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"Days of Finland" Festival - Russia
Contributed by Sergej
Tchirkov
Accordionist Marjut Tynkkynen (accordion teacher
at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki) performed in the St. Petersburg
Glinka Philharmonic Hall with the famous "Avanti! Orchestra"
during the recent "Days of Finland" Festival. Their program
included a double concerto for accordion, extended violin (a special
construction which allows you to play on all four strings at the
same time) and ensemble by Boris Filanovsky. This was the third
performance of this work which is entitled "Polyphonion".
The work was premiered in 2002 by Sergej
Tchirkov (accordion), Vlad Pessine (extended violin) and eNsemble
conducted by Fyodor Lednev.
Marjut Tynkkynen together with John Storgoards
(violin) and Avanti! (conducted by Susanne Melkki) once again showed
the versatility of the accordion in new complex chamber music.
Other pieces performed by the Avanti! Orchestra
that evening included orchestral works by Magnus Lindberg, Jukka
Tiensuu, Kaja Saariaho and Jan Sibelius.
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Citta di Castelfidardo Competition and Festival
Guest Performers - Italy
Contributed by Holda
Paoletti-Kamp
The Citta
di Castelfidardo Competition and Festival which begins on October
8th will include a variety of performances from guest accordionists.
On October 8th, the Paris
Moscou Duo and the Fisorchestra "Luciano Fancelli"
will perform at the Nuovo Teatro Astra. The next day the "Quinteto
De L'angel" (Italy) will perform. This group includes Cesare
Chiacchiaretta (accordion), Paolo Angelucci (violin), Marco
Colacioppo (piano), Nicola Di Camillo (double bass) and Roberto
Desiderio (percussion).
Over the remaining days entertainment will be
provided by Vinicio Capossela (Italy), Duo Vladimir
Zubitsky (accordion) & Natalja Zubitskaja (Ukraine), Orchestra
Sinfonica "Ars Musica" (Italy) directed by Antonio Cericola,
and soloists Mirco
Patarini & Renzo
Ruggieri who will play works by Piazzolla, Zolotariov &
Bernstein.
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Accordionist Takes Part in the "Brave Hearts
of Scotland" Tour - Australia  Australian
based accordionist/entertainer John Macdonald will take part in
a 30 show concert tour of Australia as the featured artist in the
salute to "The Brave Hearts of Scotland" tour comprising
of the Massed Pipes and Drums, Dancers, & Singers.
The tour will commence at the Gold Coast Arts
Centre on October 3rd. Further concerts will be held at the Brisbane
Concert Hall (October 11th), Melbourne Concert Hall (31st) and the
Sydney Opera House (November 1st). For a full list of concerts please
see Future
Events.
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Concert Dedicated to Luciano Berio - Italy
 Contributed
by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
The Musica Insieme Association of Milan, Italy,
has organized an evening dedicated to the memory of Luciano Berio
on September 29th. The event will include some of his most significant
chamber music compositions. Performances will be given by Ivano
Battiston (accordion), Oreste Bossini, Andrea Lucchesini (piano),
Danilo Rossi (violin) and the string quartet Quartetto d'archi di
Torino. Battiston will play Sequenza XIII (chanson).
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Pigalle44 Kwartet Concerts - Netherlands
Contributed by Jan Brouwer
The Pigalle44 Kwartet will perform at the Casablanca
Jazz Club in Zeedijk, Amsterdam on October 28th, November 25th and
December 23rd. The group, which features accordionist Gert Wantenaar
and guitarist Reinier Voet play a variety of styles such as Django
Reinhardt, musette, Jo Privat & Johnny Meijer pieces.
Admission to these concerts is free of charge.
For further details email: jun@planet.nl
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Festival Concerts - Europe
Contributed by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
 Accordionist
Claudio
Jacomucci is currently touring several European countries performing
at a variety of events. In June, at the Synthese Festival in Bourges
(France) he played new compositions for accordion and electronics
by Gabriele Manca, Lucio Garau, Nicola Sani and Stefano Bonilauri.
After that, Jacomucci performed at the Pescara and Castelbasso festivals
in Italy, with the ContrasTango quartet (accordion, violin, guitar
and double bass). The quartet played pieces by Kancheli, Stravinsky
and Piazzolla.
From there Jacomucci traveled to Zurich and
Chiasso (Switzerland) where he played "Opera della Notte"
("Night Opera") by Swiss composer Mario Pagliarani. In
Bern (Switzerland) he performed with pianist Marco Dalpane (Reithalle).
These concerts were followed, by an Alexander
Technique and accordion seminar at the Associazione Mantice Armonico
in Moscufo, Pescara (Italy).
On September 26th, Jacomucci will travel to
Castel dell'Ovo, Naples, for a performance of "Feria IV"
(by Franco Donatoni). Future concerts include a performance of the
work "Golem" (by Francisco Lalicata) at the Teatro di
Reggio Emilia (Italy) on October 23rd and 24th. For further details
email: hbhiac@tin.it
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Tango Dance Show - Argentina
Contributed by Carolina Soler
 The
La Quartada Tango Orquestra will perform a Tango Dance Show at Sarmiento
3501 in Buenos Aires on October 4th presented by Almatango. The
show, which will include a variety of Piazzolla tangos has just
completed a tour of Australia and New Zealand performing at major
venues in Christchurch (NZ), Melbourne, Brisbane and the Sydney
Opera House (Australia).
The show is directed by pianist Gabriel Clenar
and includes Hugo Satorre (bandoneon), Marcelo Rebuffi (violin)
and Claudio Canestrari (bass). For details email: carosoler@fibertel.com.ar
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7th Annual "Migliori diplomati d'Italia"
Competition in Castrocaro Terme - Italy
Contributed by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
 After
four months of great music, the 7th edition of the "Migliori
diplomati d'Italia" competition chose its winners and awarded,
for the first time in its history, a female accordionist - Daniela
Maimone. Daniela graduated last year from the "L. Cherubini"
Conservatory in Florence under the guidance of Ivano Battiston.
Other awards went to Ivan Donchev (Bulgaria
- piano) and Daniela Cammarano (Salerno - violin). The three musicians
will be given the opportunity to record a CD with pieces they performed
during the event. The winners were also awarded the SIAE prizes.
The event, organized by Castrocaro Classica
and by the "G. Rossini" Music School directed by Monaldo
Barconi, aims to give young musicians the opportunity to take part
in important concerts and festivals including the Emilia Romagna
Festival, Carnegie Hall in New York (USA), and Euterpe Association
in Rome. The young musicians will next perform on October 4th at
the Padiglione delle Terme di Castrocaro.
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3rd Pakefield International Accordion Festival
Success - England
Contributed by Heather Smith
 The
3rd Pakefield International Accordion Festival, which took place
from September 12th to 16th, was a great success with over 300 accordion
enthusiasts attending the event. In the short time since this event
first took place, it is now rapidly growing into a major accordion
event in the UK. Presented by Accordion Profile magazine, the festival
is organized by Co-Editor Heather Smith, who this year welcomed
international artists Duo
Paris-Moscou (France), Claude Thomain (France) and Giancarlo
Caporilli (Italy) to perform there. Each received standing ovations
after their performances, from the appreciative and enthusiastic
audience. The appearance of Claude Thomain (France) was especially
historic, as this was the first time he had ever performed in a
foreign country. His compositions are very popular in England and
to hear them played so beautifully by the composer was a rare experience
for everyone.
UK Artists who performed were Norvic Concordia,
Charlie Watkins, David Lukins, Peter Ayers, Gary
Blair, Bert Santilly, John Nixon and Heather Smith.
Workshops took place during each day including
Scottish Orchestra (Gary
Blair), Jazz Group (Bert Santilly), Buskers Group (Johnny Coleclough),
Elementary Orchestra (Peter Whiteley), Intermediate Orchestra (Brian
Jenkins), Vintage Accordions (Heather Smith) and Big Band (John
Nixon). Special workshops were presented by David Lukins (Latin
American), MIDI (Peter Whiteley). In addition, daily "Free
& Easy" sessions were organized by Adrienne Sharpe, as
was the 'Songs of Praise'.
The auction of accordions etc was presented
by Frank Swindell and Johnny Coleclough. A masterclass was given
by Domi & Roman (Duo
Paris-Moscou), dance music was played by Adrienne Sharpe and
Peter Whiteley and Scottish dance music was played by Gary Blair.
After each concert (which took place in the Princes Showbar), late
night jazz was played each evening in the Queen Vic bar, by David
Lukins.
Excellent trade displays were presented by WEM
(Charlie & June Watkins) and The Accordion Shop (Bev & Val
Lovell). The weather was hot and sunny, which gave the people who
weren't participating in the workshops time to relax during the
day in the lovely surroundings. Accordion music could be heard all
around the holiday centre, with people playing outdoors or in their
chalets with the doors wide open.
 Next
year's event will take place from September 24th to 28th. For details
email: heather@accordions.karoo.co.uk
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 Romanko
Tours Switzerland
Contributed by Jutta Menn
Accordionist Viktor
Romanko began a concert tour of Switzerland on September 13th with
a performance at the Kirche Dietlikon. During the next week Romanko performed
at the Michaeliskirche Aawangen, in Herzogenbuchsee, Amriswil and Brüttisellen.
Final concerts will be held in Uster (September 27th) and Winterthur (28th).
For future concert information email: Jutta.Menn@t-online.de
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 Cleveland
Chamber Symphony Concert - USA
Accordionists Henry Doktorski and Joseph Natoli
performed with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony in a concert on September
22nd. The two performed Erwin Schulhoff's "HMS Royal Oak"
(1930), a jazz oratorio for narrator, soprano, tenor, mixed choir
and symphonic jazz orchestra, based on text by Otto Rombach.
 H.M.S.
Royal Oaks was first performed in a radio broadcast in Brno, Czechoslovakia
in 1935 and is orchestrated for strings, brass, percussion, piano,
celesta, 2 banjos, 3 saxophones and 2 accordions. The two accordions
are used in two tango movements and are prominently featured throughout,
especially in the second tango, which is scored for only tenor,
2 banjos and 2 accordions.
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Principe Performs in Stradella - Italy
Contributed by Nello
Gabrielloni
 An
article published in the daily paper "La Provincia Pavese"
celebrated the great success that crowned the recent performances
of "accordion legend" Peppino
Principe, who won the "World Oscar of the Accordion"
award (the highest international award) in 1961.
Recently, he appeared as guest star in an event
entitled "Suoni Dell'altro Mondo" (Sounds from another
World), which included four evenings dedicated to traditional folk
music. The main concert closing the event took place on September
6th. The evening, called "Fisarmonie", included a performance
by Principe, who played with his Trio: L. Franceschetti (piano),
M. Sereno (bass) and S. Mattei (drums). This was the first time
Principe has performed in Stradella (home of the accordion).
The concert received high acclaim from several
daily papers with comments such as "a simply extraordinary
concert" and positive words about the "revival" of
the accordion.
On September 21st Principe performed a concert
in Rivarolo Mantovano dedicated to the memory of Gorni Kramer, a
great friend of Principe's.
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Talent Quest Winner - New Zealand
Contributed by Annemarie Panzic
 On
September 9th accordionist Kristina Panzic won the Orewa College
Talent Quest. Playing Cubanola (Pietro Frosini) Kristina was awarded
the "Most Outstanding Instrumental Performance" and then
chosen as the "Most Outstanding Solo Performance" of the
evening, competing against vocal, drama and dance items. The adjudicators
included Elizabeth Hawthorne from AUT Performing Arts and Sheryl
Davies, Head of Music Pinehurst School. Kristina won a music voucher
and a basket of edible "goodies" for her efforts.
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International Accordion Competition "Premio
di Montese" - Italy
The IX International Accordion Competition
"Premio di Montese" was held on September 13th and 14th
in the mountain region of North Italy. This year nearly 70 competitors
took part from a wide range of countries from England to Kazakistan.
The international Jury included Anatoly Semeshko
(Ukraine), Raymond Bodell (England), Lorenzo Munari (Italy), Marija
Martinkiene (Lithuania) and Vladimir
Zubitsky President (Italy-Ukraine).
Winners:
Classical Variety Junior:
10 years - Belfiore Gilles (Italy), Grazvydas Volkovas, Grigalevicius
Zilvinas (Lithuania)
12 years - Vladislav Nikitov (Ukraine), Martynas Levickis (Lithuania),
Luca Aldini (Italy)
14 years - Mattia Paganini (Italy)
16 years - Ljudmyla Vereshchako (Ukraine)
18 years - Larysa Bodell (England), Gianluca Groppo (Italy)
Classical Senior:
Marius Laurinaitis (Lithuania), Tatyana Rodina (Kazakistan), Roman
Yusipey (Ukraine)
Variety Senior:
Martynas Norvilas (Lithuania), Aleksandr Chuev (Greece), Dario Delaiti
(Italy)
Chamber music:
Quintet - L. Onaitis, D. Vasauskiene, Z. Bruziene, V. Poneliene,
J. Mazonaite (Lithuania)
"Trofeo di Montese":
Acco-duo - Dmytro Zagorodniy & Oleksiy Kolomiets (Ukraine)
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"Top Dog Run" Entertain at Dance Party
- USA
Popular new band "Top Dog Run" entertained
at a Balkan dance party at the Slavonic Cultural Center in San Francisco,
California on September 19th. The band, which includes Lisa Ekstrom
(vocals and accordion), Dena Bjornlie (vocals and gudulka), Mary
Farris (clarinet, saxophone and vocals), Tom Farris (percussion)
and Bill Lanphier (bass) play a variety of Bulgarian, Macedonian
and Romani tunes in exciting rhythms such as 5, 7, 9, and 11 rhythms.
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New Sites
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www.accordions.com/marianne
Information on Le Grand Bal -
a 5 CD set includes performances by a variety of accordionists
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