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 ...

Ástor Piazzolla, the visionary Argentinian composer, band leader and bandoneon virtuoso who created the revolutionary nuevo tango style in the 1950s, is being celebrated around the world today, March ...

Always shaking, never stirred, Parma Recordings CEO Bob Lord has added yet another new, ambitious undertaking to his plate in the form of an online musical competition which is dubbed the Piazzolla ...

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 ...

Since Astor Piazzolla's death in 1992 there has been no shortage of admirers determined to keep his creative flame alight. His music has appeared in all manner of arrangements, which have only rarely ...

The Artemis Quartet are often asked why, with the whole vast string-quartet repertoire at their feet, they want to play tango music by Astor Piazzolla. Cellist Eckart Runge, who has been chiefly ...

Since the death of Astor Piazzolla in 1992, the popularity of his music has increased exponentially, and his works continue to appear on disc in countless arrangements for all manner of instrumental ...

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PARMA Recordings, Fundación Astor Piazzolla, and the composer's family have announced the Finalists for all divisions of the Competition, listed below. Inclusive of all pre-professional and ...

Ask the Argentine drummer Daniel 'Pipi' Piazzolla about the role of claves in his music and you shouldn't expect an answer so much as an exuberant lesson. Piazzolla, the leader of the celebrated ...