Dario Boente
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The term "crossover artist" can mean many things. In the case of argentine pianist and composer Dario Boente, it means a musician who is equally at home performing romantic tango and jazz compositions on a grand piano, as he is programming world-beat electronica.

Dario's musical personality energetically bridges the Jazz-club and the Dance-club, and is a direct outgrowth of his own life. Having been brought up in Argentina and Spain, immersed in the culture of tango and Brazilian music, he pursued his formal studies at the Guildhall School of Music (London), Berklee School of Music (Boston) , the New School Jazz and Contemporary Music Program (New York) and his social life in the dance/electronica scene of New York, Madrid, London and Ibiza .

For his latest project, “Huge in Japan,” Dario teams up with inspired musicians from around the globe. Collaborators include Ronny Jordan on guitar, Antonio Sanchez on drums (Pat Metheny Group), Jorge Pardo on flute (Paco de Lucia, Chick Corea), Luis Quintero on percussion, Gregoire Maret on harmonica (Pat Metheny Group), Hector del Curto on bandoneon, and African singer Francis Mbappe.

As his New York audiences can attest, Dario’s music excites both the revelers in the middle of the dance floor and the avid listeners on the side.
Dario has performed in more than 19 countries worldwide and his compositions have been included in several albums and compilations. Dario currently resides in New York City.