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World Music Festival 01st June
Official World Music Festival Results
Official World Music Festival Results in detail with each adjudicators marks
Welcome to the 14th World Music Festival (WMF) one of the largest competitions for accordion, harmonica, Styrian harmonica, and other harmonica instruments for orchestras, ensembles, and bands. For the first time, the Tag der Harmonika (TdH) of the Harmonikaverband Österreichs will take place as part of the WMF. This event offers a platform for all harmonica instruments in ensemble, duo, and solo formats.
Over 3,000 participants in 160 orchestras and ensembles, or as soloists, have registered for this top-class highlight of the musical scene. The participants come from Denmark, Germany, Estonia, France, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Switzerland, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom. Among them are 400 participants from Austria.
“For over 40 years, the World Music Festival has transformed Innsbruck into a resonance space for musical diversity and intercultural encounters.” With thousands of musicians and guests from all over the world, it is a cultural highlight, a unique experience for listeners and “A significant tourist stimulus at the same time – lively, unifying, and sustainable,” says Barbara Plattner, Managing Director of Innsbruck Tourism.
The audience can look forward to top-class competitions in various categories for accordion, Styrian harmonica, harmonica, and other instruments. On Harmonica Day, soloists, duos, and groups compete against each other. The world’s best orchestras and ensembles come together in the World Music Festival competitions.
Thanks to the two competition events taking place simultaneously for the first time, the entire spectrum of accordion and harmonica music can be experienced. The two competition days, Friday and Saturday, will be packed with 355 competition performances. In parallel, the evening program offers concerts with top international artists, making the festival the cultural highlight of the year.
“The audience can expect four days of harmonica and accordion music, presenting all facets of the instrument at the highest level. “We are delighted that, in addition to the many participants, we have also been able to attract renowned musicians to the festival,” says DHV President Jochen Haußmann MdL.
Tag Der Harmonika Daily Report – Opening Concert pictures
Today Program in Brief:
19:00 Messesaal Abendessen / Dinner (Einlass / Admission 18:30)
20:00 Opening concert Tyrolean evening
Daily Schedule link: https://accordions.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/WorldMusicSchedule.pdf
First Prize Winners of the World Music Festival 1983 – 2019
1983 Ingolstädter Akkordeonorchester, Dirigent / Conductor: Bernd Maltry
1986 Solisten-Orchester Accordeana Graz, Dirigent / Conductor: Ignaz Oswald
1989 Akkordeonorchester Wiesbaden, Dirigent / Conductor: Dietmar Walther
1992 Akkordeonorchester Baltmannsweiler, Dirigent / Conductor: Thomas Bauer
1995 Akkordeonorchester Dietmar Walther, Wiesbaden, Dirigent / Conductor: Jörg Mehren
1998 Akkordeonorchester Baltmannsweiler, Dirigent / Conductor: Thomas Bauer
2001 Akkordeonorchester Untergrombach, Dirigent / Conductor: Wolfgang Pfeffer
2004 Nürnberger Akkordeonorchester, Dirigent / Conductor: Stefan Hippe
2007 Akkordeonorchester Untergrombach, Dirigent / Conductor: Wolfgang Pfeffer
2010 Nürnberger Akkordeonorchester, Dirigent / Conductor: Stefan Hippe
2013 Orchester AKUD Sonja Marinkovic Novi Sad / Serbien, Dirigent / Conductor: Goran Penic
2016 Akkordeonorchester Baltmannsweiler, Dirigent / Conductor: Thomas Bauer
2019 Akkordeon im Quadrat des »HHV« 1934 Rheingold Mannheim e. V. und das
Hohner-Akkordeon-Orchester Reilingen e. V., Dirigent / Conductor: Johannes Grebencikov
This World Music Festival will once again feature a Europaorchester, which, together with the HohnerKlang Orchestra, will provide musical accompaniment for the awards ceremony at the end of the festival on Sunday morning. The program includes the world premiere of “Prelude For Europe” a new composition by Hans-Günther Kölz, as well as the “cult” song “Music” by John Miles.
