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| Photo by Dorothy Brown |
California accordionist Andre’ Thierry has the honor of attending and participating in this years’ International Akkordeon (Accordion) Festival held annually in Germany. Akkordeonale provides an opportunity for artist around the globe to tour together and share their musical styles, talents and cultures on one stage. It’s rare that accordion artist from multiple cultures are provided with a platform allowing them to come together on stage and share such a unique celebration of music and sound.
This year’s Akkordeon Festival will be the first time in its now eighth years’ history, to include an accordion artist from the United States. Akkordeonale 2016 kicks off March 30, 2016 in Karlsruhe Germany and continues throughout Germany the entire month of April into the first week of May, ending on Wednesday May 4th.
Thierry is a legendary artist in both Zydeco and Blues music internationally. His musical talents reach far beyond traditional Zydeco and Blues but also includes genres such as jazz, rock and hip-hop. Thierry has and continues to be an extraordinary contributor to the preservation of the Creole and Zydeco music culture.
On this tour, Thierry will be gracing the stages with other well-known accordion artist from Sweden, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and The Netherlands.
When asked what does this opportunity mean to him and how does this tie into his long term desires as an artist, Thierry replied; “I’m about the culture first, this is about me spreading the Creole culture from Louisiana and hopefully picking up and adding some of their styles of music to mine.
Lastly this is making me accessible to people overseas and who've been watching me since I was 15”. (Andre’ Thierry)
For more information on Akkordeonale 2016, tour dates and locations please visit the Akkordeonale International Accordion Festival at: www.akkordeonale.de/ (German) or Akkordeonale.com (English).
For more information about Andre’ Thierry, please visit his website at AndreThierry.com
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