由聯合國教科文組織官方非政府組織合作夥伴國際音樂理事會（IMC）成員國際手風琴協會（CIA）於2009年5月6日創立。此節日旨於手風琴於1829年5月6日發明的180週年紀念。手風琴於1829年5月6日由亞美尼亞裔奧地利人Cyrill Demian (1772–1849)及其兒子Karl及Guido於奧地利維也納註冊發明專利，其專利編號1433內容為：由風箱結合金屬片的小型盒狀可攜帶樂器，尺寸長為7至9英吋、寬為3.5英吋、高為2英吋。此樂器經果簡單的訓練後即可用於演奏進行曲、詠嘆調及民謠。此專利於1829年5月23日獲得維也納市政府核准。
世界手風琴節創立至今已於數百國家、上千城市舉辦，為推廣手風琴音樂之重要活動。
Our first World Accordion Day was held on 6th May 2009, marking the 180th birthday of the accordion - 6 May 1829, the date the accordion patent was filed.
On May 6, 1829, Cyrill Demian (1772–1849) an organ and piano maker of Armenian origin, accompanied by his two sons Karl and Guido, filed a patent in Vienna, Austria for the accordion.
Consign: No. 1433 listed a new type of instrument consisting of a small box with “feathers of metal plates and bellows fixed to it” making it easy to carry and play. The new instrument was seven to nine inches long, three-and-a-half wide, and two inches high. The bellows were fixed above the box with five claves fixed below.
The makers claimed it was possible to perform marches, arias, melodies, even by an amateur of music with little practice, and to play the loveliest and most pleasant chords of three, four and five voices with little practice. The patent was approved a short time later on May 23, 1829.
Since 2009, World Accordion Day has been very successful, generating a lot of positive publicity for the accordion.
Every association, group, orchestra, performer and teacher, is asked to actively support this event by encouraging national and local accordion activities to happen in their country on this day or the weekend either side of World Accordion Day if that should be more convenient.
世界手風琴節創立至今已於數百國家、上千城市舉辦，為推廣手風琴音樂之重要活動。
Our first World Accordion Day was held on 6th May 2009, marking the 180th birthday of the accordion - 6 May 1829, the date the accordion patent was filed.
On May 6, 1829, Cyrill Demian (1772–1849) an organ and piano maker of Armenian origin, accompanied by his two sons Karl and Guido, filed a patent in Vienna, Austria for the accordion.
Consign: No. 1433 listed a new type of instrument consisting of a small box with “feathers of metal plates and bellows fixed to it” making it easy to carry and play. The new instrument was seven to nine inches long, three-and-a-half wide, and two inches high. The bellows were fixed above the box with five claves fixed below.
The makers claimed it was possible to perform marches, arias, melodies, even by an amateur of music with little practice, and to play the loveliest and most pleasant chords of three, four and five voices with little practice. The patent was approved a short time later on May 23, 1829.
Since 2009, World Accordion Day has been very successful, generating a lot of positive publicity for the accordion.
Every association, group, orchestra, performer and teacher, is asked to actively support this event by encouraging national and local accordion activities to happen in their country on this day or the weekend either side of World Accordion Day if that should be more convenient.