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 ...

Bandoneon: The Instrument Behind the Tango 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hector del Curto grew up listening to tango music. He says he heard it from the womb. So it was no surprise when, at 11 years old, he took up the Argentine accordion, the bandoneon. The bandoneon ...

Bandoneon is an instrument most closely associated with Argentina and tango music. Today's Beautiful Music is a new take on bandoneon and a fresh take on Bach! The Avalos Solera Duo (featuring Rodrigo ...

El Viejo Caminante is a natural and logical extension of Dino Saluzzi's Albores (ECM, 2020). On that solo album, the bandleader used his instrument (the bandoneon--an accordion-like instrument with ...

Argentina may be the nation that gave tango to the world but the dance has been at risk of a quiet future in its homeland. The threat has come not due to any decline in interest among Argentines, ...