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 ...

As a budding composer, New Tango master Astor Piazzolla didn’t much care for tango. He wanted to be a classical musician. But he would go on to achieve international fame and grudging recognition of ...

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 ...

Argentinian composer Gustavo Santaollala is best known for his soundtracks (Brokeback Mountain, Babel, Motorcycle Diaries), but his side project, Bajofondo Tango Club, now called just Bajofondo goes ...

If Argentine composer and performer Astor Piazzolla didn't exist, the subgenre of "Nuevo Tango" — a mix of tango, classical and jazz — wouldn't, either, nor would this taster of accordion jazz.

Lesley Karsten, accompanied by a live band, plays Piazzolla: "He challenged all the rules. Well, why can't I challenge the rules?" she says. By Judy Cantor-Navas The story of the great nuevo tango ...

Daniel Rosenfeld’s “Piazzolla, the Years of the Shark,” a biographical documentary about tango musician Astor Piazzolla, world premieres at the Intl. Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).

When he died in 1992, Astor Piazzolla left a huge legacy of studio and live records, but it was a decade until his reputation began to grow internationally. The series of Piazzolla discs begun in 1996 ...