Piazzolla Music Competition

11/03/2022

On this 101st anniversary of Astor Piazzolla's birth, we're happy to be sharing his legacy with new audiences. May his music live on.

29/10/2021

The Dali String Quartet look great in their Piazzolla Music Competition medals! Our GRAMMY Award-winning jury awarded them Second Place in the Ensembles category.

Congratulations to all entrants of this year's competition for honoring the historic legacy of Astor Piazzolla.

PARMA Recordings, on behalf of Fundación Astor Piazzolla and the Piazzolla Music Competition, is pleased to donate $10,000 to the Playing For Change Foundation to benefit music education in underserved communities.

14/10/2021

Astor Piazzolla would be proud!

PARMA Recordings made a $10,000 donation to the Playing For Change Foundation on behalf of the Piazzolla Music Competition and we are proud to share that this donation "helped fund the purchase of a van in Mali that will be used to transport students that likely wouldn’t be able to participate due to lack of transportation."

Thank you to all entrants, sponsors, partners, and supporters for joining us in this mission to honor the historic life of tango composer Astor Piazzolla.

Fundación Astor Piazzolla

09/09/2021

Congratulations to the winners of the Piazzolla Music Competition! This week, PARMA Recordings is shipping out these beautifully hand-crafted medals to our winners.

This historic competition honored the legacy and 100th birthday of legendary Tango composer Astor Piazzolla, in association with the Piazzolla family, Fundación Astor Piazzolla, PARMA and a GRAMMY-winning jury of Piazzolla's bandmates and peers.

PARMA is pleased to donate $10,000 to the Playing For Change Foundation to benefit art and music education in underprivileged communities around the world.

24/08/2021

Pick up a copy of Songlines Magazine today to discover an update on our Piazzolla Music Competition winners!

Congratulations again to our Gold Prize winners Anton Stachev and Quinteto Respiro! We are looking forward to your upcoming tours, performances and recordings with PARMA Recordings and Navona Records.

PARMA Recordings, on behalf of the Piazzolla Music Competition and Fundación Astor Piazzolla, is pleased to donate $10,000 to Playing For Change Foundation to benefit art and music education in underserved communities around the world.

06/07/2021

A 2007 study by Nature Neuroscience revealed that "young children who take music lessons show different brain development and improved memory over the course of a year, compared to children who do not."

PARMA Recordings, on behalf of Fundación Astor Piazzolla and the Piazzolla Music Competition, is pleased to donate $10,000 to Playing For Change Foundation to support art and music education for children in underserved communities around the world.

Learn more about the movement at https://playingforchange.org/

CREATING POSITIVE CHANGE THROUGH MUSIC EDUCATION The Playing For Change Foundation has developed 15 music programs across 11 countries

02/07/2021

Our Competition "Grand Prize included a cash reward, a recording and release deal with PARMA's Navona Records, as well as a concert tour" arranged by PARMA and competition jury member Rui Jia!

Learn more about our competition prizes in this new article from Accordions.com http://accordions.com/news.aspx?d=25-Jun-2021&lang=en&s=17725

PARMA, on behalf of Fundación Astor Piazzolla and the Piazzolla Music Competition, is pleased to donate $10,000 to Playing For Change Foundation to benefit art and music education around the world.

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23/06/2021

Born in Río Cuarto, Argentina in 1981, Gonzalo Antuña’s career began at the age of 18 as the only finalist guitarist in the “XI Concurso Internacional de Jóvenes Músicos.”

During his years of study he obtained first prize in the contest “Arte Joven” in Río Cuarto and later performed a tour around the country. He still studies flamenco guitar and is part of various Early Music projects with Baroque Guitar.

Gonzalo Esteban Antuña is our iClassical Academy Bonus Award winner for the 2021 Piazzolla Music Competition!

22/06/2021

Pianoduo LUSTRE is a piano duo formed by Japanese pianists based in Munich, specializing in four-hands piano repertoire from to to contemporary music. Their aim is to flourish the original composition pieces for this style of playing, which they believe “deserves a higher value and respect.”

We are pleased to honor Pianoduo LUSTRE with the iClassical Academy Award and lifetime access to iClassical Academy’s online masterclasses, courses, and collections.

PARMA, on behalf of Fundación Astor Piazzolla and the Piazzolla Music Competition, is pleased to donate $10,000 to Playing For Change Foundation to benefit arts and music education in underserved communities.

22/06/2021

Maximiliano Nathan started studying violin and drums at the age of 9, but later chose to specialize in vibraphone, an instrument that would lead him to undertake improvisation and composition.

Maximiliano is our Bronze Medal winner for Soloists and a talented musician with a passion for interpreting folklore music.

PARMA, on behalf of Fundación Astor Piazzolla and Piazzolla Music Competition, is pleased to donate $10,000 to the Playing For Change Foundation to benefit arts and music education.

21/06/2021

"I feel incredibly honoured to have won anything in this competition, let alone the silver medal in the Soloist category! After the initial shock of this news, I had to make sense of what this means," said Daniel Rojas to Limelight Magazine.

"It’s a humbling feeling to be recognised by this prize – judged by members of Astor Piazzolla’s own band and family, and other esteemed artists – that my arrangements and performances of Piazzolla’s music align with the spirit of his undeniable legacy, today."

Congratulations to Daniel Rojas for taking home our Silver Medal for Soloists!

https://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/news/australian-wins-second-prize-in-the-international-piazzolla-music-competition/

PARMA, on behalf of Fundación Astor Piazzolla and the Piazzolla Music Competition, is pleased to donate $10,000 to Playing For Change Foundation to benefit arts and music education.

Australian pianist and composer Daniel Rojas tells us about the Piazzolla Music Competition in which he has won second prize in the Solo Division.

20/06/2021

Thanks to the bandoneon that he inherited from his grandfather, Lysandre Donoso, our Bronze winner for Soloists, quickly became passionate about tango and Argentinian music.

Lysandre Donoso decided to stop his engineering studies in 2010 and dedicate himself to the music. Lysandre is now a reference in tango and one of the most requested bandoneonists in Europe.

PARMA, on behalf of Fundación Astor Piazzolla and the Piazzolla Music Competition, is pleased to donate $10,000 to the Playing For Change Foundation to benefit arts and music education.

20/06/2021

The Quinteto Emedea is our Bronze Award winner for Ensembles and the result of the collaboration of five passionate musicians who share a common ambition: to rediscover and explore the music of the great Astor Piazzolla.

Resolute to offer a new approach on the music and modernity of Astor , Emedea strives to give a new life to the little-known corners of his works, the rarely interpreted repertoire, and the hidden gems.

PARMA, on behalf of Fundación Astor Piazzolla and the Piazzolla Music Competition, is pleased to donate $10,000 to Playing For Change Foundation to benefit arts and music education.

18/06/2021

The Pride of Australia, Daniel Rojas, is the Piazzolla Music Competition Silver Award winner for Soloists!

Daniel Rojas is a composer, pianist, and improviser specializing in the rich and vibrant music of Latin America. Rojas is widely recognized as a leading proponent of in Australia.

PARMA, on behalf of Fundación Astor Piazzolla and the Piazzolla Music Competition, is pleased to donate $10,000 to Playing For Change Foundation to support arts and music education worldwide.

18/06/2021

“Run by PARMA Recordings, the Fundación Astor Piazzolla, and members of the composer’s family, the Piazzolla Music Competition aims to unearth new talent through performances of Astor Piazzolla's work. This year the competition celebrated Astor Piazzolla’s 100th birthday.”

What a celebration it has a been. Take a moment to meet our competition winners in this new article from The Violin Channel.

https://theviolinchannel.com/2021-piazzolla-music-competition-prize-winners-announced/

PARMA, on behalf of Fundacion Astor Piazzolla and the competition, is pleased to donate $10,000 to the Playing For Change Foundation to benefit arts and music education.

Accordionist Anton Stachev won first prize in the solo division while the Quinteto Respiro garnered first prize in the ensemble division.

17/06/2021

Meet the winners of the 2021 Piazzolla Music Competition!

After receiving hundreds of submissions from incredibly talented musicians across the world, the jury of GRAMMY winning musicians and family ranked the submissions based on performance, technique, and interpretation.

PARMA Recordings, on behalf of Fundación Astor Piazzolla and the Piazzolla Music Competition, is proud to announce a $10,000 donation to Playing For Change Foundation to benefit arts and music education.

Among those recognised are Quinteto Respiro, which has won Gold in the Ensemble division, and the Sonos Piano Trio, which has won the Pablo Ziegler Award

16/06/2021

Congratulations to all entrants of the Piazzolla Music Competition! ’The entrants have helped reinforce the fact that Piazzolla and his music deserves to be included in the conversation of great art and artists of the 20th century,’ said PARMA Recordings CEO Bob Lord.

Meet the winners of the competition in this article from The Strad: https://www.thestrad.com/news/inaugural-piazzolla-music-competition-announces-winners/13113.article

PARMA, on behalf of the Piazzolla Music Competition and Fundación Astor Piazzolla, is pleased to donate $10,000 to the Playing For Change Foundation to benefit arts and music education in underserved communities worldwide.

Among those recognised are Quinteto Respiro, which has won Gold in the Ensemble division, and the Sonos Piano Trio, which has won the Pablo Ziegler Award

16/06/2021

Anton Stachev of St. Petersburg, Russia is our Gold Prize Winner for Soloists in the Piazzolla Music Competition!

Anton Stachev began his musical education at the age of 6 and later moved to St. Petersburg where he graduated from the N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory. Since 2015, he has played accordion in his own group, 4SOULS, and engages in solo performances, seeking new paths for his instrument.

Congratulations to Anton Stachev for being recognized among the finest musicians in the world for his remarkable performance of Astor Piazzolla's "Ave Maria" and "Concerto "Aconcagua."

PARMA Recordings, on behalf of the Piazzolla Music Competition and Fundación Astor Piazzolla, is pleased to announce a donation of $10,000 to benefit the Playing For Change Foundation, realizing the competition’s goal to support musicians and music education in honor of the late legendary tango composer, Astor Piazzolla.

15/06/2021

Our Gold Prize Winner for Ensembles, the Quinteto Respiro, is as much about the traditional tango repertoire for the ballroom as it is about its most contemporary and daring forms.

PARMA Recordings will be providing Quinteto Respiro with a recording contract with Navona Records, a performance tour in China, $3,500 USD, a gold medallion, and a one-year subscription with our sponsors at iClassical Academy.

PARMA, on behalf of the Piazzolla Music Competition and Fundación Astor Piazzolla, is pleased to donate of $10,000 to benefit the Playing For Change Foundation, realizing the competition’s goal to support musicians and music education in honor of the late legendary tango composer, Astor Piazzolla.

15/06/2021

Winners of the competition have been announced!

https://www.piazzollacompetition.com/winners/

After receiving hundreds of submissions from incredibly talented musicians across the world, the jury of GRAMMY winning musicians and Piazzolla family ranked the submissions based on performance, technique, and interpretation.

In addition, PARMA Recordings, on behalf of the Piazzolla Music Competition and Fundación Astor Piazzolla, is pleased to announce a donation of $10,000 to benefit the Playing For Change Foundation, realizing the competition's goal to support musicians and music education in honor of the late legendary tango composer, Astor Piazzolla.

Thank you to our judges, partners and entrants for their dedication to music and their love for Astor Piazzolla! iClassical Academy Pablo Ziegler Hector Del Curto Daniel Binelli Cesare Chiacchiaretta Sandra RUMOLINO, Arthur Gottschalk Masae Shiwa Jia Rui Romana Matanovac Vučković Paolo Petrocelli Walther Castro Daniel Villaflor Piazzolla Quinteto Respiro Dali String Quartet Quinteto Emedea Daniel Rojas Anton Stachev Daniel Rojas Lysandre Donoso Maximiliano Nathan

The winners of the 2021 Piazzolla Music Competition are...

09/06/2021

One week until our competition winners are announced! Get ready for the announcement by getting to know our finalists from all over the world. Learn more in this feature from the The Violin Channel.

Proceeds from our competition benefit the Playing For Change Foundation to support music and art education in underprivileged communities.

Fundación Astor Piazzolla PARMA Recordings

https://theviolinchannel.com/piazzolla-music-competition-finalists-announced/

The international online competition for both individuals and ensembles is being held in honor of the composer Astor Piazzolla's centenary year.

03/06/2021

Have you met the finalists of the Piazzolla Music Competition? BroadwayWorld just announced the lineup and we are excited for you to hear these musicians.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwclassical/article/Piazzolla-Music-Competition-Finalists-Announced-20210603

The winners of the Piazzolla Music Competition will receive performances, tours, recordings and cash prizes. Proceeds will benefit the Playing For Change Foundation to support art and music education in underprivileged communities.

Stay tuned as our competition heats up!

Fundación Astor Piazzolla PARMA

The Piazzolla Competion offers the highly coveted grand prize, in both the solo and ensemble divisions, of a cash prize ($1500 USD for soloist, $3500 USD for ensemble), a recording and release deal with PARMA Recordings’s Navona Records, as well as a concert tour throughout China arranged and fund...

01/06/2021

The finalist ballots for the Piazzolla Music Competition are in!

Our panel spent several weeks studying performances individually, grading submissions on performance, technique, and interpretation. Out of hundreds of submissions in both the soloist and ensemble categories, our jury of industry experts and GRAMMY Award-winning artists chose 43 entries to advance to the final round.

Please meet the finalists of the 2021 Piazzolla Music Competition here: https://www.piazzollacompetition.com/finalists/

Thank you to our jury members, partners and sponsors for supporting our ongoing competition:
Fundación Astor Piazzolla iClassical Academy Pablo Ziegler Hector Del Curto Daniel Binelli :: pagina oficial :: Cesare Chiacchiaretta Sandra RUMOLINO, tango chanté Arthur Gottschalk PARMA Recordings Masae Shiwa Jia Rui Romana Matanovac Vučković Paolo Petrocelli Walther Castro Daniel Villaflor Piazzolla

Competition proceeds benefit the Playing For Change Foundation

Finalists of the Piazzolla Music Competition.

25/05/2021

Our judges are completing their ballots as we speak! Here are some quick facts about the Piazzolla Music Competition:

• Finalists for the competition will be announced next week
• The winners of the competition will win performances, tours, recordings and cash prizes
• The competition benefits the Playing For Change Foundation to improve art and music education in underserved communities around the world

Please send us your questions about the competition to [email protected] and we will get back to you with an answer promptly!

17/05/2021

Astor Piazzolla's son Daniel remembers his father composing 'Adiós Nonino' after the death of 's father.

“Dad asked us to leave him alone for a few hours. We went into the kitchen. First there was absolute silence. After a while, we heard dad playing the bandoneon. It was a very sad, terribly sad melody. He was composing ‘Adiós Nonino’.”

Watch this remarkable performance of the piece from the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal. Proceeds from the 2021 Piazzolla Music Competition will benefit the Playing For Change Foundation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29xqezaIim8&list=PLl-xgwGOkAxlLdf0eIsQqrkmJKmHMFXZB&ab_channel=J.ColeJ.ColeOfficialArtistChannel

Fundación Astor Piazzolla PARMA Recordings

Astor Piazzolla Adiós Nonino Live at The Montreal Jazz Festival

13/05/2021

Did you know that wrote approximately 3,000 original compositions and recorded another 500? That adds up to a new piece everyday for nearly ten years!

The Piazzolla Music Competition honors Astor Piazzolla's legacy by offering opportunities for musicians and by donating all competition proceeds to the Playing For Change Foundation to benefit art and music education in underprivileged communities.

Learn more about the foundation at https://playingforchange.org/

Fundación Astor Piazzolla PARMA Recordings

CREATING POSITIVE CHANGE THROUGH MUSIC EDUCATION The Playing For Change Foundation has developed 15 music programs across 11 countries

10/05/2021

Don't miss this epic concert! Our friends at The Portland Symphony Orchestra are hosting Hector Del Curto, tango legend and Piazzolla Music Competition Jury member, and Music Director Eckart Preu for an evening of works featuring .

Tickets are available through May 28th at https://portlandsymphony.org/event/tango-caliente/

Fundación Astor Piazzolla PARMA Recordings

Music Director Eckart Preu teams up with Argentinian bandoneónist and Latin GRAMMY Award-winning Héctor Del Curto for an evening of works featuring Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla. Passport holders already have access to PSO digital concerts and do not need to purchase individual tickets thro...