Piazzolla News

Polish guitarist Marcin Dylla played at the weeklong Alexandria festival. COMMENT By Stephen Brookes Special to The Washington Post Monday, July 21, 2008; Page C02 One of the most exciting gems of the summer ...

A blast of jazz 22nd Atlantic Jazz Festival opens with Argentinian orchestra By STEPHEN PEDERSEN Arts Reporter Thu.

Rebecca Brown is artistic director of Centrum's Port Townsend Writers' Conference, which brings a series of free readings and lectures to the Victorian city July 13 to 20.

A blast of jazz Today, more than a century later, the bandoneon reigns as the main voice in the tango, South America's soul music.

In late 1986, thanks to the release of an album titled "Tango Zero Hour," on Kip Hanrahan's American Clave label, North American audiences got hip to Astor Piazzolla, the avatar of tango nuevo.

Direct from Argentina, Maria VolontA© , Latin Grammy-nominated singer, and winner of the Gardel Prize celebrates Argentine Independence Day by introducing her CD, "Sudestada" , to New York City tonight at ...

Wednesday night's Fontana Chamber Arts Summer Music Festival concert at the Kalamazoo Nature Center proved a worthwhile learning experience, as well as an enjoyable program.

Check out our music and dance agenda of upcoming events in the Washington area for the month of July.

Miguel Kohan's latest film, Caf de los Maestros, explores the art of tango and its relationship with its home, Buenos Aires, reports Chris Moss.

The Fontana Chamber Arts Summer Music Festival will feature a Haydn marathon, a Gilmore Young Artist and an accordionlike instrument in a tribute to tango master Astor Piazzolla.

A group has puts its own stamp on the dance, writes Susan Shineberg. Precision and passion ... Estampas Portentas dancers create an energetic sensuality.

Toss out everything you've ever thought about Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons." On Sunday in Corbett Auditorium, the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra - and its soloist - set the overplayed masterpiece in a refreshing ...

Groansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: A summertime shot of composer to write "The Four Seasons:" Astor Piazzolla A tango marathon from last year's Summer Music Days in Hitzacker, culminating in a ...

In this edition of Neighborhood Eats, we're heading to New Jersey and an Italian restaurant quickly growing in popularity.

Guillermo Klein - Published: June 9, 2008 Argentine pianist, composer, and bandleader Guillermo Klein is a musician for the global age.

The accordion has certainly taken a wondrous musical journey-from ethnic instrument to the definition of cheesy and then back to the creative realm of world music.

The latest album by Turkish flautist B lent Evcil, a compilation of the musician's flute renditions of tangos, is out through the Kalan Music label.

Dino Saluzzi / Jose Saluzzi - Published: June 2, 2008 "Remove the records from Texas, and someone will learn to sing," the composer John Cage once said.

Musical Seasons is the theme as the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra celebrates the beginning of summer with its concerts on Sunday, June 15.

Daniel Mille, an award-winning French accordion player, has realized a dream of Michael Grofsorean's, longtime producer of Spoleto Festival USA's Wachovia Jazz Series.