He elevated his instrument’s often-maligned reputation with deft musicianship, and by writing and commissioning a wide range ...

The Godfather star Al Pacino chose a controversial showtune as his favorite song of all time, and it's one that's all about ...

He shared a story about Lawrence Welk and accordionist Myron Floren, and then played “Bubbles In the Wine,” which was the Lawrence Welk show’s theme song. Joan Johnson brought her button accordion and ...

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 ...