Bandoneon Blog

In this article I'm sharing the PDF of a catalog from Alfred Arnold dating back to 1936. This catalog provides an overview of... // Continue reading //

Looking to learn more about the bandoneon and how it can be utilized in composition? Check out our article which delves... // Continue reading //

The bandoneon is perhaps the quintessential melancholy instrument, as well as being the symbol of tango itself. Due to its unique sound... // Continue reading //

Claudio Constantini is one of the most interesting bandoneon players in the international music scene. He is a renowned concert piano and... // Continue reading //

There are moments when musicians are forced out of necessity to drastically limit the amount of time to dedicate to their practice... // Continue reading //

My interest in Maurice Duruflé started by chance a couple of years ago, thanks to a post on Facebook in a group of organ players... // Continue reading //

Preparing a score to record it presents technical difficulties that improve the knowledge of the musical work and makes you... // Continue reading //

In July 2021 I wrote an article about my experience with synthetic straps for bandoneon. In that article I analyzed this revolutionary... // Continue reading //

Who starts to play the bandoneon has to take a first important choice: bisonoric or unisonoric? These are two different keyboard settings, each... // Continue reading //

Paradisi’s Toccata is a splendid work for harpsichord by the Italian composer Pietro Domenico Paradisi, sometimes also known as... // Continue reading //

Although it is inextricably linked to tango, the bandoneón was born in Germany as an instrument for folklore and popular music... // Continue reading //

Lucid dreaming is a particular state of consciousness in which you're aware you're dreaming. The phenomenon has been known for... // Continue reading //

Do you know that feeling of playing for hours in summer and your bandoneon leather straps... // Continue reading //

I recently travelled with two bandoneons on an intercontinental plane trip. One of the two instruments was... // Continue reading //

Ensamble 96 is a Chilean Quintet formed during 2020. The Ensamble is a creation of bandoneonist Alfonso Covarrubias... // Continue reading //

If you play the bandoneon, your instrument was probably built in Germany during the Nazi era. I know that this information generally doesn't... // Continue reading //

The bandoneón is conquering a significant role in jazz. Many bandoneón players are exploring this genre and are enriching it with... // Continue reading //

The idea of a bandoneón with registers is not new and has been already tested in Germany, especially with the 144 Einheits model. If... // Continue reading //

As the readers of this blog know, I play the bandoneón 144 tones and actually I play the same scores playable with the 142 system and even scores... // Continue reading //

Many people don't know that there was a time when the bandoneón was very popular in Europe, especially in Germany. We speak of a period from... // Continue reading //

It is a great pleasure for me to introduce Igor Sayenko, a Ukrainian musician who plays the bayan and the accordion professionally. Igor started... // Continue reading //

Let's continue with the second article of the topic "Bringing order to the chaos". Today we talk about the tritone and its location in... // Continue reading //

In this article I'll talk about the criteria that I followed in the bandoneón transcription of the famous Franck's prelude, the problems I encountered and... // Continue reading //

The keyboards of the bandoneón are a real chaos. However, some logic can still be found. In this article, let's start trying to put some order out of the chaos. Today we try to simplify the keyboard... // Continue reading //

I am a Linux user and I play the bandoneón. Okay, I'm twice weird. I use an operating system not very widespread and I play an uncommon and unnecessarily complicated musical instrument... // Continue reading //

Ana Castro is a bandoneón student at the Conservatory who practices Functional Training. The workout program with improvement of the study and musical performance as goal interests me a lot, so... // Continue reading //

A few years ago I saw a video by M. Rodolfo Daluisio playing a bandoneón built by Baltazar Estol. Until that moment I thought that brand new bandoneóns were prerogative of Europe... // Continue reading //

While still living in Italy I started looking for a bandoneón teacher to study with. As italian bandoneón students knows very well, teachers in Italy are still few and not always... // Continue reading //

The two-part invention n.13 by J.S. Bach is part of the program of the exam of bandoneón pregrado II in the Buenos Aires Conservatory "Manuel de Falla", corresponding to the fourth year of study of... // Continue reading //

I've always been in love with the organ.
Personally, however, I consider the bandoneon to be an "entrance door" to the vast world of organ music. Even if it is a discreet door, it should be crossed with the awareness of... // Continue reading //

This article is about my experience as a bandoneón student in the Argentine capital, and particularly at the Conservatory. When I left Italy in 2017 to deepen the study of this instrument at the... // Continue reading //