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Piazzolla, the father of Nuevo Tango was born 100 years ago

2021-03-10T16:25:57.988Z


As happened to many of the great innovators, Astor Piazzolla also paid a heavy price for his desire to change tradition to the point of being called "the killer of the Tango" by those who could not accept a way of understanding this extraordinary ... (HANDLE)


(ANSA) - ROME, MARCH 10 - As happened to many of the great innovators, Astor Piazzolla also paid a heavy price for his desire to change tradition to the point of being called "the killer of Tango" by those who could not accept a way understand this extraordinary musical universe that was not that of Gardel.


   Today, celebrating the centenary of his birth (11 March 1921, Mar del Plata, Argentina), the genius of the musician of Italian origin, as Italian are the roots of Tango, is universally celebrated, but his path is not so much towards glory, because the international appreciation has never been lacking, but towards that homeland recognition of his value as a composer tout court and of innovative genius has been long and bumpy.


   Who knows if its roots lie at the basis of this situation, but it is certain that Italy was a second homeland for Piazzolla also on a musical level, the ideal place to lay the foundations of the Nuevo Tango, using electric instruments, drums, singers like Mina. , Milva, Iva Zanicchi.


   Precisely in Italy, and with Italian musicians, he recorded one of the most famous titles of an immense discography, that "Libertango" that never fails in homages to the master.


   Of course today no one discusses the genius of AstorPiazzolla anymore, it doesn't happen in Argentina where now his compositions, from works for orchestra, to famous pieces such as "Ballada par un loco" or "Adios Nonino" (dedicated to his father) are part of the culture of the country.


   But the most powerful demonstration of his genius comes from the very rich catalog of tributes rendered by musicians of all backgrounds, such as the great violin virtuoso Gidon Kremer, who in his "Hommage a Piazzolla" performs one of the most beautiful versions of "Oblivion", one of Astor's masterpieces. Piazzolla, a sort of musical essay on melancholy that contains the most authentic spirit of Tango.

(HANDLE).


Source: ansa

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