Astor Piazzolla

Astor Piazzolla

Known for
Sound
Born
March 11, 1921
Died
July 4, 1992 (aged 71)
Birthplace
Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Biography

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".

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

2025
Richard Galliano New York Tango Trio Jazz sous les Pommiers 2025 poster

Richard Galliano New York Tango Trio Jazz sous les Pommiers 2025

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Armonie di Speranza poster

Armonie di Speranza

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Stjepan Hauser plays Bach and Morricone @ Château de Neuschwanstein 2025 poster

Stjepan Hauser plays Bach and Morricone @ Château de Neuschwanstein 2025

Movie · Music

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

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

Movie · Sound

2024
Lucienne Renaudin Vary - Schleswig-Holstein Festival 2024 poster

Lucienne Renaudin Vary - Schleswig-Holstein Festival 2024

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Private concert at Gidon Kremer's home poster

Private concert at Gidon Kremer's home

Movie · Original Music Composer

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

Astor Piazzolla's Maria de Buenos Aires Grand Théâtre de Genève

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Gustavo Dudamel at the Paris Opera With artists from the Académie poster

Gustavo Dudamel at the Paris Opera With artists from the Académie

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Quinteto Astor Piazzolla - Philharmonie de Paris

Quinteto Astor Piazzolla - Philharmonie de Paris

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Contemporary Tango poster

Contemporary Tango

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
¡Felicidades Piazzolla!

¡Felicidades Piazzolla!

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
The Lying Angel poster

The Lying Angel

Movie · Music

2019
María de Buenos Aires poster

María de Buenos Aires

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
Concerto di Carnevale poster

Concerto di Carnevale

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Los Amantes del Tigre

Los Amantes del Tigre

Movie · Music

2017
Tres Desinteresados y un Amante

Tres Desinteresados y un Amante

Movie · Music

2013
Mind in the Wilderness: Khatia Buniatishvili poster

Mind in the Wilderness: Khatia Buniatishvili

Movie · Music

2003
Microscopías poster

Microscopías

Movie · Music

2002
Los simuladores poster

Los simuladores

TV · Songs · 11 eps

1997
Quereme así (Piantao) poster

Quereme así (Piantao)

Movie · Music

1995
The Lion with the White Beard poster

The Lion with the White Beard

Movie · Music

1994
Ett sommarspel poster

Ett sommarspel

Movie · Music

1994
The Color of Love poster

The Color of Love

Movie · Music

1992
The Journey poster

The Journey

Movie · Original Music Composer

1992
Eggshells poster

Eggshells

Movie · Music

1989
Es werde Licht poster

Es werde Licht

Movie · Music

1988
Enligt beslut poster

Enligt beslut

Movie · Music

1988
The South poster

The South

Movie · Musician, Original Music Composer

1987
Parlez-moi du Che poster

Parlez-moi du Che

Movie · Music

1985
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel poster

Tangos, the Exile of Gardel

Movie · Music, Original Music Composer

1985
Tango poster

Tango

Movie · Music

1985
Este año comen un día no y el otro tampoco poster

Este año comen un día no y el otro tampoco

Movie · Music

1984
Ein Bett mit Passagieren poster

Ein Bett mit Passagieren

Movie · Music

1984
Henry IV poster

Henry IV

Movie · Original Music Composer

1984
Cuarteles de invierno poster

Cuarteles de invierno

Movie · Music

1982
Are We? poster

Are We?

Movie · Music

1982
Neon City poster

Neon City

Movie · Music

1982
To Return poster

To Return

Movie · Music

1982
Le Pont du Nord poster

Le Pont du Nord

Movie · Original Music Composer

1981
Paris s'en va poster

Paris s'en va

Movie · Original Music Composer

1981
Barbara poster

Barbara

Movie · Music

1980
El infierno tan temido poster

El infierno tan temido

Movie · Music

1979
The Intruder poster

The Intruder

Movie · Original Music Composer

1979
Gaivotas

Gaivotas

TV · Theme Song Performance, Music · 140 eps

1977
Armageddon poster

Armageddon

Movie · Music

1977
What's Autumn? poster

What's Autumn?

Movie · Music

1976
Lumière poster

Lumière

Movie · Original Music Composer

1975
When the City Awakes poster

When the City Awakes

Movie · Original Music Composer

1975
It's Raining on Santiago poster

It's Raining on Santiago

Movie · Original Music Composer

1973
The Return poster

The Return

Movie · Music

1973
All Nudity Shall Be Punished poster

All Nudity Shall Be Punished

Movie · Music

1972
La ñata contra el vidrio poster

La ñata contra el vidrio

Movie · Sound

1971
La mitad de un día poster

La mitad de un día

Movie · Music

1970
El principio del fin poster

El principio del fin

Movie · Music

1970
Con alma y vida poster

Con alma y vida

Movie · Music

1969
Impasse poster

Impasse

Movie · Music

1969
Kuma-Ching poster

Kuma-Ching

Movie · Original Music Composer

1969
Brief Heaven poster

Brief Heaven

Movie · Music

1969
The Slowness poster

The Slowness

Movie · Original Music Composer

1967
Las pirañas poster

Las pirañas

Movie · Original Music Composer

1966
Las locas del conventillo poster

Las locas del conventillo

Movie · Original Music Composer

1965
Con gusto a rabia poster

Con gusto a rabia

Movie · Music

1964
Extraña ternura poster

Extraña ternura

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
El nacimiento de un libro poster

El nacimiento de un libro

Movie · Music

1963
Those who will see God poster

Those who will see God

Movie · Music

1963
La fin del mundo poster

La fin del mundo

Movie · Music Director

1963
Paula Cautiva poster

Paula Cautiva

Movie · Music

1962
Detrás de la mentira poster

Detrás de la mentira

Movie · Music

1961
Last year of Nacional High School poster

Last year of Nacional High School

Movie · Music

1960
The Furies poster

The Furies

Movie · Music

1960
El crack poster

El crack

Movie · Music

1960
Saturday Night, Cinema poster

Saturday Night, Cinema

Movie · Original Music Composer

1958
Dos basuras poster

Dos basuras

Movie · Songs

1957
Operación Antartida poster

Operación Antartida

Movie · Music

1957
Violencia en la ciudad poster

Violencia en la ciudad

Movie · Music

1957
A Difficult Widow poster

A Difficult Widow

Movie · Original Music Composer

1957
Historia de una carta poster

Historia de una carta

Movie · Music

1956
Marta Ferrari poster

Marta Ferrari

Movie · Music

1956
The Bitter Stems poster

The Bitter Stems

Movie · Original Music Composer

1954
Sucedió en Buenos Aires

Sucedió en Buenos Aires

Movie · Music

1953
Stella Maris poster

Stella Maris

Movie · Music

1950
El cielo en las manos poster

El cielo en las manos

Movie · Music, Original Music Composer

1950
Steel racing cars poster

Steel racing cars

Movie · Music

1949
Con los mismos colores poster

Con los mismos colores

Movie · Music