Place of Birth: Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBirthday: 11 March 1921Bio: 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\".
