Astor Piazzolla
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- March 11, 1921
- Place of birth
- Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Died
- July 4, 1992
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".
Movies with Astor Piazzolla
- The Day You Love Me 1935 · ★ 5.5
- Prisioneros de una noche 1962 · ★ 7.4
- Piazzolla: The Years of the Shark 2018 · ★ 6.4
- Astor Piazzolla: tango nuevo 2017 · ★ 8.3
- Tango argentino 1969 · ★ 7.7
- El hombre del sábado 1947 · ★ 8.0
- Argentinísima 1972 · ★ 7.5
- El cielo en las manos 1950 · ★ 9.0
- Astor Piazzolla: The Next Tango 2007 · ★ 7.5
- Fuelle querido 1967 · ★ 8.0
- Quereme así (Piantao) 1997 · ★ 7.0
- Milva, diva per sempre 2024 · ★ 0.0
- Astor Piazzolla en Shams 1985
- Tango under the Stars - Gustavo Dudamel 2017
- Astor Piazzolla in Portrait 1990
- Tango in Paris: Memories of Astor Piazzolla 2017
- Astor Piazzolla - Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival 2008
- Astor Piazzolla y su Quinteto Tango Nuevo - Vredenburg Music Hall 1984