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"Lost in Your Eyes is the big surprise CD of the year. This project is obviously a labor of love. All this to pay tribute to a song writing team you may have never heard of, Hugo Wainzinger and Ken McKenzie. You'll remember them now."
- Mal Sharpe

Bio

Hugo Wainzinger is a composer, guitarist, and arranger.
Born in Argentina, he was exposed to a wide variety of music since childhood. He absorbed many musical styles, making him uncommonly versatile as an arranger, largely through the influence of his mother, a passionate bolero singer.
A prolific composer as well as a wide-ranging performer, he spans the spectrum from classical to jazz to contemporary and world music. Frequently performing as a soloist, he also plays with both Latin and American artists at various Bay Area venues and festivals including the San Francisco Jazz Festival.
In addition to his active career as a composer and performer, he engineers and produces recording projects at HeartStrings Music Studio in Mountain View, California.

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Performance Highlights

  • San Francisco Jazz Festival by the Sea, with Adriana Moreno and Ciganos, San Francisco Bay, CA
  • Paul Getty Museum, with Maria Marquez, David Belove, Rich Kuhns, Jackeline Rago, and John Santos, Los Angeles, CA
  • The Lost American Jazz Book, with Rose Armind-Hoiland, Dan Zemelman, Sheldon Brown, Fred Randolph, and Bryan Bowman, Belle Vue Club, Oakland, CA
  • Quien Soy CD release concert with Lichi Fuentes, La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA
  • San Jose Jazz Festival with Jasnam Daya Singh, San Jose, CA
  • Fiesta Argentina en el Ford, with Esther Segovia, Osvaldo Roval, Ford Amphitheater, Los Angeles, CA,
  • Lost In Your Eyes CD concert, with Shanna Carlson, David Udolf, Raul Ramirez, Piedmont Piano, Oakland, CA
  • Divas Latinas, with Viviana Guzman, La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA
  • California Tour with Ramon Romero (harpist), CA
  • Chicanos y Chilenos, with Lichi Fuentes, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
  • San Francisco Civic Center with Jackie Rago, Donna Viscuso, and Michaelle Goertlitz, San Francisco, CA
  • With Orestes Vilato, John Santos, and Lichi Fuentes, Piedmont, CA
  • Tango Addiction, with Claudio Ortega and Tangonero, Mt. View Center for the Performing Arts, Mt. View, CA
  • With Tangonero and Claudio Ortega, Little Fox, Redwood City, CA
  • Jazz Camp West, Argentinean Music lecturer, La Honda, CA
  • Dia de los Muertos at Davies Simphony Hall Reception, San Francisco, CA
  • With Maria Marquez and Jonathan Alford, California Jazz School, Berkeley, CA
  • Lost in your Eyes CD release concert, Cathy Walkup's Bird's Nest, Alameda, CA
  • With Adriana Moreno, La Peña del Sur, San Francisco, CA
  • Jazz at Pearl's with Shanna Carlson and David Udolf, San Francisco, CA
  • 100 Blossoms for Violeta Parra, featuring Inti Illimani, Freight and Salvage, Berkeley, CA
  • Latin America Rhythms in guitar, Casa Circulo Cultural, Redwood City, CA