Emilio Teubal

Emilio Teubal was born in Madrid, Spain in 1976. At that time, his parents where exile from the dictatorship government in Argentina. After a year in Spain, the whole family moved to Mexico City where they spent five years. In 1984, with the return of the democracy, his family decided to go back to Argentina. Once in Buenos Aires, Emilio started playing the piano at the age of nine. He studied piano at the National Conservatory of Buenos Aires, and composition, arranging, and orchestration with private teachers. He was a very active performer in the tango and jazz scene of Buenos Aires until 1999, when he moved to New York City to continue his musical studies.

Emilio Has recenteley been awarded with the prestigious Meet The Composer's Van Lier Fellowship.

In the United States, Emilio earned a BFA in Music from the City College of New York, graduating magna cum laude, and achieved the Zolot Award, recognizing him as the most talented student. He also received the Bushwick Composition Award for two consecutive years. At CCNY his teachers included prominent jazz figures such as Marc Copland, Scott Reeves, Bruce Barth, Mike Holober, John Pattitucci, Cliff Korman and Alison Dean.

His credits as a jazz and tango pianist include performances with artists like John Benitez, Bob Mover, Hector del Curto, Oscar Feldman, Yosvany Terry, Fernando Huergo,Raul Jaurena, Pancho Navarro, Tito Castro, and Lucia Pulido among others. He has perfomed in the LA Tango production "El Corazon Del Tango" with the Lisandro Adrover quintet (feauturing violinist Miguel Bertero). He has performed in several prestigious jazz clubs in NYC such us Birdland, Blue Note, Joe's Pub, Sweet Rhythm, Dizzy's Coca Cola Club, Cornelia Street Cafe and The Knitting Factory. He has also been a steady member of different New York based music groups like Sebastian Cruz's Coba, and Los Chantas Tango Group, and the Marta Gomez’s group, with whom he has toured the USA, Mexico, Spain and Argentina.

Emilio's main activities as composer involve La Balteuband, his own Argentine Jazz group, which has performed in some of the most prestigious avant-garde and jazz venues in New York City, among them 55 Bar, Joes Pub, Cornelia Street Cafe,the Knitting Factory, Makor, Galapagos Art Space, Bowery Poetry Club, Nublu, and others. La Balteuband has released Its first album in December 2006, and Just have release It's second album "Un monton de Notas" under the independent label Not Yet Records.

Awards

Meet The Composer's Van Lier Fellowship 2007

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