The Accordion Fair will be held at the Ikaalinen Business College hall. A popular feature of the SHS Festival, the Fair offers instruments, recordings, music and accessories.

At the fair you will find the following companies:

• Accordion Helin
• Convertor Ltd
• Etelän Harmonikka
• Finnish Accordion works Aaro Luukinen
• Accordion Maintenance and Restoration
• tmi Viljo Mannerjoki
• Accordion Maintenance Aimo Kuhmonen
• Accordion Maintenance Kristian Hyyppä
• Accordion Maintenance Tero Lahti
• Harmonikka Voitto Nieminen
• IKATA´s Accordion Building Department
• Lasse Pihlajamaa Ltd
• Leather Products Sirok Tmi
• Roland Scandinavia as
• Savon harmonikka Ltd
• Tampereen Musiikki / Musiikki Aartio Ltd
• Traditune Ltd
• Ylöjärvi Accordion Ltd
• Fair organized by the Dimi Student Association
  

 
Sata-Häme Soi has, for years already, invited young world-class accordion soloists to perform in Finland, and offered at the same time an opportunity for them to become known to the Finnish audiences.

21 year old Petar Maric was born in Belgrade in 1990 and he is recognised as one of the best young accordionists in the world. In October 2010 he became the winner of the Coupe Mondiale, the most prestigious competition of accordion players with a 63 year long tradition, organised by the Confederation Internationale des Accordeonistes. At this competition Petar Maric won the categories of classical and virtuoso popular music, thus becoming the holder of the title of the best accordion player of all musical genres.

Following this remarkable success, Petar was invited to perform in 2011 at the important festivals in China (Shanghai), Finland (Tampere), Italy (Spoleto), Russia (Moscow) and Greece (Santorini).
 
Petar Maric is also the winner and laureate of other renowned international competitions such as the CMA Trophée Mondiale de l’Accordeon 2009, Internationaler Klingenthal Akkordeon Wettbewerb – Germany, Castelfidardo – Italy, Coupe Jeunesse – Slovakia, Spoleto Music Festival – Italy etc., as well as the most important national competitions of young musicians.
 
Petar Maric studied at the School of Music Dr Vojislav Vuckovic in Belgrade with Aleksandar Nikolic. He spent a short period in France where he perfected himself in the field of popular music interpretation with Frederic Deschamps. He was awarded the most important recognition in Serbia: the City of Belgrade ’Angel of Belgrade’ prize, Charter of the Crown Prince Aleksandar Karadordevic.
 
Petar Maric commands a large repertoire ranging from the classical music composed for the accordion or transcribed for the instrument to various virtuoso pieces of the popular genre originating from all over the world, showcasing vast interpretative possibilities of the accordion. Petar Maric’s unique combination of talent, musicality and stage presence has thrilled the audiences in Europe (Finland, Germany, Italy, France, Portugal, and Slovakia) and also in South Korea, China, Australia, New Zealand.

He is a promoter of the Scandalli - Extreme and Hohner – Fun Flash accordions.
(www.petarmaric.net)