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27th Finnish Accordion Association 24 hour Cruise - Finland & Swedenby Minna Plihtari |
The 27th annual Finnish Accordion Association 24 hour Cruise from Turku, Finland to Stockholm, Sweden took place on the 27th and 28th January. The whole ship was full with 1,700 accordion players and accordion music lovers. Many people came on the 27 "accordion buses" from all over Finland and the rest by car or train etc. There were 17 accordion orchestras playing on the cruise plus many more ensembles playing traditional Finnish accordion music, dance music, jazz, tango nuevo, pop etc. Well known performers were Cory Pesaturo (USA), Jörgen Sundeqvist (Sweden), and from Finland, Jonna Pirttijoki, Viivi Maria Saarenkylä, Tiia Karttunen, Henna Leppänen with her Tango Ensemble, Seppo Lankinen, bandoneon player Sami Pirttilahti. We also had a wonderful Variete concert with young musicians. Two of them will represent the Finnish Accordion Association at the 2018 Coupe Mondiale. They are Pilvi Huhta, 16 years old and Tiia Karttunen, 21 years old. Pilvi is a school girl from Vihti and her teacher is Sofia Ahjoniemi. Tiia is studying at the Sibelius Academy to become music teacher. There were music all over the ship for 23 hours with people singing and dancing and having fun all night long. All who wanted to join were unable to be there because there were no more space. But no worries... the next Accordion Cuise will take place, 26-27 January 2019 and it's already on sale! (www.harmonikkaristeily.fi) |