Astor Piazzolla
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".
Known For
TV
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
TV
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
TV
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
TV
Numéro un
Self
1975
TV
Bei Bio
Self
1983
TV
Siempre lunes
Self - Guest
1988
TV
Chico & Caetano
1986
Film
Tango in Paris: Memories of Astor Piazzolla
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Argentinísima
Él mismo
1972
Film
Prisioneros de una noche
1962
Film
Milva, diva per sempre
Himself
2024
Film
Quereme así (Piantao)
Self
1997
Film
Fuelle querido
Self
1967
Film
The Day You Love Me
Niño diariero
1935
Film
El hombre del sábado
1947
Film
Astor Piazzolla: The Next Tango
Self
2007
Film
El cielo en las manos
1950
Film
Piazzolla: The Years of the Shark
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Astor Piazzolla in Portrait
Self
1990
Film
Tango argentino
Self
1969
Filmography
2024FilmMilva, diva per sempreas Himself2018FilmPiazzolla: The Years of the Sharkas Self (archive footage)2017FilmTango in Paris: Memories of Astor Piazzollaas Self (archive footage)2017FilmAstor Piazzolla: tango nuevoas Self (archive footage)2017FilmTango under the Stars - Gustavo Dudamelas Self - Composer2008FilmAstor Piazzolla - Live at the Montreal Jazz Festivalas Self - bandoneon2007FilmAstor Piazzolla: The Next Tangoas Self1997FilmQuereme así (Piantao)as Self1990FilmAstor Piazzolla in Portraitas Self1988TVSiempre lunesas Self - Guest1986TVChico & Caetano1985FilmAstor Piazzolla en Shamsas Self - Bandoneon1984FilmAstor Piazzolla y su Quinteto Tango Nuevo - Vredenburg Music Hallas Self - bandoneon1983TVBei Bioas Self1982TVChamps-Elyséesas Self1975TVNuméro unas Self1975TVLes Rendez-vous du dimancheas Self1972FilmArgentinísimaas Él mismo1972TVLe Grand Échiquieras Self1969FilmTango argentinoas Self1967FilmFuelle queridoas Self1962FilmPrisioneros de una noche1950FilmEl cielo en las manos1947FilmEl hombre del sábado1935FilmThe Day You Love Meas Niño diariero