PBS

Now Hear This “Piazzolla’s History with Tango”

Tango to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with host Scott Yoo. Tango to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with host Scott Yoo and flutist Alice Dade to explore the evolution of composer Astor Piazzolla’s work and the ...
Jazz

Astor Piazzolla

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 ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Astor Piazzolla at 100: Argentina’s nuevo tango pioneer is honored worldwide for his still-electrifying music

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 ...
Jazz

Quinteto Astor Piazzolla

Following the passing of the renowned Argentine composer and bandoneon player, Laura Escalada Piazzolla founded the Astor Piazzolla Foundation with the mission of preserving and promoting the ...
PBS

Now Hear This “Piazzolla’s History with Tango”

Tango to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with host Scott Yoo and flutist Alice Dade to explore the evolution of composer Astor Piazzolla’s work and the music genre itself as it becomes fused with jazz across ...