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Age
18
Movies
7
TV Shows
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Rating
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".
71
Died at
18
Movies
7
TV Shows
6.9
Avg Rating
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".
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
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".
Gender
Male
Birthday
March 11, 1921
Died
July 4, 1992
Birthplace
Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Also Known As
Argentinísima
1972
Fuelle querido
1967
Tango argentino
1969
Quereme así (Piantao)
1997
Piazzolla: The Years of the Shark
2018
El cielo en las manos
1950
Milva, diva per sempre
2024
Astor Piazzolla: The Next Tango
2007
El día que me quieras
1935
Tango under the Stars - Gustavo Dudamel
2017
Prisioneros de una noche
1962
Astor Piazzolla: tango nuevo
2017
Tango in Paris: Memories of Astor Piazzolla
2017
El hombre del sábado
1947
Astor Piazzolla in Portrait
1990
Astor Piazzolla y su Quinteto Tango Nuevo - Vredenburg Music Hall
1984
Astor Piazzolla - Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival
2008
Astor Piazzolla en Shams
1985
