Astor Piazzolla

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".

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Day You Love Me (1935) — Niño diariero
2. Prisioneros de una noche (1962)
3. Champs-Elysées (1982) — Self
4. Piazzolla: The Years of the Shark (2018) — Self (archive footage)
5. Astor Piazzolla: tango nuevo (2017) — Self (archive footage)
6. Tango argentino (1969) — Self
7. Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
8. El hombre del sábado (1947)
9. Argentinísima (1972) — Él mismo
10. Numéro un (1975) — Self
11. El cielo en las manos (1950)
12. Astor Piazzolla: The Next Tango (2007) — Self
13. Fuelle querido (1967) — Self
14. Quereme así (Piantao) (1997) — Self
15. Milva, diva per sempre (2024) — Himself
16. Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) — Self
17. Astor Piazzolla en Shams (1985) — Self - Bandoneon
18. Tango under the Stars - Gustavo Dudamel (2017) — Self - Composer
19. Astor Piazzolla in Portrait (1990) — Self
20. Tango in Paris: Memories of Astor Piazzolla (2017) — Self (archive footage)
21. Astor Piazzolla - Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival (2008) — Self - bandoneon
22. Astor Piazzolla y su Quinteto Tango Nuevo - Vredenburg Music Hall (1984) — Self - bandoneon
23. Bei Bio (1983) — Self
24. Chico & Caetano (1986)
25. Siempre lunes (1988) — Self - Guest