Carel Kraayenhof
Carel Kraayenhof, born August 15, 1958, in Aalst, Netherlands, is a Dutch
bandoneonist, composer, and arranger who popularized Argentine tango in the
Netherlands. Kraayenhof learned piano autodidactically from age 8 before
studying accordion and concertina, discovering the bandoneon in 1983. Kraayenhof
formed Tango Cuatro and, after being invited by Astor Piazzolla to New York City
in 1986, performed in the Broadway musical Tango Apasionado. In 1988, Kraayenhof
founded Sexteto Canyengue. Kraayenhof gained widespread national recognition
performing “Adiós Nonino” at the royal wedd...
