The Musicians
Matias Feigin, Pianist, Musical Director, Arranger and Composer, Matias started his piano
studies in popular music with Gabriel Mourelos, he then studied classical music with Antonio De
Raco and Nilda Somma. Matias has been Musical Director of many different bands in Argentina
including Tangabile and the Julian Hermida Quartet. He was a member of Estacion Gotan a
government cultural project and participated as a judge at the Patagonic Folklore & Tango
Festival. Matias performs at the most important theatres & Tango houses in Buenos Aires, Cafe
Tortoni, Piazzolla Tango, Taconeando, Lola Membrives Theatre and Broadway Theatre. He
also accompanies renowned artists such as Alberto Podestá, Juan Carlos Godoy and Virgina
Luque. He has toured internationally across five continents. Presently he has his own quartet
playing original compositions and arrangements and has been teaching piano at the Beethoven
Conservatory in Buenos Aires for the past 10 years. Matias joined Tango Fire in 2013.
Clemente Carrascal, Bandoneon, studied at Manuel de Falla Conservatory under the great
Master and avant-garde musical artist Rodolfo Daluisio, plus some of the most renowned
Argentinean teachers, such as Nestor Marconi and Julio Pane. Some his first teachers were
Ernesto Franco, Victor Lavallen, Osvaldo Piro, and Mauricio Marcelli. He has been a member
of the prestigious Tenth Formation of Emilio Balcarce Tango School. He is a renowned musician
and has performed in several distinguished orchestras; Juan Darienzo, Bien Pulenta Quartett,
Julian Hermida Quintett, Alejandro Ziegler Quartet, and Typical Orchestra Sans Souci.
Numerous tango houses in Buenos Aires have also had the pleasure of enjoying Clemente’s talent:
Michelangelo, Gala Tango, La Ventana and the mythical Tortoni Café.
Clemente has participated in the Patagonian Festival of Tango in Bariloche (Argentina) and the
International Tango Festival of Porto Alegre (Brazil). Clemente first joined Tango Fire in 2011.
Gemma Scalia, Violin born in the city of General Roca, Rio Negro, Argentina, graduated
from the Patagonia University of Arts where she studied violin under the guidance of Elvira
Faseeva and Vitali Bujiashvily (from Russia). In 2008 she moved to Buenos Aires to continue
her studies with Daniel Robuschi and Nicholas Giordano. Gemma studied Tango with violinists
Ramiro Gallo, Leonardo Ferreyra and Guillermo Rubino, joining the Orchestra School of Tango
Emilio Balcarce under the direction of Maestro Victor Lavallen. She recorded with his orchestra,
“Mistonguero” winning the 2014 Gardel Award for Best Tango Instrumental Album. Gemma has
performed in Cátulo Tango, Elvino Vardaro’s Orchestra, Camerata Almagro’s Tango Orchestra
Sans Souci, Agustin Guerrero’s Orchestra, Walter “Chino” Laborde and the Federal Tango
Orchestra under the direction of Raul Garello and Osvaldo Piro. Gemma has participated in
numerous recordings and orchestras of traditional and contemporary Tango performing in the
most important theaters and festivals in Argentinean Tango.
Facundo Benavidez, Double Bass, was born in Buenos Aires in 1981. As a student at the
Conservatory of Music his mentors were Manuel de Falla and Juan José Castro. He studied
composition and arrangement with Roberto Pansera and bass with masters Daniel Cucci and
Pablo Chaile.He is a music teacher for the General Directorate of Schools of the Province of
Buenos Aires. Facundo performs in famous Tango houses in Buenos Aires regularly including
La Cumparsita, Boca Tango, Esquina Tango, Candilejas and the tiny Bar Sur. Working
internationally with renowned Tango artists Alberto Podestá, Roberto Pansera, Juan Carlos
Godoy, Enrique Dumas, María Garay, Abel Cordoba and Alberto Bianco, Facundo has toured
extensively. The highlights being Silvio Soldan and the Stars of Tango in Chile and Bolivia under
the direction of maestro Adolfo Gomez, Tango Orchestra Medellin in Colombia, and Hugo
Pagano Quartet in Japan. Facundo joined Tango Fire in 2013.