On the 16th and 17th June 2012 the 6th Accordion Art Festival & Contests takes place in Pineto. After the very successful 5th edition, the event will again take place in Pineto.

Competition categories include:
• ITALIA AWARD International Competition Award (dedicated to classic-virtuoso-electronic accordion, piano/keyboard, guitar, singing, jazz, electronic accordion, composition, groups)

• ORPHEUS AWARD 2012 (the only critics award for Italian accordion CD’s, MP3 divided into classical, jazz and world music).

• CMA NATIONAL SELECTION (for access to the next CMA Trophée Mondial in Spokane, USA in October 2012)

Entry closing date is: 5th June 2012

Artistic Director Event: Renzo Ruggieri
Artistic Director for Orpheus Award: Fabio Ciminiera
President: Salvatore Cauteruccio
Secretary: Claudio Azzaro

For further information email: info@accordionartfestival.com