Gerardo Gandini (Buenos Aires (Argentina), October 16, 1936 – Buenos Aires, March 22, 2013)[1] was a pianist, composer, and music director, who became one of the most relevant figures of Argentine New Music of the second half of the 20th century.
He studied composition with Goffredo Petrassi and Alberto Ginastera, and piano with Roberto Caamaño, Pía Sebastiani, and Yvonne Loriod.
He was Astor Piazzolla's pianist in the Sexteto Nuevo Tango formed in 1989.
Gandini was a professor at the Instituto Di Tella (Buenos Aires), Juilliard School (New York), Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Gilardo Gilardi Conservatory of Music (La Plata, Argentina), and National University of La Plata.
He was the pianist in Sexteto Nuevo Tango, Astor Piazzolla's last sextet.