live
March
14_03 (concert) Bénesville/FR
15_03 (concert) Creully-sur-Seulles/FR
15+16_03 (workshop) Creully-sur-Seulles/FR
April
05+06_04 (workshop+bal) Fête de l’accordéon Nanterre/FR
08_04 (concert) The Fleece Inn Bretforton/UK - tickets
09_08 (concert) Cecil Sharp House London/UK - tickets
10_04 (concert) Ropetackle Arts Centre Shoreham/UK
11_04 (concert) Wingfield Barns Suffolk/UK - tickets
12_04 (workshop+concert) @St Mary’s Church Guilford/UK - tickets
13_04 (concert) The Greystones Sheffield/UK - tickets
26_04 (workshop+bal) Folkarria Madrid/ESP
May
18_05 (concert) GUO Concerten Oisterwijk/NL
SUMMER
29_06 (bal) Bals et Roses Florenville/BE
19_07 (bal) Due Passi Nel Folk Recanati/IT
22_08 (bal) Boombalfestival Lovendegem/BE
27_08 concert) Rotterdam/NL
12_09 (bal) Folkfestival Marsinne Couthuin/BE
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about
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THE NIEPOLD-CUTTING DUO BRINGS TOGETHER TWO GREAT MUSICIANS AND FRIENDS. TWO STRONG PERSONALITIES IN THE SMALL WORLD OF THE DIATONIC ACCORDION. A MEETING TO CHALLENGE, TO BE INSPIRED. TO BRING TOGETHER TWO VERY PARTICULAR PERSONAL UNIVERSES WITH INTELLIGENCE AND MISCHIEVOUSNESS.
BECAUSE THE CONCERT CAN BE DANCED AND THE BAL IS LISTENED TO. BECAUSE THE ACCORDION IS NOT CHEESY. BECAUSE THE WORLD DEFINITELY NEEDS MIXTURES.
BECAUSE THERE ARE STYLES BUT ESPECIALLY MUSIC.
ANNE NIEPOLD
(BE)
ANDY CUTTING
(UK)
ANNE NIEPOLD HAS ALWAYS HAD A REPUTATION FOR BREAKING THE CONVENTIONS AROUND THIS INSTRUMENT. BY NEVER HESITATING TO TAKE IT OUT OF HER COMFORT ZONE, SHE HAS GREATLY CONTRIBUTED TO IT HAVING TODAY, A PRIVILEGED PLACE ON THE LIST OF “FULLY FLEDGED” INSTRUMENTS.
SHE TAMES MUSIC WITH CURIOSITY, ENERGY AND WITH FREEDOM, ALWAYS…
ANDY CUTTING IS A LIVING LEGEND. HE HAS WON THE PRESTIGIOUS “FOLK MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD” FROM BBC RADIO2 THREE TIMES AND HIS STYLE IS RECOGNIZABLE AMONG ALL, UNMATCHED. BETWEEN ENGLISH HERITAGE AND MODERN TRADITION, HIS PLAYING IS CHARACTERIZED BY STRONG MELODIES AND A SPECIAL USE OF THE BELLOWS. THE QUIET FORCE…
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