On May 17, 2018, the World Accordion Day will be held in Gdańsk. The organizer of this event is the Scientific Group of Accordionists at the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music.

The World Accordion Day is celebrated all over the world on the anniversary of the creation of the Cyrill Demian patent, which was the prototype of a modern concert accordion. Working at the Academy of Music in Gdańsk, the Accordionists' Scientific Group, whose tutor is Dr. Pawel Zagańczyk, participates in this international event every year. The initiator of these celebrations in the world is the International Confederation of Accordionists (The Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes).

The programme includes many interesting concerts, sessions and workshops that will take place in the Senate Hall of the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk. The day will start with a mini jazz concert of the accordion quartet led by Cezary Paciorek. Then students from Gdańsk, Łódź, Kraków and Warsaw will take part in the 3rd Students' Scientific Session. The workshops titled "Artist in the modern world" will be led with Monika Lajming, Róża Lorenc and Maciej Frąckiewicz. The final concert will be Maciej Frąckiewicz's accordion recital. One of the most interesting Polish accordionists will perform, among others, works by Mikołaj Majkusiak, Dariusz Przybylski and Krzysztof Penderecki. The artist's performance will be preceded by a short performance by Kacprzak \ Sokołowski DUO, 3rd prize winners at the prestigious accordion competition in Klinghental. Admission free!

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

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