The orchestra will feature unusual instruments, including mandolin and accordion, to capture Rota's authentic Italian flavour ...

He also composed music for Franco Zeffirelli’s “Romeo and Juliet” and the Sicilian-inspired theme for “The Godfather,” whose “Part II” score won him his only Oscar. Rota’s 150 ...

According to Visitchantaragoon, Cristobal encouraged improvisation and collaboration and welcomed her feedback on how the theme music sounded ... there is an accordion, percussion and a ...

“I always say that the great film composers are the victims of their own success,” said Angel Gil-Ordóñez, the Ensemble’s music ... of “The Godfather’s” opening theme immediately ...

Gil-Ordóñez often explores intersections of music and the cinema in his programs. But for “Beyond the Godfather,” PostClassical ... Rota loved a leitmotif, a theme and variations, small ...

NEW YORK -- If you've heard music with an accordion, chances are you've heard Bill Schimmel playing it. Schimmel is a virtuoso accordionist and composer who's called New York home since attending ...

Photo by Getty Images Meanwhile, as musicologist Joshua Horowitz observes, the accordion was “present at every stage of klezmer music in both the Old and New Worlds for at least the last hundred ...

If 20 years of festivals have taught him anything, its that accordion music is for everyone, says festival director Scott Goree. It’s hard to say why the accordion brings a smile to someone’s ...