Astor Piazzolla
Birthday
1921/03/11
Day of death
1992/07/04 (71 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Also know as
Astor Piazolla
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".
Acting
(1947) El hombre del sábado
as ---
(1985) Astor Piazzolla en Shams
as Self - Bandoneon
(1950) El cielo en las manos
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(2007) Astor Piazzolla: The Next Tango
as Self
(2017) Tango under the Stars - Gustavo Dudamel
as Self - Composer
(1935) El día que me quieras
as Newspaper's kid
(1990) Astor Piazzolla in Portrait
as Self
(2017) Astor Piazzolla: tango nuevo
as Self (archive footage)
(2018) Piazzolla: The Years of the Shark
as Self (archive footage)
(1962) Prisioneros de una noche
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(1967) Fuelle querido
as Self
(1972) Argentinísima
as Self
(1969) Tango argentino
as Self
(1997) Quereme así (Piantao)
as Self
(2017) Tango in Paris: Memories of Astor Piazzolla
as Self (archive footage)
(1983) Bei Bio
as Self
(1986) Chico & Caetano
as ---
(1988) Siempre lunes
as Self - Guest
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1975) Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
(1975) Numéro un
as Self
(1982) Champs-Elysées
as Self