Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Birthday
1921-03-11
Deathday
1992-07-04
Place of Birth
Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Astor Piazzolla
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
El día que me quieras
as Newspaper's kid
Prisioneros de una noche
Champs-Elysées
as Self
Piazzolla: The Years of the Shark
as Self (archive footage)
Astor Piazzolla: tango nuevo
as Self (archive footage)
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
El hombre del sábado
Astor Piazzolla: The Next Tango
as Self
Argentinísima
as Self
Tango argentino
as Self