- Birthday
- 1921-03-11
- Deathday
- 1992-07-04
- Place of Birth
- Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Astor Piazzolla
SoundBiography
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".
