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24-Jun-2011
Sata-Häme Soi Accordion Festival, Ikaalinen - Finlandby Harley Jones |
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 DAILY REPORTS by Kevin Friedrich online at Sata-Häme Soi. The 39th international Sata-Häme Soi Accordion Festival will take place in Ikaalinen, from June 28th until July 3rd 2011. Competition Results: - Golden Accordion Winner Timo Hautamäki - Silver Accordion Winner Sonja Lampinen ?- Primus Ikaalinen Finals (International). The competition was organized for the seventh time and the final was broadcast live on Finland´s National TV and live internet. The winner of the 2011 Primus Ikaalinen is Cory Pesaturo from USA. Giorgio Albanese from Italy came second. Full information will be in the Daily Reports. Primus Ikaalinen contestants 2011 are: Matthias Matzke (Germany), Alexander Veretennikov (Russia), Cory Pesaturo (USA), Danijel Stankovic (Austria), Julie Blocher (France), Giorgio Albanese (Italy), Natanael Teizeira (Portugal) plus the winner of the Golden Accordion 2011. The Festival week includes some 50 concerts and events with approximately 1,000 Finnish and about 100 foreign performers. The festival is expecting 35,000 visitors, with 15,000 purchased concert tickets. About half of the concerts and events are free. Some noteable accordion concerts are: - Budapest Klezmer Band - Duo Syrius (France) of Julien Gonzales (2007 Primus Ikaalinen winner, accordion) and Cyril Carbonne (clarinet). - Finnish National Youth Accordion Orchestra, newly established, which consists of young advanced music students. - Peter Maric (Serbia) 2010 Coupe Mondiale winner - Terem Quartet (Russia) with Finnish soloist Jonna Pirttijoki Daily Reports by Kevin Friedrich online at Sata-Häme Soi. Picture below of some 2010 Primus Ikaalinen finalists: Augustinas Rakauskass, Sarah Vonau, Petar Maric, Maria Saarenkylä, Pietro Adragna, João Guerreira. |
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