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12th World Music Festival, Innsbruck, 5th to 8th May 2016 – Austriaby Harley Jones |
Thousands of accordions will be heard at the 12th World Music Festival in Innsbruck, Austria, May 5th to 8th. Some 7,000 accordion friends, about 450 orchestras and ensembles from many nations are expected at one of the world’s largest accordion competitions at the international convention centre Congress Innsbruck, and other adjoining stages. Download the Information/Entry Brochure: 2016WorldMusic.pdf with regulations and full contact information The international competition includes different categories such as accordion orchestras and ensembles, chamber music, harmonica orchestras, diatonic accordion ensembles. The event will also feature excellent concerts in the evenings and on Sunday May 8th, is the final award ceremony at Innsbruck’s Olympic Hall stadium. The organisation team is again lead by World Music Project Director Hedy Stark-Fussnegger assisted by a strong team from the Deutscher Harmonika-Verband e.V. (DHV) including Stefan Hippe (Chairman of Conductors) and Hans-Günther Kölz (DHV Music Council) and others. Since 1983 the German DHV have been organizing the World Music Festival every three years at Innsbruck, in beautiful Tyrol, Austria. I had the pleasure of attending the last World Music Festival in 2013 and a photo report is online at: 2013InsbrReport The 11th World Music Festival was great fun, lots of superb music with a wonderful atmosphere, so I look forward to 2016. |