Archived videos are further down the page including:
- The Final Countdown to Primus Ikaalinen VIII
- A Day off for the Competitors of Primus Ikaalinen
- A Rocking Night in Festival Park
- A visit to the Ikaalinen Accordion Museum |
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10.00
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 The
Accordion Fair
Venue: Ikaalinen Business College
Free entry |
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 Music
in the Park and the Pub Tent
Various Performers
17.00 Blasorchester Jung St. Marien, Austria
Venue: Festival Park
Free entry |
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12.00
- 17.00
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 Children’s
Festival
Pippi Longstocking, Doll Maddalena and Lord Nissiläinen
play and entertain children, and childlike. Fun things
to do for the whole family. Performances at 13.00 - Midday
Party and 16.00 - Afternoon rejoicing.
Music, crafts and activities. 14.00 - 15.00 Mr. Nissiläinen’s
accordion workshop where you can try playing an accordion.
Venue: The Old Rectory Garden
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17.00
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Grayson
Masefield (New Zealand)
The Primus Ikaalinen and the Coupe Mondiale 2009 Winner's
solo concert. In cooperation with Accordions Worldswide
(AWW).
Venue:
Oma Tupa
Tickets: Adult 20€ / 10€ |
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19.00
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The
40th Anniversary Concert of Sata-Häme Soi
The highlights from the decades, from the 1970's nostalgia
to 2010's young talented musicians. Ikaalinen folk accordionists
play together with Vesa-Matti Tastula. Host: Mikko Alatalo.
The ticket price includes a copy of the double-CD "The
best of the Ikaalinen Accordionists and Fiddlers"
Venue:
Ikaalinen Hall
Tickets: 40€ / 10€ |
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Gospel
Covertajat
Classics of Finnish Gospel music and pearls of spiritual
youth music.
Venue: Ikaalinen Hall
Program 40€ / 10€
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21:30
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The
Jämi Fly In
The Jämi Fly In Air Show greets Ikaalinen over the
Lake Kyrösjärvi.
Venue: Viewing at the baseball stadium
Free admission |
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22.00
- 02.00
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Evening
of Music and Dance in the Park
An Evening of Celebration in the Park, Dance music for
having fun.
Ikaalinen Men's Accordion group, and Jämijärvi
Folk Musicians.
At 23.00 hrs: All Accordionists join to celebrate!
Tickets €15/ €5, Free entry for those joining
the Group play!
The
great ensemble starts at 21.30.
Ensemble pieces:
Valkea Ruusu (Gm), Kultainen nuoruus (C), Kulkurin valssi
(D),
Tulipunaruusut (Cm), Heili Karjalasta (Cm), Tavallinen
tyttö (Em),
Väliaikainen (Dm), Karjalan polkka (G).
Area
Ticket 15€ / 5€
Free entry if you bring your accordion to play with
the others at 23:00!
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22.00
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Munich
Groove Connection, Germany
This dazzling quintet moves from one music style to another
smoothly with long jazz improvisations. The musicians
come from Bulgaria, Georgia and Moldova, and do not try
to hide their musical roots from each respective country.
Venue: Oma Tupa
Tickets: 30€ |
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The
Final Countdown to Primus Ikaalinen VIII
Video directed by Mike Rossi for the www.DeschampsCHANNEL.com
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A
Day off for the Competitors of Primus Ikaalinen
Video directed by Mike Rossi for the www.DeschampsCHANNEL.com
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A
Rocking Night in Festival Park
Video directed by Mike Rossi for the www.DeschampsCHANNEL.com
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A
visit to the Ikaalinen Accordion Museum
Video directed by Mike Rossi for the www.DeschampsCHANNEL.com
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Dozens of
children and their families gathered to enjoy the afternoon
of interactive entertainment with popular character Pippy Longstocking
and her friends.
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Pippi
Longstocking, Doll Maddalena and Lord Nissiläinen
(accordion)
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Above
left: Lord Nissiläinen (accordion)
Above right: face painting for the kids
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Doll
Maddalena, Pippi Longstocking and Lord Nissiläinen
(accordion)
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Note: See below for Video of Concert
New Zealand is just about as far away as you can get on this
planet from Finland, however Sata-Häme Soi and the New
Zealand Accordion Association and New Zealand musicians have
been in cooperation for over 10 years.
Grayson Masefield, 24, from Auckland, New Zealand is considered
among the top accordionists of the new generation. He won
the International Coupe Mondiale competition in 2009 in both
the Classical and the Virtuoso Entertainment categories. He
was also the first prize winner in the Primus Ikaalinen competition
of 2010. He has also enjoyed many successes in numerous other
International competitions and festivals around the world.
Grayson Masefield studies in France, tours regularly in Europe
and the countries around the Pacific. He is a versatile musician,
whose family have been central figures in the New Zealand
accordion music culture for generations. His Grandfather,
the late Allan Jones was considered the 'father' of the accordion
movement in New Zealand. His mother Heather Masefield plays
and teachers accordion, as do his two uncles, Harley and Maurice
Jones, well known figures in the accordion world. His father
also played accordion for many years in the Air New Zealand
Accordion Orchestra, and to round of the family accordion
connections, his sister Amber is also an active accordionist,
and currently serves as the Treasurer of the New Zealand Accordion
Association.
Grayson's magnificent concert at Oma Tupa contained a versatile
mix of the most important accordion music as well as transcriptions
spanning from Bach's majestic Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor,
to new contemporary works by Finnish composer Petri Makkonen
and Gorka Hermosa from Spain.
Accordions Worldwide Inc. sponsored Grayson's concert at the
Sata-Häme Soi Festival this year in honor and celebrating
of the festival's 40th Anniversary.
Grayson's program was as follows:
- J. S. Bach
- Passacaglia and Fugue
- D. Scarlatti
- Sonata in A Major
- W. A. Mozart
- Variations on 'Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman'
- F. Chopin
- Etude Op. 10, No. 12 'Revolutionary'
- G. Hermosa
- Fragilissimo
- F. Angelis
- Hommaga a Paco
- P. Makkonen
- Tango-Toccata
- G. Hermosa
- Ka mate
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Grayson
Masefield in Concert
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Above
right: Grayson performing Ka mate, which calls for him
to perform the traditional Maori Haka
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Grayson
Masefield at the conclusion of his concert at Oma Tupa
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Grayson
Masefield Concert at Oma Tupa
Video directed by Mike Rossi for the www.DeschampsCHANNEL.com
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Note: See below for Video of Concert
The small town of Ikaalinen was full of people in June 1972,
when the music festival was arranged for the first time. During
the 40 years there have been millions of music notes, hundreds
of thousands of listeners, thousands of performers and hundreds
of concerts.
Although there has been a great amount of international flavor,
and many world class performers have been heard, the local roots
of the folk music have always been treasured.
This was heard at the 40th anniversary concert, where the program
contained a snap shot of music from throughout the four decades
of the festival.
The concert's finale included the Ikaalinen folk musicians playing
together.
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40th
Anniversary Concert MC - Mikko Alatalo
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Kalle
Makkonen (8), Jyväskylä -
Winner of the Silver Accordion Competition 2012
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Above
and Below: Ikaalinen Folk Music Orchestra
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Ikaalinen
Folk Music Orchestra
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Above
and below: Kaisa Kujanpää (piano) Kimmo Mattila
(accordion), Antti Nissilä (vocalist),
Aino Ojakoski (viola) and Mandi Nissilä (cello),
performing Lasse Pihlajamaa: Muistojen harmonikka
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Leif
Ottosson (accordion) Duo from Sweden
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Above
left: Duo Hurmio: Anna-Elisa Hannula (vocals) Henna
Tahvanainen (accordion)
. Above right: Lelo Nika
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Grayson
Masefield (New Zealand) performing Finnish
composer Petri Makkonen's - Tango-Toccata
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Kokkola
Junior Accordion Orchestra, conducted by Raimo Vertainen
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Jammi
Humalamäki (accordion) and Mikko Alatalo (guitar)
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Munich
Groove Connection - Konstantin Kostov (piano), Giorgi
Makhoshvili (bass),
Luciana Beleaeva (violin), Nevyan Lenkov (percussion)
and Vladislav
Cojocaru (accordion)
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Kaisa
Kujanpää (accordion and vocals)
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Ikaalinen
Folk Musicians Group
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40th
Anniversary Concert
Video directed by Mike Rossi for the www.DeschampsCHANNEL.com
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The Jämi Fly In Air Show was unfortunately cancelled to
to the bad weather and low visibility.
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An Evening
of Celebration in the Park featuring Dance music and the Ikaalinen
Men's Accordion group, and Jämijärvi Folk Musicians
as well as the Festival Orchestra play along performing popular
Finnish folk pieces:
Väliaikainen
Kulkurin valssi
Karjalan poikia
Heili Karjalasta
Tulipunaruusut
Tavallinen tyttö
Valkea Ruusu
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Above
and Below: Festival Park
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We will hear what a group sounds like, when the members
from Moldova, Georgia and Bulgaria combine their own home
countries' music styles of the classical treasure chests
with their dazzling skill.
Violinist Luciana Beleaeva plays with the Munich Philharmonic
Orchestra. Accordionist Vladislav Cojocaru plays in many
different groups specialized in east European music styles.
Bass player Giorgi Makhoshvili has won a national jazz
prize in his native Georgia. He then moved to Germany
and plays in many different groups. Pianist Konstantin
Kostov has graduated from the Music University of Sofia,
specialized in jazz and composition, and has continued
his career with great success in Munich.
The quintet's personal sound and rhythmic energy is complete
with the percussions by Nevyan Lenkov.
The Munich Groove Connection is impossible to place in
any music style. They play familiar classic hits in a
new style and jazz improvisations, with skill and dazzle.
The group received an invitation to Ikaalinen as a special
prize in St. Petersburg at the International Terem Crossover
Competition in April 2012.
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Konstantin
Kostov (piano), Vladislav
Cojocaru (accordion),Luciana
Beleaeva (violin),
Giorgi Makhoshvili (bass) and Nevyan
Lenkov (percussion)
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Pictures of the beautiful sights from around Ikaalinen.
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The
spectacular rising of the Sun at 2:30 am
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