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10-Jul-2015
Accordionist Rebecca Bracewell Overcomes Severe Hearing Loss, BC – Canadaby Rob Howard |
 Teenage accordionist Rebecca Bracewell, 18, who overcame severe hearing loss, will perform two works by Astor Piazzolla — ‘Libertango’ and ‘Oblivion’ — as one of two soloists with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra at ‘Symphony Splash’ in Victoria, BC, Canada, on August 2nd. It will be the first time Splash has included an accordion soloist. She commented, “It’s such an honour to be the first accordion player. It’s so exciting. I’m so glad I was picked for this”. The other soloist is 16-year-old Ben Parker, who will play ‘Trumpet Concerto’, by Alexander Arutiunian.Rebecca Bracewell was diagnosed with severe hearing loss as a three-year-old and uses hearing aids. She started piano lessons at age seven and switched to the accordion just three years ago. Last year, Bracewell was judged the best classical accordionist under 18 at the Victoria International Accordion Festival. She also recently placed at the Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration in Washington State. Rebecca studies with Jelena Milojevic, concert soloist and the Artistic Director of the Victoria International Accordion Festival. “She’s definitely one of the young (accordion) leaders of her generation in Canada,” Milojevic said. “One would never guess she has hearing aids. It’s extremely amazing. She has an incredible talent.” Tania Miller, Victoria Symphony’s music director, said selecting an accordionist and a trumpeter as soloists was a deliberately unorthodox choice. “I’m completely thrilled with both of them, because neither is a pianist, neither is a violinist,” she said. |