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"Skeitreffen" Accordion Festival - Norway
  The
Paris-Moscou
Duo (includes Domi Emorine and Roman Jbanov) performed at the
"Skeitreffen" Accordion Festival held at the Skei Hotel
in Skei from November 1st to 3rd. Players also included Stian Carstensen
(accordion and banjo), Jon Faukstad and Frode Haltli.
Organised by accordionist and director of the
Skei Hotel, Jon Skrede, the event included music for dances in addition
to the concerts. The crowd enjoyed the variety of French musette
pieces performed by Domi. The duo entertained with Russian and French
music plus a piece composed by Franck Angelis entitled "Paris-Moscou",
which includes pieces arranged for concert accordions.
In addition the duo were joined by Laurent Fline
(drums), Bjorn Fredriksberg (bass) and Bjorn Breilid (guitar) to
entertain with French musette pieces.
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Noton Master Classes and Concerts
- Greece and Senegal
 Contributed
by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
Accordionist Jean-Louis
Noton will hold a Master class and concert at the National Academy
of Music in Athens from December 6th to 10th.
He will then travel to Africa to perform from
December 18th to 28th at the French Arts Centre of Saint Louis in
Senegal.
For further information email Christos Lilis:
celton@otenet.grensuite
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Top Italian Accordionists in Holland
 Contributed
by Fausto Fabbi, Sem
Accordions
Two of Italy's most prominent accordion players,
Mirco Patarini
and Renzo
Ruggieri, were guests of honour at a recent weekend accordion
festival held at Muziekhuis Gert Nijkamp in Apeldoorn, Holland.
The event was held to promote the enlargement
of the shop, which only sells accordions. As well as an extensive
showroom, the premises boasts a concert room, service center and
warehouse all under one roof! It claims to be one of the largest
accordion shops in Europe.
Over 300 hundred visitors were treated to a
series of mini-concerts throughout the weekend by Mirco, Renzo and
Dutch duo Tony Roel and Rolus.
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Carmelo Pino with Washington Opera
& National Symphony - USA
Contributed by Ann Bargou, Titano
Accordion Co., International
Noted accordionist & composer Carmelo Pino
recently played in eight performances of a new version of the Samuel
Barber opera, "Vanessa," staged at the Kennedy Center
in Washington, DC. Soprano Kiri Te Kanawa (New Zealand) starred
in the title role of this Washington Opera production. Barber's
opera includes a prominent part for the accordion within the backstage
"banda," a chamber ensemble.
In July, Pino performed in a concert with the
National Symphony Orchestra at its summer residence, Wolf Trap,
Washington DC's National Park for Performing Arts. Leonard Slatkin
conducted and Ute Lemper was the featured international singing
star. She has been universally praised for her interpretations of
Berlin Cabaret Songs, the works of Kurt Weill, French chanson, as
well as her portrayals on Broadway and in London's West End. Her
program featured Pino on accordion in five numbers. The Washington
Post critic stated that "L'Accordeoniste" (the Edith Piaf
hit), which was her finale, "spiralled into an almost hypnotic
fervour." Maestro Slatkin called on Dr. Pino to take a
bow at the end of the concert.
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Modern Music Seminars in Barisciano
- Italy
 The
Modern Music/Jazz Seminars organised by the Amadeus Music Association
of Teramo took place in the beautiful town of Barisciano (province
of L'Aquila) recently. The courses were held by tutors including
Umberto Fiorentino, Ellade Bandini, Dario Deidda, Luigi Candelori,
Toni Fidanza, Marco Di Natale, Fulvio Fuina and Franco Pellegrino.
The contemporary accordion was represented by a jazz course held
by Renzo
Ruggieri.
Young accordionists in attendance profited from
a busy and stimulating week of practical as well as theoretical
lessons. Jam sessions were held in the evening which enabled the
students to practice together with the tutors what they had learnt
during the day. Accordionist Osvaldo Guarnieri distinguished himself
by winning one of the scholarships awarded to the seminar's best
students.
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Premiers by Claudio Jacomucci - Italy
& Switzerland
 Contributed
by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
Following the release of his "Road Runner"
CD, Claudio
Jacomucci presented a new version of John Zorn's classic at the Contemporary
Dance Festival held in Bari from November 1st to 3rd. Along with dancer
Kathleen Delaney (who created an ironic choreography inspired by Road
Runner and by
Basquiat's masterworks), Claudio also performed the premier of Madame
Sosostris, an improvisation on poetry by T.S. Eliot. The event received
very positive reviews in the press.
On November 8th, at the Contemporary Art Museum of
La Chaux de Fonds in Switzerland, Jacomucci took part in the premiere
performance of "Auftakt" by Giorgio Tedde for accordion, violin
(Egidius Streiff) and guitar (Marco Cappelli). This concert-portrait dedicated
to the art of Giorgio Tedde included performances of "Feria IV"
(Franco Donatoni) and Tedde's "Ballu".
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Dietmar Fink Re-elected - Germany
 Contributed
by Uli Ebner
Dietmar Fink was recently unanimously re-elected
to the position of District Chairman of the Hamonikaverband Dreiländerecke
(Accordion Association "Three Countries Corner" - the
area where France, Switzerland and Germany border). At this meeting
Fink delivered an extensive report on the work the accordion association
has completed over the last year, thanking the team for their efforts.
The positions of secretary and two representatives
of the chairman for the area of Waldshut are still to be filled.
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Concert and CD Launch - Australia
 Accordionist
Bernadette
Conlon held a concert and CD launch on November 5th at the Coatesville
Bowling Club in Melbourne. The venue was decorated with the French
and Australian flags plus red, white and blue streamers in keeping
with the style of the CD entitled "Absolutely French".
Bernadette performed on the flutina (which is
featured on the CD) to demonstrate the differences in sounds. The
crowd, which included people from many different countries including
Greece, China, Italy, Malta, Iceland, Israel, Poland, Russia, Croatia,
USA, Japan, Austria, Germany, Ireland, France, England, Netherlands
and Australia, also enjoyed a performance by the Melbourne Accordion
Orchestra conducted by Bernadette, which includes accordionists
aged from 7 to 70 years old.
The CD has already enjoyed great sales, following
a promotion on Melbourne's leading radio station 3AW, where the
recording was awarded "CD of the week". Bernadette believes
this could be the first time ever in Melbourne that an accordion
CD has received this award. For further CD information email: accordionbernadette@bigpond.com
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"Flex-It" Aerobics Studio
Entertainment - USA
"Bill & Friends" entertained at
the "Flex-It" Aerobics Studio in Mountain View on November
8th hosted by the Stanford International Dancers. The versatile
group includes Bill Cope (accordion, tambura, bouzouki, baglama
&gajda), Mary Farris (clarinet & sax), Tom Farris (tambura,
guitar & percussion), Ryan Francesconi (tambura, guitar, bouzouki
& baglama) and Bill Lanphier (bass).
Their program included International zweifaches,
polkas, waltzes, hambos, kolos etc., plus Greek, Bulgarian and Macedonian
pieces.
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The
International Festival of Vienna Music was held in several Polish
cities recently. Performers included accordionist Olexiy Suslov
and his group S-ART, which consists of V. Suslov (violin), M. Ozug
(bass) and G. Szomanski (percussion).
Contributed
by 
Renzo Ruggieri wins the "Golden Rose" - Italy