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Maurizio Najt was born in Milan Italy and raised in Argentina where he studied piano and composition at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Buenos Aires.  He has developed a unique style which combines his interest in folkloric music, classical music, jazz and tango.  He is an accomplished musician, arranger and composer as well as organist.  Maurizio has played with some of the best tango musicians all over the world from Europe, South America, Russia and even Japan.  He is currently a member of the Tony-award winning production of Luis Bravo’s Forever Tango and tours with international tango singer Anna Saeki.  Maurizio recently recorded his own arrangement of the tango “Donde estas corazon?” for the newest release from Academy-Award winning director Ang Lee, “Lust, Caution,” in theaters for Fall 2007.

Pianist with the acclaimed New York Tango Trio, Maurizio has performed with master bandoneonists such as Raul Jaurena, Tito Castro, Alberto Quiroga, David Alsina, Daniel Diaz, Hector del Curto and Victor Lavallen.   As a composer, he has written music for short films, documentaries and off-Broadway musical theater including Don Quixxxote, which was nominated for an ACE award in 2002.

In January 2005, he co-produced and directed the tango show “Crónicas de Buenos Aires” in Chicago, a multimedia and educational review of the history and evolution of the art of Argentine Tango both in music and dance.