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Carel Kraayenhof
12+ albums
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Carel Kraayenhof was eight when he first looked at a piano book. Eight years old, but already dreaming of the day when he could move and stimulate people with his own music, in the same way that he was deeply touched every time by the emotions that music could stir in him. Music was already an important means of communication for Carel, as young as he was, and that has only increased over the years. His enthusiasm convinced his parents to buy an old piano for a hundred and fifty guilders, which Carel practiced on avidly. He worked though the first piano books by himself; after that he took lessons. Carel himself says that he was not a natural talent, but he was driven and motivated, and by playing a lot he gained more and more skill. However the most important ingredient was not lacking: Carel had found his great passion in music. In the mid-seventies, under the influence of his brother Jaap, Carel became fascinated by Irish, Scottish and English folk music. He learned to play the accordion and the English concertina. It was in that period that he began to perform with his brother at parties and festivals, on the street and in theatres. In the early eighties Carel first encountered the bandonéon. He discovered an LP of purely solo arrangements for this passionate instrument, and Carel was struck as if by lightening. He was deeply impressed by the large range of timbres that came from the LP, knowing that it was from a single instrument. Carel knew at that exact moment withou
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Adios Nonino
1,2382Adiós Nonino
7683Piazzolla: Adios Nonino
7044Antiga Palavra (from the album Focus (with Dulce Pontes))
6335Licramente (from Guardiani Delle Nuvole)
5756So Many Partings
4717Gabriel's Oboe (from The Mission)
4518Licramente (solo version)
4469Desconcierto
40910I Gelsomini (from I Gelsomini)
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