Astor Piazzolla's international breakthrough albums, Tango: Zero Hour and The Rough Dancer And The Cyclical Night (Nonesuch, 1986 and 1991), were made with small groups, with which the bandoneonist ...
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 ...
These five exceptional artists -- Pablo Mainetti (bandoneon), Bárbara Varassi Pega (piano), Serdar Geldymuradov (violin), Armando de la Vega (guitar), Daniel Falasca (double bass) and Julián Vat ...
Tango to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with host Scott Yoo and flutist Alice Dade to explore the evolution of composer Astor Piazzolla’s work and the music genre itself as it becomes fused with jazz across ...
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 ...
The sold-out performance at 312 W 36th Street gave audiences a first taste of what will soon blossom into a full-length production, set to premiere on May 16, 2025, at Theater at St. Jean, and later ...
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 ...
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of the bandoneon virtuoso and composer Astor Piazzolla, through five key locations - New York, Buenos Aires, Paris, Rome and Punta del Este. Born in 1921, ...
Oblivion Italian Chamber Orchestra Astor Piazzolla, Composer Salvatore Accardo, Violin Escualo Astor Piazzolla, Composer Salvatore Accardo, Violin Italian Chamber Orchestra Milonga en re Astor ...
Buenos Aires doesn’t forget you, tango that you were and will be. —“Somebody Tells It to the Tango,” Jorge Luis Borges/Astor Piazzolla THE KID WASN’T THRILLED with Dad’s gift — an accordion-like ...
The Eroica Trio takes on the world of Argentina's nightclubs, in a pair of Tangos by Astor Piazzolla: "Otoño Porteño" and "Oblivión." They're in concert in Santa Barbara, Calif., at the Lobero Theater ...