Juan Pablo Jofre

Juan Pablo Jofre (also known as J.P. Jofre; born 1983) is a Grammy-nominated Argentine musician, composer, and arranger. He plays the bandoneon.

Life

J.P. Jofre was raised in San Juan, Argentina. He attended San Juan's Escuela de Música. He primarily was a drummer, and also studied the vibraphone, bassoon, piano, singing and double bass. He played in a heavy metal band. When he was seventeen, his uncle played a record for him by Astor Piazzolla and Jofre fell in love with the sound and style of the bandoneon.

In 2019 he performed with the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, in the Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, in the summer series.

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.

Discography

Hard Tango, 2012, Round Star Be Like Water, Manifesto,