Akkordeonale 2025
Sound poetry with compressed air and a draft
AKKORDEONALE
Innovative, intoxicating and refreshingly different - the Akkordeonale is a true homage to a much-loved but often still underestimated instrument.
Here the accordion shows itself with all its charm, temperament and esprit, be it as a soloist or a portable orchestra on a strap.
Every year since 2009, Dutchman Servais Haanen brings together musicians from a variety of countries to create a surprising ensemble mix across all styles.
This year's program:
Island sounds from wild Sardinia with organetto and launeddas, classical-contemporary treasures, Scottish high-speed folk, refreshing vocals to accordion from all points of the compass as well as Dutch sound aesthetics, unconventional cello and a moderator with cult status.
Pulsating alternations of solos and ensemble pieces and exciting interactions between the musicians are at the heart of every Akkordeonale.
As different as the personalities, cultural backgrounds and playing styles may be - the common language of music creates a lively understanding that does not care about borders and barriers.
A talent for improvisation, spontaneity and the fun of performing together combine the musical wealth of the individuals in the ensemble to create something new, something that has never been heard before.
A celebration of sounds! Adrenaline and balm for the soul!
See - Listen - Enjoy
Musicians:
- Helena Sousa Estevez (Spain)
- Classical contemporary treasures
- Andrew Waite (Scotland)
- High-Speed-Folk
- Franziska Hatz (Austria)
- Wild Styrian cheerful nature
- Peppino Bande (Sardinia)
- Sardinian specialties
- Servais Haanen (Netherlands)
- The Master of Fine Sounds
- Roberto Tangianu (Sardinia)
- Launeddas
- Johanna Stein (Germany)
- Cello
About the Akkordeon
Affectionately known as squeezebox, belly pincher, hell’s bellows, or asthmatic worm, the accordion has at least as much charm as it has names.
And though many do love this instrument, play it themselves or have one stowed away in the attic, few know about the wild career and the world wide influence of this headstrong wonder-box.
Like almost no other instrument, the accordion (invented in 1829) has spread across frontiers and continents at a breathtaking pace.
Massively exported to colonies and imported through the hand luggage of emigrants, it has established itself amongst musicians across the whole world.
It’s hard to talk of the accordion. The instrument has again and again been modified, reconstructed, refined or been developed, according to local needs, into a variety of different types of instruments, that differ in size, system, form, pitch range and playing technique.
