|
Country & Month
|
Title
|
Contact details
|
| Different country each year,
usually October, 2006 Asker Norway, 2007 in Washington DC in August, 2008 in
Scotland.. |
Coupe
Mondiale Annual World Accordion Championships
International Competition. Classes:
- Coupe Mondiale
- Junior Coupe Mondiale
- International Piano Accordion Championship
- Virtuoso Entertainment
- Junior Virtuoso Entertainment
- Chamber Music class |
Prof. Walter Maurer, Secretary
General,
Confederation
Internationale des Accordeonistes:
Email:
icaccordions@netway.at
Information on websites:
www.accordions.com/cia
www.coupemondiale.org
|
| Different country each year,
usually October |
Trophee Mondiale of Accordion
Annual event, information on website. |
President: Frederic Deschamps.
Email:
frederic.deschamps@wanadoo.fr |
Andorra
June
Annual event |
International Accordion
Competition "Gran Prix d'Escaldes-Engordany", Principat d'Andorra
|
For information: Fax:+376 864
075 Email: harmonia-music@andorra.ad |
Argentina
April Annual event |
International Accordion Festival
Buenos Aires |
Contact: Amadeo Eduardo Menduiña
Email: bemusica@infovia.com.ar |
Australia
Annual event, May |
Australian International Accordion Championships
Annual event, in Sydney, last weekend in May. |
President:
Tania Lukic
131 Carcoola St, Canley Vale, Sydney 2166, NSW, Australia. Phone: +61
2-97276608 Fax: +61 2-97276608 Email:
tanialm@optusnet.com.au |
Australia
Annual event, August |
Australian Society of Accordionists |
President: Elizabeth Jones,
Email:
fisaccord@hotmail.com |
Australia
May |
Toowoomba Accordion Festival
Annual event, Toowoomba. |
Organizer: Allan Polley. 174
North Street, Toowoomba 4350. Phone: +61 7 4632 4073
Email: apolleyaccord2@bigpond.com |
Austria
|
International Accordion Festival
Innsbruck, Austria. Probably the largest accordion event in the world.
May/June, Event held every three years. Next event 2007. |
Email:
dhv-trossingen@t-online.de
|
Austria
Annual event
|
Vienna International Accordion
Festival
|
Friedl Preisl, Phone: + 43 676
51 29 104, Email: friedl.preisl@chello.at |
Austria
Every two years
|
4th International Competition
for Diatonic Accordion and Styrian Model, usually June, Next Event: 2007 |
Prof. Walter Maurer,
Dietrichgasse 51/19, Vienna, A-1030, Austria. Phone: +43 1-7120960
Fax: +43 1-7120960 Email:
icaccordions@netway.at |
Brazil
September |
Festival Internacional dos
Acordeonistas
Annual event held in Ilha Solteira, Sao Paulo |
Contact: Lauro Valerio, Phone:
+55 11 5904 2954, Fax: +55 11 557 0638, Email: acordeon@valerio.com.br
|
Canada
September |
Carrefour Mondial de l'Accordéon
Festival
Annual event held in Montmagny, Quebec |
Email:
accordeon@montmagny.com Phone:
+1 418 248 7927 Fax: +1 418 248 1596 |
Canada
Annual event July |
Kimberley International Old Time Accordion Championships
Information on website, normally 2nd week July. |
Information on website
|
Canada
Annual event |
Annual PolkaFest |
Michael John Kozak
Email: mkozak@canadamail.com |
Canada
August Annual event |
Accordionfest
Annual event, |
Organizer: Sheila Bower Email:
smillerbower@telus.net |
China
August |
Chinese International Accordion Festival
Annual event |
Registered office: Mr Jiang Jie,
Office of Beijing Accordion and Piano School, No.70, Xi San Huan North
Street, Hai Dian District, Beijing 100044 P.R. of China. Tel: +86
10-68428858 Fax: +86 10-68412912 or 66013626 Email:
jiang-jie@yeah.net |
Croatia
Annual event |
Pula International Accordion
Competition |
OKUD "ISTRA", Pula, J. Kalca 24,
PO Box 99, 52100 Pula, Croatia |
Czech Republic
March |
European Festival of Accordion
Orchestras
Event held every two years. |
Festivalsekretariat CTA, Petra
Svarcova, Na Hajku 367, 180 00 Praha 8, Czech Republic Phone & /Fax: +420 2
6843270 E-mail: cta@iol.cz |
Denmark
Annual event |
Grannastevna Accordion Festival,
Faroe Islands
Annual event held on the last weekend in May |
Event held in Thorshavn,
Contact: Pauli Jacobsen Phone: +298 317216 Email: pauli-j@post.olivant.fo
|
Finland
|
Accordion Days in Spirit of
Kuhmo
Annual event held in Tammisaari, South West Finland. |
Artistic director Kalle Välimaa,
Raasepori Music Institute, Raaseporintie 6-8, 10600 Tammisaari, Finland. |
Finland
September |
International Lasse Pihlajamaa
Competition
Event held every five years |
Organized by the Finnish
Accordion Institute, Contact: Kimmo Mattila, Email:
competition@harmonikkainstituutti.net |
Finland
Annual event |
Festival-Kokkola Winter
Accordion Festival. |
Contact Person: Vertainen, Raimo
Email: raimo.vertainen@pp.inet.fi Information: |
Finland
Annual event |
Sata-Häme Soi Accordion Festival in
Ikaalinene
|
Sata-Hame Soi - Festival Office,
Ikaalinen City Hall, Valtakatu 7, PL 33, 39501 Ikaalinen, FINLAND. Ph: +358
(0) 3 4400 224 Fax: +358 (0) 3 4501 365 E-mail:
juhlat@satahamesoi.fi
|
France
July |
"Airs de Musette" en
Valenciennois, Annual event |
Place de la Republique 28, 59199
Hergnies, France Contact Person Jacky Hoogers
Phone and Fax: +33 3 27402028 Email cllhergnies@aol.com |
France
Annual event |
17th Grand Prix International De
L'Accordeon, for soloists, ensembles and orchestras |
Secretary du Grand Prix, 15 rue
des Voisins, CH 1205, GENEVE,
Contact in France: Concours Grand Prix,Villa Anouchka, La Renouillere, 74140
SCIEZ-PLAGE |
France
Annual event |
36th International Competiion of
Accordion (and other instruments). l |
Centre Federal Et Pedagogique de
L'Orgue et de L'Accordeon de France. Email Guy Vivier:
guy.vivier@libertysurf.fr |
France
June Annual event |
Prix International Marcel AZZOLA
et Wladislav ZOLOTARJEW, concours international d'accordéon |
Directeur Artistique: Jean Marc
Fabiano, Traverse des Aires Nouveau, 13400 AUBAGNE, France
Tel: +33 4 42 70 14 36 Fax : +33 4 42 70 34 77 Cel.: +33 6 10 37 38 33
Email: prix.azzola@wanadoo.fr
|
France
July Annual event |
Rencontres Internationales de
Saint-Chartier, Folk Festival with lots of diatonic |
Comité George Sand Email:
info@saintchartier.com |
Germany
Annual event |
Bavarian Accordion Competition
for orchestras and ensembles |
Lindenstrasse 2e, 94036 Passau,
Germany. Phone: +49 851-87045 |
Germany
Annual event |
Berlin Accordion Competitions
for Solo and Duo |
Phone: +49 30-3626966 |
Germany
May Annual event |
International Accordion Competition in Klingenthal
Usually held first to second week of May. Details on website. |
Büro Internationaler
Akkordeonwettbewerb, Chairman: Manfred Gäbler, Postfach 10005, Schloßstraße
3a
D-08248 Klingenthal, Deutschland. Telefon: + 49 37467-23210 Telefax: + 49
37467-22275 Email:
Intern.akkordeonwettbewerb@t-online.de |
Germany
Annual event |
Kleine Tage der Harmonika |
Internationaler
Akkordeonwettbewerb, Postfach 10005, Schloßstraße 3a, 08248 Klingenthal,
Deutschland.
Phone: +49 37467-23210 Telefax:+ 49 37467-22275 |
Germany
Annual event |
Saxony Accordion Competition |
Heinrich-Schütz-Konservatorium
Dresden e.V., "3. Sächsischer Akkordeonwettbwerb" 1999, Frau Bärbel Claus,
Glacisstraße 30, 01099, Dresden, Germany |
Germany
Annual event |
Todtmoos Akkordeon-Festival |
Thomas Luthy,
Schwarzenbacherstrasse 1, D-79862 Todtmoos, Germany +49 7674-909120
|
Iceland
July
|
International Reykjavik
Accordion Festival
Annual event |
Holmgardur 34, 108 Reykjavik,
Iceland Tel: +354 553 4070 Fax: +354 553 4072 Email:
festivalbusiness@iceland-online.com |
Iceland
Held every third year at different places in Iceland |
Iceland Accordion Association
Festival |
Iceland Accordion Association
Petur Bjarnason
email: stjorn@sibs.is |
Italy
July
|
Astor Piazzolla Award" for soloists
and band
Annual event |
Segreteria del Premio, Piazza
della Repubblica, 8, 60022 Castelfidardo (AN), Italy. Phone: +39 71-7829349
Fax: +39 71-7820119 or 7829319 |
Italy
Annual event |
Capistrello National Award for
Accordionists for soloists and groups |
Centro Didattico Musicale
Italiano section of Capistrello
Phone: +39 863-530392 |
Italy
Annual event |
Città di Latina - Music
Competition |
Accademia Moderna "Musica &
Musica, via Migliara 45/92 - 04010 Borgo, Grappa - Latina, Italy. Email:
musicaemusica@mbox.panservice.it or Renzo Ruggieri:renrug@libero.it
Phone: +39 773-487181 |
Italy
Annual event |
International Accordion
Competition for soloists and groups |
Centro Didattico Musicale
Italiano section of San Vincenzo La Costa
Phone: +39 984-936283 |
Italy
October
|
International "Città
di Castelfidardo" Competition and Festival
Annual event, always October |
Segreteria del Premio, Piazza
della Repubblica, 6, 60022 Castelfidardo (AN), Italy. Phone: +39 71-7829349
Fax: +39 71-7829331 Email:
prolococ@tiscalinet.it |
Italy
September
Annual event |
International Competition of
Composition for Accordion
"Città di
Castelfidardo"
|
Piazza della Repubblica, 6,
60022 Castelfidardo (AN), Italy. Phone: +39 71-7829349 Fax: +39 71-7829331
Email:
prolococ@tiscalinet.it |
Italy
May
Annual event
|
International Composing
Competition "2 Agosto"
Competition for accordion or bandoneon and orchestra scores. |
Secretary's Office of the
International Composing Competition "2 Agosto"
c/o Teatro Testoni, Via Matteotti 16, 40129 Bologna, Italy
Phone: +39 51 4153718 (from 2pm to 5pm), Email:intcomp2@yahoo.com
|
Italy
June
|
International Music Competitions
of the Val Tidone
Annual event, next event
International Master Classes Project, |
Livio Bollani, Via Martiri
Partigiani, 38, 27049 Stradella (PV), Italy. Phone:/fax: +39 038540388
Email: info@valtidone-competitions.com
|
Italy
Annual event |
International Festival for
Classical Accordion |
Instituto Musicale
"Fancelli-Beschello", Via Gramsci, 23, 30035 Mirano Venezia, Italy. Phone:
+39 41-57023456 Fax. +39 41-5701557 |
Italy
Annual event |
National Music Competition
"Citta Bianca" |
Centro Didattico Musicale
Italiano section of Ostuni |
Italy
September
|
Perugia Classico
Annual event held in Perugia. |
Via Eburnea, 9, 06100 Perugia,
Italy. Phone: +39 075 5772253 Fax: + 39 075 572 4252 Email:
info@perugiaclassico.it |
Italy
Annual event |
Stefano Bizzarri Award |
Centro Didattico Musicale
Italiano |
Lithuania
September
|
International Accordion Festival
Event held every two years
|
Raimondas Sviackevicius, Zemynos
33-30, 2022 Vilnius, Lithuania. Phone: +370 2 478427 Fax: +370 2 670273
Mobile: +370 85 37056 Email:
laa@takas.lt |
Lithuania
Annual event |
International Seminar and
Festival |
Raimondas Sviackevicius, Zemynos
33-30, 2022 Vilnius, Lithuania Phone: +370 2 478427 Fax: +370 2 670273
Mobile: +370 85 37056 Email:
laa@takas.lt |
Netherlands
|
Accordion Competition for
Soloists
Annual event |
NOVAM, PO Box 578, 6500 AN
Nijmegen, Netherlands. Fax: +31 24-3273925. Email: lin-sckc@telebyte.nl or:
novsspel@multiweb.nl |
Netherlands
|
Accordion Orchestra Competition
and Festival, organised by NOVAM
Annual event |
NOVAM, PO Box 578, 6500 AN
Nijmegen, Netherlands. Fax: +31 24-3273925. Email: lin-sckc@telebyte.nl or:
novsspel@multiweb.nl |
New Zealand
Annual event held on the first weekend in June
|
New
Zealand Accordion Championships and Festival
South Pacific Accordion
Championships and Festival
All details on the website. |
All details on the website. |
Poland
Held every two years |
International Accordion
Meeting-Festival, Sanok, Poland. Consists of competition for pupils,
concerts and workshops |
Biuro Organizacyjne
Miedzynarodowych, Spotkan Akordeonowych, Sanok Ul Podgorze 25, 38 - 500
Sanok, Poland. Phone: + 48 13-4631778 |
Poland
Annual event, September |
International "Andrzej
Krzanowski" Accordion Competition. |
Email: biuro@alkagran.pl |
Portugal
September Annual event
|
International Accordion
Competition |
Aníbal Leão Freire Phone +Fax +35 1 262596790
Email:
anibal.leao.freire@netvisao.pt
Portugal |
Portugal
March
|
“International Accordion Gala”
Annual event |
Event held in Algarve, Portugal,
organized by Francisco Saboia. |
Russia
Annual event |
Baltica-Harmonica |
Phone: +7 812-1141753 |
Russia
Annual event |
Competition of Students of Music
Colleges |
Phone: +7 81422-73595 |
Russia
|
"Cup of North" International
Accordion Festival
Annual event |
Vladimir Solovyev, ul.
Leningradskaya 16, Petrozavodsk 185020, Russia. Phone: +7 81422-77152 Email:
kubok-severa@yandex.ru |
Russia
Annual event |
International Accordion and
Bayan Festival, St. Petersburg |
Victor Ducaltetenko, Teatralnaya
pl, 3 St. Petersburg 190000 Russia. Fax: +7 812-3125729 Phone:+7 812-3112066
|
Russia
December |
International Competition of Bayan and Accordion Players
Takes place every 5 years, next in December 2010. |
Phone/Fax: +7 095 7712838
Contact E-mail: competition@bajan.ru
|
Russia
|
International "Yugoria"
Accordion Competition for soloists and ensembles, Tyumen' region, Surgut.
The competition is held in different age groups (from 13 to 22 years old). |
Organized by the Russian
Minestry of Culture, Administration of Hanty-Manssiysk Region, Surgut
Government Phone /Fax +7(3462) 352 248 |
Russia
March |
V International "V.Andreev"
Youth competition for folk instrument
performers, St.Petersburg, usually March. |
Organized by the Russian
Ministry of Culture, St.Petersburg Administration, Artistic director -
Prof. Alexander Dmitriev,
Phone: 7/812/279-97-66 Email:
admitriev@front.ru |
Slovakia
Annual event |
International Accordion Festival
and Coupe Jeunesse, Dunajska Streda. Normally held late May/early June
|
Tibor Racz, Email:
tibor.racz@nextra.sk
Fax: +421 7-5330304 |
Spain
Annual event, December |
Arrasate Hiria - Annual
International Accordion Competition is open to soloists of any age.
|
Organizer: Garbiñe Egilegor
"HAUSPOZ" Euskal Herriko Akordeoi Elkartea, "Arrasate Hiria" Nazioarteko XI.
Akordeoi Lehiaketa, 49 Postakutxa, 20120 Hernani (Gipuzkoa), SPAIN. Tel./Fax
No. 34 943 33 19 31 E-mail: arrasate@hauspoz.org |
Sweden
|
Ransäter Accordion Festival,
Event held every summer at the beginning of July |
Email Bengt Hedman:
bengt.hedman@coninsa.se |
Sweden
April
|
Scandinavian Squeeze-In
Annual event |
Olserod, Sweden Organiser: Jim
Lucas Email: jel@danbbs.dk |
Switzerland
June
|
Eidg. Harmonika- und
Akkordeon-Musikfest
|
Organisation Committee
Secretary, c/o Gemeinde Lyss, Marktplatz 6, CH 3250 Lyss
Phone: +41 32 387 01 11 - Email: info@akkordeonfest.ch |
Switzerland
November
|
Grand Prix International, Annual
event |
Geneva, Switzerland, Information
from: Centre De Musique Lacroix, 15, rue des Voisins, CH 1205 Geneva,
Switzerland. Phone: + 41 22 329.97.84 Fax: + 41 22 329.97.84 |
Switzerland
September |
Accordion International
Competition for Accordion Soloists.
Event held every three years, Next event will be held in 2006. |
Organizer: Peter Frey, Email:
info@musikstudio-reinach.ch |
Switzerland
Annual event August |
International Montreux Accordion
Camp, early August. Tutors are
Jean Louis Noton, Mady and Peter
Soave. |
Email: info@accordioncamp.com |
UK
October |
Bridlington International Accordion Festival
East Yourkshire, England, Annual event. |
Loretta Rolston, 11 Byron Road,
Shotts, Lanarkshire, ML7 4LG, Scotland. Phone: +44 1501 820910 E-Mail:
bridlington@accordiontimesandnews.co.uk |
UK
November |
Brian Laurie National Accordion
Fun Festival in Paisley, Scotland
Annual event |
Contact: Judy Brunton, Phone:
+44 141 887 9827 Fax: +44 141 887 5893 Email:
brian_laurie_paisley@hotmail.com |
UK
Annual event November |
Caister Accordion Festival. |
Organiser: Heather Smith, Email:
heather@accordions.karoo.co.uk |
UK
March Annual event |
Folkbeat Derby Festival, England |
Chapel Lunch Productions,
P.O.Box 5009 Derby De1 9fq, England. Phone: + 441332 677046
Fax: + 44 1332 677047 Email: fiona@chapel-lunch.co.uk |
UK
April/May
Annual event |
UK
National Championships normally late April, early
May, Scarborough. Many Area Festivals: listed on website.
|
National Accordion Organisation of Great Britain,
Email:
nao@accordions.com |
UK
April Annual event |
Fylde Coast Accordion Festival
Held in Fleetwood, Lancashire, Wyre, England |
Contact: Gina Brannelli Email:
accordions@btconnect.com Phone: +44 1253 778764 or 822046 Fax: +44 1253
863249 |
UK
February Annual event |
North Central Area Accordion
Festival, England |
Contact Mr H. Hinchcliffe Phone:
+441535635074 Email: r1c_sm1th@hotmail.com |
UK
March Annual event |
Spring Accordion Camp in Rhyl,
North Wales
|
Loretta Rolston, 11 Byron Road,
Shotts, Lanarkshire, ML7 4LG, Scotland. Phone: +44 1501 820910 E-Mail:
bridlington@accordiontimesandnews.co.uk |
USA
July |
Accordionists and Teachers Guild, International Festival
All details on website. |
All details on website. |
USA
July
|
American
Accordionists' Association, International Festival
All details on website |
All details on website.
|
USA
July |
Accordion Federation
of North America (AFNA) |
AFNA President -
Randall Martin, 101 W. Orangethorpe Ave, Fullerton, CA 92833. Email:
afna@musician.org |
USA
Annual event |
Annual Accordion
Rally
|
Contact: Joe at (207)
667 0260 Email josephn@acadia.net |
USA
Annual event |
Annual Master Class
and Concert Series (10th)
"NO ID ROCCA" ...that's right - it's accordion spelled backwards! |
Tenri Cultural
Institute, 43West 13th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenue), New York, New York
Contact - Dr. William Schimmel - moderator (212) 876-0827 or AAA Executive
Office (201) 991-2233 Email:
AAA1938@aol.com |
USA
Annual event August |
Cotati Accordion
Festival
Northern California. |
Cotati Accordion
Festival, 1039 Madrone, Cotati, CA 94931, USA. Email: info@cotatifest.com
Phone: +1 707-6640444 |
USA
Annual event |
Florida Accordion Association
Festival
|
Karen Adam, President, Florida
Accordion Association, 2244 Musket Drive Navarre, FL 32566, USA. Phone:
(850) 936-8722 Email:
ibqueen@bellsouth.net |
USA
Annual event |
Galla-Rini Accordion Camp |
Friends of Galla-Rini, Kjell
Holmes, 4779 Cather Ave. San Diego, CA 92122, Phone 858-453-5486 |
USA
March |
American Accordion Musicological
Society Festival
Annual event |
Acme Accordion School, 322
Haddon Avenue, Westmont, NJ 08180, Phone: +1 856-854-6628 E-mail:
accordion1@comcast.net |
USA
June |
Rose City Accordion Camp
Annual event |
Camp held at Silver Falls
Conference Center, Sublimity, Oregon, USA. Contact: Geoff Levear Phone: + 1
503 293 0322 Email: Glevear@aol.com |
USA
Annual event |
Wurstfest |
Phone: +1 830-6255709
Email: wurstfest@newbraunfels.com |
USA
Annual event June |
Las Vegas International Accordion Convention
All details on website, usually late June. |
All details on website. |
USA
Annual Event June |
Leavenworth Accordion Festival
Washington State. |
Email: events@leavenworth.org |
USA
Annual event |
Musikfest, at Vasa Park on Budd
Lake, New Jersey, USA |
Email Jeanne Eriksson Widman:
jwdragspel@aol.com |
USA
April
|
New
England Music Competition and Festival
|
Accordion Teachers Association of Massachusetts
ATAM Contest Chairperson Roger Latulippe, 136 Lowell Road Hudson, NH 03051,
USA. Phone/Fax: 603/882-8940 Email:
Roger Latulippe
|
USA
August |
Polka Reunion
Annual event |
Colorado State Fair Event Center,
Colorado State Fair Grounds, 950 S. Prairie Pueblo, Colorado, USA. Contact:
Fred and Betty Hegler Phone: +1 719 545-1787 Fax: +1 719 545-1787 Email:
bettyh@rmi.net |
USA
August Annual event |
Rocky Mountain Accordion Celebration
All details on website |
All details on website |
USA
March Annual event |
National Accordion Association Annual Convention
All details on website |
All details on website |
Yugoslavia
Held in Belgrade annually |
Young Accordionists Competition
"Mladi Harmonikasi" |
Email: competition@accordion.co.yu |
