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.
Citation
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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Pragda subjects
Biography
Culture + Identity
Latin American Studies
Music
South America
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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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