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italian chamber of commerce and industry Queensland and Northern territory gala Dinner celebrated the movement
ICC Qld and NT held its annual Gala dinner at Gambaro Restaurant and function centre on Saturday fifth, August. The popular event is always a sold-out success. The event has a meet-and-greet business networking session in the well-appointed function room before the main event.
ICCI welcomed one of Australia's greatest accordionists, Bradley Voltz, to entertain us all this year. Bradley studied under Leo Mazzei and was 14 when he won first place in the Open Age National Free Bass Accordion Championship, the youngest competitor to win the title in the competition's history. In 1992, he worked for three years with Enzo Invincibile at Enzo's, and in 1999 accompanied Luciano Pavarotti when The King of the High Cs came to
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Brisbane.
As a pianist, Bradley has worked as Musical Director for Kamahl and John Rowles, and has backed artists including Glen Shorrock, Grace Knight, Normie Rowe, Julie Anthony, Marina
Pryor, Doug Parkinson and Jade Hurley. Bradley currently holds a recording contract with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's ABC Classic to record a new suite of Italian-inspired accordion music by an
ICCI member (and his son!) Alexander Voltz.
For the Gala Ball, Bradley was joined by John Simmers (bass) and Randal Scheerle (drums), two of Brisbane's most well-known jazz musicians, for an evening of Italian classics.
This year’s sensational ICCI QLD&NT Annual Gala Dinner was hosted at the Gambaro Restaurant and Function Centre on Saturday, 5th August 2023, from 6.30 pm for a 7.00 pm sit down.
The special guest speaker for the evening was the Ambassador of Italy to Australia, H.E. Paolo Crudele OMRI, accompanied by his wife, Sara Fernandez Carcedo. Other dignitaries included Dr.ssa Luna Angelinu Marinucci, Italian Consul to Queensland and Northern Territory, Senator Paul Scarr, Dr Christian Rowam MP and Lachlan Millar Mp. Chamber members and friends of the chamber community leaders attended the event.
