“Foundation of International Accordion Exchange (FIAE) Concerts in Merano – Italy
June 14th 2024
Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions
by Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions
“Foundation of International Accordion Exchange” (FIAE), based in Trossingen, Germany, which aims to promote young, talented accordion players and to promote accordion music in the classical field, organized Two Concerts in Merano, Italy, in the Castel Fontana and the Palais Mamming.
Both locations are characterized by a special ambience and convey a special concert atmosphere to the audience. The association was originally founded in the summer of 2017 to enable a student from a non-EU country to study in Germany.
This year, the concerts were performed by the quartet of the Hohner Conservatory in Trossingen “Musica in Fiore” and the duo Anna Bodnar (accordion) and Andrea Sernesi (violencello). The quartet consists of Michael Ziegler, Juliana Kraus, Nils Aebersold and Karla Gvozden (all class Andreas Nebl) and creates a unique sound experience and new interpretations of the highest topicality by combining old music (works by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Dvorak, Boellmann and an original composition by Aebersold) with the modern “accordion sound”: true to the original in the score – new in the instrumentation.
Anna Bodnar (class of Ivano Battiston) and Andrea Sernesi both studied at the Conservatory l. Cherubini in Florence, completed numerous study visits with famous masters of their instruments and successfully participated in international competitions. In their program with works by Bach, Frescobaldi, Vaughan Williams and Piazzolla, they thrilled the audience with their musical maturity and harmonious playing.
The “Foundation of International Accordion Exchange” aims to build and maintain an international network of students, lecturers and supporters in the future so that the classical accordion will gain more and more appropriate public recognition in the long term.