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41st Annual New England Music Competition
and Festival - USA
 The
Accordion
Teachers' Association of Massachusetts celebrated their 41st
Annual New England Music Competition and Festival in Boston, MA
last week, where ATAM President Rosita Lee Latulippe welcomed hundreds
of contestants who took part in competitions for all ages and levels
in solos, duos, ensembles and orchestras.
During the awards banquet, accordionist Christopher
Gorton was awarded the premiere title of ATAM New England Accordion
Champion for the third year in a row. Christopher is a student of
the Paolo Music Center in Rhode Island. Other winners in the New
England Championship were as follows: 1st: Christopher Gorton, 2nd:
Cory Pesaturo, 3rd: Derek Rollend, 4th: Sylvia Tobin, 5th: Amanda
Davis.
 The
Battle of the Bands included competitions for Junior, Intermediate
and Senior groups. Adjudicators included: CIA
President Kevin
Friedrich, Lana Gore (from Wayne State University in Michigan),
jazz artist Tony
Dannon and two members of The
K Trio, Julie Cardona and Mary Tokarski.
Pictured are 'The Hit Men' who competed in the
Junior Battle of the Bands. The accordionist on the left is Nicolas
Falcetti, son of Anthony Falcetti and grandson of Sam Falcetti making
him the third generation of the Falcetti family to excel in the
accordion. Co-chairpersons of the festival Peggy Falcetti and Roger
Latluippe reported that entries were up on last year and already
plans are underway for the 2004 Festival.
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Zubitsky & Senine Performance - Netherlands
 Accordionists
Vladimir
Zubitsky (Italy/Ukraine) and Anatoli Senine (Netherlands/Russia)
will perform at the Centrum voor de Kunsten Muziekschool "Kumulus
- Oost" in Maastricht, Limburg on May 14th.
Vladimir Zubitsky (performer, composer and orchestra
director) currently holds seminars and advanced courses and gives
performances in the United States, Poland, Bulgaria, Finland, Spain,
Italy and the Netherlands. Anatoli Ivanovich Senine has lived in
the Netherlands since 1993 and is a concert performer, music teacher,
conductor, composer and arranger. He has given over 2,000 solo concerts
in Russia, the Netherlands and many other countries.
The duo will perform again at a Jubilee Accordion
Evening at the Nederlands Hervormde Kerk in Zoeterwoude Dorp, Zuid-Holland
on May 16th, and at the "De Henri Hermanszaal" in Maastricht,
Limburg on May 23rd. For concert details email: impresariaat.a.senine@wanadoo.nl
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Stas Venglevski Premiere of Galla-Rini's Concerto
No. 2 - USA
 Accordionist
Stas Venglevski
presented the world premiere of Anthony Galla-Rini's Concerto No.
2 at a concert on April 6th with the University of Wisconsin Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by David Becker.
Galla-Rini composed his first concerto in 1941.
During this time he performed on a Galanti Dominator Accordion with
multiple left hand registers. With this instrument, which did not
have free bass, he exploited all these left hand registers as if
it were a free bass giving him many octaves of left hand range.
He then wanted to write a concerto for accordion with Free bass
which resulted in his Concerto No. two composed in 1976, which took
six months to complete. Mr. Galla-Rini flew in to attend this momentous
occasion of the world premiere performance of his work.
On April 22nd, Stas Venglevski will perform
with John Simkus, jazz accordionist at the First Methodist Church
in Ashland, Oregon. For information on this concert email: theschefflers@cs.com
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WOMAD in New Zealand
Twenty years ago Peter
Gabriel's vision of bringing world music to one stage resulted in
a UK festival of music, arts, and dance entitled "WOMAD".
Since then, 21 countries have hosted WOMAD and over one million
people have experienced its sights and sounds. In the 20 years since
its inception, WOMAD has visited New Zealand only twice.
From March 14th to 16th, Brooklands Park and
TSB Bowl in central New Plymouth saw the arrival of a stunning line-up
of performers from all corners of the globe. WOMAD captured the
energy of the music of 15 cultures with over 250 performers in 60
concerts over five stages.
Among the many performers there were the groups
featuring the accordion, such as "La Volee d'Castors"
(six-piece French/Canadian band), Los de Abajo (Mexico), Jewish
Brothers (New Zealand) and Don McGlashan, one of New Zealand's finest
songwriters, with DJ/bassist SJD and accordionist Tatiana
Lanchtchikova (Accordions Worldwide Office Manager).
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 Duo
2000 in Dullstroom - South Africa
Duo
2000 (which includes Amarillie Ackermann - harp & accordionist
Sergio Zampolli) will perform at the Tondeldoos Bistro in Dullstroom,
Mpumalanga on April 12th.
Their program will include a variety of works
such as "Hejre Kati" (Jeno Hubay), "Memories of the
Alhambra" (Francesco Tárrega) and Waltz from the Masquerade
Suite (Khatchaturian). For concert details email: duo2000@global.co.za
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2003 Australian International Accordion Championships
& Festival - Australia
The 2003 Australian
International Accordion Championships & Festival will be
held at the Nineveh Sports and Community Club in Edensor Park, NSW
on May 24th and 25th. The festival will include solo, duet, trio/ensemble
and orchestra classes plus a Testimonial Dinner on the Sunday evening.
Once again the Australian International Class
will be run in alignment with the Coupe
Mondiale International Piano accordion class and will follow
the same rules and guidelines.
Looking to the future, in 2004 a new and exciting
class will be added to the prospectus. The "International Championship
Class" which will be open to both piano and button accordions,
and open to competitors from any nation or country in the world.
Entries close April 24th, 2003. For further
competition information email Tania
Lukic-Marx
at: tanialm@optusnet.com.au
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Accordions for All Ages - Italy
Contributed by Carlo Fortunato
The multimedia room of the Museo Etnografico della
Gambarina in Alessandria will host an accordion event entitled "Accordions
for All Ages" on April 13th. The initiative will feature accordionists
from 6 to 96 years of age, in order to demonstrate how the accordion is
a passion that can last a lifetime. 2000 World Champion Gianluca Campi
will appear as a special guest.
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"Cerronato Day" - USA
On April 10th, "Cerronato", (which
includes accordionist Mike Maddux) performed for the Austin City
Council - on cable channel 6. Thursday April 10th was declared "Cerronato
Day" by Mayor Gus Garcia!
On April 12th the group will perform at the
Austin Fine Arts Festival on the Park Stage from 12:30p, to 2pm.
The following day "Cerronato" will
hold a CD release party at Red's Scoot Inn (near Plaza Saltillo).
This is their debut CD entitled "De Músico, Poeta, y
Loco". Admission is free. For details email: mike_maddux@rocketmail.com
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Contributed
by 
Accordionist
Iñaki Alberdi performed at the Semana Musica Religiosa de
Aviles is Asturias on April 8th with Miguel Borrego (Violin) and
Alfredo Arenas (cello).
Contributed
by 
The
AZAD Klezmer Quartet will perform at the Sentier des Halles on April
19th. The concert is organized by Musica Urbis, an association of
artists whose principal object is the promotion of music. The group
includes Renato Tocco (accordion), Claudine Movsessian (clarinet),
Yorgos Karamitros (guitar) and Baptist Reboul (double bass). For
details email: