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20-Jan-2017
18th International Akkordeonfestival Wien - Austriaby Harley Jones |
Video 2: Motiv
 Video 1: Will Pound & Eddy Jay - Floating Candle, published 13 June 2015.Video 2: Motiv performs Bebê (Hermeto Pascoal). Players are: Inês Vaz (accordion), Miguel Majer (percussion) and Múcio Sá (portuguese guitar) published 29 Nov 2016. The 18th annual International Accordion Festival, organised by Friedl Preisl, takes place at numerous venues in Vienna from February 25th to March 26th. Program/Schedule: 2017wien.pdf The focus this year is on Austria's neighbouring countries. The festival begins on February 25th with Großmütterchen Hatz & Klok and the ladies from Karat Apart. The next day audiences will be treated to performances by Otto Lechner, a leading act of the festival, and The Wiener Zieharmoniker at Theater Akzent. A few highlights from the concert series include: The Klezmatics from the USA on March 13th at the Theater Akzent, Asja Valcic and Klaus Paier perform with their new quartet in Porgy & Bess on March 15th, there is a performance by the Wiener Tschuschenkapelle on March 19th at Schutzhaus Zukunft, and there is a traditional concert with Dobrek Bistro on March 22nd at Orpheum. Attwenger, a two-man band from Upper Austria, will play their innovative folk music on March 24th at Schutzhaus Zukunft. The festival will come to a close with the Italian diatonic button accordionist Riccardo Tesi and Bellaciao in Metropol. The Accordion Festival Lounge takes place from 9pm in Café Mocca on Saturdays, hosted by musician Franziska Hatz, and there are silent film matinees with live musical accompaniment and Swing Nights for dance enthusiasts on Sundays. The festival also includes five workshops on accordion and harmonica playing, and participants should bring their instruments. For further information email: friedl@akkordeonfestival.at |