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| The 13th World Music Festival 2019 is Europes largest competition for accordion orchestras and ensembles. The event, organised by the Deutscher Harmonika Verband e.V (DHV) features concert performances by groups and orchestras and international competitions for: • Harmonica and accordion instruments in orchestras, ensembles and bands • Solo categories for harmonica and diatonic accordion |
Results
Download pdf: 2019 ResultsDownload pdf: 2019 Detailed Results (59 pages)
Download Invitation and Entry Information in German and English: 2019WMF.pdf
| Held every three years, the 13th World Music Festival organised by the Deutscher Harmonika-Verband e.V. (DHV) held in Innsbruck between 30th May to 2 June. This festival attracts accordion orchestras and ensembles from all over Germany and the world, as well as featuring top soloist performers and groups in concert. The top prize was awarded to Akkordeon im Quadrat Mannheim und Hohner Akkordeon Orchester Reilingen with 47.8 points – just 0.2 ahead of second placed Akkordeonorchester der Musikschule Elmshorn. Akkordeon Orchester Grenzach placed third on 47.2 points. The opening night acts included Accordion Masters, Akkordeonorchester Baltmannsweiler, Akkordeon Landesjugendorchester Baden Wurttemberg, the Seminarorchester from the Trossingen Accordion Conservatory and the IOAC winners – Felix Fritshi and /Joe Kenney. In the Dogana Hall, Finland’s world class Tango Orchestra Guardia Nueva entertained the crowds. Saturday nights ‘Evening of the nations’ was a superb showcase of all things accordion from around the globe. Southern Cross Accordion Ensemble formed especially for the festival with accordionists from Australia and New Zealand performed, followed by Moldova’s acclaimed Concertino While elsewhere in the venue Zoran Zorko demonstrated his incredible musicianship, along with a spectacular Styrian Harmonkia showcase. Lithuania’s world-famous Martynas Levickis wowed the crowd with his sell-out show. The nightclub atmosphere was carrying on downstairs with Cologne’s 1st Accordion Orchestra and Trossingen’s famous Hohnerklang sharing the stage. As is the tradition of the prize giving held in the Olympic Stadiums Orchestras filled the venue where Hans-Gunter Kolz took the baton once again with Hohnerklang entertaining the over 5000 strong crowd eagerly awaiting the results of the competition, before being joined on the stage with other players to form the huge massed Europa Orchestra. Alison Worthington |
| Friday 31 May 2019 |
| 00002 - Akkordeonensemble TastSinn der Musikschule Mittelsachsen |
| 00003 - Nurenberger Akkordion-Ensemble |
| 00004 - Animato Hengelo |
| 00006 - Akkordeonorchester der Musikschule Elmshorn |
| 00007 - Nurnberger Akkordeionorchester Willi Munch e.V. |
| Saturday 01 June 2019 |
| 00002 - London Accordion Orchestra |
| 00003 - Akkordeonorchester Hof ein Ensemble der Musikshule |
| 00004-7 Southern Cross Ensemble was formed especially for this festival with accordionists from the AATA (Australian Accordion Teachers Association), ASA (Accordion Society of Australia) and from New Zealand. Performing with the 11 accordionists was: Lucy Voronov (cimbalom), daughter Dasha Stusenko (violin) and Larysa Kovalchuk (Bandura). |
| Humi Accordion Band 2019 Innsbruck, Humi Accordion Quintet Radom in the Innsbruck competition 2019. |
| Published on Jun 5, 2019 Aufnahme des 1. Konzertorchester des 1. Akkordeon-Orchesters Emmendingen e. V. am 13. World Music Festival in Innbruck in der Kategorie Erwachsenenorchester Oberstufe I mit dem Stück Transylvania von Helmut Quakernack |
Prizegiving |
Jury
