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Contributed by Romano Viazzani
The London Accordion Festival will be held
on December 8th and 9th in Wembley, London. The event will include two
Gala Concerts featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra accompanying various
accordionists playing everything from newly commissioned works to Piazzolla
and soloists Vladimir
Zubitsky, Gervasio Marcosignori and Simone
Zanchini with Hallo Mr Sax (a 12-piece saxophone ensemble with percussion).
"Jazz After Hours" will follow the two gala concerts with Jack Emblow
and Frank Marocco.
Other events include daytime mini concerts,
an afternoon Tea Dance, Trade Fair, competitions for players and composers,
masterclasses and workshops. Performers include Romano Viazzani, Owen
Murray, Frederic
Deschamps, Corrado Medioli, Gary
Blair, David Lukins, David Farmer, Jean Pierre Goncalves Lima, Veli
Kujala, Susanne Kohler, Mauro Carra, Vincenzo Abbracciante, Djordje Gajic,
Jerome Richard,
Marielle Roy, KODA, The Czardas
Duo, The High Society Dance Orchestra and students of the Royal Academy
of Music. For further information email: info@londonaccordionfest.com
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Duo
Paris-Moscou (Domi Emorine and Roman Jbanov) have just returned from Knutange
(a little French city in the Meurthe et Moselle), where they featured
in a three day Master Class organized by Professor François Amadéo. This
is the fourth year the successful master class had been held and tutors
have witnessed the great progress participants have achieved. The three-day
workshop (for students aged from 7 years to adults) included the in depth
study of a piece chosen by both pupils and the professor, "Balancing the
bellows", handling and musicality and concluded with a concert by the
trainees and a performance by the Paris-Moscou Duo. 
Argentinean
accordionist "Amadeo" is currently performing in a play in Buenos Aires
entitled "Coco de Paris", which is about the life of Coco Chanell. Amadeo
will play pieces such as "Sous le ciel de Paris", "Coco", "Sonata" (Stravinsky),
"Lili Marlene", "La Marseillaise" and many others. The play has been well
accepted by the public with good audience attendance. For details email:
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Following
this event the 3rd International Accordion Competition was held in Riga
Stato, Latvia on March 23rd and 24th. Over 30 participants from juniors
to 15 years old took part in the event with the following winners: Nikolaj
Mohnatkin (Russia), Irina Serotiuk (Ukraine) and Alexej Masliaov (Latvia).
Jury members included