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Daily Reports, AAA Festival July 12-14, 2024 - USA

AAA President Frank Busso Jr. (picture left) has arrived at the hotel ready to welcome all AAA members and accordion enthusiasts arriving today and tomorrow morning for the "Kickoff Luncheon" concert starting at 11:30 am Friday.

Daily Reports will be online early next week of the 86th anniversary of the American Accordionists' Association (AAA) Festival which returns to the Marriott Philadelphia West in Conshohocken, PA, July 12-14, 2024.

Daily Reports at: 2024AAA86th

3rd Baidi Cup Accordion Festival – China

by Christine Johnstone

The 3rd Baidi Cup Accordion Festival will be held at the Yinghua Experimental School in Dongli District, Tianjin, China, from August 8th to 11th, 2024.

The event will feature solo competition classes from preschool children through to adults playing a free choice program on standard bass and free bass instruments.

Veli Kujala Performs at Jazz Hochburg Festival - Austria

by Christine Johnstone

Accordionist Veli Kujala (picture left) will perform at the Jazz Hochburg Festival, held in Austria on July 20th, 2024 at 6pm, with Harri Sjöström (saxophone), Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone) and Sergio Amarolli (vibraphone).

Renzo Ruggieri Releases New Virtuoso Arrangement, Tico Tico se fuba - Italy

by Harley Jones

Video: Mario D'Amario winning Coupe Mondiale performance in Norway in 2006.

Renzo Ruggieri has now released for sale the very popular Tico Tico se fuba composed by Zequinha Abreu. Cat. rrenzo530

Renzo Ruggieri, concert player, composer, teacher for jazz and modern accordion says that "this popular successful arrangement has been performed by my students with many international successes."

4th Mariehaven Accordion Festival: Rundt om Harmonikaen - Denmark

by Christine Johnstone

The 4th Mariehaven Accordion Festival “Rundt om Harmonikaen” will be held in Mariehaven, Ansager, Ribe, Denmark on July 27th, 2024.

The event will feature “a large array of accordion players from Denmark, Sweden and Norway in particular, but also Scotland, England and Ireland, professionals, experienced as well as less experienced” who will perform to a large, dedicated audience.

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Dino Baffetti Accordion Factory Manufacturing Again Following March 2024 Fire - Italy

by AWW

The Dino Baffetti Accordion Factory is manufacturing instruments again following the devastating and destructive factory fire on 14 March 2024.

The flames involved two floors of the factory, which covers a big area plus smoke damage. The fire brigade was on the scene, with teams from Osimo and Ancona. Luckily no people were injured. Reasons for the fire was found in the production part of the factory, with an electricity power strip for heating the wax early in the morning, to be ready for the workers to use, once they start to work.

Baffetti family (Genuino, Cinzia and Milena)

CNIMA Intensive Pro Accordion Workshop - France

by Christine Johnstone

The CNIMA, directed by Nathalie Boucheix, will hold an “Intensive Pro Accordion Workshop” from July 29th to August 3rd, 2024 in Saint-Sauves-d'Auvergne, France.

The trainer is Jacques Mornet (picture left), a world-renowned accordion teacher, holder of the Gus Viseur prize, the silver disc of the Gnessin Russian Academy and founder of the CNIMA.

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