CIA - Accordions Worldwide
CIA - Accordions Worldwide
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<strong>CIA</strong> Celebrates 1 st World Accordion Day, 6 th May 2009<br />
Our first World Accordion Day was held on 6th May 2009, marking the 180th birthday of the accordion. This<br />
inaugural celebration proved extremely successful as accordionists from around the world celebrated the<br />
accordion in a diverse variety of ways. This annual global event will serve as an exciting means of bringing us<br />
together in our efforts to promote and elevate the awareness and status of the accordion! Enjoy this sampling of<br />
the various activities from around the world!<br />
The <strong>CIA</strong> President Kevin Friedrich performing with the Auckland Symphony Orchestra (Auckland, New Zealand), conducted by Gary Daverne at<br />
the Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand in celebration of World Accordion Day.<br />
Above Left: In Guatemala, the event took place at the Alliance Française located in Guatemala City, where eighteen accordionists from different<br />
towns around the country, came to participate to the event. Right: The American Accordionists’ Association presented an afternoon of Music, Food<br />
and Fun at the Magnanini Winery in Wallkill, New York where this annual event raises money for the AAA Carmen Carrozza Scholarship Fund.<br />
Above left: Strumenti & Musica Spring Festival in Spoleto, Italy, dedicated their Gala Concert featuring 2008 <strong>CIA</strong> World Champion Vladislav<br />
Pligovka, in celebration of World Accordion Day. Right: Poland celebrated at the Academy of Music in Gdansk featuring a presentation on<br />
accordion history and a concert of Polish contemporary music with works by Olczak, Przybylski and Majkusiak.
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