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Editors
Note
This week, we have news items about two people who have put a tremendous
amount of effort into the accordion world for the benefit of many
others. I refer to Beniamino
Bugiolacchi of Italy and Raymond
Bodell of UK.
Beniamino
Bugiolacchi
is celebrating the 100th birthday of his company Italcinte, musical
instrument strap and accessory manufacturer. Beniamino
has spent a lifetime assisting accordion in Italy including being
the founder of the famous Castelfidardo
Museum and being instrumental (in 1975) in the birth of the Premio
Internazionale di Fisarmonica, Città di Castelfidardo
accordion competition and festival which has become one of the major
annual internatonal accordion events.
Raymond
Bodell,
now owner of Charnwood
Publishing, has devoted his energies over many years to the benefit
of the National
Accordion Organisation of Great Britain (NAO) including being
President when it hosted the Coupe
Mondiale. Raymond is also a senior Vice President of the CIA.
This week, his efforts were recognised publicly when he was awarded
the NAO
Merit Award "in appreciation of his tireless and Inspirational
work for the accordion".
Accordions Worldwide also wishes to thank these two exemplary gentlemen
for all their efforts on behalf of the accordion.
Harley
Jones
Acccordions Worldwide Director
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Bruno
Maurice Accordion Masterclass - France
 Successful
soloist and accordion teacher Bruno Maurice will give lessons at the
French Accordion Seminary in the International Music Academy of "Guérande
and Pays de Loire" in Guerande from 16th to 31st August.
Bruno's program will include: Preparation for International Competitions,
Advanced Courses to Prepare for Concert Performance or Recording,
Analysis of Musical Pieces, Musical Personality, Total Control of
the Instrument, Study of Physical Positions, Accordion Repertoire
and Improvisation. The International Music Academy of Guérande
is in the middle of celebrating its 16th year.
Upcoming concerts by Bruno Maurice are:
1 May - Solo concert, presenting Spanish Music with the South American
band, "Los Soles" at Léognan (33) salle G.Brassens,
9pm.
4 May - Ensemble Concert titled "Musique Nouvelle" and "La
Memoria del Agua", César Camarero: concerto for guitar,
ensemble et accordion. Bordeaux: Halle des Chartrons, 8pm.
9 May - Solo concert. Salon Musicora, Paris (La Villette), Salons
de l'Europe, 6pm.
14 May - Messe "un jour ordinaire" of Bernard Cavanna. Ensemble
"Ars Nova", with Pascal
Contet and Frédéric Guérouet. "Le Manège"
(le Cirque) Reims, 8.30pm.
20 May: Bruno Maurice in quintet: accordion, piano, doublebass, violin,
guitar. Tangos of Piazzolla. The "Saint James" Restaurant,
Boulliac (33), 7pm.
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Accordionists
& Teachers Guild International Festival 2004 - USA
Contributed by Stas
Venglevski
The Accordionists
and Teachers Guild, Int. (ATG), founded 64 years ago, will hold
its annual festival in Milwaukee from 21st - 25th July. There will
be "something for everyone", organizers say of the variety
of accordion music to be presented at the event.
Highlights include concerts by accordionists from around the world;
American jazz legend, Art Van Damme; France's farmous young accordionist,
Jérôme
Richard; the 2002 Coupe
Mondiale winner, Alexander
Poeluev from Russia; ATG
President and bayan virtuoso Stas
Venglevski and other renowned performers. The University
of Missouri Kansas City Community Orchestra will also perform
at the event.
A special Anthony Galla-Rini Centennial Competition for classical
accordion, in celebration of the Maestro's 100th birthday, is also
part of the festivities. Accordionists from all over the world will
vie for $5,000 in cash prizes. There will be a special appearance
by Myron Floren who along with Joan
Sommers, will be inducted into the ATG
Hall of Fame.
The festival will kick off on Wednesday evening 21st July. There will
be a city tour and then a performance by the UMKC
and Festival Orchestras. On Saturday night there will be a Gala Banquet
and an Awards Ceremony. The festival will be held at the Best Western
Airport Hotel.
For further information, check out the ATG
website or email stas.venglevski@verizon.net
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Friedrich
Lips Kligenthal workshop - Germany
Contributed
by Dr.
Herbert Scheibenreif, Manager Friedrich
Lips Productions
Accordion artist and teacher Friedrich
Lips conducted a workshop on "Music for Accordion and Symphony
Orchestra" in Klingenthal
this past week. During the workshop, Friedrich
Lips introduced the works of Vladislav Zolotariev and Sofia Gubaidulina
whose music is still largely unknown.
Zolotariev's Concert Symphony No. 1 for bayan and symphonic orchestra
(1972) is essentially an enlarged and revised version of the first
concert for bayan from 1965. This symphony in four movements is pretty
well marked by the composer's romantic view of life. Concert Symphony
No. 2 for bayan and symphonic orchestra represents the greatest tragedy
in the life of Vladimir Zolotariev
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Hong
Kong Accordion Orchestra's Concert - China
Contributed
by Lian
Jones of Accordion
House
The Hong Kong Cultural Centre Music Friends presented the Hong Kong
Accordion Troupe for a weekend of Chinese Folk Dance and Music on
the 8th May. The afternoon performance included Chinese accordion
music and Chinese folk dance performances by the HK Youth Folk Dance
Group as well as magic tricks, juggling and games by the Man Ming
Magic Company. The event took place at the Auditoria Building, Hong
Kong Cultural Centre, Kowloon where musical events are regularly held
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NAO Championships
- UK
 The
National
Accordion Organisation of Great Britain (NAO) Championships and
Festival was held in Scarborough over the first weekend of May with
some 432 entries in an array of classes for solo, duo, group and orchestral.
The NAO
welcomed international names such as Jacques Mornet (France), Mirco
Patarini (Italy) and Renzo
Ruggieri (Italy). The NAO
Merit Award for 2004 was presented to the Executive Director British
College of Accordionists and CIA
Vice-President Raymond
Bodell"in appreciation of his tireless and Inspirational
work for the Accordion".
Some of the competition winners included Larysa Bodell
(Virtuoso Solo), Mairie Leonard (Senior Recital), Faye Ventre (Junior
Recital), Jenny's Accordionists (Art Level Group), Colchester Art
Level Orchestra (MD Elaine Beecham) whilst Orchestra's from Ireland
(St John's Dumcree and East Antrim) were prizewinners in the Advanced
Orchestra, and from Scotland the Graham Laurie Paisley Orchestra in
the Intermediate class. The Brian Laurie Academy and the KODA group
made successful returns in both the Entertainment and Showband Classes.
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Accordion
Federation of North America Annual Festival - USA
Contributed
by Larry Demian
The
Accordion Federation of North America's Annual Music Festival will
be held on 19th - 21st August in Los Angeles. While most of the competition
categories will only be available to member schools, the virtuoso
categories are open to anybody. The Accordion Virtuoso Solo category
is offering a 1st place cash prize of "$500 Galla-Rini Centennial
Birthday Award" and the 2nd through to 4th prizes also receive
cash prizes. There will also be an "Accordion Virtuoso Cash Jazz
Solo" category which offers cash awards for 1st through 4th places.
Winners of the high caliber solos will be featured in the part of
the festival that is free of admission, which is the Saturday Night
Concert. The Saturday night program also features accordion band performances.
For further information, email afna@musician.org
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 Italcinte
Celebrates 100th Anniversary - Italy
Contributed
by Holda
Kampl-Paoletti
In April 1904 Colombo Bugiolacchi
started a new activity - the production of shoes and he received a
lot of praise for his work two years later at the International Exhibition
of Milan.
Around the same time, Colombo Bugiolacchi
was helping his brother Ubaldo to make accordion straps which were
in great demand in Castelfidardo,
where the accordion industry was quickly developing.
Working with them in the early years as an apprentice, was Colombo's
young son Gilberto, who quickly became a master leather craftsman.
The business steadily developed over the years and Gilberto and his
son Paolo in 1946 formed the company "Italcinte."
Today, the company is lead by Gilberto's youngest son Beniamino
Bugiolacchi,
with his daughter Patrizia and his nephew Carlo. Thanks to a combination
of highly experienced craftsmen and state of the art machinery, Italcinte
produces accessories of the highest standard which are exported to
over 26 different countries.
The company proudly celebrates its 100th year of service this year.
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June
Concert Tour for Zhou Jing - China
Contributed
by Lian Jones of Accordion
House
Successful accordionist and teacher Zhou Jing has some exciting concerts
planned for next month. Zhou Jing, a university lecturer in Shanghai
has just completed recording for a popular Chinese vocalist with whom
she will perform 12 concerts. While the venues for all of the concerts
have not been confirmed, her last four performances will be held in
the "Shanghai Grand Theater", often described as the best
concert hall in China, from 17th to 19th June.
For further information, email lianj@accordions.com
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Musical
Tour of Italy 2005 - USA, Italy
Contributed by Alvaro Barsi
 A
tour of Italy is being organized for May 2005 with plans to visit
musical sites in Milan, Cremona, Stradella, Venice, Florence and Castelfidardo.
According to organizers, Nick Ballarini and Alvaro Barsi, the tour
is the result of a successful earlier trip to Italy organized in 1996.
"We had guided a musical tour of Italy in '96 with 15 participants,
and it was nothing less than wonderful," said Barsi.The
tentative program would include factory tours to the violin makers
of Padua and Cremona, the Dallape
accordion
factory at Stradella,
the accordion factories in Castelfidardo
with visits to Zero Sette, Beltuna,
and the reed makers, then on to Rome and Pompeii for its accordion
factories and museums.
"I
am familiar with Italy, where I grew up, and would also act as a guide,
" Barsi said. "Last time we purchased a lot of our delicacies
from a local food store and then we would stop in the country, and
have a bus tailgate party with accordion music, poppy fields, great
food and friends. Those are special memories!"
For further information, email abarsi@tampabay.rr.com
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Jazz
Fest Celebrates Artists - South Africa
 The
North Sea Jazz Festival completed its fifth successful year with a
concert in Cape Town celebrating the most ambitious program in the
event's history. The two day jazz, world and pop extravaganza took
place from 10th to 11th April drawing crowds to fully pack the five
venues of the new International Convention Center. The festival also
commemorated the country's 10th anniversary of democracy.
The festival, inaugurated in 2000 under Artistic Director Rashid Lombard
sought guidance and collaborated with Theo van den Hoek, the director
of the popular, multistaged North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands.
One of the highlights of the event included a performance by veteran
Miriam Makeba who wowed her fellow countrymen with a trio featuring
American bassist William Slater and accordionist Tony Cedras, a South
African native now based in New York.
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Soufflemuse
Spring of the Straps Festival - Canada
Soufflemuse productions will host the 6th Spring of the Straps Festival
from 22nd to 29th May at the Cultural Bar in Montreal. The festival
will include concerts by international accordionists who will performace
a wide range of music like Russian, Tango, French, Goualantes, Jazz
manouche, Classical and traditional/folk.
Artists include Luzio Altobelli, Cyrille Demian, Yves Lambert, Sylvie
Genest, Lou Babin, Didier Dumoutier, Francis Covan, Daniel Thonon,
Vladimir Sidorov, Denis Plant, Bernard Cimon, Dino Leone, Jonathan
Goldman, Walter Palmieri, Michel Béchard, Sandulé Bobaru,
Sonia Painchaud and Benoît Rébillard while invited groups
include Manouche, Fiszarmonia, Ironiko Orchestra and the Pourpour
Brass Band.
For further information, email info@soufflemuse.qc.ca
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Musician's
Association Inducts 5 New Members - USA
Five people will be inducted into the Dakota Musicians Association
Hall of Fame this week, amongst them, accordionist Bill Schwan. The
other inductees include Mardelle Brown of Redfield, Donald F. Mizera
of Bismarck, N.D., Joe Wagendorf of Hettinger, N.D and Bernie Stein
of Mandan.
Bill Schwan began playing the accordion at age 3 and the piano at
age 10. He joined the orchestra and played the bass in junior high
school. In 1964, he joined the Navy and formed a band, "The Tender
Tones," which played every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday night
at the USO Club in Naples, Italy. He formed the first Funtime Band
in the 1980s and won several competitions at the South Dakota Old
Time Fiddlers Contest in Yankton on his accordion. He founded the
Bill Schwan Funtime Band which has been together for almost 15 years
where he plays the accordion and keyboard.
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Val Tidone
Summer Camp - Italy
 Entries
close on the 29th May for the Val
Tidone Summer Camp which will take place from 27th July to 7th
August. The summer camp is part of a series of four musical events
organized for Val Tidone, Italy throughout the year. Other events
include the Val
Tidone International Music Competition, Val Tidone Festival and Val
Tidone National Music Competition.
During the camp there will be masterclasses, concerts and tourist
excursions, such as guided tours to the Val Tidone castles, to the
city of Piacenza and to the local vineyards. The "IMC
Project" (International Master Classes Project) is a program
of summer Master Classes and Master Courses which aims to promote
international cultural exchanges.
Similar to US summer camps, lessons will take place at a campus in
the beautiful castles of Val Tidone, where students and teachers representing
higher schools of music such as the Hochschule für Musik und
Darstellende Kunst Mannheim - Germany, Staatlike Hochschule für
Musik Trossingen - Germany, Conservatoire National de Région
Versailles - France, The University of Maryland, Baltimore - USA,
The University of New Mexico - USA, Conservatorio Statale di Musica
"Giuseppe Nicolini" di Piacenza - Italy and the Conservatorio
Statale di Musica "Vincenzo Bellini" di Palermo - Italy,
will gather.
The camp is open to all music students interested in taking part and
is not limited to students from the institutions represented. Lessons
will be divided into four departments: piano, chamber music, string
instruments and composition which includes accordion teachers Jean-Marc
Fabiano, Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, Michael Flaksman, Paul Méfano,
Dora Bratchkova, Carlo Levi Minzi amongst others.
For further information, email Artistic Director, Livio Bollani livboll@tin.it
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Guy
Klucevsek in Spielberg Movie Score - USA
Guy
Klucevsek returned from Los Angeles last week with another achievement
to speak of!
Klucevsek was recording for composer John Williams, music for Steven
Spielberg's new movie, The Terminal.
The music score is for full orchestra, accordion, guitar, harp and
cimbalon. The Terminal, starring Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones
opens in the USA on 18th June.
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Akkordeon
Musikfest - Switzerland
The Akkordeon Musikfest will be held from 11th to 13th June in Lyss.
The program includes large open air concerts in the evenings and competitions
and lectures during the day. Organizers have yet to confirm the final
details of the festival proceedings but have said that the event has
already drawn a lot of participants because of the quality of the
event and the beauty of the location.
For more information, email info@akkordeonfest.ch
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