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07-Jul-2017
Victoria International Accordion Festival, British Colombia - Canadaby Rob Howard |
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  The 11th Victoria International Accordion Festival takes place from July 13th to 17th at venues in Victoria, BC. This year’s festival celebrates Canada’s 150th birthday, and Victoria will be filled with accordion music throughout the four days. Picture left: Jelena Milojevic Pictures right: Michael Bridge, Patricia Bartell. The festival includes concerts, accordion competitions, workshops, free accordion sessions, an accordion museum, accordion history lectures, a dinner dance, trade show, and free open air performances. Workshop leaders include Michael Bridge, Kornel Wolak, Mary Ross Klektau, Jelena Milojevic, Jesse Mea, and Patricia Bartell. The Gala Opening night concert on July 13th features Canadian digital accordion champion Michael Bridge, jazz duo Jesse Mea and R. Bougeoos, the Daniel Lapp trio with accordionist Adrian Dolan, and Pierre Shryer trio JUNO winner teamed up with leading Irish accordionist Dermot Bryne. The dinner and dance night on July 14th features Michael Bridge, the Roma Swing Ensemble (Romania), and the accordion groups Bijou de Bayou and the Ensemble Transatlantico de Folk Chilean. The July 15th concert presents Jelena Milojevic (Croatia), the festival competition winners, and the Double-Double duo, whose mixture of comedy, virtuosity, and musical sensitivity with their all original arrangements of classical showpieces, sensitive jazz ballads and fiery folk music from around the globe provides great entertainment. On July 16th the concert features the Victoria Accordion Club Band, the Victoria Youth Accordion Ensemble, and the locally based Bijoux de Bayou. This year’s Victoria International Accordion Competition will have a solo and one ensemble category, with prizes of over $5000 offered. For further information email: contact@bcaccordion.ca |
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