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Ad va que pour elle est un duo d’accordéons composé de Daniel Thonon et de Marie-Ève Pominville.
Daniel Thonon and his friend Yves Steinmetz introduced hurdy gurdy to Quebec with in early 1980. They created the Vielles et cornemuses festival that was the earlier version of Chants de vielles .
Born in Belgium, Daniel studied harpsichord and early music in the conservatory of Geneva. He is mostly known in North America for his legendary group Ad vielle que pourra. He is a multi-instrumentalist and a virtuoso on the diatonic accordion.
Marie-Êve Pominville has been playing piano accordion for the last 20 years She fell in love with that instrument at a very young age but her passion increased even more when she discovered the music of Ad vielle que pourra, especially Daniel ‘s compositions. She knows his repertory even better than he does himself! She learned the accordion first by herself, then with Luc Lopez the french accordionist.
Ad va que pour elle plays the music of Daniel Thonon arranged for accordion duet.