Alex Roitman Tango Ensemble (ARTE) is a Sarasota-based group performing exciting authentic Argentine Tango music, for both dancers and listeners. Combining strong classical skills with the extensive tango style training and individual musicality, this ensemble brings the flavor of Buenos Aires to sophisticated Florida audience.

The group is led by Alex Roitman, a bandoneonist disciple of Hector Del Curto. While living on the West Coast, Alex performed in San Francisco with his previous group Tangonero. Mr. Roitman is a member of a Stowe Tango Music Festival tango orchestra, and a silver medalist of the 2022 Che Bandoneon International Competition (also a bronze medalists of 2018 and 2019). He shared the stage with legendary tango musicians such as Victor Lavallen, Horacio Cabarcos, Pablo Estigarribia, Jose Colangelo, Pablo Agri, Nicolas Ledesma, Humberto Ridolfi, Guillermo Rubino, Julio Pane and Nestor Marconi, as well as the members of Héctor Del Curto's quintet. In addition to his bandoneon work, Mr. Roitman has composed several tango pieces, made original arrangements and continues to work on transcribing and arranging great tango music of the past. In the fall of 2020, he relocated to the East Coast, and currently splits his time between Boston Tango Orchestra in the summers and Alex Roitman Tango Ensemble in the winters.

Russian born violinist Natalia Vasilieva Maiden holds degrees in violin performance and teaching from the Minsk State Conservatory, Belarus. Natalia has been performing with Sarasota Opera, St. Petersburg Opera, Venice Symphony, Sarasota Orchestra. Her passion is working with a diversity of music genres ranging from classical to sophisticated jazz and pop music. She has performed with Andrea Bocelli, Johnny Mathis to name a few. Natalia also takes part in various music projects collaborating with other artists and groups.

Born in Hong Kong, Crystie began piano lessons at four, and studied for eight years. In 2017, she decided to play piano again, and fell in love with Argentine tango. Since then, she has been receiving coaching from maestros such as Hector Del Curto, Pablo Estigarribia, Gustavo Casenave, Hernan Possetti, Nicolas Ledesma, Adrian Enriquez, Cesar Salgan, Julian Peralta, Juan Pablo Gallardo, and others. Ms. Shum performed at the Stowe Tango Music Festival in 2022 and 2023 with special guests, Victor Lavallen and Guillermo Rubino. In February 2024, she performed in Buenos Aires with Nacho Piana and his group. Crystie is actively performing in the following groups: Alex Roitman Tango Ensemble based in Florida, Orquesta Tipica Domo based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and Las Tangueritas based in Los Angeles. Besides music, she is a social worker with two dogs, a parrot, and a tortoise.

Dr. Kipperman is a classical and jazz bassist, teacher, and composer originally from Yorktown Heights, NY. He has worked as a professional bassist for almost 25 years, during which time he has played classical music, jazz, tango, and world music with a multitude of artists from around the world. He earned an M.M. in Classical Bass Performance from New England Conservatory of Music in 2001, an M.M. in Jazz Pedagogy from University of Miami's Frost School of Music in 2011, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Jazz Bass also from the Frost School in 2016.

Jeffrey performed with Yo-Yo Ma, Tanglewood Bach Cantata Project, Tanglewood Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He was a member of the Yucatan Symphony Orchestra, and also performed in the Sequenza Sur, a contemporary music ensemble directed by Mexican composer Javier Alvarez. Dr. Kipperman also worked with Miami Ballet, Florida Grand Opera, New World Symphony, and a host of jazz ensembles. He recorded and co-produced two albums with renown Bolivian singer-songwriter Marcelo Arias.

Dr. Kipperman has shared the stage with some incredible tango musicians, including bandoneonists Hector Del Curto, J.P. Jofre, Lautaro Greco, Nicolas Enrich, the Alex Roitman Tengo Ensemble, pianist Emiliano Greco, cellist Jisoo Ok, violinist Tomas Cotik, and vocalists Guillermo Fernandez and Ache Rey. He was on the albun Astor Piazzolla Legacy nominated for the International Classical Music Awards in 2018. For the past six years, Jeffrey has also performed extensively with his wife MaryJo Romero, a well know singer, songwriter and pianist originally from Maracay, Venezuela.