just as much at home busking on the piazzas of southern Europe, enticing audiences to dance to their music as a night-time tango band, as they are in jazz clubs and locations as famous as New York’s Carnegie Hall.
Quadro Nuevo’s CD’s have received the German Jazz Award, climbed into the Top Ten of the Jazz and World Music charts and were awarded the coveted European Phono Award in Paris.
The Echo, the German Phono Academy’s highest distinction, was presented to Quadro Nuevo in the category “Jazz/World Music, Best Live Act” in both 2010 and 2011.
After an exciting and eventful trip to Buenos in early 2014, Quadro Neuvo have once again turned their intense focus back to the Tango.
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Quadro Nuevo: Cine Passion
by Jerry D'Souza
When Robert Wolf, Mulo Francel, D. D. Lowka and Heinz-Ludger Jeromin (his place has since been taken by Andreas Hinterseher) were commissioned to write a film score little did they know that fate would play a hand in that meeting. Having completed the assignment, the four found that there was chemistry between them. They decided to put that to advantage and out of that sprung Quadro Nuevo in 1996.
Quadro Nuevo plays a heady blend of world music ...
Continue ReadingQuadro Nuevo: Mocca Flor
by R. Emmet Sweeney
Exhaustingly Orientalist, the Austrian quartet Quadro Nuevo tries to reconstruct the fantasy Middle East of Delacroix and the fantasy Europe of An American in Paris but lacks the inspiration of both, and ends up looking like a boring artifact from a racist era. Multicultural to a fault, it packs in tangos, Neapolitan ballads, early swing tunes, Greek and German folk songs, and European café jazz. If these players had chops and bent the influences to their own artistic ends, they ...
Continue ReadingQuadro Nuevo: Mocca Flor
by Jim Santella
Songs of North Africa and the Middle East combine with traditional European anthems to give Quadro Nuevo's fifth album a fine rewarding ambience. Traditional sounds from many different cultures give the group's melting pot album of ancient delights a particular spark, as its sheer variety takes you on a world tour of geographical regions near and far.
Founded in 1996 for an Austrian film score project, the quartet has continued to provide international audiences with the musical stuff ...
Continue ReadingQuadro Nuevo: Canzone Della Strada
by Mark Sabbatini
Real Italian pizza bears little resemblance to the topping-drenched artery blockers at Domino's. Diners get their own pie with a sparse collection of much fresher toppings, and the main condiment is usually olive oil instead of little red pepper flakes.
One isn't necessarily better or healthier than the other. Just be willing to admit a preference for the real thing or a modified version adjusted for the American palate.
So it goes with Canzone Della Strada, ...
Continue ReadingQuadro Nuevo: Canzone Della Strada
by Jim Santella
Improvising over Italian folk melodies, Quadro Nuevo has transformed popular songs into swinging affairs of the heart. Multi-instrumentalist Mulo Francel, guitarist Robert Wolf, acoustic bassist D.D. Lowka, and accordionist Andreas Hinterseher portray the vocal style that this music brought us during the last century. They're tearjerkers and happy celebrations. They're near and dear to the heart of people from many nations.
Francel's bass clarinet and the Pegasus String Quartet interpret “La Luna si Veste D'Argento" as a new ...
Continue ReadingQuadro Nuevo Release 'Inside The Island' on October 24, 2025 on GLM Music
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Matt Fripp
It is a journey inward – not only geographically, but musically and spiritually as well. Inside the Island, the new album by Quadro Nuevo, will be released on October 24, 2025, by GLM Music, distributed by Edel (LP/CD) and Kontor New Media (digital). More than a collection of pieces, it is a musical travelogue, born on the Greek island of Samos. There, where waves, light, and sun shape the landscape, where ancient villages slumber in the hills, and a kafenion ...
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