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Carrefour Mondial de l'Accordéon, Québec – Canadaby Rob Howard |
The 30th annual Carrefour Mondial de l'Accordéon takes place in Montmagny, Québec, from Thursday August 30th to Sunday September 2nd. This large scale festival celebrates all styles of accordion music, from manouche swing to classical pieces to the exotic rhythms of world music, presenting a large number of concerts, conferences, exhibits, children's activities, accordion museum, and dances. Picture right: Director Artístico Raynald Ouellet. This year’s guests include Alexandre Boivin Caron, Élisabeth Nicol and Virginie Nicol (Quebec), Steve Normandin (Quebec), Gary Blair and Robin Hyland (Scotland), Sylvie Pulles (France), Marie-Jeanne Brousseau et Guillaume Turcotte (Quebec), Alain Chatry (France), Trio Antonio Rivas, Daniel Ochoa and Jairo Gomez (Colombia), Gangspil: Sonnich Lydom et Kristian Bugge (Denmark), Filippo Gambetta and Emilyn Stam (Italy/Canada), Roman Jbanov and Alexeï Birioukov (Russia), Duo Le Bour Bodros: Youen Bodros et Timothée Le Bour (Brittany/France), Gaston Nolet (Quebec), Vladimir Sidorov (Russia), Andrea Di Giacomo (Italy), Pascal Lamige (France), Marie-Desneiges Hamel et Gaëtan Lefebvre (Quebec), Len Wallace (Ontario, Canada), Duo Daura: Pilar Planavila and Ivan Caro (Spain), Susie Lemay, Kimberley Holmes and Jocelyne Bourque (Canada), Sabin Jacques and Rachel Aucoin (Quebec), Joaquin Diaz (Dominican Republic), Gerry Virone (Quebec), Bernard Lafargue (Quebec), Club Carrefour (Quebec), Marcel Caron (Quebec), Serge Duchesne (Quebec), Valerie Plante (Quebec), and more. For further information email: accordeon@montmagny.com |