Enjoy the one-hour concert from 1:00–2:00 PM. Coffee and snacks will be served in the lobby after the concert.

Early Bird tickets are $20 until November 9. General Admission is $30.

No refunds once tickets are purchased.

Orquesta Típica Tarareando is a San Francisco Bay Area ensemble specializing in authentic Argentine tango. The orchestra's repertoire includes traditional Golden Age tangos, original arrangements of classics and modern compositions. United by a shared passion for tango, the musicians bring a wealth of experience from diverse musical backgrounds. Individually and as an ensemble, the members have studied with, performed alongside and accompanied many of today's leading tango artists.

Showcasing traditional and contemporary works, the group maintains a vibrant schedule of concerts and social dances. The 2026 season featured appearances at Escape to Tango Monterey Bay Marathon, San Francisco International Arts Festival, Sausalito Center for the Arts, Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center (Berkeley), Union Square (San Francisco), and other dance events. In May, the group released two recordings: Facturas, containing two new arrangements of beloved standards alongside two original compositions, and Friling, an original arrangement of a Yiddish song written in 1943 in the Vilna ghetto.

This performance is co-sponsored by ¡Con música en vivo!  Watch them on video at youtu.be/yNnfjNNEfXc.

Artist Biographies
Keiko Cadby, violin
A mixed native to Northern California and Southern Japan, Keiko Cadby has been playing violin since the age of five and graduated from the Suzuki method program before studying with Jeremy Constant. Her childhood accolades include the Mary Paige Phillips Award and the Command Performance Award from California Music Educators Association of the Bay Area. She 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. She 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, violin
Naomi began playing the violin at a very young age, but it wasn't until 2016, when she joined the La Orquesta Fusion tango group, that she discovered the world of tango music. Since then, she has continued to deepen her study of tango music, performing with Orquesta Típica Tarareando.

Sarah Wu, violin
A Bay Area native, Sarah Wu started violin studies with San Mateo Suzuki teacher Marjorie Lin 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. Sarah earned 2nd place in the 2022 OR-ASTA Solo Competition (senior division) for her performance of The Lark Ascending and performed the piece as a soloist with the Reed College Orchestra. 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 include 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 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, cello
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 Shum, piano
Born in Hong Kong, Crystie began piano lessons at four and studied for eight years. Since falling in love with Argentine tango, she has received coaching from maestros such as Hector Del Curto, Pablo Estigarribia, Gustavo Casenave, Nicolas Ledesma, Adrian Enriquez and Cesar Salgan. She performed at the Stowe Tango Music Festival in 2022 and 2023 with special guests Victor Lavallen and Guillermo Rubino. She also performed in Buenos Aires, Tijuana and multiple cities in Japan. She is actively performing in the following groups: Alex Roitman Tango Ensemble based in Florida, Orquesta Tipica Tarareando based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and Los Angeles del Tango based in Los Angeles. She also started her own group, Cristal, in 2025. Besides music, Crystie is a social worker with two dogs, a parrot, a tortoise and an iguana.

Ken Miller, double-bass
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.

Svetlana Shnitser, piano
Svetlana Shnitser has been playing piano since she was five years old and has always enjoyed playing by ear and improvising. She's been a tanguera for almost 20 years and recently has taken on playing tango in addition to dancing. She has been studying tango piano with Pablo Estigarribia from Buenos Aires and has attended Tango Music Institute at Reed College and Tanguero Workshop at Urbana-Champaign led by musicians from Argentina.

Alexander Zeyliger, bandoneón
Having grown up listening to records from the 1930s and '40s and singing them back, Alexander studied voice, piano and clarinet at a music school in Leningrad, USSR. 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. After discovering Argentine tango as a social dance many years ago, it was only a matter of time before he was drawn into singing tangos and playing the bandoneón, 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, bandoneón player and arranger, and participated in the Stowe Tango Music Festival.

Rena and Andres, Argentine tango dancers, teachers and performers
Rena and Andrés first joined forces as a teaching couple at the Bay Tango Festival and Marathon in 2025, where they shared their passion for Argentine tango through workshops and performances. This year, they reunite to continue their artistic collaboration, performing and teaching together at events beyond the festival. Their shared connection, complementary styles and years of dance experience create a unique partnership that continues to inspire and connect dancers wherever they meet on the dance floor.

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, where she studied with many of the world's most renowned maestros, including Facundo Piñero and Vanesa Villalba, Jonathan Saavedra and Clarisa Aragón, and others. She is a multi-time finalist at the official U.S. Argentine Tango Championship, earning 3rd place in the Tango de Pista category in 2021, and reaching the finals again in both 2022 and 2024. Rena is the founder of La Cadencia Tango in Redwood City, CA, where she leads weekly classes, practicas and milongas with a strong focus on musicality, connection and individualized learning. She is also the co-creator of the Bay Tango Festival and Marathon, where her organizational background as a former project manager helps her bring a high level of care and attention to detail to every event.

Andrés 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, continuing to inspire dancers both locally and internationally.

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.​