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Folkwang Accordion Week, Essen – Germanyby Rob Howard |
The Folkwang Accordion Week takes place from December 1st to 5th at Campus Essen-Werden, Folkwang Universität der Künste, Essen, Germany. The Artistic Director of the Folkwang Accordion Week is Professor Mie Miki (picture right). The week includes concerts, lectures, master classes, and an accordion competition. Highlights include: Monday December 1st, 7.30pm - Chamber Music Hall, Norwegian bayan virtuoso Geir Draugsvoll, now based in Copenhagen, performs a recital Wednesday December 3rd, 7.30pm - Chamber Music Hall, Yuri Shishkin performs Viatcheslav Semionov – ‘Sonata No.3’, Franz Liszt – ‘Etude S. 484 Nr.16, Op.20’, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov – ‘The story of the Calendar Prince’, Vladimir Shishin - Suite ‘Im Zoo’, and George Gershwin – ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ The Folkwang Accordion Week includes a public master class with Professor Geir Draugsvoll on December 2nd, the first Folkwang Accordion Competition on December 3rd, and a lecture by Professor Mie Miki on December 4th. The week ends with a final concert featuring the students in the classes of Professors Mie Miki and Heidi Luosujärvi on December 5th. |