Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works 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".
The Tango Lesson is a 1997 drama film written and directed by Sally Potter. It is a semi-autobiographical film starring Potter and Pablo Verón, about Argentinian Tango.
Tango is a style of music in 2
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Carlos Di Sarli was an Argentine tango musician, orchestra leader, composer and pianist.
Osvaldo Pedro Pugliese was an Argentine tango musician. He developed dramatic arrangements that retained strong elements of the walking beat of salon tango but also heralded the development of concert-style tango music. Some of his music, mostly since the 1950s, is used for theatrical dance performances. In Buenos Aires, Pugliese is often played later in the evening when the dancers want to dance more slowly, impressionistically and intimately.
Aníbal Carmelo Troilo, also known as Pichuco, was an Argentine tango musician.
Tanghetto is an Argentinian neotango and electronic tango music project created and led by musician and producer Max Masri. It won the Gardel Award and was nominated five times to the Latin Grammy Awards. It's based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Emigrante (electrotango) is the debut album by Buenos Aires-based neo-tango band Tanghetto. The album was released in 2003, reaching gold sales in early 2005 and soon became platinum and double platinum. In 2004 Emigrante (electrotango) was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award.
Hybrid Tango was a side project by the members of Buenos Aires–based electronic neo-tango band Tanghetto. Retroactively it was considered a Tanghetto album and some of the songs released in this album became regulars in Tanghetto's live setlists.
Samuel Castriota was an Argentine pianist, guitarist and composer. He is the composer of the tango Mi noche triste, among other works.
Otros Aires is an Argentine 21st-century tango music group founded in 2003 in Barcelona by Argentine musician and architect Miguel Di Genova.
El Miedo a la Libertad is the second studio by Buenos Aires–based electronic neo-tango band Tanghetto, or the third, considering that their side project Hybrid Tango (2004) is in fact part of their official discography, as well as part of their regular live repertoire. The album was released in March 2008.
Buenos Aires Remixed is a remix album from the Argentine neotango band Tanghetto. The album includes 12 remixes of older songs from the band in a house / progressive mood. However, the most remarkable feature of this album are the two covers especially recorded by the band to be part of this album: Depeche Mode's classic from 1990, Enjoy the Silence and New Order's 1983 "Blue Monday".
Miguel Angel Varvello is an Argentinian musician who plays and teaches the bandoneon.
Mariano Alberto Martínez, known professionally as Mariano Mores, was an Argentine tango composer and pianist.
Más Allá del Sur is Argentine electrotango band Tanghetto's third studio album. The album was released in November 2009.
Summit is an album by Argentinean bandoneonist Astor Piazzolla and jazz saxophonist Gerry Mulligan. The original LP was recorded and released in Italy in 1974.
Rodolfo Miguel Montironi is an Argentine bandoneonist, conductor, composer and arranger who has been involved in many tango orchestras in addition to his own.
Vivo is the first of two studio albums released by Argentine electrotango band Tanghetto. It was recorded during the El Miedo a la Libertad and Más Allá del Sur tours from 2007 through 2010, in different cities in South America, North America and Europe.
Hybrid Tango II is Argentine electrotango band Tanghetto's sixth studio album. The album was released in May 2014.
