Youth Japan Trip

Report Japan 2024.pdf

Stas Venglevski Youth Accordion Ensemble had a successful trip to Hadano Japan in June 2024 and performed a concert there. The youth ensemble members participated in rehearsals with local musicians, workshops, private lessons, and concert performances under the direction of Stas Venglevski. Additionally they had a chance to experience Japanese culture and made many new friends.

Your donations helped StasVenglevski Music Foundation to make this event possible for these young artists and helped create a lifetime of memories and continues to generate a positive atmosphere for the appreciation of great accordion music. We greatly appreciate your generous support of our foundation. 

Our Goal was $50,000. 00.  

We reached to $46,439.21 (total of PayPal, GoFundMe, cash and checks) on June 2024.

Thank you very much for your support!!!

Our donors


Petosa Accordion Pasadena Friendship Association Marching Elites Association Accordion Renaissance

Ron Griffin Alice Dunkun, Mark Greathouse Brooke Jones Michael Apiag Leonardo Santos

Edward Estes Dave Berardino Roland Santos Daria Chi Irina Hotin Anthony Pacumio

Robert D. Herridge Murl Allen Sanders Charlotte Peck John Simkus Peter Kenyon Gail Campanella

Roberta Ferrero Susana Gumpel Brian Money Jim Rice Julie Urech William/Annie E. Lewis

Zarifa Aliyeva Anjelika Dilbazi Zakiya Dilbazi Linda Smith Fuad Ramazanov Salva Rezaie

Yousef Taghipoor Binh Phan Nasser Alikhani Mohammad Abbasi Mary Radspinner Elnue Aliyev

Gelaney Wyder Thomas R Carter Vahid Tayyar William Lewis Shawn Frye Narmina Mufidzada

Mary Mertes Thomas Hines Jr Grace Workman Carolyn Turner Leah Anderson Marietta M Ayers

Ashley Frye Michael Duncan Barbara Faison Leslie Daniel Mary Avery Hye Suk

Dana Peck Minako Nishioka Molly Ness Thomas Hines Jr Ina Yakubeika Jim Rice

Harold McMann Lorretta Palagi Rubab Haghshenas Pamela Tom Mark Cooper Shirley Ann Barry

Michael Chi Jared Peck Ina Yakubeika Olga Douglas Dale Wise David Gussman

Mark Ward Rosa Borizova Chie Kimura

Help Create a Lifetime of Memories: 

                       Send Youth Artists to Japan 

Hadano city, Kanagawa, Japan is celebrating 60 years of sister-city friendship with Pasadena, Texas in 2024.


Our youth ensemble has the opportunity to visit Hadano, in June 2024 - to collaborate with local musicians and perform in a prestigious concert hall, Hadano Culture Hall, on June 23.


Please help us to make this Japan trip possible for our youth artists!!


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