Monday, August 23, 2010

The Accordion Virtuosi

Two Future Accordion Stars

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.

9 comments:

Olivier said...

beaux portraits, il ne nous manque que le son ;)

Leif Hagen said...

A great portrait of two wonderful musicians keeping traditional music alive!

Hilda said...

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.

Luis Gomez said...

These are great. Love them!

Birdman said...

They soooo look like they enjoy music.

MrsLittleJeans said...

Oh, I feel so nostalgic, I used to play!

AB said...

The accordions do look wonderfully ornate and well-finished. I wonder what kind of music these two play

VP said...

It's rare to hear an accordion here nowadays, I wish them well!

ramy_v said...

Remind me to steer my children away from playing the accordion.

Great photos and excellent stories

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