Throughout most of the year, the Northwest BachFest is a showcase for noteworthy pieces — both well-known and underperformed ...

The performance in Santo Domingo will feature 14 world-class tango dancers, 11 musicians, including four playing the bandoneon, the bellows-driven free-reed musical instrument best associated with ...

En-Chi Lin & Amanda Ramey talks to ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about appreciation of Argentine tango music, dance, and ...

Ástor Piazzolla, the visionary Argentinian composer, band leader and bandoneon virtuoso who created the revolutionary nuevo tango style in the 1950s, is being celebrated around the world today ...

For Astor Piazzolla and his “Le Grand Tango” work, it’s a little like the old TV commercials for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups: Hey, you got chocolate on my peanut butter!

Today's Beautiful Music features a violin and marimba performance of Histoire du Tango by violinist Jiweon Moon and marimba player Sun-min Shim.

The Champaign-Urbana area held its third tango music festival last weekend, filled with dance workshops, discussions, concerts and more. At the Community Center for the Arts, four professional string ...

The group specializes in nuevo tango, the Argentine subgenre that blends traditional tango with elements of jazz and a dash of classical music. Formed in 2009, Tango Volcado currently consists of ...

The tango originated in the dance halls of Buenas Aires in the late 19th century and was a well-established and beloved hallmark of Argentinean popular music by the time Piazzolla began his career.

Tango dance and music originated in Buenos Aires, Argentina, about 150 years ago. Its passionate, sensual nature and distinctive rhythm create this music by alternating long and short notes played ...

Henry Lappen, a longtime tango dancer and a board member of Western Mass Tango, says this will be the first time the group has brought live music to one of its events. There are few tango musicians in ...