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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lidia Kaminska, accordion musician Photo by: COURTESY of astralartists.com What: Lidia Kaminska When: 7 p.m. Friday Where: Summerlin Library Theater, 1771 Inner Circle Drive Admission: Free, www.lvcms ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. “Dazzling”, “explosive” and “wildly passionate” are all words critics have used to describe ...

The final volume in John Eliot Gardiner’s mammoth Bach Cantata sequence is one of the very best. Gardiner’s recent BBC2 documentary placed rightful emphasis on Bach’s humanity, his normality. The ...

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, ...

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 ...

Perhaps you have to be brave, or a genius, to stake your musical career on playing polkas, with an accordion no less, but for Carl Finch it”s a labor of love. It”s been successful, too. Brave Combo ...

MOST people think of the accordion, if they think of it at all, as a social instrument, wheezing out polkas and folk tunes. The sound of it brings to mind French cafes, Mexican plazas, German beer ...

THE man credited with making the squeezebox sexy again is Dermot Dunne, and he certainly looked the part in a brilliant gold suit at the launch of the KBC Great Music in Irish Houses festival at the ...

Back by popular demand, Classical Context invites you to join Accordion virtuoso Michael Bridge for a style bending, mind melding, acoustic and digital accordion extravaganza featuring music from ...