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Karen Tweed, piano accordion

Alan Hall talks with musicians about the nature of their relationship to their chosen instrument.

Playing a musical instrument - whether you're professional or amateur - rarely follows a simple trajectory of practice and progress and it makes psychological as much as physical demands that can come to define a person. Alan Hall talks with musicians about the nature of their relationship to their chosen instrument.

Today, the professional piano accordionist Karen Tweed, who鈥檚 been under the spell of her instrument since the age of 11.

A Falling Tree production for 麻豆社 Radio 3

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14 minutes

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  • Thu 8 Jan 2026 21:45

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