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24-Feb-2017
Successful XIX Kokkola Winter Accordion Festival Celebrates 100 Years - Finlandby Harley Jones |
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  Pictures above: World premiere of mixing Roland digital accordion, Netta Skog (accordion), Felix Zenger (beatboxing) and Elisa Järvelä (electric violin).Trio Reino Porko (accordion), Esko Johnson (guitar) and Päivö Aalto (double bass) Video 1: Guardia Nueva rehearsing, vocalist Mari Palo, conductor Raimo Vertainen. Video 2: Bester Quartet excerpts from concert. Finnish "Rantakoivun alla" (under a birch by the lake/sea) followed by a shorter excerpt. A very successful 2017 Kokkola Accordion Festival ran from 10th to 19th February with the theme "100 years of Finland". Download 2017 44 page program (43 MB): 2017Kokkola.pdf Festival Director Raimo Vertainen reports that over 5,100 people from children to elders attended the 38 concerts that were part of the 19th annual Kokkola Accordion Festival. The varied program included premiere performances and a generous helping of Finnish music, a Mannerheim evening and musical ambassadors from abroad. This festival shows the extraordinary versatility of the accordion as a musical instrument in a classical, modern, light music, and even beat-box context. The program also included dance, community singing and outdoor events. To celebrate the 20th Kokkola Winter Accordion Festival, 10 to 18 February 2018, the event will also include the CIA Winter Congress. Picture below: Congress venue viewed by CIA officials last week. |
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