The Berlin trio Luz y Sombra gives a new face to Tango Nuevo with joy of playing, creativity and virtuosity. Since its founding, the ensemble has dedicated itself to Astor Piazzolla's compositions, presenting them in previously unheard arrangements for their instrumentation of violin, clarinet/bass clarinet and piano. The three classically trained musicians, Katja Steinhäuser, Miriam Erttmann and Cora Rott, constantly reinvent their own playing as well as Piazzolla's music and bring it to the stage with ease and brilliance.
Numerous concert tours have taken Luz y Sombra throughout Germany, into other European countries and beyond. Her stages have included Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the French Cathedral in Berlin and the Felicja Blumental Music Center Tel Aviv. In the spring of 2021, Luz y Sombra was among the finalists in the International Piazzolla Music Competition. In collaboration with Skycap Records, the trio released two albums so far: Luz y Sombra (2012) and Milonga Loca (2016). Since 2017, the ensemble has also performed as a quartet with singers Diego Valentín Flores and Nicolás Lartaun in concerts that focus on Piazzolla's vocal music. Funded by the Berlin Senate, the third album Chiquilín was released on May 14, 2021, in collaboration with Galileo Records, where the trio invited singer Nicolás Lartaun as a guest artist. It was nominated for the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik 3/2021.