bandoneonist
Noun
Meaning
bandoneonist (plural bandoneonists)
One who plays the bandoneon.
Examples
A virtuoso bandoneonist, he regularly performed his own compositions with a variety of ensembles.
Piazzolla was employed as a temporary replacement for Toto Rodríguez who was ill, but when Rodríguez returned to work Troilo decided to retain Piazzolla as a fourth bandoneonist.
Tensions mounted between the two bandoneonists until, in 1944, Piazzolla announced his intention to leave Troilo and join the orchestra of the tango singer and bandoneonist Francisco Fiorentino.