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help Styrians”. This concert called “Tanti Anni Prima”
with highlights from the classical, jazz and tango
world was presented by the ensemble “Ars
Harmoniae” – a combination of music, singing,
dancing and acting.
Austria’s first ever Accordion Museum
www.akkordeonmuseum.at was opened in Melk,
Sterngasse 19, Lower Austria, located on beautiful
Danube in Austria’s World Heritage “Wachau”, by
News from Serbia…
HARMONIKAVERBAND ÖSTERREICHS (HVÖ)
The “Belgrade Accordion Association (BAA) brings
together 15 Music Schools and eight Conservatories
from Belgrade and Serbia. Members of the
Association include over 70 professors, 800 students
of accordion from different Music Schools, around
2000 amateur accordion lovers. One BAA activity
was the 6 th Belgrade Tango Festival with tango artists
and participants attending from 21 countries.
BAA representative Petar Maric celebrated numerous
Hannes Thanheiser, actor, musician and passionate
collector, on June 18th 2009, making his extensive
collection available to the public for all visitors. There
are rarities, treasures and curiosities from the 1860 to
the present time. Furthermore, one can view the
largest collection of accordion figurines in Austria.
Opening times: Tuesday to Sunday 10 am – 6 pm.
The Accordéon Club Amplepuisien is a French
accordion orchestra consisting of 22 accordionists
which is not only very active by organizing concerts,
master classes, etc. in their country but also by doing
cultural exchanges on the international level. After
contacts with orchestras from Italy and Rumania they
decided to visit Austria, Mozart’s homeland, this year.
On their way through the country, they had stops in
Innsbruck, Salzburg, Vienna, Graz and Melk, where
they gave an acclaimed concert in the newly opened
accordion museum Hannes Thanheiser organized a
memorable evening, with a huge crowd present.
A new website titled Diatonic News www.diatonicnews.com
has been launched on Accordions
Worldwide. The site will feature news about diatonic
type instruments and will be published each month.
The editor is HVÖ-President Werner Weibert. Please
send news to Werner Weibert at
weibert.werner@tele2.at before the end of each
month for inclusion in the Diatonic News.
Belgrade Accordion Association (BAA)
Contact Information
BAA President - Aleksandar Nikolić
Mate Jerkovica 6, 11147
Belgrade, SERBIA
Phone: +381-(0)63-249-946 Fax:+381-(0)11-2511-899
E-mail: info@beltango.com
International competition
placings in 2009. He is
pictured here with BAA
President Aleksandar
Nikolić.
Other students including
Nebojsa Acimovic, Filip
Mijailovic, Rade Soro and
Danijel Piller traveled to
various competitions
around the world.