Overview
- Argentina’s culture secretary, Leonardo Cifelli, confirmed the death on X, and no cause was reported.
- Calandrelli earned six Grammy wins from 29 nominations and received two Oscar nominations.
- A master arranger and conductor, he worked on 14 Tony Bennett albums, led the orchestration for Cheek to Cheek with Lady Gaga, and conducted a Lincoln Center performance.
- Born in 1939 and trained in Argentina, he toured Europe early in his career and moved to the United States in 1978 to build a cross‑genre body of work in pop, jazz, Latin, classical, and film and TV.
- Notable credits include Yo‑Yo Ma’s El alma del tango, Tony Bennett and Queen Latifah’s ¿A quién puedo recurrir?, Arturo Sandoval’s Un tiempo para el amor, and film work on The Color Purple and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.