Monday, August 23, 2010
The Accordion Virtuosi
This is Natalie Heselaars-Karlsson and Andreas Nilsson. They performed during the Haninge Day celebrations at Lake Rudan in Handen on Saturday. I don't know much about accordions, so when Natalie's father "Kifas" told me how much he paid for her accordion I didn't believe him at first. It costed him 110.000 kronor. That's around 15000 US Dollars. And that was a bargain apparently. Andreas accordion only costed him 30 000 kronor. Natalie Karlsson is only fourteen years old. Her friend Andreas Nilsson is three years older. Nathalie is a student at the Lilla Akademien in Stockholm. Andreas is also a music student. He is attending Nordiska Musikgymnasiet.
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9 comments:
beaux portraits, il ne nous manque que le son ;)
A great portrait of two wonderful musicians keeping traditional music alive!
I've never seen accordions in person, much less heard a live performance. Would love to someday. It's interesting to see that the keys can be different too.
These are great. Love them!
They soooo look like they enjoy music.
Oh, I feel so nostalgic, I used to play!
The accordions do look wonderfully ornate and well-finished. I wonder what kind of music these two play
It's rare to hear an accordion here nowadays, I wish them well!
Remind me to steer my children away from playing the accordion.
Great photos and excellent stories
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