The Box That Made Milwaukee Famous
People of German and Polish descent have been ethnically and historically connected to the accordion, therefore it should come as no surprise that areas that are of predominantly German and Polish heritage have the most experience with acccordians. Wisconsin, having been dominated by immigrating Germans and Poles in the 1800's, has the vibrant and flexible sounds of the "squeezebox" at many festivities.
Heavy Metal Accordion: An Introduction to Turisas
An accordion can turn the most straightforward and mainstream compositions into wholly unique works. The instrument almost demands a kind of "What if...?" approach to considering genre:
What if... you constructed a rap beat from an accordion loop?
What if... you covered some mainline pop hits with a Polka band?
Or even "What if... you added an accordion to heavy metal?" Well, that's what "folk metal" is all about!
One of the top bands in the sub-genre is Turisas
This is when Turisas started including Finnish accordionist Janne Mäkinen
Read more: Heavy Metal Accordion: An Introduction to Turisas
Spotlight on Yann Tiersen
Unless you're a fan of independent foreign films, there's probably a good chance you've never heard of Yann Tiersen. Yann Tiersen is an eclectic musician whose instrument choice ranges from his signature accordion to the ondes martenot. He composed the soundtracks for critically acclaimed films such as "Goodbye Lenin!
Spotlight on Frank Marocco
If you're listening to Frank Marocco
Louis Stanisha, Pittsburgh's Master Accordion Personality
Louis Philip Stanisha is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania master of the accordion. He has been playing since he was seven years old. That's more than 75 years ago. He learned from his uncle Louis Skerlong, the young Lou Stanisha playing with his right hand while Lou Skerlong played the base. Over the years, Lou trained with Tony Rozaze, who later went on to create an Accordion Major at a college in Texas.
When Louis Stanisha was still in high school, he was chosen to perform with the Duquesne Tamburitzans
Read more: Louis Stanisha, Pittsburgh's Master Accordion Personality
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Souvenir de LilleA delightful french musette piece for accordion, composed by myself. |
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Samba Romantica --- Domi EmorineBetween 1983 and 1989, Domi Emorine won twenty-four prizes as a child prodigy. In 1990, not yet fifteen years old, she won the World Accordion Championship and the UNAF prize. In 1991, she won the Silver Medal; and in 1993 the SACEM medal in the 'Voice and Wind' category. Five years later, Domi won the World Championship again. She also did something unique in the annals of acc... |
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Polka Italienne --- Domi Emorine Between 1983 and 1989, Domi Emorine won twenty-four prizes as a child prodigy. In 1990, not yet fifteen years old, she won the World Accordion Championship and the UNAF prize. In 1991, she won the Silver Medal; and in 1993 the SACEM medal in the 'Voice and Wind' category. Five years later, Domi won the World Championship again. She also did something unique in the annals of acc... |
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Paris-Moscow --- Roman Jbanov & Domi Emorine For information on these amazing performers, see their separate biographies attached to other music files. This audio sample is from the title track of their CD, The Paris-Moscou Duo, which we gave away in our January 2007 contest. |
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Hiver --- Roman Jbanov & Domi Emorine Roman Zhbanov graduated from The Conservatory of Novosibirsk. When he was fourteen, he won the regional contest of young bayanists. At eighteen he won the International contest in Kligental (Germany). At nineteen he won the forty-seventh International Trophee Mondiale, in Italy. Later, he became a laureate of international contests in Andorra, Spain, Russia and France. He has perfo... |
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Boys of Bluehill (local copy) HI Folks, This is an Irish Hornpipe played on my Roland FR-3X LIVE. I am playing through a software LOOPER (Mobius). I can play once through with one sound and then the recording automatically repeats so I can layer on another saound.Even though I did this at home on St. Pat's day I performed an hours worth of these live before an audience.I hope you emjhoy it. LooseBruce |
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Boutade --- Roman Jbanov & Domi Emorine Bayanist Roman Zhbanov is known to music lovers of Novosibirsk from their childhood. He performed as a soloist with The Russian Folk Instruments Orchestra of the TV and radio company 'Novosibirsk'. Recordings of his performances on radio and TV programs were made time and again. Since 1996, five CDs have been issued, and two films made. This is a far from complete list of achievements ... |
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Badinerie --- Roman Jbanov & Domi Emorine For information on these amazing performers, see their separate biographies on the Contest Page; Domi was introduced in our October contest and Roman in our November contest. Check out these samples. The 'Hiver' is amazing! |
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Accordion Mechanic --- Domi Emorine Between 1983 and 1989, Domi Emorine won twenty-four prizes as a child prodigy. In 1990, not yet fifteen years old, she won the World Accordion Championship and the UNAF prize. In 1991, she won the Silver Medal; and in 1993 the SACEM medal in the 'Voice and Wind' category. Five years later, Domi won the World Championship again. She also did something unique in the annals of acc... |
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typisk trekkspill Hi, everyone! I am new to this forum, and would like to introduce myself. I am a Norwegian all-round musician, playing accordion and keyboards. Most of my work is composing and arranging for all kinds of instruments, bands and choirs. This is a demo page of a little composition for accordion orchestra. More demos can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=126261&id... |
