Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla (Mar del Plata, 11 de marzo de 1921 – Buenos Aires, 4 de julio de 1992) fue un bandoneonista y compositor argentino considerado uno de los músicos más importantes del siglo XX y uno de los compositores más importantes de tango en todo el mundo.4
Sus obras revolucionaron el tango tradicional en un nuevo estilo denominado nuevo tango o tango de vanguardia, incorporando elementos del jazz y la música clásica. Bandoneonista virtuoso, solía interpretar sus propias composiciones con una variedad de conjuntos. En 1992, el crítico de música estadounidense Stephen Holden describió a Piazzolla como «el compositor de música de tango más importante del mundo»
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