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Editors
Note
The 100th Birthday
of French accordion manufacturer Cavagnolo
is a welcome sign of the accordion industry maturing. This celebration
is an event to be proud of and we wish the Cavagnolo
Company
well for a future 100 years. I hope that Cavagnolo
will be joined by a growing list of other accordion companies in the
coming years, also celebrating a rich history.
Harley
Jones
Acccordions Worldwide Director
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Technology
and the Accordion
The results of
the "Technology
and the Accordion" Survey which asked your opinion about
technology and how it related to accordion is now online. Enjoy!
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Accordion
Musical Play Performance - China
Contributed
by Lian
Jones of Accordion
House
 The
White Heron Children's Accordion Orchestra played the musical play
called "Happy Doe Re Mi" at the opening ceremony of Si Ming
District Intermediate and Primary Schools Art Festival in late April
in Xiamen city. This musical is based on the all time favorite musical
"The Sound of Music", the arrangement written by Gary
Daverne, who generously gave the music to his accordion friends
from Xiamen Si Ming Children's Palace in 2002, when he was visiting
the area with New
Zealand Accordion Orchestra North Shore Musicale
. It was his wish to support local accordion activities and this arrangement
is being used regularly.
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 Accordion
Spring Festival - Macedonia
Contributed by Anica Karakutovska
An accordion concert was held at the concert hall of the Hotel "Jugo"
Gevgelija (near Greece) on 29th April as part of the town's "Spring
Festival" .
The concert involving some famous local accordionists, was the start
of a series of performances by students of Prof. Zorica Karakutovska
to take place in Macedonia and possibly abroad. The concert program
included a wide variety of solo and chamber music with performances
by Zoran Kirjakovski, Filip Stamevski and Kosto Todorovski.
For more information, email: anica2206@yahoo.com
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Peter
Soave and The Orlando Philharmonic - USA
Contributed
by Kevin
Friedrich
 On
15 May, the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of
Hal France presents Dance Baby Dance, a unique concert experience
which combines classical music with a twist - each piece has a dance
theme. Classical guitarist Eladio Scharron and Peter Soave on bandoneon
will perform Piazzolla´s Double Concerto for bandoneon &
guitar. The Orlando Philharmonic concert will take place at the Bob
Carr Performing Arts Center in downtown Orlando at 8pm.
Peter Soave is one of the most recognized concert accordionists in
the world who tours internationally as guest artist with leading symphonies.
Soave is also a multiple international competition winner of the Coupe
Mondiale, the Trophée
Mondiale, Klingenthal
and Grand Prix in Italy - an achievement for a virtuoso of any instrument.
For more information, email; davidschiller@aol.com
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Pavel
Mangasarian - Russia, Australia
Contributed
by Tania
Lukic-Marx
Special guest artist at the upcoming Australian
Accordion Teachers Association Festival on 29th and 30th of May
will be Pavel Mangasarian of Russia, the current Coupe
Mondiale Piano Accordion Champion. Pavel Mangasarian was born
in 1977 in Saratov and he began playing the accordion at the age of
seven with his teacher Mr. Kiseliel. He then studied with Mr. Gromov
before attending the Conservatory of Music in Saratov studying with
Prof. B. Aron.
After completing his studies in Saratov, Pavel moved to Moscow to
study with Viatchselav
Semionov at the Gnessin Institute where he is currently working
on his post graduate studies in performance. In 1996 he won third
prize in the Andreev Accordion Competition in St. Petersburg. Pavel
is scheduled to complete his studies in 2004 and hopes to pursue a
career as a concert artist.
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Paris-Moscow
Duo Tour - Switzerland
 The
Paris-Moscow
Duo were in Switzerland last week where they were invited to play
Bulle (Gruyère area). Part of the duo's
tour included an afternoon teaching the origins of accordion to young
schoolboys who were not musicians. Their first concert in Switzerland
was in front of approximately 400 school pupils after which they played
for 500 school pupils in L'accueil.
"It was very cordial and the young people were surprised and
very glad to rediscover this instrument in a varied program (classical
music, continuations for children, music for imagination, russian
and french music)," said Paris-Moscow
Duo member Domi
Emorine. That evening, they gave a public concert for local citizens
of Switzerland and France. "It was a very appreciated concert
from a particularly cordial Swiss public," said Emorine.
Part of that evening's performance included an appearance by Lucia
Genilloud, a 13 year-old Swiss student who lives in Bulle. Lucia was
a prize winner at Castelfidardo
in the 12 years and under category.
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Leo Reis
New Site - USA
Successful accordionist Leo
Reis who studied with Frank Gaviani has a new website.
Leo
now makes his home in Spring Valley, California and has a very large
range of accordion music titles for sale. From the site,
you may download his online order form for original arrangements or
email him for other titles
available.
For further information, please email leoreismubiz@aol.com
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New Los
Tigres Del Norte Song Features Accordion - Mexico
The new song, "Las Mujeres de Juarez" (The Women
of Juarez) by Los Tigres Del Norte is one more bouncy track on the
album "Pacto de Sangre" (Fonovisa) just released by this
Mexican band. The song in Norteño (Tex-Mex) style features
two accordions tootling back and forth. The song is about the murders
of more than 300 girls and women during the past decade in the border
region of El Paso. The song highlights the failure to find those responsible,
a "national shame" for Mexico. Los Tigres del Norte have
been singing border stories - about emigrants, drug dealers, hard
times and love - for more than three decades.
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La Belle
Des Brettles Festival - Canada
The
La Belle Des Brettles Festival in Montreal takes place from 7th May
to the 6th of June. The festival has been labelled by organizers as
''the chance to benefit from the performances of Didier Dumoutier,
Vladimir Sidorov and Daniel Thonon'' the main accordionists featured
during the festival. The program for this event is at three different
venues, Aylmer Arts Center, Cafe C and The Birds of Passage.
For more information, email thononda@aei.ca
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Fisorchestra
"Bertolini" Tour - Germany
The
Fisorchestra "Bertolini"
Tour to Germany will start this weekend from 7th to 9th May. The prestigious
Fisorchestra
"Elio the Bertolini" tour is to the City Neustadt in Bavaria.
The Fisorchestra
is directed by Maestro Elio
Bertolini of the Association Didactic Center Musical Italian.
Bertolini
is also the founder and director of the "G. Rossini" Music
School in Recoaro Terme.
For more concert information, email holda@accordions.com
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Concert
d 'Accordéon - France
The Concert D'Accordeon will take place on 16th May at the Salle Centrale
de la Mairie in Reine. The concert will feature music by Testore Joue,
Bach, Azzola, Astier, Ferrero, Baselli, Lassagne, Rossi and Galliano.
For more information, email: Renetestore@aol.com
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Accordion
Spectacular Show at Westchester Community College - USA
Contributed
by Kevin
Friedrich
Internationally acclaimed accordion champion and virtuoso Mario Tacca
and his wife, international vocal artist Mary Mancini, will be among
the featured performers at the Accordion Spectacular Show to be held
at the Academic Arts Theater at Westchester Community College in Valhalla,
New York on the 16th May, 3pm. Also included in the Parade of Champions
is former World Champion accordionist Beverly Roberts Curnow and former
US Champion Joseph Natoli.
For more information, email info@gioiaprod.com
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Free Music
Emailed to You!!
Have Gary Dahl's
arrangements emailed to you for free! Check out MusicForAccordion.com
for Dahl's music and if you send us an email maraia@accordions.com,
you could win his new piece "Tango
for Astor" or a favourite out of 130
other titles by Dahl, sent to your computer for free. We will
check our inbox randomly on Sunday and five lucky people will win
"Tango
for Astor" and another five will win the Dahl
arrangement of their choice.
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Accordion
Repair Seminar - USA
An
Accordion Repair Seminar will be held on the 27th June at the PM Hampton
Inn Conference Room in Ottawa, Illinois. The seminar, will be presented
by Dale Wise, the producer of "Accordion 911-Fundamental Accordion
Care & Repair", available on VHS/DVD. Admission is free,
all are welcome and accordion owners are encouraged to bring their
accordions along for evaluation.
For more information, email Accordionplus@aol.com
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14th
Great Competition of Wittelsheim - France
The 14th Great International Competition of Wittelsheim will be held
on Saturday the 12th and Sunday the 13th of May at the Salle des Fetes
Grasegert and is being organized by the A.C.R.C and the Accordion
Club S Wittelsheim.
For more information regarding the competition, test pieces or hotel
information email Mons. M.Sébastien Consiglio sebastien.cosniglio@wanadoo.fr
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Newbees
Music Record Company Features Accordionist Nan Xiao - China
Contributed
by Lian
Jones of Accordion
House
Nan Xiaom, member of the Chinese rock group, Cobra adds accordion
frequently to the bands popular tunes. Formerly a classically trained
accordionist, Nan Xiaom began playing the accordion in her childhood.
She became the accordionist, pianist, guitar player and vocalist for
Cobra when the group was first formed in 1989 and even after Nan went
solo in 1999, signed with the New Bees Music recording company, she
has remained active with Cobra. Today, Nan Xiaom is one of the most
successful entertainers under the Newbees Music Record Company. She
is now the company's Project Manager and her role means, she is often
found playing accordion for other popular singers and rock bands under
the same recording label.
For more information, email promo@newbeesmusic.com
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Masterclass
with Jean-Marc Fabiano
- Italy
Successful tutor and performer Jean
Marc Fabiano is presenting a Masterclass with Paolo Gandolfi at
the Conservatory in Reggio Emiglia on 21st to 22nd May. The masterclass
subject is "How to Teach Today's Accordion".
For more information e-mail: jm.fabiano@wanadoo.fr
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Cup
of the North - Cherepovets, Russia
Contributed by Dr.
Herbert Scheibenreif, Manager of Friedrich
Lips Productions
The International
North Competition Cup was held in Cherepovest, Russia in April and
it featured some high level performances.
The top prize in the button accordion category was won by Andrei
Sheliganov, second prize was shared between Dmitri Stepanov and
Artem Priveden and Grigori Ivanov and Viktor Kiselev shared third
prize. In the piano accordion category, Sergei Osokin received the
unique Grand Prix Prize for being the most brilliant performer of
the whole competition with the first prize being awarded to Maria
Vlasova and second to Sergei Barakov. Each evening ended with a
concert, including accordion recitals by Oleg
Sharov, Viktor
Romanko, Ludo Marien and the Piazzolla-Studio.
Jury members included Vladimir Solovyov (chairman) Friedrich
Lips, Vladimir
Besfamilnov, Nikolai Kravtsov, Jukka-Pekka Kuusela, Boris Egorov,
Li Cion, Ludo Marien, Oleg
Sharov, Pedro Regeiro and Albin Repnikov. The next competition
will be held in April 2006.
For more information, email herbert@accordion-cd.co.at
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