ACCORDION TRIBE - MUSIC TRAVELS
(dokumentary film)

Directed by: Stefan Schwietert
Produced by: Maximage, Zurich.


Documentary THE ACCORDION TRIBE - MUSIC TRAVELS about music project ACCORDION TRIBE folows concerts in Upsala, New Jork and Helsinki. In 1996, five of the world's most innovative contemporary composer/ accordionists convened in Europe for a three-week tour. The project was chosen as "live-performance of the year" by critics of several European Jazz Magazines. As a result of the tour, the first CD with the title ACCORDION TRIBE was released in 1998 (Intuition Music/Schott). After the success of the first accordion project with Guy Klucevsek, Maria Kalaniemi, Lars Hollmer, Otto Lechner and Bratko Bibič, there is now an exciting continuation, with renowned composer/accordionists Pauline Oliveros, Amy Denio and Alan Bern. Each of these players is recognized in classical, jazz, folk or avant-garde music circles as having a unique compositional voice, as well as an unquenchable thirst for adventure. Individually, they are uncompromising and driven by a deep passion for breaking down musical barriers. Collectively, they meet the challenge to integrate these forces into a whole, of which the combined energy is greater than the sum of its parts.

These concerts were a major event in the accordion renaissance, a turning point for the accordion as a contemporary instrument and a powerful, thrilling experience for modern music audience.