List of accordionists
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Main article: Accordion
This is an alphabetized list of notable accordionists who have their own main articles or belong to a notable band.
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[edit] A
- Stoianovici Alin - accordionist, composer
- Ramon Ayala - Mexican accordionist, composer
- Slavko Avsenik - Slovenian musician and composer
[edit] B
- Basha Slavinska - Polish classical and concert accordionist
- Stuart 'Pinkie' Bates of The Divine Comedy
- Alan Bern of the Klezmer band Brave Old World
- Bratko Bibič - Slovene accordionist
- Renato Borghetti - Brazilian musician
- Franko Božac - Croatian classical and concert accordionist
[edit] C
- Carmen Carrozza - classical & concert accordionist
- Boozoo Chavis - Zydeco musician
- Clifton Chenier - Zydeco musician
- Dick Contino - he appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show a record 48 times
- Gianni Coscia - jazz accordionist
- Phil Cunningham - Scottish folk accordionist
- Andy Cutting - English folk accordionist
[edit] D
- Jackie Daly
- Pietro Deiro - pioneer of the accordion
- Orlando DiGirolamo
- Wolfgang Dimetrik
- Dominguinhos - Brazilian music
- Henry Doktorski - classical & concert accordionist
- Dr. Busker
- Finbarr Dwyer - Irish traditional musician
[edit] E
- Mogens Ellegaard - father of the avant-garde accordion movement
- Keith Emerson
- John Evan of Jethro Tull
- Tim van Eyken
[edit] F
- James Fearnley of The Pogues
- Myron Floren
- Connie Francis
- Pietro Frosini
- Anders Flanders of Detektivbyrån
[edit] G
- Anthony Galla-Rini
- Richard Galliano
- Luiz Gonzaga - The King of Baião
- Jean-Pierre Guiran of Accordéon Mélancolique
[edit] H
- Frode Haltli - Norwegian accordionist
- Daniel Handler aka. Lemony Snicket
- Rolf Harris
- Kevin Hearn - Zydeco musician of Barenaked Ladies
- Matt Hensley of Flogging Molly
- Harry Hibbs - Canadian musician
- David Hidalgo of Los Lobos
- Bruce Hornsby
- Nihad Hrustanbegovic
- Garth Hudson of The Band
- Rob Hyman of The Hooters
- Aleksandr Hrustevich
[edit] I
- Isac Mexican-American Producer/Accordionist Strictly plays Hohner Accordions only
- Gary Innes
[edit] J
- Ryan Jarman of The Cribs
- Jean Michel Jarre
- Flaco Jimenez
- Beau Jocques - Zydeco musician
- Billy Joel
- Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones
- Esteban "Steve" Jordan
- Kepa Junkera - Basque musician and composer
- Mirko Jevtović
[edit] K
- Lidia Kaminska Bayan of Tango Lorca
- Boris Karlov
- Mirai Kawashima of Japanese band Sigh
- James Keane - Irish traditional musician
- Muammer Ketencoglu - Turkish traditional musician
- John Kirkpatrick
- Aristidies Katsaitis - Traditional greek musician
[edit] L
- Gabby La La
- Yuri Lemeshev of Gogol Bordello
- John Lennon of The Beatles
- John Linnell of They Might Be Giants
- Nils Lofgren
Kurt Larsen
[edit] M
- Charles Magnante- pioneer of the accordion
- Frank Marocco
- Loreena Mckennitt
- Johnny Meijer, Dutch - jazz accordionist
[edit] N
- Franz Nicolay of The World/Inferno Friendship Society
- Krist Novoselic - bassist in Nirvana
[edit] O
- Pauline Oliveros - avantgarde performer
- Walter Ostanek
[edit] P
- Willard A. "Bill" Palmer (1917–1996) - inventor of the quint system which was later patented by Titano as used in their line of converter (or "quint") bass accordions
- Van Dyke Parks - Composer/arranger and noted accordionist
- Cory Pesaturo - eclectic accordionist
- Kimmo Pohjonen - experimental Finnish accordionist
[edit] R
- Matti Rantanen - classical accordionist
- Israel Romero - Colombian Vallenato Musician
- Saul Rose - English melodeon player
- Ryan Ross of Panic At The Disco
- Roberto Ruscitti - Venezuelan accordionist
[edit] S
- Alin Stoianovici - accordionist, composer
- Stanimir Uzunov, Bulgarian musician, composer, teacher and conductor
- Dr. William Schimmel - accordionist, composer and philosopher
- John Serry, Sr. - classical & concert accordionist, free-bass accordionist
- Sharon Shannon - Irish accordionist
- Sivuca, Brazilian musician
- John Spiers - English melodeon player
- Irshad Gerald Stephens accordionist, philosopher, gangsta
- Paul Stein
- Jay Stein brother from another mother to Paul Stein
- Netta Skog - Finnish accordionist
- Nikolai Ryskov-Russian Accordion player
[edit] T
- Matt Thiessen of Relient K
- Yann Tiersen - French composer and multi-instrumentalist
- Aslan Tlebzu - Adyghe folk musician
- Pete Townshend of The Who
- Karen Tweed
[edit] U
[edit] V
- Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir
- Art Van Damme
- Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam
- Gus Viseur - French accordionist
- Julieta Venegas
[edit] W
- Jason Webley - American musician
- Lawrence Welk
- Martin White - British cover artist
- Wix Wickens
- Patrick Wolf
- Richard Wright of Pink Floyd
[edit] Y
- Frankie Yankovic - polka musician
- "Weird Al" Yankovic - song parodist, comedian
