Tom Cordoni has a theory about why people are attracted to accordion music. “What sets it apart from other instruments? It’s got humor and will make you smile. When people hear it they’re ready for ...

Latvian-born accordionist Ksenija Sidorova introduces her wonderful instrument and its colourful history. Close your eyes, and picture someone playing the accordion. If the first image that pops into ...

The hum of an accordion might transport you to the streets of Paris or a drafty Italian restaurant with red and white checkered tablecloths and candles stuck in Chianti bottles. Maybe polka comes to ...

The term "accordion" finds its roots in the German word akkord (chord), as highlighted by Google Doodle. (Pic: Google) Google Doodle on Thursday (May 23) celebrated the ‘accordion’, a German musical ...

After years in decline, instrument enjoys a surge in popularity About half a century ago, the accordion was a very popular musical instrument around the world. Though it fell into a decline for ...

When I tell people that I play the accordion, I usually get a certain kind of reaction. “Accordion? That’s unusual,” some people say, “I don’t know anyone who plays the accordion!” Sometimes it’s “My ...

Google celebrated the patent anniversary of the Accordion, a folk music instrument, with a Doodle, marking the invention in 1829. "This animated Doodle celebrates the accordion, a free-reed instrument ...

Soloist Ksenija Sidorova and guest conductor Paavo Järvi presented Erkki-Sven Tüür’s “Prophecy” — the 2007 concerto’s U.S.