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 ...

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 ...

Tango's emblematic instrument can surprise, even in the hands of an Argentinean master of the bandoneon. Today's featured album, "Bestiario", is the third from one of the finest post-Piazzolla ...

Ástor Piazzolla, the visionary Argentinian composer, band leader and bandoneon virtuoso who created the revolutionary nuevo tango style in the 1950s, is being celebrated around the world today, March ...

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.

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 ...

Midland Symphony Orchestra Music Director Bohuslav Rattay promises a program “a little out of the box” for Saturday’s season-opening concert. “I like to mix it up a little bit … try a variety of ...