Astor Piazzolla in Portrait, Directed by Mike Dibb

Exploring Piazzolla's vibrant musical influence around the world, this DVD charts the events of his turbulent, complicated personal and professional life through candid and revealing interviews with Piazzolla himself, his family, friends and the great Argentinian musicians who performed with him. This extended DVD version of Mike Dibb's new film Tango Maestro includes rare and wonderful archive sequences spanning 30 years of filmed performances by Piazzolla's own groups with contributions from other virtuoso performers drawn to his music, including Daniel Barenboim, Yo-Yo Ma, jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton, the Kronos Quartet, The Gotan Project, the Tango Pasión dance company, and Astor's close friend Richard Galliano.

This portrait of Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla - pioneer of the 'new tango' - looks at his turbulent and complicated personal and professional life through candid interviews with the man himself as well as family, friends and the musicians who performed with him. It also includes tributes from contemporary musicians who have been drawn to his music, including Daniel Barneboim, Yo-Yo Ma, Gary Burton, Joanna MacGregor, James Crabb and Richard Galliano, interspersed with sequences from Fernando Solanas's films 'El Exilio de Gardel' and 'Sur', for which Piazzolla wrote the music.