The World Music Festival, Innsbruck is held every three years. Following on from the most successful 14th 2025 World Music Festival (WMF), the dates for 2028 are May 25th – 28th Innsbruck are now confirmed. Information including competition rules, categories, registration details, will be released later this year.
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In 2025 for the first time, the Tag der Harmonika (TdH) of the Harmonikaverband Österreichs will take place as part of the WMF. This event offers a platform for all harmonica instruments in ensemble, duo, and solo formats. This addition was also a huge success and will be repeated.
Official World Music Festival Results
Official World Music Festival Results in detail with each adjudicators marks
In 2025, over 3,000 participants in 160 orchestras and ensembles, or as soloists, have registered for this top-class highlight of the musical scene. The participants come from Denmark, Germany, Estonia, France, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Switzerland, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom. Among them are 400 participants from Austria.
“For over 40 years, the World Music Festival has transformed Innsbruck into a resonance space for musical diversity and intercultural encounters.” With thousands of musicians and guests from all over the world, it is a cultural highlight, a unique experience for listeners and “A significant tourist stimulus at the same time – lively, unifying, and sustainable,” says Barbara Plattner, Managing Director of Innsbruck Tourism.
“The audience received four days of harmonica and accordion music, presenting all facets of the instrument at the highest level. We are delighted that, in addition to the many participants, we have also been able to attract renowned musicians to the festival,” says the 2025 DHV President Jochen Haußmann MdL.
Daily Schedule link: https://accordions.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/WorldMusicSchedule.pdf
First Prize Winners of the World Music Festival 1983 – 2019
1983 Ingolstädter Akkordeonorchester, Dirigent / Conductor: Bernd Maltry
1986 Solisten-Orchester Accordeana Graz, Dirigent / Conductor: Ignaz Oswald
1989 Akkordeonorchester Wiesbaden, Dirigent / Conductor: Dietmar Walther
1992 Akkordeonorchester Baltmannsweiler, Dirigent / Conductor: Thomas Bauer
1995 Akkordeonorchester Dietmar Walther, Wiesbaden, Dirigent / Conductor: Jörg Mehren
1998 Akkordeonorchester Baltmannsweiler, Dirigent / Conductor: Thomas Bauer
2001 Akkordeonorchester Untergrombach, Dirigent / Conductor: Wolfgang Pfeffer
2004 Nürnberger Akkordeonorchester, Dirigent / Conductor: Stefan Hippe
2007 Akkordeonorchester Untergrombach, Dirigent / Conductor: Wolfgang Pfeffer
2010 Nürnberger Akkordeonorchester, Dirigent / Conductor: Stefan Hippe
2013 Orchester AKUD Sonja Marinkovic Novi Sad / Serbien, Dirigent / Conductor: Goran Penic
2016 Akkordeonorchester Baltmannsweiler, Dirigent / Conductor: Thomas Bauer
2019 Akkordeon im Quadrat des »HHV« 1934 Rheingold Mannheim e. V. und das
Hohner-Akkordeon-Orchester Reilingen e. V., Dirigent / Conductor: Johannes Grebencikov
This World Music Festival will once again feature a Europaorchester, which, together with the HohnerKlang Orchestra, will provide musical accompaniment for the awards ceremony at the end of the festival on Sunday morning. The program includes the world premiere of “Prelude For Europe” a new composition by Hans-Günther Kölz, as well as the “cult” song “Music” by John Miles.
