The accordion is gaining worldwide popularity. Germany has declared it the instrument of the year for 2026. This all-rounder is used across various genres, from tango to heavy metal.

The hum of an accordion might transport you to the streets of Paris or a drafty Italian restaurant with red and white checkered tablecloths and candles stuck in Chianti bottles. Maybe polka comes to ...

Google celebrated the 195th anniversary of the accordion with an interactive doodle on May 23, 2024, featuring a playable illustration of the instrument. Originating in 1829 as the "Handharmonika" by ...

Musician and accordion designer Gilberto Reyes met us at the door of Hohner’s national headquarters then located in historic Glen Allen, Virginia. He and I had many mutual friends but had never met in ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. In 1974, when Anthony Schulz was six years old, his father Werner bought him an instrument at a ...

Google Doodle celebrated the ‘accordion’ on Thursday, a German musical instrument patented on this day in 1829, referring to it as a folk musician's “main squeeze.” This free-reed instrument with ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Magical to listen to and fascinating to watch in action, the accordion takes simple, everyday air and ...

When I tell people that I play the accordion, I usually get a certain kind of reaction. “Accordion? That’s unusual,” some people say, “I don’t know anyone who plays the accordion!” Sometimes it’s “My ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Matthias Matzke describes his accordion music as 'symphonic rock'Sonja Hübner Accordionist Matthias Matzke has a deep passion for ...