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 ...

In the endless menagerie of jazz formats, an unamplified concert is perhaps the rarest bird of all. But thanks to Boscov’s Berks Jazz Fest’s new partnership with the WCR Center for the Arts, that is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...