His parents were poor Italian immigrants who moved to New York City in 1924, affording the. "Yo Soy María by Astor Piazzolla." Wind Band Literature, 8 July 2021. Piazzolla was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on March 11, 1921. 3: 'Astor Pantaleon Piazzolla, the only child of Vicente Piazzolla and his wife Asunta Manetti, was born there Mar del Plata at around two in the morning on Friday, 11 March 1921, in a. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango. Sy Scholfield quotes from 'Le Grand Tango: The Life and Music of Astor Piazzolla' by Mara Susana Azzi and Simon Collier (Oxford University Press, 2000), p. Selections from "Cinco Piezas" for Guitar Astor Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer and bandonen player.Yo Soy Maria (Flex instrumentation) (arr.In 1992, American music critic Stephen Holden described Piazzolla as "the world's foremost composer of tango music". A virtuoso bandoneonist, he regularly performed his own compositions with a variety of ensembles. This special two-CD release presents almost 90 minutes of Astor Piazzolla’s music in authentic, exciting, and beautiful performances. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. Astor Piazolla was the man who dared to change the tango and who, with his bandoneon, brought the tango into modern music. Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla (11 March 1921, Mar del Plata, Argentina – 4 July 1992, Buenos Aires, Argentina) was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger.