JUHA SILFVERBERG
JULIE SILFVERBERG
KEVIN FRIEDRICH
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I was born into a musical family in Helsinki,
Finland, and began my accordion studies at the age of seven with Lasse
Pihlajamaa, a well known pioneer in the accordion field in Finland.
Playing the 'Finnish C System' button
accordion, I was both Finnish National Accordion Champion and Scandinavian
Accordion Champion, earning the right to represent my country when the
Coupe Mondiale, World Accordion Championships were
held in Helsinki, Finland.
During my career, I have been fortunate
to have had the opportunity of performing in many countries around the
world, as well as in my native homeland of Finland and adopted homeland
of the United States.
My formal education took me to the
United States, where I was the first foreign student to study accordion
performance with Joan C. Sommers at the University of Missouri - Kansas
City. After completing my studies I returned to Finland with my new wife
Julie, where I resumed teaching and performing on the accordion.
Currently, my wife Julie and I, along
with our two children Jessica and Janne, live back in the Kansas City area,
where I make my living with the accordion. As an entertainer, I enjoy a
busy schedule performing regularly throughout the Greater Kansas City area
and in addition, run an accordion repair and tuning business from my home.
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