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".
- Title: Astor Piazzolla
- Popularity: 0.654
- Fantatra ho an'ny: Sound
- Birthday: 1921-03-11
- Toerana nahaterahana: Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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