I have written earlier about the interestings origins of musical instruments. In one post I traced the evolution of the Brazilianberimbau from pygmy hunter’s bow in the African rainforest to Angola, ...

Damián Guttlein is the only person in the world who can tune by ear the bandoneon, a unique instrument that powers the perfectly imperfect sound of tango music. A bandoneon, a type of concertina, is ...

Call it a tango crisis averted. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. That accordion-like sound in all Argentinian tangos - we can all ...

In the last two decades of the 19th century, the dance known as the tango emerges out of the immigrant culture of Argentina's dockside slums. The tango fuses New World, African, and European dance ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla was born on March 11, 1921 in Mar del Plata, Argentina, only child of Vicente “Nonino” Piazzolla and Asunta Mainetti. In 1925, the family relocates to New York City until ...

The bandoneón has a “soulful sound,” says Julien Labro, an internationally known bandoneón player. When he was 12, Julien Labro realized music could evoke a deep emotional response. The Frenchman was ...