Astor Piazzolla brought the tango from the streets of Buenos Aires into concert halls around the world. We'll enjoy his History of the Tango during our music this evening beginning at 8 p.m on 91.1 ...

Astor Piazzolla occupies a unique position in modern musical composition. His work is as “popular” in its origins as jazz or blues, though it is frequently heard on classical-music stations—where his ...

Tango music has influenced many nations as it travels around the world. Tango My Passion, an episode of the Musical Discoveries series produced by Dr. Monika Krajewska, is a short documentary tracing ...

Histoire du Tango (composed in 1985) is a classic composition by the Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger Astor Piazzolla. It is a four-movement piece that chronicles the history ...

Teatro Círculo continues its 30th Anniversary celebration with the world premiere of TANGO UNTANGLED, from April 12-21, 2024 created by Argentinian pianist Maurizio Najt, in a presentation of Jurukán ...

In this activity students will listen to and analyze characteristics of tango music, especially rhythm, and experiment with variations in tempo. Caeli Smith and Christoper O'Riley on stage at Carnegie ...

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 ...

In the dirty, crowded, and impoverished immigrant barrios of Buenos Aires of 1913, a 17-year-old girl arrives with little more than some clothes and her grandfather's violin. Her name is Leda, and she ...

The vibrant sound of tango danced through Auer Hall on Thursday night as the Latin American Music Center invited Latin Grammy winning tango-bassist Pablo Aslan to lead a tango-jazz concert celebrating ...