Astor Piazzolla
1921-03-11 (1921)Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaSound
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
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Le Grand Échiquier
TV • 1972
Numéro un
TV • 1975
Siempre lunes
TV • 1988
Argentinísima
MOVIE • 1972
Chico & Caetano
TV • 1986
Fuelle querido
MOVIE • 1967
Milva, diva per sempre
MOVIE • 2024
El cielo en las manos
MOVIE • 1950
El día que me quieras
MOVIE • 1935
Piazzolla: The Years of the Shark
MOVIE • 2018
El hombre del sábado
MOVIE • 1947
Prisioneros de una noche
MOVIE • 1962
Quereme así (Piantao)
MOVIE • 1997
Tango under the Stars - Gustavo Dudamel
MOVIE • 2017
Astor Piazzolla - Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival
MOVIE • 2008
Tango in Paris: Memories of Astor Piazzolla
MOVIE • 2017