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31-Jan-2014
15th International Accordion Festival 2014, Vienna – Austriaby Rob Howard |
 The annual International Accordion Festival takes place at venues in Vienna from February 22nd to March 23rd. The focus this year is on Austria's neighbouring countries.Download 37 page program: 2014Vienna A double concert opens the festival: In the atmospheric domed hall of the Vienna University of Technology, the Austrian-Croatian duo Klaus Paier (picture left) & Asja Valcic perform with Donauwellenreiter, from Austria, Italy and Russia, on February 22nd. The next day, February 23rd, there is the ‘Opening Gala 2’ at Porgy & Bess with the local Grossmütterchen Hatz 11 piece band. The Albin Bruns Nah Quartet, from Switzerland, perform at Sargfabrik on February 27th. Italian diatonic accordionist Riccardo Tesi and his quartet perform at Stadtsaal on February 28th. The group L'Arrache-Coer, from the Czech Republic, perform at Schutzhaus Zukunft on March 3rd. A standing concert with Harmonia Garden, from Hungary, will be held in the Ost Klub on March 5th, while the Jure Tori Trio featuring Ajda Sticker, from Slovenia, perform at Ehrbar-Saal on March 7th. Ben Holmes and Patrick Farrell, from the USA, play together with the local band Playbackdoll at Reigen on March 13th. The band Wiener Tschuschenkapelle, with its wide-ranging repertoire of Wienerlieder, music from the Balkans, Russia and the Orient, jazz and classical music, are at the Metropol on March 15th. Just like the opening of the Accordion Festival, the festive ending is also split into two. The Austrian duo Attwenger perform on March 22nd at Reigen at ‘Closing Gala 1’, and the ‘Grand finale’ is performed by the Ziehharmonisches Orchester Wien on March 23rd at the Metropol. Apart from accordion music, there is also a silent movie matinee with music from in the Vienna Filmcasino on each of the four Sundays. One matinee, on March 2nd, is dedicated to Charlie Chaplin (who played the accordion as a recreation), with Walther Soyka and Ernst Molden supplying the musical accompaniment. For further information email: friedl@akkordeonfestival.at |