June 2nd, 2011 would have been the 90th birthday of Eugene Ettore. In honor of his birthday, I updated this website with photos of his many distinguished awards and honors which he received over the years. All of these prestigious awards are on a wall in his home in Livingston, NJ . where his daughter, Carol, and family used to live in 2011. Carol kindly loaned me these awards, which I scanned and they are now included on this page.

This Eugene Ettore website will be regularly updated. If you have any letters or original manuscript scores by Eugene Ettore, I would greatly appreciate knowing about them. Please contact me at: Ritabelll@aol.com.

Additionally, I will include on this website recollections and remembrances by accordionists who knew Eugene Ettore. If you have programs or news articles which you do not see on this website, I would appreciate your sending a copy to me at Email: Ritabelll@aol.com

Eugene Ettore is a very important and valuable part of the development of the accordion. It is hoped that all - especially the younger generation of upcoming accordion artists - learn about him and include his music in their repertoire.