When he was 12, Julien Labro realized music could evoke a deep emotional response. The Frenchman was three years deep into playing the accordion, after seeing it on TV and falling in love with its ...

Dino Saluzzi is everyone’s favorite bandoneon player. His combination of extraordinary virtuosity and passionate expressiveness on the difficult-to-play Argentine button accordion have made him a ...

An engaging, warm-hearted look at tango music as enjoyed by everyday Argentineans, Alejandro Saderman's feelgood "The Last Bandoneon" teems with good music, stories and people. Pic deserves fest ...

Earlier this month was the birth centenary of the larger-than-life Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger Astor Piazzolla (March 11, 1921-July 4, 1992). To mark the anniversary, The ...

Koji Hirata encountered the bandoneon, a type of concertina, at the young age of 13. While it's common for a teenager to take up a musical instrument, Hirata showed an unusually high level of ...

For its season closer Symphony Silicon Valley didn’t decide to just spice up its program with a little tango. In deepening the ensemble’s relationship with Argentine conductor Carlos Vieu and his ...

If Argentine composer and performer Astor Piazzolla didn't exist, the subgenre of "Nuevo Tango" — a mix of tango, classical and jazz — wouldn't, either, nor would this taster of accordion jazz.

MANKATO — In starting her Live at the Carnegie Series, Liz Draper set out to bring in music that wouldn’t otherwise be available in the area. Saturday’s performance by the Charles Gorczynski Tango ...

Welcome to Paolo Russo’s unique music universe: a journey across Italian flavours, classical tones, Nordic landscapes, free improvisations, with a distant echo of Argentinean tango. Born in Pescara ...

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