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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 11 and beyond on the centennial of his birth.
A legend during and beyond his lifetime, Piazzolla died in 1992 at the age of 71. His daring, genre-blurring music is still played around the word the coronavirus pandemic not withstanding by symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles and jazz groups. It can also be heard on his many albums, including a live recording with jazz vibraphone great Gary Burton, and in the music for such films as “12 Monkeys,” “Frantic” and “Infierno Tan Temido.”
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The competition seeks to find musicians of any instrument or voice type with an affinity for Piazzolla’s work
Marking Astor Piazzolla’s 100th anniversary, the Fundacioìn Astor Piazzolla is launching the first edition of the Piazzolla Music Competition.
The competition, aimed at both soloists and ensembles, seeks to find musicians of any instrument or voice type, with an affinity for Piazzola’s work, who will be able to add to the composer’s catalogue. Applicants can include pre-professional or professional soloists or ensembles of no more than six. They can be of any nationality, and must be over the age of 13.