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‘World Meeting of Accordion Music’, Valledupar – Colombiaby Rob Howard |
Accordionist Walter Gialdi (video above performing jazz) from Cordoba, Argentina, has been confirmed as a guest at the 5th ‘World Meeting of Accordion Music’ in Valledupar, Colombia, June 19th to 22nd. The event is organized by the Reyes Y Juglares Vallenatos Foundation. Walter Gialdi represented Argentina at the 2007 International Festival in Castelfidardo, Italy. Also confirmed as a guest are Landazábal Luis Eduardo Cortés, from Colombia, an accordionist renowned for playing Latin American rhythms, especially music from Brazil, Chile and Paraguay, and Sivio Prevale, from Uruguay. The festival will include a tribute to Don Jacob Luque García, the first to import Hohner accordions into Colombia. The festival offers competitions for solo accordionists and ensembles that use accordions, and the closing date for entries and participation in the festival is April 18th 2013. For further information email: eldiariovallenato@gmail.com |