Astor Piazzolla: Adios Nonino - Rudens Turku & Friends

In 1959, Astor Piazzolla was on a tour of Spanish speaking America when, during a presentation in Puerto Rico he received news of the death of his father, Vicente Piazzolla, nicknamed Nonino, due to a bicycle accident in his hometown of Mar del Plata. This news, coupled with the tour's failure, economic problems and homesickness, led Piazzolla to depression. There after receiving such devastating news he composed this work in about 30 minutes as a tribute to his father, based on "Nonino", another tango Astor had composed five years earlier in Paris, also dedicated to Vicente Piazzolla.
Adios Nonino is performed by Rudens Turku (violin), Oliver Schnyder (piano), Carel Kraayenhof (bandoneon), Dominik Wagner (double bass) and Benjamin Nyffenegger (cello).

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