With its beginnings in traditional tango, the Argentine composer's work has taken on new life through different instrumentations, adaptations, and genre-bending arrangements. Author Austin Way is a ...

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Dudamel leads the LA Philharmonic in Astor Piazzolla's Libertango while dancers tango. Maestro Gustavo Dudamel leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Astor Piazzolla's Libertango while dancers from ...

When Astor Piazzolla received a bandoneon from his father, as a present, he was disappointed. This was an instrument for that old tango music his dad liked. And then he played it, and he was hooked.

Although vibraphonist Gary Burton’s performing career includes jazz stints with George Shearing, Stan Getz, Chick Corea and others, he also toured and recorded with composer-bandoneon player Astor ...

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 ...

Born 100 years ago today, composer Piazzolla revolutionised the traditional tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. Here’s why Google is celebrating him today. Astor Piazzolla, ...

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, ...

È morto a 83 anni Pino Presti, bassista, arrangiatore e compositore. Ha collaborato con Mina e Astor Piazzolla, firmando il basso di “Libertango”.

Un tempo si credeva che in Argentina potesse cambiare tutto tranne il tango. Una verità che si frantumò nei respiri struggenti del bandoneon di un uomo nato a Mar del Plata, di origini italiane, che ...

Entre éxitos como ‘Libertango’ y composiciones menos conocidas, el Quinteto se presentará en Medellín, Cali y Bogotá.