User:Accordiongirl

As a second generation Canadian, Natasha Enquist was surrounded by an influential upbringing of German, Russian, Ukrainian, and Polish relatives. The folk music of these cultures had made an impression on Miss Enquist, and the mighty Accordion has stayed true to her heart.

Natasha Enquist (performance artist, accordionist, singer, actor, model, fashion designer, writer, photographer), has a background in classical piano, which she learned as a child with the Canadian Conservatory of Music. Since her childhood education, Natasha has had private voice, music comprehension, and dance lessons as well as private accordion lessons with Irv Lang, Mario Pedone and Andy Mirkovich.

Natasha credits her musical and theatrical background to growing up within a European family, her Mother who played piano and accordion, and being exposed to a variety of different musical and cultural genres such as ABBA, Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, David Bowie, “The Lawrence Welk Show”, “The Ed Sullivan Show” and “Monty Python”.

Natasha's solo music performances include a mix of Russian, French, German and North American love songs, and she enjoys singing in both English, Russian, German, Croatian, and Serbian.

Along with her musical performances, Natasha has taken her accordion and acting skills to the theatre stage, has a background in modeling and fashion design/styling, and has the merchandise line called “Squeeze Me – Accordion Chic Apparel”.

Natasha's most current role was performing at the Italian Pavilion at Walt Disney World’s EPCOT Centre, in Orlando FL, with the performance group "The Ziti Sisters". She is now continuing on in the world, and saving it – with the accordion.

"Saving the world with the Accordion": http://accordionspieler.blogspot.com