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52nd
Trophée Mondiale Accordion Competition - Italy
 The
52nd Trophée
Mondiale de l'Accordéon will be held in Belluno, Italy from
September 25th to 29th. The jury includes Miljan Bjeletic (Yugoslavia),
Gina Branelli (England), Damir Buzleta (Croatia), Claudine Cintas
(Switzerland), Anibal
Leao Freire (Portugal), Roman
Jbanov (Russia), Miroslav Kosnar (Slovakia), Jacques Mornet
(France), Pol Quick (Belgium), Emanuele
Rastelli (Italy), Daniel Rodrigues (Spain) and Emanuele Spantaconi
(Italy).
 Competitors
will perform Test music including "Preludium, Aria & Toccata" by
Otmar Macha (Senior category), "Tre sonate napoletane op.86" by
Renato Grisoni (Junior category) and "A tutto gas" by Wolmer Beltrami
(Variety category).
CMA
delegates throughout the world include Hermi Kaleta (Austria), Norman
Quinlan (England), Charles Demaele (Belgium), Nevio Prenc (Croatia),
Carlos Nunez (Spain), Frederic
Deschamps (France), Bio Boccosi (Italy), Ladislav Horac (Czech
Republic), Irena Mednanska (Czech Republic), Domi
Emorine (France), Isacco Comandini (St. Marino), Claudine Sautaux
(Switzerland) and Milan Tomic (Yugoslavia). For further information
email: info@berben.it
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Friedrich Lips on Tour in the USA
 Contributed
by Kevin
Friedrich
The American
Accordionists' Association is proud to present Friedrich
Lips in concert on September 25th at the Saddle Brook Holiday
Inn Hotel, Saddle Brook in New Jersey.
Friedrich Lips is one of the most outstanding
and internationally known bayanists in the world. Distinguished
as a legendary virtuoso, music professor at the world-famous Gnessin
Institute for Music Education in Moscow, educator and musicologist,
he is esteemed as one of the most significant accordionists of our
time.
Lips will also perform concerts in Duluth (22nd),
at the Chicago Accordion Club (23rd), New York (25th), and with
his former student Stas
Venglevski at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (26th),
Wisconsin Lutheran College Milwaukee (27th), and at the North East
Wisconsin Accordion Club in Green Bay (29th). Lips' program will
include pieces by Boellmann, Gubaidulina, Berinsky, Podgaits, Gershwin,
Strauss, Piazzolla, Shenderjov and others. For more information
phone: +1 201 991-2233
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New Repertoire For Accordion With
Anne Landa - Europe
 Contributed
by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
A new project "Songs of Freedom" will present
a new repertoire for the accordion with percussion, guitar, and
three female voices. Accordionist Anne
Landa will take part in this project which will begin this season
outside of the Netherlands, aiming to create a new repertoire by
combining contemporary jazz and improvisation. Anne will perform
with A. Purves (percussion - Ireland), F. Zenker (guitar - Germany),
and vocalists B. Verhoef (Holland), H. Boverhuis (Holland) and S.
Stark (Holland).
The sextet presented this project in Holland
last spring, premiering six new pieces written by the group. During
this new season, they will continue premiering pieces by a variety
of composers and they will present "Songs of freedom" in several
European countries. For further information email: a.landa@airtel.net
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Solo Concert Tour - China
 Contributed
by Li Cong
Luo Han (button accordionist and teacher from the
Tianjin Music Conservatory), gave a solo concert tour recently, following
the completion of his studies in Russia. Concerts were held in Mudanjiang
(Heilongjiang Province), Baoding (Hebei Province), Jingzhou (Hubei Province),
Changsha (Hunan Province) and Shenzhen (Guangdong Province) during July
and August. Guest performer Li Xinlin joined Luo Han for some duets, much
to the delight of the audience. Many accordion celebrities in China attended
the concerts, including Zhang Ziqiang and Sun Delun.
Luo Han first learnt the piano accordion at the age
of seven. He studied at the Keyboard Department of the Tianjin Music Conservatory
in 1992, with teacher, Dep. Professor Liu Wen Lin. After graduating in
July 1996, he became a teacher in the Conservatory and continued further
studies with Professor Wang Yuping in 1998. In 2000, he travelled to Russia
to study under Professor Friedrich
Lips, graduating in June 2002 with a degree which has been recognized
by the Chinese Government.
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Concertinas at Witney - England
Concertinas at Witney will be held at the Henry
Box School in Witney on September 28th and 29th, for all concertina
systems - English, Anglo and Duet. In conjunction with this year's
event a "Wheatstone Bicentennial Concert" will be held to commemorate
Sir Charles Wheatstone, inventor of the English concertina, who
was born in 1802. The concert will take place in Oxford on Friday
evening in addition to the usual Saturday concert.
The weekend will also include a variety of workshops
tutored by Chris Coe, Jenny Cox, Luke Daniels, John Dipper, Rob
Harbron, Douglas Rogers, Harry Scurfield and Dave Townsend. For
further details email: Homweekend@aol.com
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New Music Site
Charnwood Music and MusicForAccordion.com
have combined to offer the first online accordion music publishers
site with a full technical array of features including a search
database, shopping basket, dual currency (you can purchase in US$
and €) and fully secure bank credit card system.
Charnwood Music was established in 1958 by Francis
Wright in Leicester, England with a view of encouraging British
composers to write and expand the literature for accordion. Charnwood
Music owners Anna and Raymond Bodell see the internet as an exciting
new way to make easily available their music to accordionists all
over the world.
The Charnwood catalogue features their very
popular tutor course, many Scottish
arrangements, 4 Jimmy Shand albums of original works as well
as Graham
Romani compositions and arrangements. Charnwood Music has just
republished 35
works for accordion orchestra including 11 original works and
the business will be steadily expanding its catalogue in the coming
months.
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International Songwriting Competition
A new International Songwriting Competition
is offering US$65,000 in prize money, US$25,000 in merchandise and
services, and a chance to have your compositions heard by the music
industry's top decision makers and musicians! All musicians, bands,
songwriters, and solo artists are invited to participate and the
closing date is only two weeks away - September 30th. Winners will
be notified after November 1st, 2002. Submissions will be judged
on the basis of creativity, originality, lyrics, melody, and composition.
The competition aims to provide the opportunity
for both aspiring and established songwriters to have their songs
heard in a professional, international arena. Categories include
Pop/Top 40, Rock/Alternative, Country, Folk/Acoustic/Singer-Songwriter,
R&B/Blues, Hip-Hop/Rap, World Music and Lyrics Only. Entrants may
submit multiple songs in as many categories as they wish. For details
email: replies@songwritingcompetition.com
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Allan William Jones Memorial Scholarship
Evening - New Zealand
  The
Allan
William Jones Memorial Scholarship Evening was held on September 15th
at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Auckland. A variety of music was performed
by The North Shore Music Makers (conducted by Christine
Adams), Adam Thorpe, Caprice,
Tracey Collins
(dressed as Snow White), The North Shore Juniors (conducted by Linley
Hawkes), Campbell Bettridge, NSAO, (conducted by Lionel
Reekie), Kathryn Fletcher, and the Musicale Ensemble that toured China
(conducted by Lionel
Reekie).
Scholarships were awarded to:
Grades 3 & 4: Cameron Noyer
Grades 5 & 6: Gillian McNeil
Grades 7 & 8: Travis McWalter and Oliver Thorpe
The Marie Efford-Masefield Travel Assistance Grant
was presented to Mylie & Hilary Thwaites as they will be competing in
the 2002 Coupe
Mondiale in Denmark
The Douglas Mews Rosebowl "for excellence" was presented
to Kathryn Fletcher. Kathryn is in her final year of her accordion performance
degree at Auckland University.
The Annual Merit Award was presented to Murray Perrot
of Taranaki.
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Accordion Information Required
Neville Matroos would like information on a
small 48 bass Walther accordion., which is pearl white with black
edging. Email: n.matroos@chello.nl
 Oliver
Hauver would like information on an old accordion with the markings
"Concerto", "Product of Sibvio Marotto" and "Kent", made in Italy.
Email: oliver@comnett.net
Roberta would like some information on the Rondini
120 bass, piano accordion (pictured). On the front at the bottom
is engraved 271/5215 and there is a small emblem on the front that
has two wings connected to a G with a lyre or small harp like instrument
in the middle. Email: BERTABUGOU812@aol.com
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The
5th Annual Texas Squeeze Accordion Festival will be held at the
Club 21 Dance Hall in Uhland, Texas on October 27th. Organizers
have planned a memorable afternoon of good accordion playing , delicious
food and great dancing to some of the best dance music in the State
of Texas. 
Sergei
Voitenko (accordion) and Galina Khomchik (vocals) will present their
new CD "Unexpected Alliance" at the "Slot" cafe on September 22nd
and at the Central House of the Artist in Moscow on September 25th.
These concerts are part of a series held during the 2002/2003 season
in St. Petersburg, Samara, Ulyanovsk, Saratov, Ufa, Kazan and other
Russian cities. For further details email: 
Bandoneonist
and arranger, Norberto Vogel (Argentina) will participate in the
tango show "One night in Buenos Aires" with the Back to Back Dancers,
presented by the Torres & Torres Entertainment Group and directed
by Fabio Robles. The show will be held on November 15th and 16th
at the National Theatre, St Kilda, Melbourne. For details email: