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How to play the bandoneon: Stig Abell gets a beginner's lesson

Never heard of the bandoneon? You鈥檙e not alone. Front Row presenter Stig Abell had never encountered the instrument that鈥檚 been called the voice and soul of the tango. Until that is, virtuoso musician Julian Rowlands tried to teach him the basics.

Julian Rowlands and the Santiago Quartet鈥檚 album, Language of the Heart, is available on 9th March.

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