Jorge Polanuer 

saxophone player, flutist, composer, arranger, and teacher

Received his degree as Flute Professor in 1983 at the Conservatorio Nacional de “Música Carlos Lopez Buchardo”, the most prestigious institution in Argentina.

He has been a member of the musical-theater group Cuatro Vientos  since 1987. With this group, he participated in numerous international festivals, including Madrid, Lisbon, Miami, Caracas, San José de Costa Rica, and Porto Alegre, and recorded five CDs in which other renowned performers have participated: Les Luthiers, Andrés Calamaro, Chango Spasiuk, and Bob Telson.

Prior to co-founding Cuatro Vientos, he took part in various Jazz, Fusion, Classical Music, and Rock groups, among them “Los Abuelos de la Nada” , and  Andrés Calamaro´s band, with whom he recorded four CDs.
Jorge has also composed the music for several  theater plays: “Gala”*,  “Shakespeare´s Merry Women”, “Shakespiriando”, “Sinvergüenzas” (No shame), “Cuatro Vientos y el Saxo Mágico”* (Cuatro Vientos and the magic sax), “Alma de Saxofón”* (Saxophone soul), and “La Tempestad”* (The storm). He won the “Premio ACE (Asoc. Cronistas del Espectáculo) 2000” (the most important music award in Argentina) on best original music for theater.

Jorge plays a Selmer Paris III Series tenor, with Vandoren Java T75 mouthpiece and Vandoren V16 #3 reeds.

Also, he published several books for saxophone.

*Available on CD.

E-mail: jorge@cuatrovientos.com.ar                                                                                                                Espacio cedido por ARGENTORES