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03-Apr-2009
4th Paks Accordion Festival - Hungaryby Olga Papp, President of Festival |
  On the 28th March, the 4th Paks Accordion Festival was held in Hungary. Accordionists came to Paks City from all over Hungary for this competition and festival.Day one of the competitions, involved seventeen contestants in three categories: Junior 1, Junior 2 and Adult category. Junior 1 first prize was not awarded due to the small number of competitors. Junior 2 was won by Balazs Kishsh (Picture - left, School of the Arts in Paks) and the Adult category was won by Gabor Perlaki. In the afternoon, Alexander Poeluev (Russia - picture right), honorary guest, held a very successful master class for Hungarian accordionists and their teachers and afterwards, the students were excited and practising very hard. The day ended with a Gala concert, which announced the competition results and prize giving. Performing at the concert were the competition winners and concert guest musicians and ensembles. These included the famous Hungarian accordionists Ernie Weszely (picture left) and István Horváth. Last to perform was guest artist and Laureate of international competitions, Alexander Poeluev who enjoyed long applause from the audience. Some of his most enjoyed works were: Chromatic and Toccata and Fugue by Bach and Hungarian Czardas. The Gala concert ended with an encore by Poeluev. Finally, you can wish everyone a good journey home and start preparing for the next accordion festival in Paks in 2010! |