Homage to Astor Piazzolla : a documentary by Christopher Nupen / Christopher Nupen, director.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Nupen, Christopher, film director.

Piazzolla, Astor, performer.

Allegro Films.

Language:

English

Genre:

Internet videos

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (50 min., 22 sec.)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Allegro Films, 1998.

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

Passion: the word that best sums up the life and music of Astor Piazzolla. Too "classical" for proponents of the tango tradition, yet too "traditional" for twentieth-century avant-gardists, Piazzolla infused new passion into a genre crying out for reinvention. His work met with great enthusiasm in both Europe and Japan, and it stirred such fervor in Piazzolla's native Argentina that he occasionally met with threats and even violence for his radical ideas. After training with Argentine great Alberto Ginastera, Piazzolla moved to Paris and studied under the legendary Nadia Boulanger (who also taught--among many other luminaries--Michel Legrand, Aaron Copland, Elliott Carter, and Philip Glass), whose encouragement proved pivotal in shaping Piazzolla's artistic aspirations. His tango nuevo revitalized the form, adding new instruments and expanding the harmonic and melodic possibilities of tango for the generations to come. Through interviews and concert footage (including with Gidon Kremer, Latvian violin virtuoso who has continued to champion Piazzolla's music), this film by Christopher Nupen--music documentarian par excellence--offers a vivid portrait of a dynamic figure who so perfectly straddled the intersection of improvisation, interpretation, and composition

Contents:

Tango / Traditional

Escualo / Ástor Piazzolla

The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires / Ástor Piazzolla

Tangata / Ástor Piazzolla

Pachouli / Ástor Piazzolla

Soledad / Ástor Piazzolla

Allegro tangabile / Ástor Piazzolla

Celos / Ástor Piazzolla

Buenos Aires: Hora Cero / Ástor Piazzolla

Instead of a Tango / Giya Kancheli

Oblivion / Ástor Piazzolla.

Participant:

Ástor Piazzolla, bandoneonist.

Notes:

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Contains:

Container of: Piazzolla, Astor. Escualo.

Container of: Piazzolla, Astor. Cuatro estaciones porteñas.

Container of: Piazzolla, Astor. Silfo y Ondine suite. Tangata.

Container of: Piazzolla, Astor. Pachouli.

Container of: Piazzolla, Astor. Silfo y Ondine suite. Soledad.

Container of: Piazzolla, Ástor. Allegro tangabile.

Container of: Piazzolla, Astor. Celos.

Container of: Piazzolla, Astor. Buenos Aires hora cero.

Container of: Kancheli, Gii︠a︡. Statt eines Tangos.

Container of: Piazzolla, Astor. Enrico IV. Oblivión.

OCLC:

1190903572

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.