The American Accordionists’ Association (AAA) Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Mario Tacca on Sunday, April 17, 2016 from 1-6:PM at the Colonial Terrace Oval Ballroom, 119 Oregon Road, Cortlandt Manor, New York. Booking Form: 2016TaccaLAA.pdf

Guest artists include: Emilio Magnotta, Beverly Roberts Curnow, Mary Tokarski, Frank Toscano, Manny Corallo, and special guest, Uncle Floyd Vivino and Mario Tacca and Mary Mancini.

From his website: “Mario Tacca was born in Italy. During his childhood, his family moved to the Alsace Lorraine region of France where he began his musical studies. This is where his love and intense desire to play the accordion began. He loved the sound! He would pick up the accordion and imitate some of the songs his mother used to sing. The desire and love never diminished, despite having to walk three miles weekly to his teacher with his instrument strapped to his back!

Among his many accomplishments, Mario has twice been the guest of the Chinese Minister of Culture, touring several cities in China (along with his wife Mary Mancini, and tenor Douglas Song) and performing with several symphonies.

Mario is very active in the accordion community and is on the Board of the AAA. Mario spends about 200 days out of the year touring and performing with his wife, internationally acclaimed vocal artist Mary Mancini. He also maintains a very active recording career.

While in France, he was the winner of many regional and national accordion competitions. He won the World Cup of Italy, the Grand Prix of Paris, the US National Competition and the International Accordion competition held at Carnegie Hall in New York City.


Mario Tacca dazzles audiences across the US and around the world with his unmatched virtuosity on the accordion and his exciting interpretations of international music, the classics and pop.

The Journal News calls Mario “one of the pre-eminent Accordion Virtuosi in the world” and The New York Times writes that he makes the instrument “sound like a gift from heaven.”

Booking Form: 2016TaccaLAA.pdf
For further information regarding the Lifetime Achievement Award Event: Linda Reed
Phone/fax 203-335-2045. Please leave message and phone number or Email: ameraccord1938@gmail.com