Thunderstruck (AC/DC) - Sergei & Maria Teleshev at Cotati Accordion Festival 2024 (1-4)

When: August 17 - 18, 2024
Where: Laplaza Park, Cotati, CA 94931
Family DUO “TWO ACCORDIONS” is a unique collaboration between father and daughter, both renowned musicians, accordion champions from the United States.
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Sergei Teleshev is a professional accordion player from Eugene, Oregon living and performing in the United States since 1996. He has Ukrainian roots and spent part of his childhood in Ukraine. Classically trained at the Academy of Music in Voronezh, Russia, Sergei Teleshev has won many regional and international accordion competitions. Being a founding member and accordion player of Trio Voronezh, Classic Klezmer Trio, Valinor Quartet and East-West International Project, he collaborates with many internationally recognized artists, ensembles, and orchestras, composing and arranging music, participates in recording projects of different genres.
Maria Telesheva was six years old when she started to play the accordion. Maria’s teacher is her father Sergei Teleshev. Two months after Maria started playing, she won her first International Competition. Since then, she has won Accordion and Vocal International Competitions in the United States, Canada, Australia, Italy, Belarus and Ukraine. Maria’s talent is not limited to her exceptional duet and solo accordion performances. She’s also a talented singer. In November 2021, Maria got the title “Prodigy of the Year” and was selected to grace the cover of the “Accordion Stars Illustrated” Magazine, Time Press, New York (December/January Issue).