Argentine-born bassist and composer Pablo Aslan has lived in the United States since 1980, and is recognized internationally as one of the leading figures in the tango revival of recent decades. In addition to directing Avantango, he is a founder and codirector of the New York–Buenos Aires Connection and the New York Tango Trio. He has participated in Tango Summits in Spain and Uruguay and has toured the United States and Japan with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and members of the Astor Piazzolla Quintet. Aslan has performed with clarinetist David Krakauer’s band Klezmer Madness in the U.S. and Europe. He has also collaborated with Argentine composers Carlos Franzetti and Osvaldo Golijov, pianist Pablo Ziegler, singer-actress Rebecca Pidgeon, saxophonist Joe Lovano, and such leading klezmer artists as composer-trumpeter Frank London and violinist Alicia Svigals.