Biography astor piazzolla

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Piazzolla was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina in 1921; he was the son of Vicente Piazzolla and Asunta Manetti (both also born in Mar del Plata, and children of Italian parents).

The Astor name did not exist at the time and his father named his son in homage to his friend Astore Bolognini, motorcycle racer and first cellist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

In 1924 the family moved to New York, United States, Astor lived a large part of his childhood in that city, and learned his third language, English, since he knew Spanish and Italian.

Outcast from sports as a result of a malformation in one of his legs, in 1927, feeling nostalgic for his native Argentina, Astor’s father bought him a used bandoneon in a pawnshop for $18.

When he was given the bandoneon, Astor recalled, he stared at it for a long time before daring to press the buttons (read the Note 1 about the bandoneón below)

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