Tickets now on sale for The Romano Viazzani Ensemble at Newbury Spring Festival 18th May 2024 – With professional tango dancers Mina and Giraldo
Sevenoaks Three Arts Festival 2024 – Accordion Dates and Syllabus announced – Sunday 9th June 2024 – The accordion-friendly arts festival will take place on 9th June 2024
Celebrate World Accordion Day with The Big Squeeze on 6th May 2024 in St Leonards – Fun accordion orchestra day – includes a concert by organisers, Lisa Lee Leslie and Sammie Peckover- Mitchell
UKAAT Accordion Teachers and Students Workshop in Leeds 24th February 2024 – After last Summer’s successful workshop, UKAAT organise another in Leeds
UKKAT has always aimed to be a national educational association and for the first time away from the capital, the fertile accordion hub of Leeds through Diocese of Leeds Music has stepped up to invite UKAAT to co-organise an event in Yorkshire, The venue will be the Wheeler Hall, adjacent in the to the beautiful neo-gothic/arts and crafts-style St Anne’s Cathedral in Leeds city centre.
Mingyuan Ruan UK Accordion Concert Dates – Don’t miss this exciting young accordionist who proves the accordion is not just for the boys! She is rumoured to be President Xi Jinping’s favourite accordionist and one can certainly see why when one experiences Ms Ruan playing the accordion. The energy and musicality are exhilarating!
Fabulous new album by accordionist, Mark Bousie – Beyond the Border is a trans-European journey told through the accordion
It’s always great to see a British-based accordionist release a new album. It reminds us the the UK is still a fertile ground for the accordion and its music.
Tony Compton and Tim Huskisson Concert – Southend – 17th February 2024 – Accordion jazz back at the UK Jazz Centre
Armando Guselli (1942-2023) – Accordionist – Obituary – A gentle giant and a musical inspiration
The Romano Viazzani Ensemble Concert – St James’s Church – Sussex Gardens – London – April 20th 2024 – TRVE open their spring concert season in the beautiful acoustic of St James’s Church
John Young releases Il Mezzogiorno – with Romano Viazzani on accordion in the chamber orchestra – The talented young composer gives a nod to his Italian roots in a stunning new composition