Histoire du Tango (composed in 1985) is a classic composition by the Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger Astor Piazzolla. It is a four-movement piece that chronicles the history ...

In the last two decades of the 19th century, the dance known as the tango emerges out of the immigrant culture of Argentina's dockside slums. The tango fuses New World, African, and European dance ...

Koh Sang-ji is one of a few bandoneon players in Korea. Ever since the 32-year-old lost her heart to the songs of tango great Astor Piazzolla while at university, she has taken an interest in the ...

It takes two to tango, but a whole lot more to make a festival. For the next two weeks, people will have a chance to dance or simply watch, as area dance instructors celebrate the music and moves of ...

If you go to a milonga, or social dance, to do tango dancing in Buenos Aires, you’ll likely be doing it to live music. In western Massachusetts? No so much. Now, though, Western Mass Tango, which has ...

Damián Guttlein is the only person in the world who can tune by ear the bandoneon, a unique instrument that powers the perfectly imperfect sound of tango music. A bandoneon, a type of concertina, is ...

OUR REPORTER meets the stars of Last Tango In Halifax who have a new album of romantic show tunes and standards. When I listened to Sir Derek Jacobi singing If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would ...