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Yvette Horner DVD ‘Reine de l'accordéon’, Paris – Franceby Rob Howard |
The legendary French accordionist Yvette Horner has released a DVD, ‘Reine de l'accordéon’, available via Amazon. The tracks include ‘New York, New York’, ‘Mon Tour de France’, ‘Marche des mineurs’, ‘Valse de l’amour’, ‘Euro-Accordeon’, ‘Monsiuer Strauss’, ‘Au coeur de la danse’, ‘Tea for two’, ‘Brise Napolitaine’, ‘Marche turque’, Carnaval de Venise’, ‘El caballero blanco’, ‘Reproche’, ‘Marina’, ‘Pour un brin de muguet’, ‘Marche des forgerons’. The DVD also includes an interview (in French) with Yvette Horner. Yvette Horner studied accordion, piano and music theory at the Conservatory of Tarbes and that of Toulouse, and later also in Paris. She was CIA World Champion in 1948, at the age of 14, and has been a star of the musette scene in France ever since, with an extensive recording career. She has also pursued a career as a concert pianist. |