Call it a tango crisis averted. That accordion-like sound in all Argentinian tangos - we can all hear it in our heads - is from the bandoneon, a German-made instrument brought to the South American ...

Musician and Day to Day contributing writer David Was offers an appreciation of the instrument that drives the sultry sound of the tango. It's called a bandoneon, and Was cautions that it should never ...

So jokes Dr. Bertram Levy, the Port Townsend surgeon who in 1990 was introduced to the bandoneon, instrument of tango. He’s been studying and playing ever since, in the United States and in Buenos ...

The bandoneon, known as the tango accordion, is quite a loud instrument to practice within the confines of an apartment, and could possibly lead to some neighborly disputes. [HLB] enjoyed playing his ...

Argentinian musician J.P. Jofre will perform Pablo Ortiz’s Concerto for Bandoneon and Orchestra with the Santa Rosa Symphony at the Green Music Center this weekend. Argentinian musician Juan Pablo ...

The son of popular carpero composer and instrumentalist Cayetano Saluzzi, Dino played the bandoneón since his childhood. Other than his father, he was influenced by Salta musicians such as Cuchi ...

The first ever bandoneon made in Argentina has been produced by a university in Buenos Aires Argentina may be the nation that gave tango to the world but the dance has been at risk of a quiet future ...

The accordion-like instrument called the Bandoneon is the traditional instrument of the Argentine tango. But composer Astor Piazzolla changed the way the world viewed the tango and the bandoneon. In ...

The Argentine ”new tango” composer Astor Piazzolla is careful to distinguish his instrument, the bandoneon, from the accordion, which it closely resembles. ”It`s the difference between a lemon and an ...

Next month, former band members of the composer and bandoneon-player Astor Piazzolla will perform the music of a man whose greatness is finally being recognised. Peter Culshaw reports Piazzolla Tango ...