Event

A festival comes of age!

At its birth in 2009, the Akkordeonale was still busy dragging the accordion out of its
out of its niche existence and put it in the spotlight.
The festival quickly became an extraordinary experience across all cultures and styles, always
styles, always innovative, intoxicating and refreshingly different.
A unique declaration of love to the - as accordion founder Servais Haanen says - most beautiful instrument in the world.
most beautiful instrument in the world. This will be Servais' last tour before he hands the festival over to younger hands.
(...an era goes on!)

Good reasons to invite musicians and companions from various accordion years
to invite them:

You can expect an ensemble mix full of sparkling temperament, esprit and poetry with
southern Brazilian gaucho music, rembetiko and Balkan jazz from the Greek metropolis,
intimate and expressive minimal music in Italian, virtuoso French keyboard magic and
Dutch sound aesthetics, unconventional cello and a grooving saxophone.
As always, pulsating alternations of solos and ensemble pieces are at the heart of the
Accordionale.

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 dividing lines.

Exciting interactions, musical richness and the joy of performing together
interweave to create something completely new, something that has never been heard before.
A feast of sounds! Adrenaline and balm for the soul!

See - Listen - Enjoy

Adriana de Los Santos (Brazil)
Gaucho women power

Maurizio Minardi (Italy)
Fellini on accordion

Zabou Guérin (France)
Colorful - Lively - Virtuoso

Dimos Vougioukas (Greece)
Specialties from Olympus

Servais Haanen (Netherlands)
The master of fine sounds

Diogo Picão (Portugal)
saxophone

Johanna Stein (Germany)
cello