Bárbara Varassi Pega is a faculty member at Fontys University of Fine and Performing Arts, Tilburg, and Codarts University of the Arts, Rotterdam, where she also coordinates the Tango Department within the World Music Department. An Argentine pianist, arranger, composer, researcher, and educator specializing in tango music, she has toured the world as the pianist of the Quinteto Astor Piazzolla among other ensembles. She is the author of The Art of Tango (2021) and currently works on interdisciplinary art projects, including fine arts, cinema, animation and literature.