Great Performances - Piazzolla’s History with Tango

Harry Lynch | Documentary, Musical, Series

2023 | 60 minutes | United States

Scott Yoo and his wife Alice Dade, a leading flutist, travel to Buenos Aires to discover the music of Astor Piazzolla

Synopsis

Scott Yoo and his wife Alice Dade, a leading flutist, travel to Buenos Aires to discover the music of Astor Piazzolla, who fell in love with tango. Then fell out of love. Then tango fell out of love with him. Scott and Alice play with Argentina’s greatest musicians and dancers, to find out if Piazzolla and tango could ever reconcile.

Series Description
Join Scott Yoo, renowned violinist and conductor of the Mexico City Philharmonic, in Now Hear This, a new documentary miniseries presented by Great Performances that merges music, storytelling, and travel, as he chases the secret histories of some of the greatest music ever written.

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Main credits

Lynch, Harry (film director)
Lynch, Harry (screenwriter)
Lynch, Harry (film producer)
Yoo, Scott (host)

Other credits

Cinematography, Brian Nelligan, Therese Tran; editing, Yusef Svačina.


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DIRECTOR: Harry Lynch

NATIONALITY: United States

YEAR: 2023

GENRE: Documentary, Musical, Series

LANGUAGE: English

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: Upper Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College, Adults

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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