Astor Piazzolla
Sound
Born: 1921-03-11 in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Biography
Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer, film composer, bandoneon player and arranger. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. A virtuoso bandoneonist, he regularly performed his own compositions with a variety of ensembles. In 1992, American music critic Stephen Holden described Piazzolla as "the world's foremost composer of tango music".
Known For
The Day You Love Me
Niño diariero
Prisioneros de una noche
Champs-Elysées
Self
Piazzolla: The Years of the Shark
Self (archive footage)
Astor Piazzolla: tango nuevo
Self (archive footage)
Tango argentino
Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
El hombre del sábado
Argentinísima
Él mismo
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Numéro un
Self
El cielo en las manos
Fuelle querido
Self
Quereme así (Piantao)
Self
Milva, diva per sempre
Himself
Tango under the Stars - Gustavo Dudamel
Self - Composer
Astor Piazzolla in Portrait
Self
Tango in Paris: Memories of Astor Piazzolla
Self (archive footage)
Astor Piazzolla - Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival
Self - bandoneon
Chico & Caetano
Siempre lunes
Self - Guest