Concert: Summer in Izola - Manuel Šavron
Location: Park Pietro Coppo
Time: 6.00 pm
Free entry
At the age of 10, he began to learn the accordion as a self-taught musician. After one year he started studying diatonic accordion with teacher A. Gropajc. In September 2008, he continued his studies with Professor Z. Lupinac and in 2010 graduated with honours from the lower music school. In 2014 he completed his saxophone studies at the "G. Tartini" Music Conservatory in Trieste. In 2016 he completed his master's degree in diatonic accordion with honours at the "Franz Schubert" Music Conservatory in Vienna. He has appeared as a guest on numerous radio and television programmes; Radio Eurostar, Radio Koper-Capodistria, Radio Prlek, Murski Val, Radio Ptuj, TV Sponka, RAI - Radio TS A, Telequattro, Lo scrigno on TeleFriuli. Since 2017 he has been working closely with the Austrian publishing house Knöpferl-Musikverlag für Steirische Harmonika, where he transcribes and arranges compositions for diatonic accordion. In 2012 he released his first CD "BETWEEN WORLDS - a diatonic getaway". He currently lives and teaches diatonic accordion in Austria. His students are winners of several world championships and various international diatonic accordion competitions. Shavron adopts a very personal and innovative method in teaching the diatonic harmonica, both in approach and especially in repertoire. This can also be seen in his latest solo project: the "Diatonic/Styrian Accordion New Generation Project".
Organiser: CKŠP Izola
