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Astor Piazzolla (March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. An excellent bandoneonist, he regularly performed his own compositions with different ensembles. He is known in his native land as “El Gran Astor” (“The Great Astor”).
Born in Argentina in 1921 to immigrant Italian parents, Piazzolla spent most of his childhood with his family in New York City. While there, he acquired fluency in four languages: Spanish, English, French, and Italian. He also started playing the bandoneon, quickly rising to the status of child prodigy. While still quite young, he met Carlos Gardel, another great figure of Argentine tango. He returned to Argentina in 1937, where strictly traditional tango still reigned, and played in night clubs with a series of groups. The pianist Arthur Rubinstein (then living in Buenos Aires) advised him to study with the Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera. Delving into scores of Stravinsky, Bartók, Ravel, and others, he gave up tango temporarily and worked as a modernist classical composer.
At Ginastera’s urging, in 1953 Piazzolla entered his “Buenos Aires” Symphony in a composition contest, and won a grant from the French government to study in Paris with the French composer and conductor Nadia Boulanger. The insightful Boulanger turned his life around in a day, as Piazzolla tells beautifully in his own words:
Born in Argentina in 1921 to immigrant Italian parents, Piazzolla spent most of his childhood with his family in New York City. While there, he acquired fluency in four languages: Spanish, English, French, and Italian. He also started playing the bandoneon, quickly rising to the status of child prodigy. While still quite young, he met Carlos Gardel, another great figure of Argentine tango. He returned to Argentina in 1937, where strictly traditional tango still reigned, and played in night clubs with a series of groups. The pianist Arthur Rubinstein (then living in Buenos Aires) advised him to study with the Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera. Delving into scores of Stravinsky, Bartók, Ravel, and others, he gave up tango temporarily and worked as a modernist classical composer.
At Ginastera’s urging, in 1953 Piazzolla entered his “Buenos Aires” Symphony in a composition contest, and won a grant from the French government to study in Paris with the French composer and conductor Nadia Boulanger. The insightful Boulanger turned his life around in a day, as Piazzolla tells beautifully in his own words:
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Adios Nonino
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Milonga del Angel
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Oblivion
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Meditango
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Adiós Nonino
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Undertango
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Amelitango
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Balada Para Un Loco
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Verano Porteño
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Fuga Y Misterio
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Novitango
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washingtonbraga wrote:
Grande!!!!
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Kraller wrote:
the best
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EchotheSun wrote:
novitango. <3
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LorenaStrohner wrote:
love love love
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hicazkalender wrote:
legend
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MelynasJautis wrote:
When I think tango, I think Piazzolla! :) [3]
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kaperzu wrote:
Belesa
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Fviegas wrote:
a genius! "tango: zero hour" was surely made in heaven
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FLCNr wrote:
Amazing.
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Jozzsdorowsky wrote:
Astor no se acentúa.. o si? bueno en ninguno de sus discos sale acentuado...
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ikarus999 wrote:
genial!
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rinistiltskin wrote:
Guys, please vote for Ástor Piazzolla, as that is the correct spelling of his name. I wish last.fm would merge these two pages.
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Jussweetmusic wrote:
Delicious
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frecuencia_cero wrote:
Almost all of the songs in Astor Piazzolla radio are different covers of Libertango by various artists. Libertango is a great song, but it is not only the great song of the Great Astor :)
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rafaelcarneiro wrote:
completamente sem noção, verdadeiramente música contemporânea argentina
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LussyPips wrote:
We like this music in outer space.
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tonlima wrote:
When I think tango, I think Piazzolla! :) [2]
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Mandro wrote:
ah, grande, grande Piazzolla
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dante_portinari wrote:
Todas las locuras.
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AdrianaBS wrote:
lindo.
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