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XXV Kokkolan Winter Accordion Festival 2023 - Finlandby Harley Jones |
Video: Guardia Nueva, director Raimo Vertainen, performance at their 20th anniversary concert held at the Kokkola Ice rink in Finland in 2022. The XXV Kokkolan Winter Accordion Festival 2023 will be held in Kokkola, Central Ostrobothnia, Finland from February 10th to 18th, 2023. Download festival program: 2023KokkolaFest.pdf The opening concert will be held at the Musiikkitalo (Music House) in Helsinki and feature Trio Fratres (picture right) with a celebration of their music. Their program includes Finnish music, Baroque music, Russian romance as well as techno. The concert will include original works interpreted by four different accordion trios in collaboration with music academies in Denmark, Latvia and Finland. Pictured below: Trio UnSeen (Lithuania) includes Edgaras Dicpinigaitis, Ruslan Grimbovsky and Matas Sabaliauskas. Trio Femella (Denmark) includes Romena Lengvinaite, Amalie Ravnsbæk and Ditte Lykke Hansen. Trio Acctron (Finland) includes Leonardo Rojnic, Pilvi Huhta and Kiia-Maria Piispa. Bare(ly) Trio (Finland) includes Sonja Vertainen, Minna Ristamäki and Sini Ström. On February 17th, Richard Galliano will perform and on February 18th the Guardia Nueva Orchestra, directed by Raimo Vertainen will entertain with guest vocalists Pentti Hietanen and Jepa Lambert. The concert includes Finnish music, tangos, Argentine music, film music, musical tunes, and instrumental music. Download festival program: 2023KokkolaFest.pdf |