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News from Sweden…
Sveriges Dragspelares Riksförbund (SDR)
President: Åke Hellman
E-mail: info@dragspelsforbundet.com
Vice President: Jörgen Sundeqvist
E-mail: sundeqvist@yahoo.se
Board Members: Håkan Helgesson, Britt-Marie Karlsson,
Niklas Sundén, Åsa Arvidsson, Johnny Skoog
Editor: Robert Häggqvist, E-mail: häggqvist@telia.com
Dragspelsnytt Editor: Jerry Erixon, E-mail: jerry.erixon@home.ovik.com
Sveriges Dragspelares Riksförbund: SDR or the
Swedish Accordionists Association was founded in
1968. Today there are currently 3500 members in
SDR, and the official magazine “Dragspelsnytt” is
published four times a year. ”Dragspelsnytt” is
distributed all over Sweden as well as to accordion
organizations throughout the world.
One of SDR´s main activities is to support education
such as seminars, workshops, concerts and other
educational affairs which also leads to support
Swedish candidates for international competitions.
SDR also works closely with The Royal Academy of
Music in Stockholm and Albin Hagström memorial
fund to present prizes and scholarships to young
Swedish accordionists.
This year 2009 has been devoted very much to the
younger generation and future accordionists. SDR
has supported many seminars, workshops and
concerts completely devoted to the younger
generation Swedish Accordionists. One of
these seminars was arranged at the Royal
Collage of Music in Stockholm in
November, where young accordionists from
all over Sweden had the opportunity to
meet and take part in seminars and
workshops.
The young talented Swedish accordionist
Daniel Eliasson has this last year been very
successful in several international
competitions. Daniel won his category, up
to 15 years old in Klingenthal, Germany
Sveriges Dragspelares Riksförbund
Box 10216, 100 55 Stockholm
SWEDEN
Phone: +46 (0) 8 305080 Fax: +46 (0) 8 305015
E-mail: info@dragspelsforbundet.com
in May and came
second in the
International competition
in Castelfidardo, Italy in
October. Pictured right
are Daniel Eliasson and
his teacher Natalia
Puritz during the
International competition
in Castelfidardo, Italy.
A Nordic concert was also arranged in Copenhagen
in April by the Danish Accordionists Association,
where talented young accordionists from Sweden,
Norway, Finland and Denmark took part. This was a
result of the collaboration between the four Nordic
Accordion Associations.
Next year, this Nordic concert will be organized in
Finland by the Finnish Accordion Association.
Pictured below are the participants from the
combined Nordic concert held in Copenhagen,
Denmark in April.