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 ...

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 ...

Eight-year-old Astor Piazzolla, a street-smart New Yorker, wanted a baseball bat, a biographer would later recount. What he got was a bandoneón, a bulky instrument of rural German origin that crossed ...

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra doesn’t address music of Latin America nearly often enough, so Thursday night’s program amounted to a welcome – if brief – corrective. The focal point was Argentine ...

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 Piazzolla occupies a unique position in modern musical composition. His work is as “popular” in its origins as jazz or blues, though it is frequently heard on classical-music stations—where his ...

When he was 12, Julien Labro realized music could evoke a deep emotional response. The Frenchman was three years deep into playing the accordion, after seeing it on TV and falling in love with its ...

The sold-out performance at 312 W 36th Street gave audiences a first taste of what will soon blossom into a full-length production, set to premiere on May 16, 2025, at Theater at St. Jean, and later ...

Astor Piazzolla was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on March 11, 1921, and died on July 4, 1992, in Buenos Aires. He has been remembered through numerous initiatives and recordings, including ...

Today's casual observer might be forgiven for thinking of Astor Piazzolla simply as an avuncular accordion-wielding avatar of Argentine tango traditionalism. But he called his music "nuevo tango" for ...

An Argentine couple proved that they have the best tango-dancing chops in the world. A hometown couple triumphed Monday in Argentina's annual tango competition, outdancing pairs from around the world.

Astor Piazzolla revolutionized the tango By breaking with the codes of traditional tango he brought this popular Argentine music from dance floors to concert halls around the world and is now ...