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La Smala,
Albertville - France
The
French-based band Smala was formed in 1998 originally as a duo featuring
an acoustic guitarist named Pépe and a gypsy accordionist Loulou,
then grew into a band by the addition of another guitarist, bass and
drums. Smala perform a mixed repertoire that includes Flamenco, Latino,
French, Gypsy and Arabic influences. Smala have performed at festivals
across Europe, and have recorded two CDs - 'Yaala' and 'Les gros C'.
For further information email rodanni@wanadoo.fr
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Accordéon
Mélancolique's CD leads to book reprint - Holland
Contributed by Christine
Adams
 Accordéon
Melancolique are Cherie de Boer and Jean-Pierre Guiran, from Holland.
The success of Accordéon Melancolique's latest CD 'Parade
des Poules', led to the publication of an album with sheet music
of all the tracks of the CD, arranged for duet.
The first print of the album has sold out, and there is now a second
print available. The publisher is REBA, based in Holland, and further
details are on Accordéon
Melancolique's website.
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24th
Annual Tejano and Conjunto Festival, San Antonio - USA
Contributed by Kevin
Friedrich
 The
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center will hold the 24th annual Tejano Conjunto
Festival in San Antonio from May 4th to 7th. Among the many concerts
during the festival, left handed accordionist Michael Salgado will
perform on May 5th from 9pm to 10.15pm, and Jose Guzman on May 6th
from 7.30pm to 8.34pm.
While the festival performances are the element that draw the attention
and large crowds, the festival includes much more including a Poster
Contest, which is the means by which the official festival poster
is selected with the overall winner receiving a cash award of $2000.00,
the Conjunto Music Hall of Fame, which annually inducts notables in
the field and honors their contributions, recitals of students of
the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Centers' accordion classes, symposiums
and other special educational programs on Conjunto music; food and
beverages, booths, games for the children, and plenty of dancing.
For further
information email info@guadalupeculturalarts.org
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Angel
Luis Castaño, Master Classes in Murcia - Spain
Contributed
by Jesus Mozo Colmenero
Angel
Luis Castaño has been invited to the Conservatorio Superior
de Música in Murcia to offer Master Classes. This city is
in the south of Spain and the seminar was held from April 14th to
16th, and involved a total of eight students from different regions
in Spain.
After
three days giving lessons to the students, the master classes concluded
with a concert by the students, where they performed music by Tchaikin,
Bach, Scarlatti, Pouchkarenko, etc.... The master classes focused
on technical problems, articulation, fingerings, analysis, bellows
control, etc....
For further information email: COLMENEROMJ@telefonica.net
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Accordions
at 'Jauna Muzika' Festival - Lithuania
 From
April 17th to 23rd, 'Jauna Muzika', an event that is the second most
important event of new music in Lithuania after the 'Gaida' festival
was held. The accordion was featured prominently, with accordionist
and composer Raimondas
Sviackevicius performing his latest projects. One concert was
dedicated to Lithuanian composers. One work, by Donatas Prusevicius,
'A Piacere', for accordion, voice and surround system, was played
in the Contemporary Art Center. 'A
Piacere' was dedicated to the late Pope John
Paul 11, and Vilija Sulcaite wrote the text. Accordion was used in
an original way, all possibilities plus sound techniques were mixed
with voice and electronic background. The surround system played an
important role in this work, which was written in a free structural
form.
A work by Ramunas Motiekaitis 'Apsup(k)ti', written for accordion
and electronics, also used surround system sound. The idea of that
piece was to show how the accordion adapts to very unusual material.
The composer used very high accordion registers to create a more intensive
and 'crazy' feeling. Sounds for the background music were selected
from different live acoustic sounds and were electronically transformed.
The extremely high volume level caused the audience a very big shock,
but the results were very well received.
The second concert that included accordion music was 'Lithuanian Multimedia
Premieres'. American composer True Rosaschi, who is currently living
in Lithuania, wrote a piece named '40 days - 40 nights for Live Accordion',
involving accordions, EPS sound system and live surround electronics.
For the first time accordions were used performing through the Internet.
Raimondas
Sviackevicius played on stage in Tolerance
Center, Vilnius, at the same time Pauline Oliveros in New York (well
known composer and accordionist) responded to live material through
Internet, and composer True Rosaschi made the electronics live, controlling
all processes.
The work was written in four very different parts, from very loud
chords in the beginning to very soft and beautiful harmonic textures,
using a wide range of accordion sounds. The accordion parts, using
players on two different continents, also involved much improvisational
material. The project was high acclaimed by music critics and composers
alike.
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Accordion Festival, Déons - France
Contributed by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
 A
large-scale accordion festival will take place in Déons, from
June 3rd to 5th, including concerts and a Grand Bal Musette. The guest
artistes include Marcel Azzola, Raül Barboza (Argentina), Les
Blankass, Andre Broccoletti, Jean-Louis
Noton, Rossy, and Andre Verchuren. The opening concert, on June
3rd, at 8.30pm, features Marcel Azzola and Raül Barboza.
On June 4th, in the Centre de Congrès, from 2.30pm to 5.30pm,
there will be a free demonstration of instruments manufactured by
Cavagnolo,
Maugein, Hohner,
Jupiter, Ballone
Burini and Mengascini.
In the evening, at 9pm, there will be a Grand Bal Musette dance featuring
Andre Broccoletti and Andre Verchuren. The final concert takes place
on June 5th, from 2.30pm to 5.30pm, featuring the demonstrators from
the previous afternoon.
For further
information email festivalodeon@yahoo.fr
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Cello
and Accordion Concert, Norwich - UK
Contributed
by Rob
Howard
On
May 10th, at 1pm, Borut Zagoranski (classical accordion) and Ashok
Klouda (cello) will perform a concert at Assembly House, Theatre Street,
Norwich.
Their program includes:-
JS Bach - 'Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Cembalo no 1, BWV1027'
Sofia Gubaidulina - 'In croce'
Saint-Saëns - 'Prière'
Elena Firsova - 'Cruxifiction'
Piazzolla - 'Le Grand Tango'
For further information email info@n-joy.org.uk
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Wayne
Toups Concert Schedule, Louisiana - USA
Contributed
by Kevin
Friedrich
 Cajun
accordionist Wayne Toups is keeping a busy concert schedule with performances,
in Louisiana, as follows:-
May 4th
- Baton Rouge,Texas Club
May 6th - Alexandria, River Festival
May 7th - Kaplan, Louisiana Cajun Food Festival
May 8th - Lake Charles, Contraband Days
May 12th - Jasper, TX Lions Club Rodeo
May 26th - Shreveport, Mud Bug Fest
May 27th - Alexandria, LA GG's
May 28th - Gonzales, Jambalaya Festival
Born to
a French-speaking rice farmer in Crowley, Louisiana, Wayne Toups was
steeped in bayou music from boyhood. He learned to play Cajun accordion
at the age of 13 and was soon on stage in local talent contests playing
the tunes of Iry LeJeune and other heroes of his culture. Wayne Toups
is now considered a true American original as he has fused such styles
as Cajun, Zydeco, Rock, Folk, R&B and Country into his own unique
and very popular brand of music he terms as 'Zyde-cajun.'
For further information email wtoups@iamerica.net
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Jimmy
Shand Junior Performances, Scotland - UK
Contributed
by Rob
Howard
The
Jimmy Shand Junior Trio will perform at Letham Village Hall, Letham,
Fife, for a series of Old Tyme Dances, from 7.30pm on May 11th, June
8th and July 13th. Jimmy Shand Junior is the son of an accordion legend,
and a very fine player and recording artiste in his own right.
For further information email graeme_noble40@hotmail.com
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Accordion
Master Class, Riva del Gardo - Italy
 Claudio
Jacomucci will conduct an accordion master class, as part of a
music festival, at Riva Del Gardo, Trentino, from July 21st to 30th.
For further information email info@claudiojacomucci.com
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Cajun
and Zydeco Festival, Florida - USA
Contributed by Kevin
Friedrich
 From
May 13th to 15th (Friday - 5.30pm to 11 pm, Saturday - 11am to 11pm,
Sunday - 11am to 8pm) the Broward County Parks and Recreation will
hold the Cajun and Zydeco Festival at Quiet Waters Park in the City
of Deerfield Beach. The festival aims to create an entertaining, cultural
and educational opportunity by presenting authentic Cajun and Zydeco
music and food representing the culture of Southern Louisiana.
Live music will be continuous with three stages of authentic Cajun
and Zydeco music, jam-packed with outstanding talented performers
and ample dancing on four wooden dance floors. This years festival
includes performers such as Rosie Ledet, Roy Carrier, J.B.'s Zydeco
Zoo, Curley Taylor, The Porchdogs, T-Sale, C. J. Chenier & The
Red Hot Louisiana Band, Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band,
Dikki Du and The Zydeco Crew, Leroy Thomas and the Roadrunners, The
Bluerunners and more.
For further information email info@cajun-fest.com
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Help/Information
Required
I
have a vintage accordion from my grandfather, and would like to know
more about it, if possible. It is in its original leather case, custom
built in Italy by Cingolani(?). It has a serial number 9304. If you
have any information on this please get back to me. Thank you! - Aimee.
Email: Kismet4kat@aol.com
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 A
CD
review written by Paolo
Picchio of two CD's by Yuri
Medianik. 'Images of Three Centuries' (solo accordion) and 'Resurrection
of Angel' featuring music of Piazzolla with Yuri Medianik and other
musicians such as Gnesin virtuosi soloists & chamber orchestra.
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The
Rosita Lee Music Center featuring the celebrated Showstoppers
Accordion Orchestra and Dancers summer concert dates have been added
into the concert schedule.
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Vassily
Glubochenko - composer, arranger, performer and scientist, releases
1 new work titled 'Extinct Bougie' composed by Glubochenko, available
for purchase online. A sample of this music is available on the site.
The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer.
Purchase with credit card.
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Sebastiano
Cali - accordionist, composer, piano tuner, harpsichord and other
early instruments maker, releases another
6 new works for accordion available for purchase online. 'Libiam
Ne' Lieti Calici' (classical), 'Bridal March' (classical), 'Ave Maria'
(classical), 'La Paloma ' (South American - Latin), 'Serenade' (classical),
'Blue Danube' (Strauss). The music is in eSheet format, able to be
emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card.
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James
O' Brien - composer, arranger and performer, releases another
6 new works for accordion available for purchase online. 'Auld
Lang Syne' (traditional), 'Bridal Jig' (traditional), 'Come Back to
Sorrento' (traditional), 'Drink to My Only With Thine Eyes ' (traditional),
'Ductia' (traditional), 'East Boldon' (traditional). Samples of this
music are available on the site. The music is in eSheet format, able
to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card.
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Iñaki
Alberdi - accordionist performer, conducter and lecturer. A new
site selling his CD, Música De Cámara Actual with sound
samples. Purchase online with credit card.
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Practising
Music - A new site selling this popular book, written by Tom De
Vree.
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Wurzburger
- New information/volumes of sheet music by the German publishers
Wurzburger.
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Music
Marche -
with new e-mail address: mmaccord@music-marche.com
New site in 4 languages of the accordion manufacturer-consortium of
Castelfidardo/Marche.
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La
Damigiana - Italian
Folklore Group with tradional songs, dances, music from the region
Marche/Italy.
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New
York-based accordionist and organist Jon Hammond is back home in
New York after his evening concerts at the Jazzkeller, Frankfurt,
during the recent Musikmesse Music Fair. Soon, Jon "will
be going to Houston Texas to do a radio show on 'Choice' 90.9FM
where they're playing my music.