According to himself: “I left the (Troilo’s) orchestra around 1949 - I had an attack of erudite music - and it was then when Piazzolla erudite was born. I composed symphonic music, chamber music. The orchestra of Bruno Bandini of Radio Del Estado would play everything I wrote,, everybody was playing my music, so I started feeling superior. I didn’t want to go back to tango. But I needed to pay bills so I created arrangements for Troilo, Pugliese, Fresedo.
In 1953 my maestro Ginastera suggested to enter to a competition to study with Nadia Boulanger in France Boulanger. I won. I felt I was Beethoven. (…) I learned everything I know. I discovered Piazzolla thru her. When I played Triunfal she took my hands and told me “this is you” (…) what I do is TANGO. You can find Gobbi, De Caro in my music.
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