 Poland Celebrates World Accordion Day |
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World Accordion Day was celebrated in Poland at the Academy of Music in Gdansk on
May 6th.
The celebrations included a presentation on accordion history and a concert of
Polish contemporary music featuring works by Olczak, Przybylski and Majkusiak - three generations
of Polish composers contributing many new works for the accordion repertoire.
In addition to these contemporary works, the Celebration also included
a presentation
of Roland V-Accordion by Piotr Skowronski, an Academy student who will
represent Poland in November in Rome and the 3rd Roland World Digital Accordion Festival, and a very interesting exibition
of ancient accordions presented by Academy student Pawel Nowak, who has collected
more than 100 antique instruments over many years.
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Elzbieta Rosinska - Deputy Dean of the
Instrumental Department and Accordionist
Gdansk, Poland |
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Elzbieta Rosinska demonstrating Flutina |
Elzbieta Rosinska demonstrating Concertina |
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Above left: members of the audience at the Gdansk World Accordion Day Celebrations
Pawel Nowak with some of his Antique Accordion collection |
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Some of the Antique Accordion Display Collection |
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Krzysztof Olczak - Professor of accordion and composition
Gdansk
Academy of Music |
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Pawel Zaganczyk |
Piotr Skowronski |
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Malgorzata Skorupa - violin, Anna Sawicka - cello, Elzbieta Rosinska - accordion |
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Celebration attendees viewing accordions |
Ewelina Nowakowska |
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Pawel Nowak demonstrating some of the instruments from his collection |
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Michal Mrozinski, a High School Music student
from Grudziadz who travelled 199 km to attend the World Accordion Day Celebration |
Piotr Skowronski
demonstrating possibilities
of Roland V-accordion |
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Pawel Nowak performing on one of the instruments from his collection |
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