Violinist Michele Walther loves to play and perform a variety of music styles: jazz, world music, avantgarde, classical, tango, Balkan, Klezmer, and more. Michele graduated from the Conservatory of Music in Basel, Switzerland, and then from the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
- She toured with Ian Anderson/Jethro Tull on the East coast, from Chicago to Philadelphia, performing in venues such as the Rose Theatre in NYC.
- She performed with Los Gatos Azules (1st prize at the battle of the tango bands in Boston), Los Changos (jazz, folk from Argentina), Pablo Ablanedo Septet (jazz, latin; label fresh sound/new talent), Vardan Ovsepian Chamber Ensemble (jazz; label fresh sound/new talent), LaMuseMent (CD orange heart, label altrisuoni), The Boston String Quartet (CD spectrum), Oscar Feldman, Joe Lovano, Gloria Estefan, Steve Gadd, and more.
- She recorded, among others, with The Boston String Quartet, Jamey Haddad, and Oscar Stagnaro.
Jim Shearer started playing guitar at age 13, had his first professional gig at age 16 and has continued playing music semi-professionally all his adult life while pursing an academic career in the sciences. His training in jazz and classical music has included formal studies at college along with individual lessons on guitar, piano and upright bass.
In public performances he has played a variety of instruments and styles such as keyboards in the Soca/Reggae band Bakana and piano and bass in collaboration with Palindrome dance company (most recently in the 2005 San Francisco International Arts Festival playing music of Erling Wold). For most of the new millennium he has been exclusively playing upright bass in jazz and Brazilian ensembles at venues throughout the Bay Area. He is a founding member of Sambosseros and plays on their CD Gabiroba. Jim brings his experience in jazz and Brazilian styles to tango.
Guitarist Zac "Sharbidar" Selissen has graduated from Saint Thomas University in St. Paul, Minnesota, in Classical and Jazz Guitar. He then graduated in Classical Guitar from the San Francisco Conservatory of music. Zac's interests include Spanish guitar music, Jazz, as well as Classic Tango and Tango Nuevo.
Born and raised in Moscow, Russia, Alex Roitman started playing piano when he was 7 years old. At the age of 13 he started learning guitar, which he plays ever since.
Alex currently studies accordion with Peter DiBono, exploring various genres. Besides tango, he specifically enjoys playing Klezmer, Italian, French musette, and Russian music. On a warm weekend night you may see him perform on the streets in the North Beach district of San Francisco.
Both Michele and Alex also play with Go Van Gogh, a versatile San Francisco band.