When I heard the music of Astor Piazzolla in the 90s, living in Germany, I did not suspect that this experience could change my destiny. I traveled to Buenos Aires to study the bandoneón. And now it has been nearly 20 years since I have been living here, and my bandoneón and the tango are still very much a part of my path.
Bernardo
Bernardo Fingas
Bernardo is a German bandoneonist, arranger, composer based in Buenos Aires. He earned a degree in Fine Arts from the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. In 1998, he traveled to Buenos Aires for the first time to study the bandoneón and since 2003 has made the city his home. He studied under the Masters Julio Pane, Osvaldo Montes y Rodolfo Mederos and has taken classes of classical composition with Diego Gardiner. He was also a guest student of Juan Falú at the Conservatorio Manuel de Falla.
Since 2008 Bernardo has toured seven times to Europe and one time to Brazil with different groups, and he has released four CDs. His distinguished presentations in Buenos Aires include: Confitería Ideal, La Nacional, C.C. Torcuato Tasso, Casa del Tango, Botica del Ángel, Centro Cultural de la Cooperación and Parakultural Salon Canning and Bargoglio. He also performed at the Festival de Igualdad Cultural and the Festival FACAFF.
Bernardo wrote the music for the drama Lissandro y Leandro, by Pacho O’Donnell.
He accompanied singer Nico Favio in his programs.
And he accompanied actor Raul Rizzo in the play Por Una Cabeza.
In 2018 Bernardo received a national award from the National Institute for Music (INAMU), which he devoted to producing the album Flâneur, recorded at the renown ION studios with Hernan Reinaudo, Felipe Traine, Vicente Correa, and other musicians.
In 2019 Flâneur was presented at the Centro Cultural de la Cooperación and at the FACAFF3 Festival.
In 2020 he published a compilation of arrangements for solo bandoneón entitled Solos de Bandoneón with a preface by Rodolfo Mederos. He also recorded the pieces and subsequently released an EP.
Bernardo has received Special Mention from the National Arts Foundation (Fondo Nacional de las artes) in the Composition Contest, Category Tango, for his work Suite Almagro.
In 2021 he published a second book of Solos de Bandoneón – Tangos de Carlos Gardel dedicated to the compositions of Carlos Gardel. All songs have been recorded in the emblematic ION studios in Buenos Aires with the participation of the bandoneonist Sofía Calvet, Cindy Harcha and Luis Caruana as soloists.
The bandoneon is certainly a marvelous instrument. Tango is certainly a formidable style of music. What shall a student do with these two beauties in the absence of suitable arrangements of this music for this instrument? Providentially, Bernardo Fingas offers a lovely collection of tango versions exquisitely written for the bandoneon. I praise it with joy.
Rodolfo Mederos, Buenos Aires, 10.19.2020
Tango, Astor Piazzolla, and J.S. Bach influenced my work considerably. I acquired a solid base in classical composing with Diego Gardiner. With Julian Peralta I learned orchestration for tango ensembles and I visited the lessons of Juan Falú where I studied Argentine folklore.To round out my profile, I worked on jazz harmony, Kletzmer, and German popular music from the 1920s and 1930s.
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Music composed for theater play from Pacho O’ Donnell
2010 – Quartet for bandoneón, trumpet and doublebass
Leandro y Lisandro
Autor: Pacho O´Donnell, Director: Gerardo La Regina, Con Mario Alarcón y Juan Vitali, Stage design: Daniel Pérez Acosta
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Although the Bandoneón is generally associated with Tango music, it is also an excellent instrument for performing classical music. Its expressive range and exquisite timbre, sweet on the left and slightly harsh on the right, make it perfect for performing music ranging from Bach to Ravel.
Argentinisches Tageblatt 2021
German
Deutsche Welle 2020
Spanish
Teckbote 2018
German
Esslinger Zeitung 2018
German
Stuttgarter Zeitung 2016
German
Mainspitze 2016
German
Esslinger Zeitung 2015
German
Ámbito Financiero 2014
Spanish
Tiempo Argentino 2014
Spanish
Argentinisches Tageblatt 2021
German
Esslinger Zeitung 2018
German
Esslinger Zeitung 2015
German
Deutsche Welle 2020
Spanish
Stuttgarter Zeitung 2016
German
Tiempo Argentino 2014
Spanish
Teckbote 2018
German
Mainspitze 2016
German
Ámbito Financiero 2014
Spanish