Klingenthal International Accordion Competitions organisers have announced: Due to staff restructuring and cuts in state subsidies for cultural life, the “Kleine Tage der Harmonika” and the “Klingenthal International Accordion Competition” will not take place in 2024.

The Klingenthal International Accordion Competition has been held most years since 1948. View the 2011 historic Celebrity Interview of Manfred Gabler, Klingenthal Event Organiser, which includes history of the early years of the Klingenthal event through to 2011. http://www.accordions.com/interviews/gabler.aspx