Arranged for flute quartet by Dmitriy Varelas, Payadora is based on an original composition by Julián Plaza. Varelas was born in 1978 in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) and graduated with honors from the V. Uspensky Republican Special Music School. His works have been performed by internationally renowned orchestras and ensembles in Canada, the United States, Central Asia, and Europe, including the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and Cairo Symphony. Plaza (1928-2003), an Argentinian pianist, bandoneon player, composer, and member of the avant-garde Sexteto Tango, was well-known for his talents both as a performer and as a composer/arranger, especially of tango music. Payadora is, perhaps, his most famous tango. Typical of his compositional style, the piece incorporates an artful blend of old and new for its time, with strong accents, a driving milonga, and an exciting harmonic language. (Digital Download Only.)