International Meeting

SATURDAY 21th SEPTEMBER
From 3.00 p.m.
“SCENARIOS AND STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE OF THE ACCORDION” International accordion meeting. Coordinator: M° Claudio Jacomucci
An expert panel of the most well-know classical accordionists, of skillful and progressive musicians of the youngest generations and several accordion festival organizers, will introduce a discussion about the current situation of the accordion on a professional, academic, pedagogic, artistic scene.
It will illustrate, on a international level, the “possible ways” for young accordionists, looking at the future of our instrument and at the main professional perspectives and the strategies to emancipate young musicians in the real music world, including the importance and the role of traditional accordion organizations, contests and festivals.
During the meeting, a publication edited by Claudio Jacomucci, titled “Modern Accordion Perspectives“, containing a series of articles by the following authors (members of the expert panel) will be presented:

Iñaki Alberdi (MUSIKENE, Higher School of Music of the  Basque Country, Spain)
Klaudiusz Baran (Chopin Academy Warsaw, Poland)
Xiao Qing Cao (Beijing Conservatory, China)
Pascal Contet (Paris Conservatory, France)
Geir Draugsvoll (Royal Academy Copenhagen, Denmark)
Paulo Jorge Ferreira (Castelobranco Conservatory, Portugal)
Maciej Frąckiewicz (Poland)
Frode Haltli (Oslo Conservatory, Norway)
Gorka Hermosa (Santander Conservatory, Spain)
Claudio Jacomucci (Pescara Conservatory, Italy / Italian Accordion Academy)
Marko Kassl (Austria)
Rasmus Kjoller (Royal Academy Copenhagen, Denmark)
Veli Kujala (Sibelius Academy Helsinki, Finaland)
Vincent Lhermet (France)
Miloš Milivojević (United Kingdom)
Bjarke Mogensen (Royal Academy Copenhagen, Denmark)
Harald Oeler (Germany)
Paolo Picchio (Italy)
Luca Piovesan (Italy)
Massimiliano Pitocco (Rome Conservatory, Italy)
Raimondas Sviackevicius (Vilnius Academy, Lithuania)
Krassimir Sterev (Bulgaria/Austria)
Sergey Tchirkov (Russia)