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 ...

This weekend, the Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra presents both masterpieces in two concerts called “Sultry Strings,” featuring ...

Ask the Argentine drummer Daniel 'Pipi' Piazzolla about the role of claves in his music and you shouldn't expect an answer so much as an exuberant lesson. Piazzolla, the leader of the celebrated ...

Buenos Aires doesn’t forget you, tango that you were and will be. —“Somebody Tells It to the Tango,” Jorge Luis Borges/Astor Piazzolla THE KID WASN’T THRILLED with Dad’s gift — an accordion-like ...

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 ...

Jonathan Yuen Siu-him, not Jonathan Yuen Yee-hang, performed the encore. Just how interchangeable are the skills of a viola player and a violinist? In a concert with the Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra, ...

Song: I personally think it’s a lot lighter than Piazzolla's nuevo tango. I think the reinterpreted pieces can appeal to a wider audience, not just in those who enjoy classical music or jazz music, ...

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 ...

Clockwise from top left: Annemieke McLane, Jeremiah McLane, Sarah Cullins, Daniel Gaviria Credit: Courtesy of Piazzolla Project The group has performed just twice since its debut in November 2014 ...

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 ...