Astor Piazzolla
Astor Piazzolla
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".
Place of birth
Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina 
Date of birth
11th March 1921
Date of death
4th July 1992
Movies that starred Astor Piazzolla (1 in total)
Piazzolla: The Years of the Shark [2018]
Self (archive footage)
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