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10.00
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The
Accordion Fair
Venue: Commercial College
Free entry
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12.00
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Music
in the Park
12.00 Accordion Clubs perform, 14.00 Youth Orchestras
from different European countries perform, 17.00 Sister
City of Ikaalinen in Germany, Landkreis Stade, presenting
their Hogener Lünen Choir and Youth Accordion Orchestra
In Takt.
Venue: Festival Park
Free entry |
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13:00
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The
Pub Tent
Accordion clubs, groups and folk musicians.
Venue: Yellow School
Free entry |
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14.00
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Roland
V-Accordion Competition
The Scandinavian Final of the digital Roland V-Accordion.
The winner will perform at the international Roland V
Festival in Rome.
Venue: Oma Tupa
Adult 10€, Pensioner/Student 8€, Child 5€ |
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17.00
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The
White Rose Concert (1st show)
Annika Eklund, Mikael Konttinen and Jorma Kääriäinen
sing with Riku Niemi Orchestra.
Venue: Ikaalinen Hall
Tickets: Adult 32€, Pensioner/Student 26€, Child
16€ |
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20.00
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The
White Rose Concert (2nd show)
Annika Eklund, Mikael Konttinen and Jorma Kääriäinen
sing with Riku Niemi Orchestra. TV Recording.
Venue: Ikaalinen Hall.
Tickets: Adult 32€, Pensioner/Student 26€, Child
16€ |
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20.00 |
Duo
Balyk
Vladimir Balyk, accordion, and Nataa Balyk, domra,
mandolin. A classical concert by the Croatian-Russian
Duo.
Venue: Ikaalinen Church.
Programme 10€ |
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22.00
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Renato
Borghetti Quartet (Brazil)
Gaucho music from southern Brazil.
Venue: Oma Tupa
Tickets: Adult 20€, Pensioner/Student 15€, Child
10€ |
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20.00
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The
Pub Tent
Dance music by the Harmando Orchestra and Hollolan Harmonikat
Accordion Group.
Venue: Yellow School
Area Ticket 15 € / Park Pass Fri-Sat 23 € /
Family Ticket Fri 32 € |
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22.00
- 02.00
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Tulipelit
Evening of Finnish Rock Music. Performers: Mustat Enkelit
, Telaketju and Leewings.
www.mustatenkelit.com, www.telaketju.com, www.leewings.com
Venue: Festival Park
Area Ticket 15€ / Park Pass Fri-Sat 23€ / Family
Ticket Fri 32€ |
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Seven contestants in the Nordic Roland V Competition competed
for the right to represent Scandanavia at the Roland V International
Digital Accordion Competition to be held in Rome, Itlay in August.
Katariina Ahjoniemi (Finland) was crowned the Champion, and
in addition to her trip to Rome, she also receives the lates
Roland V Accordion.
1st:
Katariina Ahjoniemi (Finland)
2nd: Emir Bosnjak (Denmark)
3rd: Irina Krjutjkova (Sweden)
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Members
of the International Jury Pasi
Hirvonen (Finland), CIA
President Raymond Bodell (United Kingdom)
and Roland V Accordion Product Manager Marco Genali
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Above
left: Emir Bosnjak (Denmark)
Above right: Svetislav Mitic (Norway)
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Above
left: Marko Räsänen (Finland)
Above right: Irina Krjutjkova (Sweden)
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Above
left: Katariina Ahjoniemi (Finland)
Above right: Kenneth Larsen (Norway)
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Above
left: Kalle Kämäräinen
(Finland)
Above right and below: Special International Guest Artist
Ludovic Beier (France) with Kirsi Ranto (Finland)
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Above:
Contestants being welcomed by the President of the Jury
and CIA President Raymond Bodell
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Contestants
in the Nordic Final of the Roland V Digital Accordion
Competition
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The popular
White Rose Concert features two shows, the second being televised
live on National TV.
This year the show featured popular singers Annika Eklund, Mikael
Konttinen and Jorma Kääriäinen who performed
with the renowned Riku Niemi and his dynamic Orchestra.
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Michael
Konttinen singing with the Riku
Niemi Orchestra
Photo by Alan Whiteland
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Michael
Konttinen singing with the Riku
Niemi Orchestra
Photo
by Alan Whiteland
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Riku
Niemi with Annika Eklund
Photo
by Alan Whiteland
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Riku
Niemi and his Orchestra
Photo
by Alan Whiteland
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Riku
Niemi and Jorma Kääriäinen
Photo
by Alan Whiteland
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Jorma
Kääriäinen, Annika Eklund and Michael
Konttinen singing with the Riku
Niemi Orchestra
Photo
by Alan Whiteland
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Renato Borghetti´s music has been described
as being firmly centered in the folkloric elements of his
native Rio Grande do Sul, in the southernmost region of Brazil,
which shares a border with Argentina. Music from this area
has often been associated with both the accordion and the
traditional people of Rio Grande do Sul, the "gauchos".
The folk driven music of Rio Grande do Sul, possesses great
power and intensity. With this kind of music Renato Borghetti
has enjoyed much success while remaining faithful to his folk
roots. Borghetti has revised, adapted, and modernized many
of the native tunes of Rio Grande do Sul however reviewers
have acknowledged that he does not shy away from more typical
forms from the wide spectrum of Brazilian and global pop
samba, jazz, tango, and beyond. Each of those forms he adapts
to his unique style.
The accordion´s journey thorough Brazilian music dramatizes
the many elements and influences of Brazilian music
and society itself. Brazilian music has been described
as containing so many conflicting and harmonizing influences
profiling its long and varied history including influences
of the syncopated rhythms of the African slaves who became
an important part of the country's population durin ght ePortuguese
colonization. In regards to the accordion itself, it is thought
that the Portuguese colonists first brought the accordion
to Brazil, but more recently Italian immigrants have added
their own influences to Brazilian playing.
Borghetti recorded his first album in 1984, and it was instantly
successful. Later albums were even more popular; his second
release, for example, was the first gold record in Brazil
ever feature exclusively instrumental music. Renato Borghetti
has also reached out from the older forms to samba and tango,
among other styles. His playing is uncompromising in its loyalty
to a folkloric past, adventurous in its openness to new ideas.
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Many Finnish families enjoy the beautiful summer weather residing
at their summer cottages.
Festival founder Heikki Eränen and his wife Tuula invited
my host Aland Whiteland and I out to their place to show us
where they enjoy their summer holidays.
Located about 10 KM from Ikaalinen, their summer cottage is
nestled on the banks of Lake Kyrösjärvi.
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The
beautiful lakeside cottage of Heikki
and Tuula Eränen
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The
view out to Penny and Fifty Cent Islands
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The
Kuikka - Black throated Loon (Gavia arctica)
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Above
and below: Beautifully decorated, the cottage reflects
their passion for wood,
and in particular historical wood, some of it dating
from several hundred years ago.
Below right: the traditional 'Welcome' sign
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Kevin
Friedrich, Alan Whiteland with Heikki and Tuula Eränen
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www.satahamesoi.fi
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