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This
Weeks News
- CIA
Winter Congress, Den Helder - Netherlands
- Yuri
and Ludmila Fedorov in Concert, Paris - France
- 'The
Music of Astor Piazzolla', San Francisco - USA
- Blues
Devotion, Rome - Italy
- Marc
Berthoumieux Quintet in Concert, Paris - France
- Harry
Hussey's New Big Band Jazz Sound in Concert, Leicester - UK
- Victor
Prieto's Busy Schedule, New York - USA
- "An
Entire Sunday Dedicated to the Accordion" - Paris, France
- NOVAM
Founder presented CIA Honored Friend of the Accordion Award
- Romano
Viazzani in Wiltshire - UK
- Award
Winning Master of the Azerbaijani Accordion in Concert, California - USA
- BBC
Radio Scotland 'Take the Floor', Scotland - UK
- '3
Drops of Blood', San Francisco - USA
- Frankfurt
Music Fair Hotel Accommodation - Germany
- Information
Required
- CD
Review
- New
and Updated Sites
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CIA
Winter Congress, Den Helder - Netherlands
Contributed
by Kevin Friedrich
Confédération
Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) Executive Committee, Music
Committee and members met during two days of meetings at the 113th General Assembly
of Delegates in Den Helder, Netherlands, last weekend. Guests of the CIA Member
in the Netherlands - NOVAM (Nederlandse Organisatie voor Accordeon & Moundharmonica)
- the annual Winter Congress was organized by former CIA Vice President Frans
De Bie, who also serves as the NOVAM Public and International Relations Officer.
 Meetings
included work on the upcoming CIA Coupe
Mondiale, which will take place October 25th to 30th 2005 in Castelo Branco,
Portugal, hosted by CIA Member from Portugal, the Conservatorio Regional de Castelo
Branco. Details and schedules were presented by organizer Carlos Semedo, who is
coordinating all activities for the Coupe
Mondiale in Castelo Branco.
Portuguese Delegate Paulo Ferreira was
appointed a 2005 Honorary CIA
Vice President for his work in organizing the Coupe Mondiale. (picture left to
right Carlos Semedo, 2004 Organiser Frederic
Deschamps and Paulo
Ferreira). The Test Piece for the 2005 Coupe Mondiale 'O Medo Do Ritmo', is
a work by Portuguese composer Carlos Marecos, and will be available complimentary
to all interested accordionists on the CIA Website in about one week.
Plans for future CIA activities were also presented including details on the upcoming
Winter Congress in Ikaalinen, Finland, March 3rd to 6th 2006, where the CIA will
officially open its Archives as well as participate in the Finnish Accordion Association
annual cruise between Finland and Sweden. The Winter Congress in Finland will
conclude the yearlong celebrations marking the 70th Anniversary of the CIA, which
was originally founded in Paris in 1935 as the Association Internationale des
Accordeonistes.
 Mr.
Kjell Olsen, President of the CIA
Member Norske Trekkspilleres Landsforbund (NTL) reported on the 3,000 strong Norwegian
Accordion Association activities. The NTL is the 2006 Coupe Mondiale Organizer
and Mr Lars Arnevig, immediate Past President of the NTL, gave a powerpoint presentation
of the plans for the Coupe Mondiale in Asker, Norway (near Oslo), which will take
place from October 18th to 22nd 2006. (picture Lars Arnevig, CIA
President Kevin Friedrich
and Kjell Olsen).
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'The Music of
Astor Piazzolla', San Francisco - USA
On
February 5th, a concert titled 'The Music of Astor Piazzolla' takes place at the
Herbst Theater, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco. The New Century Chamber Orchestra
will feature Coco Trivisano on bandoneon for a performance of a Piazzolla concerto
for guitar, bandoneon and strings. Other similar performances take place on February
4th at the First Methodist Church, Palo Alto; and on February 6th at the Osher
Marin Center, Marin.
For further information email krasmussen@ncco.org
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Blues Devotion, Rome - Italy
Contributed
by Renzo Ruggieri
 With
a large repertoire that goes from Ray Charles to Otis Redding, from Elvis to John
Lee Hooker, the group Blues Devotion - consisting of Roberto Palermo (accordion)
Piero Cosenza (piano) and Sandro Strano (drums) has been performing in Rome at
the well known jazz club 'Be Bop', with a lot of participation and appreciation
from audiences.
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Marc Berthoumieux
Quintet in Concert, Paris - France
Contributed By Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
 French
jazz accordionist Marc Berthoumieux and the other members of his quintet will
perform at the New Morning jazz club, 7-9 Rue des Petites-Ecuries, Paris, on February
7th, at 9pm. Marc Berthoumieux is currently promoting his two new CDs, titled
Jazz/No Jazz, Volumes 1 and 2.
For further information email marc@marcbethoumieux.com
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 Harry
Hussey's New Big Band Jazz Sound in Concert, Leicester - UK
Contributed
by Mike O'Regan
Harry
Hussey, one of England's busiest professional accordionists, recently appeared
at Soar Valley Accordion Club in Leicester. Mike O'Regan, from Nottingham Accordion
Club, sent the following report:
"Another packed house at the Rothley
Centre on Saturday January 29th to hear Harry Hussey, supported by the Burton
Accordion Orchestra. Harry was on top form, and since his last visit, he has added
an Orla Expander to his instrument
and the big-band jazz, which resulted, was spectacular".
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Victor Prieto's Busy
Schedule, New York - USA
 USA-based
Spanish accordionist, Professor of Jazz Accordion at Brooklyn Conservatory, presently
leads a very active life through both teaching and performing. He performs at
least 15 concerts per month - both solo and with his trio, and is also currently
embarking on recording work. Every Saturday Victor Prieto performs accordion solo
gigs at Café Moto, Brooklyn, New York.
On
February 12th, some of Victor's advanced students from the Conservatory's School
of Accordion will perform a recital at Café Moto. Victor will also talk
about the accordion during the evening. The Victor Prieto Trio is in concert at
Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA, on February 17th and 18th. These dates also include
lectures and master classes.
For further information email victorprietocruz@yahoo.com
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"An Entire Sunday
Dedicated to the Accordion" - Paris, France
On
February 13th, the Parc de la Villette, Paris, is the venue for an event described
as "An entire Sunday dedicated to the Accordion". Artistes involved
include Carmelo Delgado and the Nuevo Tempo Trio (tango), Bernard Cavanna (bandoneon),
Franck Angelis, Nicolas Massoutier, Isabelle Janvier, Jeanne Sarah Deldicq (mezzo
soprano), and Phillipe Miller.
There will be two different performances,
from 3pm to 6pm, and from 7pm. Audiences can expect to see and hear the accordion
used in a wide range of musical genres, demonstrating the instrument's great versatility.
For further information email a.coutouzis@villette.com
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Award Winning
Master of the Azerbaijani Accordion in Concert, California - USA
The
Kronos Quartet, featuring Rahman Asadollahi, award-winning composer, conductor,
and master of the garmon (Azerbaijani accordion), will perform at Dinkespiel Auditorium,
Stanford University in California. This concert is set for February 18th, at 8pm,
and will be followed by a free post-performance discussion.
Kronos, which
records exclusively for Nonesuch Records, has released more than 35 albums, won
Grammy Awards for Alban Berg's Lyric Suite with Dawn Upshaw (2003) and Different
Trains (1989), and been nominated for eight other Grammy Awards. Nuevo (2002),
was nominated for a Grammy Award as Best Classical Crossover Album, and a Latin
Grammy for Best Classical Album. The quartet's music is heard throughout the world
in concert, on radio and television, in films, and in more than 100 concerts around
the globe each year.
The garmon is a smaller, sweeter-toned version of
the European model accordion. The garmon that Asadollahi plays is more than 90
years old and was made in the Caucasus. Accordionist Rahman Asadollahi is known
for his phenomenal playing and original compositions, renowned for their musical
sensuality. First prizewinner at the All European Accordion and Harmonica Championship
in Switzerland (1995), Asadollahi was a featured master artist at the first annual
San Francisco World Music Festival in 2000 and again in 2004.
Exiled in
1985 from Iran, which banned Azerbaijani music from public venues, he has toured
and performed in Turkmenistan, England, France, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria,
and Germany, settling in the United States in 1999. Prior to that, he composed,
performed, and conducted Azerbaijani concerts in Iran where he became known as
a master accordion player. Technically brilliant, Asadollahi conveys an amazing
understanding of human suffering and joy through his music, which has been described
as a blend of Middle Eastern rhythms with a European melodic structure.
For
further information email bick@stanford.edu
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BBC Radio Scotland
'Take the Floor', Scotland - UK
Contributed
by Rob
Howard
The
weekly radio programme 'Take the Floor', presented by Robbie Sheppherd MBE on
BBC Radio Scotland, has presented accordionists and Scottish country-dance bands
since 1935. Most of the Scotland's accordion artistes have appeared on 'Take the
Floor', and this long-running radio program is now also available via the Internet
on www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
'Take the Floor' is broadcast on the following frequencies: 92.95 FM, 810 MW and
Digital Satellite 866. During February, the following dance bands can be heard:
5th, John Renton SDB; 12th, David Bowen Trio; 19th, Neil Kirkpatrick; 26th, John
Carmichael SDB.
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'3 Drops of Blood',
San Francisco - USA
The
Dance Mission Theater in San Francisco is the venue for a show with the intriguing
title of '3 Drops of Blood', to be presented on February 4th and 5th, at 8pm.
The '3 Drops of Blood' is an ongoing series of unique and varied performances
in music, dance, and physical performance. Several accordionists are involved
in the productions, including Guy
Klucevsek, 'Accordion Works', and The Toids.
 New
York based composer/accordionist Guy Klucevsek will also contribute his highly
individualistic talent to the shows. '3 Drops of Blood' presents the first public
performance of an excerpt from Klucevsek's new collaboration with Sandy Silva,
developed during a month-long residency at the Montalvo Center, in Saratoga, California.
'Accordion Works' is an all-accordion ensemble led by music director Henri Ducharme.
Featuring an all-star line up of Bay Area accordionists, the ensemble represents
the new generation of musicians exploring the instrument's possibilities in modern
and classical music. Ducharme has worked with Mr. Bungle, SF Symphony, Mark Morris
Dance Company, and the Stephen Pelton Dance Company. Accordion Works will perform
the works of Guy Klucevsek
as arranged by the composer.
The Toids, featuring Dan Cantrell on accordion
and vocals, will be performing this weekend in San Francisco on Friday and Saturday.
They will be performing a set of Rembetica, the traditional music of the Greek
underworld, as part of a very interesting performance event at the Dance Mission
Theater.
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Frankfurt Music Fair
Hotel Accommodation - Germany
Contributed
by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
Could
those people who contacted the hotel mentioned in last week's AWW news by email
please repeat their requests. This is necessary due to email problems last week
at the reservation center. For your convenience, the information is repeated:-
This
year's Frankfurt Music Fair (International Musik Messe) takes place from April
6th to 9th. There are hotel rooms available at 10 minutes walking distance or
an underground station, stopping directly in the exhibition entrance hall for
the price of :
1 room/2 persons (2 single beds, refridgerator, bath, wc) Euro
100
2 rooms/3 persons (1 room with 2 beds, 1 room with 1 bed, refrigerator,
bath, wc) Euro 120
Euro 25 final cleaning costs.
For further information
e-mail: hotel@accordions.com
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Information
Required
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Tricia Thomas ha an
Italian made Golani Italia piano accordion, with a mother of pearl decoration
on the front with some glass beading decoration set into it, and would like to
know more about this instrument. Email TriciaT@aura-soma.co.uk
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The Conservatory of Bari is looking for information about all schools or conservatories
teaching the free bass accordion for 'quinte' or 'Galla-Rini' systems. If there
are any such schools - private or public - please send information where located,
courses, etc to monesis@yahoo.it
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One
of the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Accordeon & Moundharmonica (NOVAM) founders,
Mr. Hank Oost (Netherlands), was presented with the Confédération
Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) 
Romano
Viazzani in Wiltshire - UK