Astor Piazzolla
March 11, 1921 (103 years old) in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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
Credits
- 2018 ·Piazzolla: The Years of the Sharkas Self (archive footage)
- 2017 ·Tango in Paris: Memories of Astor Piazzollaas Self (archive footage)
- 2017 ·Astor Piazzolla: tango nuevoas Self (archive footage)
- 2017 ·Tango under the Stars - Gustavo Dudamelas Self - Composer
- 2007 ·Astor Piazzolla: The Next Tangoas Self
- 1997 ·Quereme así (Piantao)as Self
- 1990 ·Astor Piazzolla in Portraitas Self
- 1988 ·Siempre lunesas Self - Guest
- 1986 ·Chico & Caetanoas
- 1985 ·Astor Piazzolla en Shamsas Self - Bandoneon
- 1983 ·Bei Bioas Self
- 1982 ·Champs-Elyséesas Self
- 1975 ·Numéro unas Self
- 1975 ·Les Rendez-vous du dimancheas Self
- 1972 ·Argentinísimaas Self
- 1972 ·Le Grand Échiquieras Self
- 1969 ·Tango argentinoas Self
- 1967 ·Fuelle queridoas Self
- 1962 ·Prisioneros de una nocheas
- 1950 ·El cielo en las manosas
- 1947 ·El hombre del sábadoas
- 1935 ·El día que me quierasas Newspaper's kid