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16-Nov-2012
20th Annivesary, Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini, Florence - Italyby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
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 On Saturday November 10th 2012, the Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini, Villa Favard (Rovezzano), Florence celebrated the 20th anniversary of the accordion being 'upgraded' to degree level on the 13th April 1992. This established a Chair of Accordion and a degree course similar to the other instruments at the important Florentine institution. Ivano Battiston (picture above) was the founder and is still holder of the academic chair. Florence and Pesaro were the two cities to obtain the first accordion chairs in Italy. This achievement with important Italian music institutions rewarded the work of many musicians and teachers, who were promoting the concert accordion. It is to these teachers that this event extends a most heartfelt tribute. From 2pm there was a display by the Accordion Museum Castelfidardo and the famous collection fidardense.L introduced by Ivano Paterno, of the Conservatory of Castelfranco, Veneto. At 4pm, there was a Tribute to the Fathers of the Italian Accordion public meeting coordinated by Beniamino Bugiolacchi and Ivano Battiston, in which the speakers remembered the past and some ideas for the future. The concert, at 6pm, titled ‘Accordion: past, present and future’, involved by invitation some names that have and are still making the history of this instrument, as Gervasio Marcosignori (absent for family reasons), Paolo Gandolfi, Romano Benetello, Ivano Paterno, Caberlotto Roberto, Gilberto Meneghin, Francesco Gesualdi, Pietro Adragna and Ivano Battiston. Impressions of the 20th Anniversary in Florence: www.accordions.com/cherubini Further information email: ivanobattiston@gmail.com |