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Oblivion for flute and piano

By Piazzolla Astor

Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion for Oboe (or Flute) and Piano was written in 1982 and used in a soundtrack of Mario Bellocchio’s film “Enrich IV” (arranged by Luca De Franceschi). Since then there are many versions of this composition for various instruments and ensembles.

Andrea Oliva

Andrea Oliva (flute), Roberto Arosio (piano). Live performance from Festival Fiati Albano, 2019

Oblivion

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Piazzolla Astor

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) was an Argentinian composer, known for his inconceivable ability to apply sounds and rhythms of Argentinian tango to virtually any music form. Even though Piazzolla was raised in New York, young Astor was exposed to different cultures and learned to play bandoneón (concertina type instrument invented by Heinrich Band). When he turned 16, Astor moved to Argentina to become a professional tango musician.
Tango dance originated in the end of 19th century as a part of bar and brothel culture of Buenos Aires, combining various native dance styles (milonga, habanera and candombe) and typically accompanied by bandoneón, piano, violin, guitar and double bass.  There Piazzolla started to study composition. Initially with Alberto Ginastera and later with Nadia Boulanger in Paris who greatly influenced him by encouraging to develop his compositional style "concert tango", also known as tango nuevo. Among his most important compositions: symphonic work Orquesta Típica (1946); Orquesta de Cuerdas (1958) for string orchestra; Octeto Buenos Aires (1958) etc.