The Sound of the Bandoneón

"Anything of great value returns when the time is ripe," knows the famous old Argentine composer and bandoneon player Néstor Marconi, remembering the tango prohibition of the former military regime. Together with bandoneon tuner and restorer Oscar Fischer and composer and bandoneon player Daniel Vedia, who comes from an Indian village in the north of Argentina, he is the subject of The Sound of the Bandoneon, a lively, melancholic tribute to this musical instrument. This beating heart of tango is threatened with extinction, because it is hardly being manufactured anymore and tourists are taking them home as souvenirs, making the few that are left impossibly expensive.

Director Jiska Rickels

Photography Martijn van Broekhuizen

Editing
Michiel Reichwein
Srdjan Fink

Sound
Rik Meier

Production
Jan de Ruiter for Selfmade Films
Marc Nelissen for NTVF Producties
Niek Koppen for Selfmade Films

Involved TV Channel
AVRO

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Bandoneón
• Jiska Rickels
• Néstor Marconi
• Daniel Vedia
• Tango
• Argentina

[micgieskes]

muchos gracias for putting this on youtube

[pablomjujuy]

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