Astor Piazzolla

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Astor Piazzolla

Sound March 11, 1921

Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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 nu…

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Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées

6.8 1982 TV Show
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

6.0 1975 TV Show
Numéro un

Numéro un

7.5 1975 TV Show
Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier

8.0 1972 TV Show
Los simuladores

Los simuladores

8.7 2002 TV Show
Armageddon

Armageddon

5.8 1977 Movie
Le Pont du Nord

Le Pont du Nord

6.8 1982 Movie
The Bitter Stems

The Bitter Stems

7.1 1956 Movie
The South

The South

6.6 1988 Movie
Operación Antartida

Operación Antartida

10.0 1957 Movie
Henry IV

Henry IV

6.5 1984 Movie
The Journey

The Journey

6.1 1992 Movie

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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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  1. 2025
    Stjepan Hauser plays Bach and Morricone @ Château de Neuschwanstein 2025

    Movie Music

  2. 2025
    Armonie di Speranza

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 2025
    Richard Galliano New York Tango Trio Jazz sous les Pommiers 2025

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 2024
    Wartime Elegy - An evening of ballet at the National Opera of Ukraine

    Movie Sound

  5. 2024
    Lucienne Renaudin Vary - Schleswig-Holstein Festival 2024

    Movie Original Music Composer

  6. 2024
    Milva, diva per sempre

    Movie Himself

  7. 2024
    Private concert at Gidon Kremer's home

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 2023
    Astor Piazzolla's Maria de Buenos Aires Grand Théâtre de Genève

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 2023
    Gustavo Dudamel at the Paris Opera With artists from the Académie

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 2022
    Quinteto Astor Piazzolla - Philharmonie de Paris

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 2022
    Contemporary Tango

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 2021
    ¡Felicidades Piazzolla!

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 2020
    The Lying Angel

    Movie Music

  14. 2019
    María de Buenos Aires

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 2019
    Concerto di Carnevale

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 2018
    Piazzolla: The Years of the Shark

    Movie Self (archive footage)

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  1. 2017
    Tres Desinteresados y un Amante

    Movie Music

  2. 2017
    Tango in Paris: Memories of Astor Piazzolla

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2017
    Astor Piazzolla: tango nuevo

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2017
    Los Amantes del Tigre

    Movie Music

  5. 2017
    Tango under the Stars - Gustavo Dudamel

    Movie Self - Composer

  6. 2013
    Mind in the Wilderness: Khatia Buniatishvili

    Movie Music

  7. 2012
    Salvatore Accardo and the Italian Chamber Orchestra in Concert

    Movie Compositor

  8. 2008
    Astor Piazzolla - Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival

    Movie Self - bandoneon

  9. 2007
    Astor Piazzolla: The Next Tango

    Movie Self

  10. 2003
    Microscopías

    Movie Music

  11. 2002
    Los simuladores

    TV show Songs

  12. 1997
    Quereme así (Piantao)

    Movie Self

  13. 1995
    The Lion with the White Beard

    Movie Music

  14. 1994
    The Color of Love

    Movie Music

  15. 1994
    Ett sommarspel

    Movie Music

  16. 1992
    Eggshells

    Movie Music

  17. 1992
    The Journey

    Movie Original Music Composer

  18. 1990
    Astor Piazzolla in Portrait

    Movie Self

  19. 1989
    Es werde Licht

    Movie Music

  20. 1988
    Enligt beslut

    Movie Music

  21. 1988
    Siempre lunes

    TV show Self - Guest

  22. 1988
    The South

    Movie Musician

  23. 1987
    Parlez-moi du Che

    Movie Music

  24. 1986
    Chico & Caetano

    TV show