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Viivi Maria Saarenkylä Accordion Artist Of The 2018 Year - Finlandby Minna Plihtari |
For the first time in Finland, The Finnish Accordion Association made the award "Accordion Artist Of The Year". Legandary Finnish accordionist Veikko Ahvenainen handed out this award to Viivi Maria Saarenkylä. Viivi Maria Saarenkylä has found her own music style and genre. She has studied abroad after her basic music studies and she has achieved international successes in many international accordion competitions all over the world. She has now become a full-time musician and is also studying at the international Glomas Programme at Sibelius Academy. Viivi has represented her country with great success and has also been an excellent role model for other young accordionists as well as demonstrating just how versatile and modern sounding the accordion can be. Viivi is an important public relations person for the future of Finnish accordion music and its continuity which is also very important to the Finnish Accordion Association. |