Astor Piazzolla
Actor
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".
Filmography
Prisioneros de una noche
1962
Piazzolla: The Years of the Shark
as Self (archive footage) 2018
Astor Piazzolla: tango nuevo
as Self (archive footage) 2017
Tango argentino
as Self 1969
El hombre del sábado
1947
Astor Piazzolla: The Next Tango
as Self 2007
Argentinísima
as Él mismo 1972
Milva, diva per sempre
as Himself 2024
Astor Piazzolla en Shams
as Self - Bandoneon 1985
El cielo en las manos
1950
Tango under the Stars - Gustavo Dudamel
as Self - Composer 2017
Astor Piazzolla in Portrait
as Self 1990
Fuelle querido
as Self 1967
Quereme así (Piantao)
as Self 1997
Tango in Paris: Memories of Astor Piazzolla
as Self (archive footage) 2017
Astor Piazzolla - Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival
as Self - bandoneon 2008