Ástor Piazzolla, the visionary Argentinian composer, band leader and bandoneon virtuoso who created the revolutionary nuevo tango style in the 1950s, is being celebrated around the world today, March ...

In the waning years of the tango’s “golden age,” which spanned the 1930s to the mid-1950s, the Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) began writing irresistible music that melded elements of ...

On September 28, the Nashville Symphony releases its latest Naxos recording featuring the music of Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla. Recorded in November 2010 at Schermerhorn Symphony Center with ...

Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla was born on March 11, 1921 in Mar del Plata, Argentina, only child of Vicente “Nonino” Piazzolla and Asunta Mainetti. In 1925, the family relocates to New York City until ...

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra doesn’t address music of Latin America nearly often enough, so Thursday night’s program amounted to a welcome – if brief – corrective. The focal point was Argentine ...

When he was 12, Julien Labro realized music could evoke a deep emotional response. The Frenchman was three years deep into playing the accordion, after seeing it on TV and falling in love with its ...

Astor Piazzolla occupies a unique position in modern musical composition. His work is as “popular” in its origins as jazz or blues, though it is frequently heard on classical-music stations—where his ...

Astor Piazzolla was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on March 11, 1921, and died on July 4, 1992, in Buenos Aires. He has been remembered through numerous initiatives and recordings, including ...

This “operita” by the Argentine composer and bandeonista has had only a few recordings, none completely satisfactory. I like the insouciant style of this performance from the Cascade Music Festival in ...

As a budding composer, New Tango master Astor Piazzolla didn’t much care for tango. He wanted to be a classical musician. But he would go on to achieve international fame and grudging recognition of ...

Astor Piazzolla revolutionized the tango By breaking with the codes of traditional tango he brought this popular Argentine music from dance floors to concert halls around the world and is now ...