Editors Note
This week we have updated the Accordion Events Held on a Regular Basis section of the Yellow Pages. Please check this section for details of events held regularly every one, two, three four or five years. If your event is not listed please email details to Christine at: news@accordions.com

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Contributed by Hillebrand van der Veen

The Forzando Light Orchestra's November 4th concert was cancelled because of a unique event. Due to environment protection-measures, many cities and villages celebrated "A day without a car". Unfortunately this meant that Amsterdam was blocked for vehicle traffic and the concert venue could not be reached by the orchestra!! This would be one of the more amazing ways to have a concert cancelled.

The Forzando Light Orchestra will next perform at "De Lishof" Old folks home in Oostzaan Village, Amsterdam on November 25th. For details email: H.J.Veen@net.HCC.nl

Contributed by Eva Pato

Russian accordionist Oleg Sharov will hold an accordion course at the Conservatorio Profesional de Música in Ferrol, Corunna, Galicia from November 30th to December 1st. On November 30th Oleg will also give a concert at the San Julian Church in Ferrol. For further details phone: +34 981 32 67 48

The exciting new MusicForAccordion.com site is now offering a special incentive to accordion composers and arrangers to typeset their music free of charge. This incentive is for a limited time only and limited to 100 new works. Each composer can provide up to 5 works and each work should not exceed 7 pages of A4 size. For further information see MusicForAccordion.com

Contributed by Luigi Luoni

The Complesso Fisarmonicisti Città di Varese orchestra will perform at the Sala Concerti in Cuasso, Varese Province on November 23rd. Their program will include a variety of classical and modern music. For details email: levetmlmr@libero.it

Accordion duo "Max and Minka" will perform their original new score for the rare 1914 silent film, "The Patchwork Girl of Oz" (directed by Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum) at the Fine Arts Cinema in Berkeley from November 23rd to 27th. The score fuses klezmer, Greek, Balkan, opera, American folk and funk music into a wild improvisational whole.

Max (Matthew Fass) plays Balkan brass band music in New York and Berkeley and Minka (Jeanette Lewicki) plays accordion and sings in Yiddish with the San Francisco Klezmer Experience. For more information, phone the Fine Arts Cinema at: +1 510 848-1143

Contributed by Toru Katou

On November23rd, Mr Horibe's Accordion Class will hold a concert at "Hotel Oaks Shin-Osaka", Nishinakajima-minamikata Station (Hankyo Line), Osaka Prefecture. Admission is free. For further information phone: +81 6-6966-3050

Accordionist Bruno Maurice performed recently to over 800 people at "La Madeleine" Church in Paris. His program included solo classical and Baroque pieces. Bruno also performed in duo with well known French liturgical organist François Henri Houbart.

On November 21st, Bruno will play at "Le Génie du Bouge" in Paris. This concert will present his new CD "Appassionata II".

Contributed by Angel Russo

The A.I.D.A. (International Association of Accordionists) held a "Fiesta del Accordeon" to celebrate the "Day of the Accordion" on November 15th. As part of the celebrations, a longer than usual parade was held through the streets of Capital Federal along Calle Florida from Cordoba to Avenida de Mayo with over 40 accordionists playing popular songs. As a continuation to these celebrations, a lunch will be held on November 25th in Capital Federal with accordion entertainment all day long. For further details email: maquinapastarusso@fullzero.com.ar

Contributed by Joyce Clyde

The 50th annual Kolo Festival will be held at the San Francisco Russian Center (near Divisadero) from November 22nd to 24th. The event will include a variety of dancing and entertainment. Performers include "Nestinari" (accordionist - Mitko Georgiev), Anoush, and The Toids (Dan Cantrell - accordion). For details phone: +1 510 528-1100

This summer was a very busy one for jazz accordionist Renzo Ruggieri, whose concert season took him to several parts of Italy performing with a number of top class musicians. Between May and August 2001 Renzo played in Teramo, Roseto degli Abruzzi, Salerno, Pescara, Mosciano Sant'Angelo, Capistrello, Atri and Berbenno.

During this tour Renzo performed with Massimo Manzi, Paolo Di Sabatino, Maurizio Rolli, Marcello Sebastiani, Gianni Cazzola, Bruno De Filippi, Fabrizio Bosso, Giovanni Finizii and the "Orchestra Contemporanea". The concerts included a performance with Toni Fidanza and Gianluca Caporale at the "Cinema Symphonies" event in Montefiore dell'Aso, where the trio provided a live soundtrack to the silent movie "Metropolis".

Following are some comments about the tour:
"I hadn't listened to such a moving concert for years." (Bruno De Filippi).
"...Ruggieri manages to have a modern approach without ever losing sight of the elegiac tone and the flavours of the Parisian bistros - in his hands the accordion finds a new dignity and new musical pieces, among which a special mention is deserved by "Piccolo valzer francese". (Piero Stacchiotti, Jazzit, Sept./Oct. 2001). .

New "Tango for Four" CD - Finland

The new CD by Tango for Four (which includes accordionist Mika Väyrynen) "No 2" was released recently in Finland and Europe by Finlandia Records (Warner Classics). On November 26th the CD will be released in Japan by Warner Music Japan.

Tango for Four will give a concert in the Tampere Hall on November 20th. For further details email: mika.vayrynen@pp.inet.fi

Contributed by Enrique Uhalde

A new concerto in three movements for accordion orchestra is now available, composed by Carlos Etxeberria (Spain). The first movement uses a complex technique that requires great virtuosity and gives the idea of opposition and self respect between the soloist and the orchestra. The second movement shows the different effects of the accordion. The work takes approximately 20 minutes .

The composer studied composition with Agustín González Acilu, Luis de Pablo, Jesús Villarojo, Gabriel Brncic, Adolfo Núñez and Ricardo Climent. He has also studied Jazz Harmony, Choral Conducting and Orchestral Conducting and is currently the Principal Conductor of the Pamplona "Amalur Chamber Orchestra". For further details email: cenlit@teleline.es

Accordionist Jon Hammond will perform at the Tower Records store in San Francisco on November 17th. This event is a CD release party for the CD by Dennis Finnegan. Jon plays on the CD along with Dennis (guitar &vocals), Bob Brumbeloe (guitar) and Norbert Stachel (saxophone).

The following day Jon will play a five hour gig with his quintet at John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom Room. For further details email: laterent@webtv.net

Contributed by Carlo Fortunato

Accordionist Gianluca Campi gave a concert recently at the Cantero theatre in Chiavari during the 34th "Città di Chiavari" Literary Prize. His program included popular classical and non-classical pieces, characterised by original accordion renditions of such classics as Caprice no. 15 (Paganini), Cavatina di Figaro (Rossini), Asturias (Albeniz) and others. Campi, in brilliant form, managed with his compositional 'collages' to blend technique and natural sensitiveness, to the utter delight of the crowd, which filled the beautiful theatre.

Contributed by Christine Adams

On November 11th the North Shore Music Makers Orchestra and the Musicale Accordion Orchestra entertained members of the Creative Keyboard Club in Browns Bay, Auckland. Youngsters from the Music Makers Orchestra also played a variety of solos, which included some Christmas favourites.

Later that day, Tracey Collins entertained shoppers at a special "Christmas Shopping Evening" at a large shopping mall in Glenfield, Auckland. Tracey was dressed as Santa's helper and strolled through the mall playing Christmas songs and other popular pieces.

Accordionist Mario Tacca will perform in a play entitled "King of Hearts" (by J. Ranelli) with the Department of Dance & Theatre, directed by Michael Posnick. The play, held at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York began on November 14th and will run to the 17th. For details phone: +1 914-323-7175

Contributed by Birgit Hatzfeld

A black and gold Gola 454 piano accordion (serial number 694603) was stolen from a vehicle parked near Paris on November 4th along with several orchestra scores.

The Bammenthal Accordion Orchestra (Germany) would be very grateful for any information leading to the return of these items. If you can help or for further details email: birgit.hatzfeld@gmx.de

Melbourne accordionist Bernadette Conlon performed to a record audience at the Bentleigh Organ Club's major annual concert recently. Commencing her program with an 1878 English Lachenal & Co. Concertina, Bernadette moved on to demonstrate diatonic, chromatic, and Free Bass accordions, playing many styles of music from Baroque to contemporary. Bernadette also performed "Trieste Overture" as a duet with one of her 11 year old students. This was followed by a variety of requests from the enthusiastic audience on the MIDI and acoustic accordion. The organisers have already booked Bernadette for next year's event.

On November 9th the Duo Paris Moscow (Domi Emorine and Roman Jbanov) took part in a concert organized by the Accordion Club of Tony Fallone (French composer & accordionist) in the auditorium "Tabourot" of Saint Apolinaire, near Dijon. Their quality and humorous performance was well received by the audience. The Duo Frédéric Langlais and Samuel Garcia and an accordion orchestra also entertained at this event.

A new edition of the East European News is now online. If you would like to contribute an item for this news please email Sergej Tchirkov at: tchirkov@accordions.com

www.accordions.com/casarzalig Updated information on Patrizia Merciari, Chairperson & Artistic Director of the 7th Trofeo International Citta di Casarza Ligure Competition in Italy.

Jodie would like information on the Solrani Sonillard piano accordion (pictured). It has 7 double black keys and all keys are diatonic. The bellows are silver in color with red and green velvet designs. If you can help identify this instrument please email: rlpedigo@frontiernet.net

Norbert Hansen would like information on a Sono piano accordion. Email: PTLPlumCrazy@webtv.net

Don Lambert would like information on a Contello accordion, made in Italy with a crest or coat of arms above the name. Email: Satonka@pacbell.net