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Astor Piazzolla

composer and bandoneón player

Mar del Plata, Argentina · 1921-03-11 – 1992-07-04

Astor Piazzolla is credited on 4,310 releases across 912 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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4,310

Pressings credited

912

Albums

8

Decades active

127

In collections

Biography

Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (Latin American Spanish: [asˈtoɾ pjaˈsola], Italian: [pjatˈtsɔlla]; March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) 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".

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4,310 releases · 912 albums · active 1955–2026

  • Performance · 7,276
  • Other credits · 1,732
  • Production · 41

Studios: Mondial Sound · Estudios ION · Rüssl Studio · Wiener Konzerthaus

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