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Our list of accordion players builders, technicians, designers of the best music instruments ever created

and some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet.

New names added weekly. Check back often.

02-08-2024

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Marie Abe

Maggie Abel - Oklahoma

Carrie Abrahms

Accordion Loco

Nicole Akkordeon- Germany

Karen Adam Kasprzyk

Linda Adams

Barbara Adler - Vancouver BC CA

Sofia Ahjoniemi

Rosemary Ahler (Ramblin’ Rose) AZ

Alice Ahman - Colorado

Elke Ahrenholz - Italy

Liubov Akhanova

Kathy Hartman Albrecht

Silvia Alimenti

Kayla Allen

Lynlee Alley - Houston TX

Susanne Kozo Allin - UK

Lucy Alves

Yulia Amerikova

Connie Andersen - Vanc. BC

Lorna Andersson

Anitta - Finland

Vera Lucia Anjos

Liliana Aparicio

Glenna Archibald

Mary Kathryn Archuleta

Edurne Arizu - Spain

Aurelie Arnaud

Sofia Astrom - Norway

Sansa Asylum

B

Sue Baines - Vanc. BC CA

Adna Bajric - Bosnia & Herzegovina

Alicia Baker - Colorado

Amber Lee Baker - SF CA

Leah Tondera Baker

Cheryl Bann

Sarah Bansak - Calif.

Sylvia Marie Barber † 1924-2012

Rita Davidson Barnea NY

Simone Baron

Lucia Barracosa

Judy Barrow

Patricia Bartell

Egle Ona Bartkeviciute

Tuulikki Bartosik

Priscilla Anne Marie Baudoin

Julie Beakhouse - UK

Datri Bean

Colleen Gilday Becker

Sandy Bednarek - WI Accordiongal

Christa Behnke

Suzana Beites

Rachel Bell

Rita Bellantuono

Catherine Bello

Sue Bennett - UK

Josephine Bergamasco

Lena Bergamasco

Nancy Bernstein - TX

Charlotte Bessard - France

Anaïs Bessières

Julie Best - UK

Kathy King Blasco

Bonnie Birch - Seattle WA - NWAS

Arlene Estelle Boddicker † 1928-2012

Anna Bodnar

Ana “Bon Bon” Bonski - Vancouver BC

Irene Gordon Bookbinder - Ark.

Janet Borelli

Nathalie Boucheix

Sylviane Lavenant Bouley

Eleanor Boyd - TX

Nicola Braid

Gina Brannelli - UK

Laura Anderson Brick - Ontario CA

Christal Bright

Lauren Brody

Lori Beth Wisian Brooke - TX

Francis Brougher † 1918-2007 - ATX

Joan Brown

Sunniva Brynnel - Sweden

Steffi Budde - Germany

Patti Burke - ATX

Crista Buswell - Vermont

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Gail Campanella - Calif.

Maria Adelia Botelho Candeias

Roberta Cantow - Calif.

Mary Ann Covone Carden - Pres. ATG

Sherry Carr

Karen H. Carson - Alaska

Helen Carter † 1927-1998

Kate Casano

Marthese Busuttil Cassar

Jo Ann Castle

Ilaria Castrichella

Rosemarie Cavanagh - NJ

Esti Fernandez Cereceda

Viviane Chassot

Eugenia Chercazova

Natalya Chesnova

Kim Christian

Jane Christison

Vanja Cirkovic

Alessia Civalleri

Aurelia Anne Cohen - AZ

Katy Collet

Eyerish Heather Collins  

Tracey Collins - NZ

Jenny Conlee

Donna Connor

Terri Conti

Saria Convertino

Jackie Cook

Sheila Cooper

Rose Marie Coppola

Gerardina Coralluzzo - Italy

Karen Cordell

Kay Coristine  †

Sheryl Cormier - LA

Jean Corrighan - Cumbria

Barbara Klaus Cosca

Pamela Zordani Cosel - CA / TX

Maria Costa - Switzerland

Sheri Mignano Crawford

Helen Criscio † AZ

Sheryl Crow

Szilvia Csaranko

Kris Cummings - TX

Beverly Roberts Curnow

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Lady D

Virginie Danrey

Joanna Arnold Darrow  NJ

Aurelie David - France

Dianna Davis - Indiana

Joyce “Juice” Davis † 1950-2019

Susie Davis

Faithe Deffner † 1931-2014 NY

Serena Della Monica - Italy

Renee De La Prade - CA - Germany

Adriana De Los Santos  Brazil

Etienne Denormandie

Brandy Cox Hughes DePhillip

Anne Marie Devine

Nova Karina Devonie - Seattle WA

Sandy Dhuyvetter

Tara Diepeveen

Marlene Dietrich † 1919-1984

Judy Dillard - TX

Rita Di Tizio

Manca Dornik - Finland

Isabel Douglass

Patricia Draeger

Mary Drake

Marchette Dubois - Xee Nation

Accordion Babes Calendar 2015

Barbara Duer

Madlyn Dugue - France

Alice Dunkin

Kate Dunphy

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Bobbie Edler

Ruth Edwards

Emchy - SF CA

Diana Emmonds - Connecticut

Domi Emorine

Miss Natasha Enquist - Victoria BC

Ericka - France

Vicki Eriqat - CA

Judy Ernst

Billye June Evans † 1935-1994

Gale Evans - AZ

Ksenia Evseeva

Lynn Singleton Ewing † 1952-2019 CA

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Elena Fainshtein - Dallas TX

Jessica Faltot - TX

Arleen Faulkner † 1948-2012

Pearl Fawcett Adriano

D Marie Fekete

Skyler Fell - CA - Accordion Apocalypse

Esti Fernandez Cereceda

Beverley Fess

Marla Fibish - SF CA 

Jessica Fichot - France - LA CA

Elizabeth (Liz) Finch - CA

Colette Fiondella

Lynn Fish

Wendy Fitz - SF CA

Mishkin Fitzgerald - UK

Melody Ben Flah

Robin Zorno Floyd Technician World of Acc.

Karine Fontaine

Michelle Footz - Nova Scotia CA

Marge Ford - Alaska Polka Chips

Sally Ann Forrester † 1922-1999

Laure Forrestier

Sharon Fox † 1955-2018

Karen Fremar

Joyce Frye

Sat Satoko Fujita

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Clotilde Galla-rini † 1899-1992

Victoria Galla-rini † 1901-1994

Bénédicte Gamba

Beverly Garcia - TX

Rachelle Garniez

Suzanne Garramone - CA

Carol Garrison - TX

Lala Garza

Lux Gaxiola - Seattle WA

Gemini Duo - Denmark

Christiane Georgi - NV

Elodie Genoud

Guro von Germeten - Norway

Shiri Goldsmith - Oakland CA

Annie Gong - NZ

Rosie Gorrell

Kathleen (Kathy) Grambsch

Joan Grauman

Lynda Griffith

Bénédicte Grimal

Queen Ida Guillory

Sabrina Guislain

Jen Gunderman

Kami Kane Gunnoe

Melody Guzman - CA

Gyuzelle Gwak

Linda Gylland

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Katerina Haasova

Megumi Hada - Houston TX

Jeannette Hagen

Katerina Haidukova - Belarus / Italy

Donna Haines † 2020

Alice Hall † 1917-1999 - CA

Corky Wisniewski Hall

Traci Lamar Hancock † 1960-2012

Tejana Dames - Lubbock TX

Janet Hane - Accordionaires - CA

Jean Hanger

Valery Haplichnik

Pam Barker Harkin

Amy Harmon

Kathy Hartman

Helmi Harrington - A World of Accordions

Maureen Harvey

Janet Haskin - Okl.

Dionne Hauke - AZ - Ziggys

Sherri Head - AZ

Christina Hendricks

Linda Herman - CA
Perla Alejandra Hernandez - TX

Sophie Herzog - France

Kay Howey Hickman - TX

Julie Hill - TN / Australia

Diana Hobbs - Mrs.Hobbs LA CA

Jacki Hofto

Marta Cubas Hondal

Yvette Horner † 1922-2018

Joanna Howerton - TX

Lynn Marie Hrovat

Rebecca Jane Huck - TX

Caroline Hunt

Debra Mueller Hurd - TX

Claude Hurtubise - Quebec CA

Susan Hwang - NY

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Onah Indigo

Svetlana Ivanchenko

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Leslie Jackson

Tiffany Jackson  Madame T Houston TX

Maureen Jarosh - Calg. AB

Francie Jarrard - TX

Gabrielė Jasiukevičiūte

Allison Jenkins - Vanc. BC

Jet Black Pearl

Marie-Andree Joerger - France

Chloe Johnson - Houston TX Zydeco

Julie Johnstone  Australia

Shirley Johnson - Austin TX

Christine Johnstone

Marie Andree Joly - Montreal CA

Sylvia Jorgensen - WA

Johanna Juhola

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Jane Kalmakoff - Vanc. BC CA

Maria Kalaniemi

Lidia Kaminska

Holda Paoletti-kampl - Austria

Zorica Karakutovska

Accordeons Karine - Antwerpen Belgium

Tiia Karttunen - Finland

Debra Kartz - BC CA

Julie Ann Kasprzyk

Mary Joan Kasprzyk

Cadence Keep - NV
Elizabeth Kelley - TX

Molly Kennedy

Sharmon Kenyon

Alina Khlebnova

Jacqueline Kibsey

Jueon Julia Kim

Caroline King

Amanda Kitchens - Austin TX

Kitten on the Keys

Mary Knight - UK

Violet Knox

Edith Knuppers - TX

Anna Kolovska

Danica Konatar

Denise R Koncelik

Susanna Koska - Germany

Tatyana Ulyana Kovach

Karen Ann Krieger

Louise Kucera - Dallas TX

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Gabby La La

Christina Busso Lammers

Franka Lampe † Germany-Balkan

Sonja Lampinen

Molly Busta Lange

Lisa Langbacka

Dee Langley - Minnesota

Esther Lanting - Michigan

Doodles La Rue

Marketa Lastovickova

Reet Laube

Odile Lavault - Baguette Quartet

Janice Lavoie

Lisa Le Blanc - Vanc. BC CA

Lou Le Brun

Rosie Ledet - Louisiana

Karen Lee - Calif.

Linda Lee
Shelia Lee † Texas - Heritage Arts OH

Nathalie Legay

Phoebe Legere

Delphine Lemoine

Nada Lewis - SF CA

Chu Ran Li

Martina Li

Tara Linda - CA

Gwyneth Lister † 1929 - 2021 CA

Pamela Lister - CA

Barefoot Becky Livermore

Christine Lorme

Barbara Lucchi

Christiane Luder

Orinta Lukauskaite

Tanja Lukic

Angie Lukins - UK

Bianca Luz

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Jana Sorrenti Maas - CA

Ginny Mac - Fort Worth TX

Fanny Mae Farrell

Helen Maher

Beatrice Makdah

Zelde Malevitz - FL

Erica Marie Mancini - NY

Sylviane Marquis

Kay Marta

Maggie Martin Mad Maggies - Montreal - Calif 

Brenda Martinez - TX Conjunto

Eleanor Martinez - Okl. Conjunto

Tatjana Marx- Australia

Jamie Maschler - WA

Julia Masnicova - Poland

Donna Pavlinch Douglas Massey

Anna Matoshavski - Israel

Anja McCloskey

Amelia McDonald - Vanc.BC

Kate McGarrigle

Ariel McGurty - SF CA

Loreena McKennitt

June McNeil - AB Canada

Lisa Mednick

Mickey Mendoza

Stéphanie Methot

Sandra Milosevic

Mayumi Miyaoka  - NY

Sheri Mignano Crawford

Mie Miki

Jelena Milojevic - BC CA

Judy Mitchell - NM

Elena Molinari

Светлана Попова 

Paula J Moore

Nelly Moraux

Sara Moretti
Cindy Jon Morse - TX

Anne Mortensen

Elsbeth Moser - Germany

Tetiana Muchychka

Linda Mueller

Jan Mundy

Gandalf Murphy

Josie Ida Murray

Phyllis Musgrave - FL

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Lori Najvar - Austin, TX

Aurora Nealand - New Orleans LA

Karene Neuville

Ailisa Newhall - France

Dorien Nieuwint

Sara Niityviita

Laura Jean Niland - San Antonio TX

Carla Nunes - Portugal

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Wisnaa Citizen Ofxee

Viola Ojanen

Bereswinde Olland - France

Mariannick Olland - France

Roxanne Oliva

Shawna Olivia - SF CA

Rosie Trick Oliver - TX

Pauline Oliveros † 1932-2016

Christa O’Neill - Accordion Americana

Frances O’Rourke

Doris Osgood

Tomomi Ota

Esra Ovali - Germany

Peggy Owens

Evelyn Ozuna

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Dominique Paats

Silvia Pagni

Aurore Pailler

Terry Palasz

Alena Budzinakova Palus

Meredith Pangrace - Cleveland OH

Donna Pardue - ATX

Alexandra Paris

Danielle Pauly

Donna Pavlinch Douglas

Jet Black Pearl - Netherlands - OR

Diane Pebby - Edm. AB CA

Caroline Penn

Debra Peters Music TX - AZ - CA - Canada

Katheryn Petersen - Vanc. CA

Cathrin Pfeifer

Francesca Pigini - Italy

Marija Piskunova - Latvia

Valina Polka - TX

Bea Polverini - Chicago IL

Véronique Pomies

Catherine Prevost - Montreal CA

Camille Privat Accordeoniste - France

Kateryna Pylypenko - Ukraine

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Rachel Quirbach

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Gee Rabe - CA

Dejana Radanovic

Danijela Rakic

Suzanne Ramsey - SF CA

Cynni Rangel

Calvaleigh Rasumssen - CA

Rebecca Ratliff -  Dallas TX

Donna Anderson Ray †

Linda Soley Reed - FL - Connecticut

Donna Maria Regis - NH

Joana Reis - Portugal - Vanc. BC CA

Véronique Rénier

Stéphane Courtot Renoux

Joan Wilson Reuter - SF CA

Jani Penn Richards 

Silvia Richter

Judy Ridenour

Accordion Heather Riordan - Chicago Illinois

Lena Rist Larsen

Miss Roach

Beverly Roberts

Stéphanie Rodriguez

Sharon Rogers

Ginger Rogers † 1911-1994

Erica Roozendaal

Squeezebox Rosie - UK

Corinne Rousselet

Joanna Roylance

Mingyuan Ruan

Joan Wilson Rueter - SF CA

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Vivi Marie Saarenkyla

Nicole Sallin - Switzerland

Sofia Salvaterra

Sabrina Salvestrin

Adriana Sanchez Barra da Saia - Brazil

Naomi Sanchez

Sofia Santorelli - Italy

Sapo - Montreal CA

Ami Saraiya

Tatjana Saratova - Latvia

Josephine Sarica

Satu Sarkoranta - Finland

Ann Savoy - LA Savoy Family Cajun Band

Sarah Savoy - Louisiana

Amy Jo Sawyer

Rosie Sayad

Pamela Scesniak

Carla Scheithe - Czech Republic

Barbara Schlechter Meyer † 1940-2024 Lincoln Conservatory Chicago

 

Diana Schmidt - Seattle - won Coupe Mondial

Salane Schultz - SF CA

Barbara Scott † 1932-2010 San Antonio TX

Nathalie Beliveau Scott

Marty Sealy † 1930-2017 San Antonio TX

Sharon Williams Seaton - Dallas TX

Betty L. See

Linda Seekins - Big Lou - SF Calif.

Nancy Seibert

Tatiana Semichastnaya

Shanoli Sen

Phoebe Sengers

Sharon Setera

Shelby Setnikar MN

Katherine Seufert

Sharon Shannon

Kateryna Sushko - Ukraine

Ksenija Sidorova

Betty Jo Simon

Netta Skog - Finland

Basha Slavinska

Anne Sliter - TX

Monica Slomski

Annette Zongker Smith

Heather Smith

Rosemarie Smith

Debbie Smithee Gray

Maddy Soave - France

Karen Weatherspoon Sokohl

Joan Cochran Sommers

Marjorie Sons

Linda Sorrell

Giuliana Soscia

Elodie Soulard

Karen J Spinozzi -  AZ

Svetlana Stavitskaya - Latvia

Mary Steenburgen

Lori Stein

Barbara Steinger

Sarah Steiner - Austria

Elena Stenkina

Debbie Stepan - TX

Amy Stephens

Leah Stephens

Vesna Bajic Stojiljkovic

Hanni Strahl † 1916-2000 TX - Germany

Alicia Jo Baker Straka

Ana Strepin Zagoranski

Patricia Striplin - CA

Dee Stubler Sligar

Susanne Stock

Karen Street

Patricia Striplin

Diana Strong - SF CA

Monika Stuchlik

Weronik Sura

Jetty Swart - Netherlands - SF CA

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Cinzia Tarditi - Italy Accordeon del Maestro

Shaina Taub

Maria Telesheva - Oregon

Natalia Tena

Judy Tenuta † Calif.

Amélie Tétillon

Tina Tew

Jianan Tian

Irene Tillung

Amalija Tkalcec

Janet Todd

Mary Tokarski - CT - FL

PD (Pamela) Tom -  Calif.

Neza Torkar

Josie Torres - AZ

Susan Nevarez Torres - TX (Conjunto)

Scout Tran - SF CA

Cathie Travers

Nina Tritenichenko

Viola Turpeinen † NY 1909-1958

Karen Tweed

Marjut Tynkkynen

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Sue Underwood

Jean Urry

V

Berna Valdez

Olga Valoshyna- Dallas TX - Belarus

Valina Polka- Houston TX

Sophia Vallin

Hillebrand van der Veen Netherlands

Hanni Wrencher van Zant - Austin TX

Maricarmen Vazquez

Jeanne Velonis

Julietta Venegas

Sophie Vernet

Arlyn Visentin † Houston TX NAA team member

Irina Viznyuk - Ukraine

Maria Vlasova

Cicada Von Ludke - Madison WI

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Anne Laure Wagner

Samantha Wagner - Missouri

Pat Walter - OH

Zhao Wanchen - Denmark

Hanzhi Wang

Linda Ann Warren - TN

Nissa Mae Warren

Miho Watanabe - Japan

Sharon  Weed  LA Pasadena College

Nina Slyusar Wegmann

Cathy Weiss

Joan Skidmore Weitzeil

Sue Wicihowski - FL

Carol Widder

Julia Williams - Nebraska

Cheryl Willoughby

Annelies Winten

Elizabeth Wisler

Julie Accordion Wisniewski

Corky Wisniewski Hall

Lynn Wittenberg - Vanc. BC CA

Heidi Wohlwend - Ms. D. LaRue

Rosemary Wright - AZ

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Ina Yakubeika - VA

Karen Yatuzis

Eva Ybarra - La Reina Del Acordeon

Yeti - Netherlands

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Ana Strepin Zagoranski

Simone Zanchini

Ava Zatanas - Tucson AZ

Kinga Broslawska Zawadzka

Mateja Zenzerovic  - Croatia

Wanxu Zhao - Denmark

Radojka Zivkovic - Balkans

Eva Zöllner

Annette Zongker Smith

Maria Zubimendi

Nuska Zupan