Led and choreographed by Germán Cornejo, one of today's most influential tango artists, Tango After Dark comes to Québec for ...

Ástor Piazzolla, the visionary Argentinian composer, band leader and bandoneon virtuoso who created the revolutionary nuevo tango style in the 1950s, is being celebrated around the world today, March ...

The suave singer is synonymous with tango. Gardel revolutionized the style of music and brought it from the underground dance salons to the... Carlos Gardel: Argentina's Tango Maestro On the streets ...

Eight-year-old Astor Piazzolla, a street-smart New Yorker, wanted a baseball bat, a biographer would later recount. What he got was a bandoneón, a bulky instrument of rural German origin that crossed ...

Astor Piazzolla occupies a unique position in modern musical composition. His work is as “popular” in its origins as jazz or blues, though it is frequently heard on classical-music stations—where his ...

Since the late 19th century, Jewish immigrants in Argentina have had a love affair with the tango. From playing guitar, piano and accordion to writing music, singing and dancing, Jews have had a close ...

Tango Buenos Aires, a high-energy tango dancing company that has traveled the world and will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Pabst Theater. Bring together the choreography of one world-renowned ...

Tanghetto, a new wave electro-tango dance band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, will perform Saturday, July 7, at Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St., Woodstock. There will be a champagne meet and greet ...

When people think about the performing arts in Buenos Aires, Argentina, tango normally comes to mind first — and for good reason. You can find porteños (Buenos Aires locals) tangoing any day of the ...

If you go to a milonga, or social dance, to do tango dancing in Buenos Aires, you’ll likely be doing it to live music. In western Massachusetts? No so much. Now, though, Western Mass Tango, which has ...