Performer: Ksenija Sidorova

An unusual evening of orchestral virtuosity and an ear-opening adventure with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Andris Poga. 

The Estonian Festival Orchestra is on scintillating form in a rare outing for Roma, Bizet's own “Italian Symphony”.

Kalmar and Sidorova pair up for a powerful performance of Piazzolla's Aconcagua in Atlanta.

Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall was plunged into luscious sunshine with music from across the Tropics. The first half was filled with the sounds of Latin America before a nautical Arabian tour.

For those more familiar with grim-faced matronly Salvation Army accordion players, voluptuous virtuoso Ksenija Sidorova certainly breaks the mould.

To see three passionate ambassadors of their instruments performing together made a sensationally satisfying evening at St Georges, Bristol.

Accordionist extraordinaire talks about performing a new concerto by Bulgarian composer Dobrinka Tabakova, and taking it home to the Sofia Philharmonic.

From Oblivion to Libertango by way of fugue and milonga, here's a playlist to celebrate a composer who created a new genre from the bordellos of Buenos Aires. 

A Russian-blooded Latvian national, trained in the UK and living in Spain, the accordionist Sidorova tells us about her sense of musical and national identity.