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17-May-2019

13th World Music Festival, Innsbruck – Austria

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Akkordeonorchester Baltmannsweiler e. V.The 13th World Music Festival will be held in Innsbruck, Austria from May 30th to June 2nd, organised by the Deutscher Harmonika-Verband e.V. (DHV). Several thousand participants and visitors are thrilled every three years when the Deutscher Harmonika-Verband holds this festival.

The event will include a competition for accordion orchestras, ensembles and bands plus solo categories for harmonica and diatonic accordions. In addition a number of concerts will be held as well as the “Evening of the Nations” event in the Congresshaus Innsbruck to mark this unique festival worldwide.

Concert performers include last festival competition winners Akkordeonorchester Baltmannsweiler e. V. (pictured - conducted by Thomas Bauer), The Guardia Nueva Tango Orchestra (Finland) directed by Raimo Vertainen, duo Joe Kenney (marimba) and Felix Fritschi (accordion), 1. Kölner Akkordeonorchester 1935 e. V. (conducted by Hans-Günther Kölz and Matthias Henneck), Southern Cross Accordion Ensemble (formed especially for this event from Australia and New Zealand), and Fireworks of the Styrian Harmonica - young prize winners Michael Rettig, Alexander Pamer and Mattia Demetz.

Jury groups are:
- Prof. Bogdan Dowlasz (POL), Johannes Baumann, Hans Barten (NLD), Ladislav Horák (CZE), Heidrun Neugebauer.
- Hedy Stark-Fussnegger, Volker Gerlich, Dr. Jörg Mehren, Lutz Stark.
- Wolfgang Russ, Fabian Dobler, Christine Fischer-Fahs, Werner Osten.
- Kimmo Mattila (FIN), Gerhard Koschel, Alfred Melichar (AUT).
- Mirco Patarini (ITA), Alma Flammersberger, Werner Glutsch, Jörgen Sundeqvist (SWE).
- Andreas Nebl, Kathrin Gass, Konstantin Ischenko (RUS).
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