Since his performance at the wedding of the - at the time - Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and his Argentinean wife Máxima, Carel Kraayenhof can without a doubt be called the country's best-known bandoneon player. With the most diverse projects, the tango court supplier has appeared in theaters and released albums. Among others, he can be heard with harpist Lavinia Meijer on
In Concert (2015), the
… Metropole Orchestra on Memorias de Cuba (2008). In 2021, he toured with a program honoring the centennial birth anniversary of renowned composer and bandoneonist Astor Piazzolla. The album Piazzolla 100 Years can be listened to as a "greatest hits" of the Argentinian, performed by a quartet that has mastered these pieces to perfection for decades and has performed them countless times. With their performances, the foursome gives this repertoire all the credit it deserves. In the composer's words, creation of his music has been a battle between devils and angels: tango and classical music. Kraayenhof and his are only too happy to engage in that wonderful battle. (JV)more
