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He attended San Juan"s Escuela de Música. He primarily was a drummer, and also studied the vibraphone, bassoon, piano, singing and double bass.
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Juan Pablo Jofre
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He plays the bandoneon. Justice of the Peace Jofre was raised in San Juan, Argentina. He played in a heavy metal band.
He heard a recording by Astor Piazzolla, which is uncle played for him when he was seventeen years old.
He fell in love with the sound and style of the bandoneon. He lives and works in Harlem in New York City.
Upon learning the bandoneon, he was overwhelmed by how complex the instrument was. He used a piano to figure out the keys played by the bandoneon buttons, and read books
He eventually took lessons from Daniel Binelli.
Jofre also started studying in Buenos Aires. He would take the bus for sixteen hours, twice a month, to take classes from Julio Pane. Jofre also composes his own music
He has been called a "creative composer," by Paquito Doctorate"Rivera.
His compositions range in genre and sound including jazz and string orchestra. In March, 2014, he debuted his Bandoneon Concerto with the Symphony Silicon Valley in San Jose, California.
He has performed on Rosie Live. Hard Tango
His debut album, Hard Tango, was released in 2012.
The album includes original compositions by Jofre, and is described as "classical-tango hybrid," by the New York Times.
The album also features works by Astor Piazzolla, Fernando Otero, Leo Brouwer, and I Am the Walrus by John Lennon.
