Carmen Carrozza (July 20, 1921 – June 17, 2013) was one of America's premier concert accordionists, before he retired from performing after suffering a stroke.
[clarification needed] He has concertized throughout Europe and was presented with a gold medal in Italy after an outstanding performance at the Teatro di Pavia.
One of the high points in Carrozza's career was a concert in The Town Hall in New York City where he performed all original accordion works by many outstanding American composers including Robert Russell Bennett, Paul Creston, Virgil Thomson and many others.
[5] Carrozza retired from touring in the 1980s, but in the summer of 1994 he was called back to the road, playing three weeks of festivals with Jörgen Sundeqvist in Sweden.
"[This quote needs a citation] Carrozza was president of the American Accordionists' Association (AAA), a national organization dedicated to the development of the accordion.