Astor Piazzolla

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 worlds foremost composer of tango music