Introduction

Martin Frey began his accordion training in 1965, which lasted until the late 1970s. From 1985 to approx. 2002 he gave accordion lessons & has conducted and conducted seminars in Switzerland as well as in several other European countries. With his accordion duet, Martin Frey has played many concerts in different countries, including: Switzerland, Germany, England, France. He is a member of national and international accordion committees.

Education

Professional Activities

For almost 33 years he has had his own business "Accordion General Agency Switzerland", as well as in Russia for several years. In Russia he and his Russian partners Pavel Zaitsev & Yuri Zhmodik represent the brands PIGINI & EXCELSIOR (since more than 32 years), as well as the brand BAFFETTI (since 3 years).

The accordion trade including the service for accordions in RUSSIA has been continuously expanded since 2014. Consistent quality of the accordions and its reliability with customers are the prerequisites for its success today.

In his activities as a civil engineer since 1979 he has been working nationally in Switzerland. The activities as a process engineer since 1998 in the industry in technical and scientific areas are both national and international. The fields of activity lead from the automotive, machine, aerospace industry (developing processes for the "compatible payload fairing system" for Arian 5 & Atlas V) to the communication and electricity-producing industry (contract mapping & processing in the Electricity industry on special ERP systems). He has been active in these two areas since 2005.

Redesign, optimization and transformation of processes in ERP systems (SAP) in the areas of: finance, human resources, controlling, production. Extensive experience in internal auditing at large corporations (national & international).

Languages

Martin is proficient in three languages; German, English and French.

Concert Organization

• Air New Zealand Accordion Orchestra (New Zealand)
• Jenny's Accordionists (England)
• Alexander Dmitriev (Russia)
• Art Van Damme (USA)
• Fang Yuan (Singapore/China)
• Friedrich Lips (Russia)
• Harley Jones (New Zealand)
• Frank Marocco (USA)
• White Day Ensemble (Russia)
• Yuri Shishkin (Russia)
• St Petersburgh Accordion Orchestra Pavel Smirnov (Russia)
• Timbre Russian Accordions Group (Russia)

Conclusion

All these different activities and studies have helped him to successfully bring his experience to the field of accordion production, as well as in advising end customers (musicians, teachers, etc.) about the accordion.