Santa Barbara Symphony’s ‘Bella Italia’ program leaned into Italian fare, including an impressive new accordion concerto ...

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 ...

From left, Mario Tacca, Mary Mancini and Don Gerundo being interviewed in the music studio of Mancini and Tacca's Cortlandt ...

By C Wall Over the years, the Gibraltar Philharmonic Society has welcomed a generous representation of orchestral players to ...

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 ...

When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame fetes Krist Novoselic later this year, it'll be well-timed recognition. Not for his band—Nirvana certainly doesn't need the publicity—but for his instrument. He may ...

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 ...

This week, finely honed competitors from around the globe descended on the Washington, D.C. area for the World Cup of accordion music. (Soundbite of accordion music) ELLIOTT: It's America's turn to ...

Of course Polish accordion player Lidia Kaminska gets this question a lot from Americans: "How about a polka?" Not a chance. Frankly, she's not interested. She's Bach, not "In Heaven There Is No Beer.

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 ...

Overture (Partita) in the French style Sacconi Quartet Ksenija Sidorova, Accordion Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Sequenza XIII, `Chanson' Sacconi Quartet Ksenija Sidorova, Accordion Luciano Berio, ...