heritage. Last night’s television news depicted Tuska-Festival, an annual gathering of metal bands in Helsinki, while the night before, the nation’s cultural headlines focused on–yes–accordions. The ...

Finland's Pohjonen is an utterly stunning live performer – 'the Jimi Hendrix of the squeezebox' say some. He extends the range of the five-row accordion into terrifying areas, drawing from ambient ...

Polish accordion player Klaudiusz Baran performs at the International Accordion Festival in Beijing. [Photo provided to China Daily] When accordion player Klaudiusz Baran, the rector of the Fryderyk ...

It was Conor Brown’s first visit to the Finnish embassy in Washington, and he’d brought company: Two violinists, a cellist, a violist, a clarinetist and a singing accordionist. They’d be doing most of ...

This week, young musicians from around the world gather at the Kennedy Center in Washington for the world cup of accordion playing. Host Debbie Elliott gets a demonstration of the amazing technique of ...