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01-Jul-2011
Sata-Häme Soi Accordion Festival, Ikaalinen - Finlandby Harley Jones |
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 DAILY REPORTS by Kevin Friedrich online at Sata-Häme Soi.The 39th international Sata-Häme Soi Accordion Festival is taking place in Ikaalinen, from June 28th until July 3rd 2011. Competition Results: - Golden Accordion Winner Timo Hautamäki - Silver Accordion Winner Sonja Lampinen ?- Primus Ikaalinen Finals (separate news item below) The Festival week includes some 50 concerts and events with approximately 1,000 Finnish and about 100 foreign performers. The festival is expecting 35,000 visitors, with 15,000 purchased concert tickets. About half of the concerts and events are free. Some noteable accordion concerts are: - Budapest Klezmer Band - Duo Syrius (France) of Julien Gonzales (2007 Primus Ikaalinen winner, accordion) and Cyril Carbonne (clarinet). - Finnish National Youth Accordion Orchestra, newly established, which consists of young advanced music students. - Peter Maric (Serbia) 2010 Coupe Mondiale winner - Terem Quartet (Russia) with Finnish soloist Jonna Pirttijoki Daily Reports by Kevin Friedrich online at Sata-Häme Soi. |