Born in 1989, Zambian and armed with an electric violin. Caitlin made the brave move to Cape Town from her own little town of Kitwe at the end of 2007 to further her career. Since arriving in South Africa she has performed at major corporate events around the country that have taken her and her violin across the Western Cape, Gauteng , the Eastern Cape and into Limpopo province.

Inspired by the original electric violinist, Vanessa Mae, and the love for music which she inherited from her parents and grandmother she taught herself to play the violin, freely exploring all forms of music over the years. She has performed with the World Youth Symphony Orchestra in the U.S.A after winning a scholarship to study at the prestigious Interlochen Arts Camp during the Summer of 2004.

Some of Caitlin’s most memorable performances have included playing the Zambian national anthem for the late President of Zambia, Levy Mwanawasa; performing on top of a front-end loader for Atlas Copco; James Bond themed events for Southern Sun and Bell Equipment; fashion shows and night club events that have allowed her to have some fun sliding on table tops and strutting down catwalks! In more formal settings Caitlin has entertained His Royal Highness, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, she performed at the South African Opening of Parliament this year (2008), she regularly performs at corporate dinners and cocktail parties.

Cape Town Tango Ensemble started by Stanislav Anguelov in 1996 as an Accordion & Piano Duo (Stanislav Anguelov & Liza Geldenhuys) with intention to perform this music at concerts. Soon after that Liza moved to Pretoria and on her place came Albert Combrink. By 1999 Basil Heald joined them on Double Bass. One year later Jacek Domagala on Violin joined the Ensemble to shape the perfect combination for Tango. They specialize in Argentinean Tango ranging from the old fashioned Traditional Tango style from the first half of 20^th century up to the Tango "Nuevo", started and developed by the famous Argentinean composer and Bandoneón virtuoso Astor Piazzolla. In May 2003 they released their first CD "El Tango en Africa" (Tango in Africa) where they explored the fusion between African Rhythms and sounds with the "Tango Nuevo" style. This album has been locally and internationally acclaimed receiving a great deal of air time worldwide up to today.

Since 2004 Charles Lazar (well-known Jazz Musician in Cape Town) took over the Double Bass position. During the same year Stanislav added a new and very important item to his instrument collection and that was his first Bandoneón, which led to his trip in 2005 to Buenos Aires to study with Bandoneón Maestros Ricardo Fiorio and Hugo Satorre.

CTTE repertoire consists of original scores of Astor Piazzolla for his Quinteto, which often leads to including James Grace on Guitar (another well-known Musician in Cape Town) and scores of Horacio Salgan, Angelo Burli, Julian Plaza, Roberto Pansera as well as their own arrangements of Music by Piazzolla, Gardel, Troilo, Greco, Villoldo and others.

And lately part of their repertoire are their own compositions by Stanislav, Charles and recently by Albert.

CTTE have worked with the Tango Singers Adriana Edwards, Juan Simon & Gustavo Fasani, as well as Mezzo-Soprano Violina Anguelov (well-known Opera Singer in South Africa).

The Cape Town Tango Ensemble’s television and radio appearances include:

- October 2000 – interview with "DSTV"

- 2001 – E-TV’s "Back Stage" series, where the Cape Town Tango Ensemble accompanied the Tango dance salon scene

- 2003 – coverage of their CD Launch by the program "Heita" on E-TV.

- 2003 – broadcast on Namibian National TV of their concert recorded live at the Bank of Windhoek Arts Festival

- "El Tango en Africa" is often played on Fine Music Radio, Classic FM, RSG and other South African Radio-Stations

- October/November 2003 – their CD "El Tango en Africa" played on Buenos Aires Tango Radio Station

- July 2004 – "El Tango en Africa" played on BBC Radio World Service

- 2006-7 – "El Tango en Africa" played on BTV and Bulgarian National Radio

- 2007 – "El Tango en Africa" used in the German film "The time of the Snake"

- and many more Radio Stations around the World…

The Cape Town Tango Ensemble concert performances include venues like Arts Cape theatre, Baxter theatre, High Street Theatre, DeWetshof wine estate-Robertson, Lindbergh Arts Foundation – Muizenberg, Worchester Music Society, Groot Constantia wine estate, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, CTICC, Oude Libertas Amphitheatre – Stellenbosch, AGFA Amphitheatre – V&A Waterfront, Cape Town Festival, KKNK, National Arts Festival Grahams town, Bank of Windhoek Arts Festival and many more.

Cape Town Tango Ensemble has collaborated in the production of:

• 2001 "Tango del Fuego" – directed by Martinus Bassoon & Choreographed by Mark Hoeben, presented at all major festivals in South Africa.
• 2003 Tango show with Mark Hoeben & Ina Wichterich for Bank of Windhoek Arts Festival
• 2004 "Tango Expirience" directed by Mark Hoeben for Bank of Windhoek Arts Festival
• 2004 short film "The first and last loves of Leonardo Lopes" directed by Chris Rodrigues and some of the Music composed by Stanislav Anguelov
• 2004 "El Beso" directed by Heinrich Reisenhofer & Choreographed by Mareli Schröter – sold out run at Little Theatre – Cape Town
• 2006 "All about Tango" – directed and choreographed by Mark Hoeben & Ina Wichterich presented at KKNK
• 2007 – Tango item at "Fleur du Cap" Theatre Awards with Mark Hoeben & Ina Wichterich
• 2007 – provided the Music for a scene in the German film "The time of the Snake"

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Look no further – Book these experienced Musicians, who work together since 1995 and have charmed and pleased with their Music so many people all over South Africa and from all over the World. Their flexible versatility with energetic or relaxed Music has enlivened so many:

• Weddings
• Banquets
• Birthday parties
• Company promotions
• Product launches
• Garden Parties
• Theme evenings – French, Italian, Greek, Balkan, Spanish, Gypsy etc.
• Barmitzwahs
• 21^st Birthdays
• And Many more.

They have performed at venues such as, La Masseria Restaurant, Henry's Pub & Restaurant, Cape Grace Hotel, Table Bay Hotel, V&A Waterfront, Groot Constantia, Constantia Uitsigh, Lanzerac Hotel, Nooigedagt Estate, Langverwagt Estate, Zeevenwacht Estate, Grand West Casino, Golden Valley Casino – Paarl, Willowbridge Shopping Centre, Morgenhof Estate and many more…

They can perform acoustic or amplified. Depending on the size of the event and budget they can appear as a Duo, Trio, Quartet and so on, as a fully instrumental ensemble or with a Vocalist. The instruments are Accordion (Stanislav Anguelov), Violin (Jacek Domagala), Double Bass (Charles Lazar or Basil Heald), Mandolin (Orlando Firmani), Guitar (Basil Heald), Clarinet & Saxophone (Willy van Zyl) etc.

Repertoire: Sous le ciel de Paris, La Vie en Rose, C'est si bon, Reine de Muset, Aubade charmeuse, O sole mio, Oh Marie, That's Amore, Volare, Quando Quando, Back to Sorrento, Santa Lucia, La Paloma, Mattinata, Besame Mucho, Autumn leaves, Never on a Sunday, Zorba's dance, Y viva España, Spanish eyes, Klezmer Music from Eastern Europe and many more…

Stanislav Anguelov (or Angelov*) was born in 1967. He received his first Accordion as a present from his parents at age of 5. It was a very small size instrument – with 17 Piano keys on the right hand and 12 buttons on the left hand. However it did the job for sometime. He was a musical child. Besides playing his Accordion he loved singing.

In fact he started his performing career at age of 5 when he sang a song at a family member wedding. He started formal Accordion lessons at the age of eight in his native town Shumen (Bulgaria) with Vera Marinova. She happened to be his aunt, but he had agreement with her, that when he went for his lesson she was Mrs. Marinova and when they were at family gatherings she was Aunty Vera.

One year later he was offered to join the local children choir. At that time he had to decide – Singing or Accordion? It did not take long – Accordion won (He married an Opera Singer later!). At age of 10 he joined the Junior Accordion Orchestra, which was conducted by his Teacher Vera Marinova and a few years later he joined the senior Accordion Orchestra, which was compiled by advanced students and a few professionals. It consisted from 20-30 Accordions, Percussion, Bass or Bassoon and the repertoire was mainly classical scores, transcribed for Accordion Orchestra.

In 1984 he won a Gold Medal at the National Festival of Performing Arts in Bulgaria. During the 1980s he recorded several times with the Accordion Orchestra for the local Radio Station. In 1985 after passing successfully the entry exam he was accepted at The Academy of Music and Dance in Plovdiv-Bulgaria, where he studied with Prof. Peter Marinov (no family relation between Vera Marinova & Peter Marinov) and received a degree in Accordion in 1991, after which he taught at the "Constantine Preslavsky" University – Shumen.

Until 1992 he has taken part in competitions and concerts in Bulgaria, France and Poland as a soloist or member of different ensembles or Accordion Orchestra. In 1992 he moved to Cape Town–South Africa, where he performs, records and teaches.

Stanislav has done recordings for:

SABC – Classical Music – 1994-96

He has been featured in the following CD's of South African Artistes:

CD "Vladimir" (1997),

CD "Pascal sings Brel" (1999),

CD "Om te Breyten" (1999),

CD "Alpha" (2000),

CD "Equilibrium" - Koos Kombuis(2002),

CD "Tydloos" - Daniel Pascal(2003),

CD "'n Jaar in die Son" - Koos Kombuis & Valiant Swart(2003).

He released his solo album called "Stanislav" in 1997

CD "El Tango en Africa"of his Cape Town Tango Ensemble was released in May 2003.

In 2004 he was commissioned to compose a song and some of the Music of the Sound Track for the short film "The First and Last Love of Leonardo Lopes"

He is in a process of releasing a new CD "OPERA deLight" with the group Belle Voci.

He has recorded many times for Radio & TV adverts.

As a Symphonic orchestra member he performed together with Cape Town Symphonieta in 1999 at Sun City Super Bowl accompanying the British singer Elaine Paige.

In 2000 he joined the orchestra for the production of "Fiddler on the Roof" at the Arts Cape Theatre.

In 2001 he appeared together with his Cape Town Tango Ensemble in the production of the show "Tango del Fuego", written & directed by Martinus Bassoon at Oude Libertas Amphitheatre; Grahams town, Klein Karoo and Potchefstroom Arts Festivals; and in the TV series "Back stage" on E-TV.

In October 2003 he performed together with his Cape Town Tango Ensemble at the Bank Windhoek Arts Festival – Namibia, which was recorded and later broadcasted on Namibian National TV.

On 29 November 2003 Stanislav was invited to perform on "Nelson Mandela 46664 Concert" on Green Point Stadium–Cape Town, where he performed 2 songs "Say it is not true", where he accompanied Brian May & Roger Taylor from Queen and Dave Stewart and later in the program he played "Great song of Indifference", where he accompanied Sir Bob Geldof. There were over 40 000 people on the stadium and the concert was broadcast to an estimated audience of three billion people, which makes it the world's most widely distributed event.

In February 2004 he was invited by the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra to perform the Concerto for Bandoneón (or Accordion) and orchestra by Astor Piazzolla, which he performed at Cape Town City Hall and Endler Hall – Stellenbosch.

During 2004 he performed the leading Bandoneón part in the production of the Tango Operita "Maria de Buenos Aires" by Astor Piazzolla at Oude Libertas Amphitheatre; Grahams town, Klein Karoo and Potchefstroom Arts Festivals. Later same year he performed together with his Cape Town Tango Ensemble and Mark Hoeben & Ina Wichterich from Tango Cape Town at the Bank of Windhoek Arts Festival - Namibia.

In 2005 he performed with great success with his Cape Town Tango Ensemble at the KKNK. Later the same year Stanislav added a new and very important item to his instrument collection and that was his first Bandoneón, which led to his trip in 2005 to Buenos Aires to study with Bandoneón Maestros Ricardo Fiorio and Hugo Satorre.

In 2006 he repeated KKNK this time in two different shows: "Tango de la Buena Esperanza" – all shows were sold out and "All about Tango".

In 2007 he led an extended 6 piece version of his CTTE for a Tango item at "Fleur du Cap" Theatre Awards with Mark Hoeben & Ina Wichterich at Artscape Theatre. Later same year together with his CTTE he provided the Music for a scene in the German film "The time of the Snake"

Stanislav is a leader of the following Ensembles: Cape Town Tango Ensemble (Accordion, Violin, Piano & Bass); Blue Danube Trio (Violin, Accordion & Bass); Mediterranean Ensemble (Violin, Accordion & Mandolin). Besides that he very often accompanies opera singers. He also performs regularly as a Solo Artiste at Concerts or Corporate and Private Functions.

Stanislav is happily married to Violina and they have two children – daughter Kalina and son Peter.

• Nissan's AGM (Sandton Convention Centre)
• Maserati Launches (Cape Town International Convention Centre and Nelson Mandela Square)
• BMW's X5 launch (Helderberg)