ASTOR PIAZZOLLA in Portrait

Exploring Piazzolla’s vibrant musical influence around the world, this DVD charts the events of his turbulent, complicated personal and professional life through candid and revealing interviews with Piazzolla himself, his family, friends and the great Argentinian musicians who performed with him.

This extended DVD version of Mike Dibb’s new film Tango Maestro includes rare and wonderful archive sequences spanning 30 years of filmed performances by Piazzolla’s own groups with contributions from other virtuoso performers drawn to his music, including Daniel Barenboim, Yo-Yo Ma, jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton, the Kronos Quartet, The Gotan Project, the Tango Pasión dance company, and Astor’s close friend Richard Galliano.

Running time: approx 213 mins
Region Code: All regions
Picture format: 4:3/16:9 Anamorphic
Sound format: Dolby Stereo
Menu languages: EN
Subtitle languages: EN/FR/DE/ES/IT
Dimensions (mm): W135 H190 D15

Cat. No.: OA 0905 D