49th Klingenthal International Accordion Competition 2012 – Germany

May 4th 2012
Harley Jones

The 49th Klingenthal international Accordion Competition 2012 will be held from May 6th to 13th.  Each evening there are concerts and the performances for 2012 include:

May 6th – Stadtorchester Klingenthal 
May 8th – Opening Concert, Duo Vlachová – Vilímec
May 9th – Accordion Orchestra Klingenthal, Duo-Steimel Mücksch 
May 10th – Klaus Paier Trio
May 11th – Paris Moscou Duo, Domi Emorine and Roman Jbanov 
May 12th – Akkordeon-Landesjugendorchester Baden-Württemberg 
May 13th – finalists of Solo category IV and the Winners Concert with Vogtland Philharmonie Greiz/Reichenbach

The International Competitions run from May 9th to 13th, for the categories:
Category I – Soloists up to 12 years 
Category II – Soloists up to 15 years
Category III – Soloists up to 18 years 
Category IV – Soloists of any age 
Category Va – Accordion duo 
Category Vb – Duo – accordion and other instrument 
Category VI – Soloists of any age, virtuoso entertainment music
Category VII – Bandoneon soloists of any age 
Category VIII – Instrumental groups with at least one but no more than two bandoneons, with a total of up to six musicians

You can download the program (5.4MB) at: 2012ProgKling

For further information, view the Klingenthal website.