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A speech by Dr. Herbert Scheibenreif about "Different aspects of the development of the accordion" presented at the 2026 Saratov Video Conference Patent of Cyrill Demian 200th Anniversary in 2029 and World Accordion Day The first World Accordion Day was held on 6th May 2009, marking the 180th birthday of the accordion - 6 May 1829, the date the accordion patent was filed. On May 6, 1829, Cyrill Demian (1772–1849) an organ and piano maker of Armenian origin, accompanied by his two sons Karl...

by Gail Campanella A most wonderful happening took place in Santa Barbara on the weekend of March 28 and 29....Bella Italia. The Santa Barbara Symphony featured an accordion soloist, Hanzhi Wang, performing a commissioned concerto, The Red Ferrari, by Italian composer, Cristian Carrara. For those of us who love the accordion but have never seen an accordion soloist featured with a symphony orchestra, this was a "dream come true." Thanks to Santa Barbara Symphony Music and Artistic Director,...

By Joan Grauman Morse As we approach the 88th anniversary of the first meeting of the American Accordionists’ Association (AAA), held on March 9, 1938 in a 48th Street office in Manhattan, New York, I thought I would write an article about one of its founders, John Gart. Gart, invited as a founder, was unable to attend the first meeting. However he was very interested in helping this new organization that was created to promote the up-and-coming musical instrument: the accordion. John...