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22-Apr-2011
World Accordion Day ‘Accordion Awareness Program’ Concert, Pune – Indiaby Rob Howard |
 Accordionist Amit Vaidya performs in concert at Sudarshan Kala Manch, Pune, India, on May 7th, 7pm. This World Accordion Day event is aimed to spread awareness about the accordion in this part of the world. In India the accordion was introduced through films by the noted film maker Raj Kapoor. There were number of accordionists active from 1950 - 1970 in India as the film industry was booming and there was a great demand. Indian films have songs at their heart and a lot of these songs had accordion played in the back ground. However since the advent of synthesizer this art has dwindled in India There is a tradition of playing the songs from these old movies on this instrument. Amit Vaidya will be reviving this tradition also by giving the history of the accordion through a presentation. The topics include: - accordion history, how the name was coined and the birth - story of Paolo Soprani - accordion factories - types of accordions - accordion mechanism (how it works!) - journey of this instrument in India For further information email: amit_vaidya_1@yahoo.com |