The 2024 XinJiang Tacheng International Accordion Culture and Art Festival second day started in the morning with the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) World Accordion Museum Alliance (WAMA) Summit in Tacheng.

The accordion museum in Tacheng prefecture is the first of its kind in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. It boasts about 1,500 accordions from 10 countries, including China, Russia, Germany and Italy. The oldest accordion has a history of more than 180 years. Pictures below.

The second night Ceremony of Accordion Culture and Art Festival Concert was another superbly organised concert. Every international guest are asked to play a vintage accordion and to play the song Auld Lang Syne on the stage to signify international friendship through co-operation and music. This was part of “A Thousand Accordionists Playing and Ten Thousand People Singing in Unison”. The Conductor of the huge crowd was Prof. Li Cong, President, China Accordion Association of the China Musicians Association and CIA China member. Program and pictures below.