Ron Pivovar

National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum

605 East 222nd Street
Euclid, OH 44123

USA

E-mail: Polkashop@aol.com

Phone: 216-261-3263

Toll Free: 1-800-66POLKA

Fax: 216-261-4134

Ron raises diatonic accordion music to an art form through his recordings, events, workshops, instruction manuals and original tunes. He has written more than 100 songs, including polkas, waltzes and landlers. Ron grew up with Cleveland-Style polka music in the Penn-Ohio area and was performing by age 14. He taught himself the button box. At an accordion camp, he was inspired to write a manual for the half-chromatic button accordion. He soon led accordion and polka classes at national conventions and festivals. Ron helped organize the National Button Accordion Festival, now in Sharon, Pennsylvania. He is one of the most prolific recording artists and composers today. His ten albums feature many of his own songs. He leads the Pivovar Trio.

Inducted in 2018