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 50th
Birthday Celebrations for Accordions Worldwide Director - Fiji
 Accordions
Worldwide Director Harley
Jones began the celebrations for his 50th Birthday at the NZAA
Farewell dinner on June 1st, followed by a private dinner the following
evening for his school friends & people he grew up with.
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main birthday events were held at his Nagigia
Island resort in Fiji. The first evening was a "Kava"
celebration followed by an evening telling stories from Harley's
past. The next night featured a poem penned by Harley's lawyer &
toasting those not able to be present, including an hilarious individual
toast by each person, to ex girlfriends!!
Accordionists attending were Marie Jones, Secretary
NZAA, Heather
Masefield, Secretary AEB of NZ, Wayne
Knights, Accordions
Worldwide, Marcel Riethmann, Director MEC,
Fay Schaw,
Director NSAO and Kevin
Friedrich, President CIA.
At the final Village celebration dinner, with nearly 500 attending,
Lionel
Reekie entertained & delighted the Fijians.
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Pigini Sirius Gala Concert - Italy
 Contributed
by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl and Dr Herbert
Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich
Lips Productions
The Pigini Sirius Gala Concert organized by
the Pigini
Factory in Castelfidardo (as a thank you to all Sirius players)
will take place on June 21st at the "Teatro la Fenice"
in Senigallia. The event is a celebration for all owners of the
"Sirius" model as they prepare to celebrate the manufacture
of the 1,000th instrument in the "Sirius" series.
Some top international accordionists have been
invited to perform including Elsbeth Moser (Switzerland), Friedrich
Lips, Viacheslav
Semionov (Russia), Claudio
Jacomucci, Kathleen Delaney (Italy), Aude Giuliano (France),
Lelo Nika (Sweden), Peter Soave & The Rucner String Quartet
(USA) and Hans Brehme Quartet (Italy).
The event will also include workshops, a Gala
Dinner, jam sessions, Pigini exhibition, and a "Big Surprise".
If you own a Pigini Sirius you are eligible to enter the draw for
a "Pigini Sirius N° 1001" an accordion made especially
for this event.
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Orquesta Sinfónica de Acordeones Performances
- Spain
The Orquesta Sinfónica de Acordeones
(directed by Mikel Bikondoa) will perform in San Sebastián
at the end of June. Their program will include Concerto No 1 in
Bb Major (Tchaikin) and Concerto in A minor, Opus 54 (Schumann).
Miren Gabirondo will be the soloist in both concertos, in the first
with the accordion and in the second on the piano. Never before
has the same soloist played such different instruments in a concert
of this magnitude.
On August 9th the orchestra will perform various
works, including a premiere of the Concerto in A minor, Opus 16
(Grieg) with pianist Arkaitz Mendoza in Zumaia (near San Sebastián).
For concert details email: bikondoa@wanadoo.es
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Emanuele Rastelli Tours Venezuela
 Contributed
by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
Emanuele
Rastelli gave three concerts in Venezuela last month, performing
at the Theatre of the Italian-Venezuelan Centre, at the Casa d'Italia
theatre in Maracaibo and in Barquisimeto. The tour was organized
by Dr. Francisco Jurlaro, cultural director of the Italian Embassy
in Caracas.
The concerts were well received by the public
and by the critics. Mr Pagliuca, Director of the Symphonic Orchestra
of Venezuela, expressed a desire to organize future concerts with
Rastelli as soloist accompanied by his orchestra.
Rastelli also visited the Conservatory and was
welcomed with great interest. The Director has plans to start an
accordion class and engaged him in a discussion on the possible
program for the students.
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Masterclass in Grimentz - Switzerland
Contributed by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
Accordionists Jean-Louis
Noton (France) and Peter Soave (USA) will tutor a masterclass
in Grimentz from August 24th to 30th. The course aims to make it
possible for participants to increase their knowledge of their instrument.
Subjects include chamber music, jazz, bandoneon and advanced studies
with preparation for international competitions.
The event will also include a "Discovery
Day" where participants can take part in a walking trip around
Grimentz.
For registrations and information email: jl.noton@wanadoo.fr
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Gold Coast Gala Concert - Australia
The Queensland Accordion Club held a Gala Concert
to celebrate Ozzie Mazzei's 90th birthday, last Sunday (8th June).
Tickets were sold out a week prior to the concert at the 650 seat
Albert Waterways Hall.
The concert (compeered by Maurice Horsborough),
included the Queensland Accordion Club orchestra combined with the
QAC touring orchestra, (Australia's premier accordion orchestra,
which included members from Queensland and Melbourne), who performed
"Radetsky March" and "Orpheus in the Underworld",
among others and finished with a rousing and passionate version
of "Now is the Hour".
Guest artists included Bernadette
Conlon (Melbourne) who performed selections ranging from Ricky
Martin, to Largo e Factotum (Rossini), and a specially arranged
set of variations on Happy Birthday, Julie Hertzel (Sydney) who
played Prelude and Scherzo, and her brother Joseph (Brisbane), John
Cave (Brisbane), John Carvill (Brisbane) and The Barvarian Club
Band, which included accordion, guitar, vocals and cow bells, with
hat dances and other German specialities.
The Guest of Honor, Ozzie Mazzei, performed
several duets with his son, Leo, including Triole.
The concert was ably organized by Ashley Ebsworth.
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C.N.I.M.A. Training Courses - France
 Contributed
by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
The C.N.I.M.A. in Larodde has organized four
accordion training courses in July and August. These courses will
cover instrumental improvement, ball, harmony and orchestra, tutored
by Domi
Emorine, Aurélien Noel, Nicolas Massoutie, under the
direction of Jacques Mornet and Nathalie Boucheix, Director of the
center. In addition a bandoneon training course will be held, tutored
by French bandoneonist William Sabatier.
The training courses will begin on July 15th
and run until August 23rd. For further information email: cnima@wanadoo.fr
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"Festival De Música & Danza"
- Spain
Contributed by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
Accordionist Iñaki Alberdi will perform at
the "Festival De Música & Danza" in Granada on June
22nd with the Ensemble 11 (chamber orchestra) and David Apellániz
(cello). The event is directed by Friedemann Breuninger. Their program
will include "Seven Words" (Gubaidulina), "Requiem"
(Takemitsu) and "Tabula Rasa" (Pärt). For further details
email: accordion@ialberdi.com
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Lark In The Morning World Music & Dance Celebration
2003 - USA
Contributed by Mickie Zekley
The Lark In The Morning World Music & Dance
Celebration 2003 Lark Camp will be held from August 1st to 9th in
the Mendocino Woodlands State Park, a National Historic Landmark
built in the 1930s, nestled in 700 acres of redwood trees, ferns,
and glades along both sides of the Little North Fork of the Big
River in Northern California, near the coastal village of Mendocino.
The event will include a variety of workshops
including English Concertina (Joel Bernstein), Cajun Accordion &
Cajun Songs (Joel Breaux), High Tech Reed Making (Casey Burns),
Galician Accordion, Percussion and Reedmaking (Alexandre Cadarso),
Anglo System Concertina In The Irish Style, Irish Flute & Whistle
(Jack Gilder), Tex Mex Conjunto, Tex Mex Button Accordion, Mexican
Songs (Miguel Govea), Tex Mex/Colombian Button Accordion (Rene Peña
Govea), Reed Making, Irish Songs (Peter Heelan), Piano Accordion,
Accordion Jam, Tango, Musette And Old Time Tunes For Piano Accordion
(Dan Newton - Daddy Squeeze), Button Accordion (John Paul) and French
Music & Button Accordion (Vickie Yancy).
For further details phone: +1 707 964 4826
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Renzo Ruggieri's Latest CD Gains Music Prize -
Italy
 Renzo
Ruggieri's latest CD "Spaghetti Time" has been awarded
the "Music Prize of Abruzzi".
The CD includes musicians of the highest level such as Massimo Manzi
(drums), Massimo Moriconi (double bass) and Paolo Di Sabatino (piano).
Numerous critics have given positive reviews
as follows:
"A remarkable success for the famous accordionist from Abruzzi".
(Review on Strumenti e Musica, October 2002.)
 "…a
wonderful 5/4 (Italian Tango) the whole track is extraordinarily
aggressive, almost angry, and at the same time voluptuous right
from the first few notes of its (very beautiful) theme."
(Carlo Costantin on Jazzitalia, November 2002.)
"…Ruggieri, gifted with an excellent
technique, finds a delicate balance between virtuoso touches and
expressiveness while fully complying with the nature of the accordion,
with no forcing at all." (Franz Falanga on All About Jazz,
April 2003.)
"His effective phrasing pervades his
music, characterized by measured leaps and a suave harmony."
(Giordano Selini on Basimedia Magazine, February 2003.)
"A very interesting new musician appeared
on stage today and one who is very influenced by jazz." (Carlo
Fortunato on Il Nostro Giornale, February 8th 2003.)
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12th
Century Church Concert - Netherlands
"Preparing
Virtuoso Performance" Workshop - USA
Uxbridge
Accordion Club Concert - England