Wolfgang Dimetrik (born 6 January 1974) is an Austrian

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

ist. At the age of six he received his first accordion lessons. Five years later he became a pupil of Prof Erwin Moder at the Johann-Joseph-Fux Conservatory in

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. Having completed his accordion studies at the Graz School of Music (since 1992) as a disciple of the visiting professors

Mogens Ellegaard Mogens Ellegaard (4 March 1935 – 28 March 1995) was an accordion player from Denmark. He is regarded as the "father of the classical music, classical accordion." Early life Ellegaard was the son of a cabinet maker and began studying the in ...

James Crabb James Crabb (born 1967) is a Scottish classical accordion player. Crabb was born in Dundee. He was given his first accordion at age 4 by his accordion-playing father. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen with class ...

, and Geir Draugsvoll, he received a grant to continue his studies in the class of Prof

Stefan Hussong Stefan Hussong (2 November 1962) is a German classical accordionist. He has received numerous awards for his performances, including the Gaudeamus International Competition for Performers for contemporary music, and was named best instrumentalist ...

at the Hermann-Zilcher-Conservatory in Würzburg, where he finished his studies with commendation in 2001 before entering the master class of the Würzburg School of Music. 2003 master-class-examination. Wolfgang Dimetrik joins on stage various chamber ensembles in Europe, such as the ''

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Nordrhein-Westfalen'', ''Neues Ensemble Hannover'', ''

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'', ''Ensemble SurPlus'' and the '' Ensemble Modern''. In addition, he participated in several contemporary opera productions, including ''The Walls'' (''Die Wände'') by Adriana Hölszky, conducted by

Alfons Kontarsky Aloys (14 May 1931 – 22 August 2017) and Alfons (9 October 1932 – 5 May 2010) Kontarsky were German duo-pianist brothers who were associated with a number of important world premieres of contemporary works. They had an international reputatio ...

(Frankfurt); and the first performance of

Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (, ; ; 13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was as ...

's ''The Lucky Hand'' (''Die glückliche Hand'', in an arrangement for chamber orchestra) by the United Ensemble Berlin, conducted by

Peter Hirsch Sir Peter Bernhard Hirsch HonFRMS FRS (born 16 January 1925) is a figure in British materials science who has made fundamental contributions to the application of transmission electron microscopy to metals. Hirsch attended Sloane Grammar S ...

Discography

* 2001 Johann Sebastian Bach, '' Goldberg Variations'' * 2003

Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

, Sonatas

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