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Astor Piazzolla

Born March 11, 1921
Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died July 4, 1992, aged 71

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 …

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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".

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84 Sound
6 Acting
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Sound (84)

Los simuladores (2002)

Songs

Armageddon (1977)

Music

Le Pont du Nord (1982)

Original music

The Bitter Stems (1956)

Original music

The South (1988)

Musician / Original music

Henry IV (1984)

Original music

The Journey (1992)

Original music

All Nudity Shall Be Punished (1973)

Music

It's Raining on Santiago (1975)

Original music

Tangos, the Exile of Gardel (1985)

Music / Original music

When the City Awakes (1975)

Original music

Lumière (1976)

Original music

Las pirañas (1967)

Original music

Brief Heaven (1969)

Music

The Color of Love (1994)

Music

The Intruder (1979)

Original music

Are We? (1982)

Music

The Slowness (1969)

Original music

Paula Cautiva (1963)

Music

The Furies (1960)

Music

To Return (1982)

Music

El crack (1960)

Music

El infierno tan temido (1980)

Music

Paris s'en va (1981)

Original music

Show all (84)

Neon City (1982)

Music

Cuarteles de invierno (1984)

Music

Extraña ternura (1964)

Original music

Las locas del conventillo (1966)

Original music

Saturday Night, Cinema (1960)

Original music

The Lion with the White Beard (1995)

Music

A Difficult Widow (1957)

Original music

Con alma y vida (1970)

Music

Con los mismos colores (1949)

Music

Historia de una carta (1957)

Music

La ñata contra el vidrio (1972)

Marta Ferrari (1956)

Music

Operación Antartida (1957)

Music

Con gusto a rabia (1965)

Music

Detrás de la mentira (1962)

Music

Dos basuras (1958)

Songs

El cielo en las manos (1950)

Music / Original music

El nacimiento de un libro (1963)

Music

El principio del fin (1970)

Music

Enligt beslut (1988)

Music

Gaivotas (1979)

Theme Song Performance / Music

Impasse (1969)

Music

Kuma-Ching (1969)

Original music

La fin del mundo (1963)

Music / Music Director

Last year of Nacional High School (1961)

Music

María de Buenos Aires (2019)

Original music

Quereme así (Piantao) (1997)

Music

Steel racing cars (1950)

Music

The Return (1973)

Music

Violencia en la ciudad (1957)

Music

What's Autumn? (1977)

Music

Armonie di Speranza (2025)

Original music

Astor Piazzolla's Maria de Buenos Aires Grand Théâtre de Genève (2023)

Original music

Barbara (1981)

Music

Concerto di Carnevale (2019)

Original music

Contemporary Tango (2022)

Original music

Eggshells (1992)

Music

Ein Bett mit Passagieren (1984)

Music

Es werde Licht (1989)

Music

Este año comen un día no y el otro tampoco (1985)

Music

Ett sommarspel (1994)

Music

Gustavo Dudamel at the Paris Opera With artists from the Académie (2023)

Original music

La mitad de un día (1971)

Music

Los Amantes del Tigre (2017)

Music

Lucienne Renaudin Vary - Schleswig-Holstein Festival 2024 (2024)

Original music

Microscopías (2003)

Music

Mind in the Wilderness: Khatia Buniatishvili (2013)

Music

Parlez-moi du Che (1987)

Music

Private concert at Gidon Kremer's home (2024)

Original music

Quinteto Astor Piazzolla - Philharmonie de Paris (2022)

Original music

Richard Galliano New York Tango Trio Jazz sous les Pommiers 2025 (2025)

Original music

Stella Maris (1953)

Music

Stjepan Hauser plays Bach and Morricone @ Château de Neuschwanstein 2025 (2025)

Music

Sucedió en Buenos Aires (1954)

Music

Tango (1985)

Music

The Lying Angel (2020)

Music

Those who will see God (1963)

Music

Tres Desinteresados y un Amante (2017)

Music

Wartime Elegy - An evening of ballet at the National Opera of Ukraine (2024)

¡Felicidades Piazzolla! (2021)

Original music

Acting (6)

Prisioneros de una noche (1962)

The Day You Love Me (1935)

Niño diariero

Argentinísima (1972)

Él mismo

El hombre del sábado (1947)

El cielo en las manos (1950)

Chico & Caetano (1986)

Crew (3)

Deux femmes aujourd'hui (1979)

Compositor

Salvatore Accardo and the Italian Chamber Orchestra in Concert (2012)

Compositor

Tango with 3 Characters in 3 Spaces (2013)

Compositor

Appearances (15)

Piazzolla: The Years of the Shark (2018)

Self (archive footage)

Astor Piazzolla: tango nuevo (2017)

Self (archive footage)

Tango argentino (1969)

Self

Numéro un (1975)

Self

Astor Piazzolla: The Next Tango (2007)

Self

Fuelle querido (1967)

Self

Milva, diva per sempre (2024)

Himself

Quereme así (Piantao) (1997)

Self

Astor Piazzolla - Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival (2008)

Self - bandoneon

Astor Piazzolla en Shams (1985)

Self - Bandoneon

Astor Piazzolla in Portrait (1990)

Self

Astor Piazzolla y su Quinteto Tango Nuevo - Vredenburg Music Hall (1984)

Self - bandoneon

Siempre lunes (1988)

Self - Guest

Tango in Paris: Memories of Astor Piazzolla (2017)

Self (archive footage)

Tango under the Stars - Gustavo Dudamel (2017)

Self - Composer