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The first edition of the festival hosted modern and hybrid sounding musicians like the jazz oriented band [[Bratko Bibič & The Madleys]] and the innovative accordion players [[Jure Tori]] (he is also playing in the rock band [[Orlek]]) and Lothar Lässer (an Austrian musician of wide ranging musical interests). The course of the programme later changed and placed on its programme more opposing musical visions (like the rock inclined [[KvinTon]] and the more traditional accordion virtuoso [[Klemen Rošer]]), thus accentuating both sides of the accordion's cultural positioning.
 
The first edition of the festival hosted modern and hybrid sounding musicians like the jazz oriented band [[Bratko Bibič & The Madleys]] and the innovative accordion players [[Jure Tori]] (he is also playing in the rock band [[Orlek]]) and Lothar Lässer (an Austrian musician of wide ranging musical interests). The course of the programme later changed and placed on its programme more opposing musical visions (like the rock inclined [[KvinTon]] and the more traditional accordion virtuoso [[Klemen Rošer]]), thus accentuating both sides of the accordion's cultural positioning.
  
In terms of timing, the festival curiously chose the morning hours for the concerts and as such also figures as a way of urban revitalisation. Besides the concerts, there are also screenings of films, that one way or another deal with accordion, like the documentaries ''Harmonikarji'' [The Accordion players], which presents various Slovene accordion players of different musical credos, and ''V ritmu volovske vprjege'' [In the rhythm of ox harness], that deals with the artistic path of the artists [[Uršula Ramoveš in fantje iz jazbecove grape|Uršula Ramoveš]] and her husband Janez.  
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In terms of timing, the festival curiously chose the morning hours for the concerts and as such also figures as a way of urban revitalisation. Besides the concerts, there are also screenings of films, that one way or another deal with accordion, like the documentaries ''Harmonikarji'' [The Accordion players], which presents various Slovene accordion players of different musical credos, and ''V ritmu volovske vprjege'' [In the rhythm of ox harness], that deals with the artistic path of the artists [[Uršula Ramoveš in Fantje z Jazbecove grape|Uršula Ramoveš]] and her husband Janez.  
  
 
Also, in the course of the festival in 2010, the Slovene and European hymns were for the first time adapted for accordion and a year later, when the festival again took place, the notations were freely distributed to the interested public.  
 
Also, in the course of the festival in 2010, the Slovene and European hymns were for the first time adapted for accordion and a year later, when the festival again took place, the notations were freely distributed to the interested public.  

Revision as of 19:02, 25 July 2012




Contact
Akord Festival Maribor
Cesta k Tamu 12, SI-2000 Maribor
Phone386 (0) 83 887 832
Dušan Hedl, Coordinator



Phone386 (0) 41 832 736
Frequencyannual




The Akord festival was established in 2010 by the MKC Maribor Youth Culture Centre. A continuation of the former cycle of open-air ethno music concerts organised in the old city centre of Maribor, the festival narrowed its focus and put its emphasis on the accordion, which is an instrument that holds a very ambiguous position in Slovenia. It is, on one side, a focal instrument in the commercially successful and critically disputed, polka and waltz based oberkrainer music (called narodno-zabavna glasba). While this is more present in rural parts, there are also the more modern, jazz and world music influenced urban uses of the instrument, that have recently gained much popularity. All this in mind, the festival is also called the Festival of accordion music with a difference.


Programme

The first edition of the festival hosted modern and hybrid sounding musicians like the jazz oriented band Bratko Bibič & The Madleys and the innovative accordion players Jure Tori (he is also playing in the rock band Orlek) and Lothar Lässer (an Austrian musician of wide ranging musical interests). The course of the programme later changed and placed on its programme more opposing musical visions (like the rock inclined KvinTon and the more traditional accordion virtuoso Klemen Rošer), thus accentuating both sides of the accordion's cultural positioning.

In terms of timing, the festival curiously chose the morning hours for the concerts and as such also figures as a way of urban revitalisation. Besides the concerts, there are also screenings of films, that one way or another deal with accordion, like the documentaries Harmonikarji [The Accordion players], which presents various Slovene accordion players of different musical credos, and V ritmu volovske vprjege [In the rhythm of ox harness], that deals with the artistic path of the artists Uršula Ramoveš and her husband Janez.

Also, in the course of the festival in 2010, the Slovene and European hymns were for the first time adapted for accordion and a year later, when the festival again took place, the notations were freely distributed to the interested public.

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