To American listeners, the music of Jacques Brel, Charles Aznavour, Edith Piaf and Michel Legrand epitomizes everything exquisite and poetic about French culture. But to a musician who was born and ...

Hopefully, the musicians of our Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra got lots of rest during the past year of the pandemic, because they will perform their third concert in four weeks on May 16 when the ...

String Theory, in partnership with Lee University and the Hunter Museum of American Art, will continue its tenth season with a holiday concert featuring Grammy Award-winning guitarist Jason Vieux and ...

Deemed “brilliant” by Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune, Julien Labro has established himself as one of the foremost accordion and bandoneon players in both the classical and jazz worlds. His ...

Bandoneon player Julien Labro joins the Takács Quartet for a program blending new works with a Ravel masterpiece. Labro joins the quartet for new works by contemporary composers Bryce Dessner and ...

When he was 12, Julien Labro realized music could evoke a deep emotional response. The Frenchman was three years deep into playing the accordion, after seeing it on TV and falling in love with its ...

From creating mini-masterpieces of music for cellphones to collaborating with Chicago's only contemporary art music cassette tape label, Spektral Quartet has established themselves as some of the most ...

The accordion doesn’t get much respect in the United States – not since “The Lawrence Welk Show” and uncounted polka bands placed the instrument well outside the realm of chic. Nevertheless, the ...

The bandoneón has a “soulful sound,” says Julien Labro, an internationally known bandoneón player. When he was 12, Julien Labro realized music could evoke a deep emotional response. The Frenchman was ...