There's an Argentine proverb that says, "Everything changes except the tango." That was true — until Astor Piazzolla revolutionized the genre. Rarely is the name of a composer and musician so closely ...

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 ...

In our weekly series, One Special Thing, the Globe arts staff highlights something timeless — movies, books, TV shows, albums, paintings, plays, symphonies, dishes — that we return to in good times ...

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 ...

Lesley Karsten, accompanied by a live band, plays Piazzolla: "He challenged all the rules. Well, why can't I challenge the rules?" she says. By Judy Cantor-Navas The story of the great nuevo tango ...

For musicians and aficionados of Argentine tango, the scale and scope of the Astor Piazzolla collection at UC Santa Barbara is staggering. Thousands of pages of the composer’s original sheet music.

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 ...

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 ...

In New York he met Carlos Gardel, who is recognized worldwide as the soul of tango. In exchange for working as a handyman, Piazzolla received advice and a small part in the film El día que me quieras ...

This weekend sees the 22nd anniversary of the passing of one of the century's leading South American musicians, Astor Piazzolla. He was rightly lauded as the king of the tango, but there was much more ...

Earlier this month was the birth centenary of the larger-than-life Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger Astor Piazzolla (March 11, 1921-July 4, 1992). To mark the anniversary, The ...