Alexander Sevastian is on the front line, armed with his accordion. He says he is one of the few classical music accordion players in North America. Listeners think of the accordion as “party ...

The Karolina & Iwo Duo have been described as “so well-matched it sounds like one instrument.” The duo will perform Sept. 14 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Courtesy photo With a repertoire that ...

Beginning to play the accordion at age 7, John Torcello went on to become an accomplished classical accordionist, playing venues including the Hollywood Bowl, Dorothy Chandler Music Center and the ...

This week, young musicians from around the world gather at the Kennedy Center in Washington for the world cup of accordion playing. Host Debbie Elliott gets a demonstration of the amazing technique of ...

When you think of accordion, you think of European polka or folk music. Hanzhi Wang wants you to think of Bach and Piazzolla. On Sunday, Oct. 13, the China-born Wang brings her accordion to Leo Rich ...

Try and read this without laughing: A musician is going to play classical accordion music as part of Bethany Lutheran College’s chamber music series this spring. No, it’s true! And actually, he’s good ...

Young Crabb’s instrument — an Alfa 48 Bass — was a mongrel of the aerophone clan. After its 1829 patenting in Vienna, the piano accordion was everywhere and its rudimentary ancestor, the Chinese sheng ...

Ungainly, wheezy and heavy as a car tire – does the accordion deserve to front the climax of the Proms? Absolutely, says its champion Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an ...

Demetrius Fuller, music and artistic director of Sinfonia Gulf Coast, wanted to surprise me during our preseason chat, which has become something of a tradition for us. He usually gives me at least a ...

One of the world's great classical virtuosi — a globally heralded soloist who can blitz through Bach and render thorny contemporary works with ferocity, grace and aplomb --— is headed to the Capital ...

Flicking through this box set will provoke a Proustian rush if you’re of a certain age. These recordings were mostly made for EMI, though Warner Classics have wisely kept the LPs’ original sleeve art, ...

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