You can't get any closer to Astor Piazzolla!
After Astor Piazzolla's death, his wife Laura Escalada Piazzolla started the Astor Piazzolla Foundation to protect and carry forward her husband's artistic and musical legacy. To this end, she founded the Quinteto Astor Piazzolla in 1998, modeled after Piazzolla's own sensational quintet from the 1960s.
The only ensemble in the world that can bear Piazzolla's name
Quinteto Astor Piazzolla is the only ensemble in the world that can bear Piazzolla's name. Above all, it is "the only ensemble that can match the master's unique and inimitable style in tango nuevo. It is praised and awarded worldwide. The most recent award is a Latin Grammy in the category "Best Tango Album of 2023" for their album Operation Tango.
Virtuoso
Fitting its name, this virtuoso ensemble plays a program in the distinctive Piazzolla style and the nuevo tango. A nice mix of classics and new works, of well-known and lesser-known works that have not yet had the chance to be heard around the world. To give old and new audiences the chance to form both a nostalgic and fresh view of Piazzolla's work.
Tango Brutal
This concert is part of the Tango Brutal festival.