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One of the best things about playing the accordion is the friendly people that you meet in all parts of the world. When you are travelling internationally, Accordions Worldwide can help in a number of ways; you can browse through the Yellow Pages to find out about any events happening in the area of your visit, restaurants that have accordionists performing there, and lists of accordionists that live there. What a great way to make new friends (or even look up some old ones)!
Wayne Knights
Contributed by Jiang Jie
The 5th International Accordion Festival and Competitions will take
place from August 11th to 15th in Beijing, China. This event is
organised by the China Beijing Accordion Academy and the Beijing
Accordion and Piano School. Solo categories range from 9 years and
under to adult (no age limit) with classes available for duet, trio,
quartet and orchestra.
Competitors may use piano or button accordions with standard or free
bass, but no electronic attachments are permitted. Competition winners
will take part in an award ceremony and concert on August 15th. Entries
close on June 1st.
For further information see www.accordions.com/chinesefestival
Contributed by Faithe Deffner, President of the American Accordionists' Association
On Sunday March 29th, the AAA (American Accordionists Association) held
their 60th anniversary party at the Beatrice Inn, Greenwich Village, New
York, USA to a capacity audience (the AAA had held meetings at
that venue for several decades). The audience were entertained with prize cassettes of
performances by founding members such as Pietro Deiro, Sr., Frosini,
Magnante, Biviano, and others. More 60th anniversary celebrations are
scheduled for the AAA Festival in New Orleans from July 8th to 13th.
Contributed by Vladimir Besfamilnov
The 3rd International Accordion Meeting "Sanok '98" was held from March 25th to 29th in Sanok, Poland. The aim of the meeting (supported by the Ministry of Culture and Art in Poland) was the exchange of artistic and pedagogical experiences, as well as the promotion of chamber and solo accordion music.
During the meeting there was a competition of 150 players from six countries: Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Slovakia, and Poland. The competitors were judged by an international jury consisting of Vladimir Besfamilnov, Vladimir Cuchran, Bogdan Dowlasz, Jerzy Jurek, Jerzy Kaszuba, Gerhard Manfred Uhlmann, Lech Puchnowski and Ryszard Swiackievicius.
In addition to the competition and seminars there were concerts by famous performers such as Klaudiusz and Malwina Baran (accordion and cello), Mikolaj Szumski and Vladimir Dorokhin and Kiev Quartet of Bayanists.
Contributed by Angel Luis Castano
On April 26th, Angel Luis Castano will perform at "Ciclo de Conciertos
de Tres Cantos" which is one of a series of concerts held at Salón de
Cultura de Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain at 12pm.
His solo program will include works by Bach, Albeniz, Moussorgsky,
Stravinsky, Piazzolla and Torres and he will also perform duets with
Raquel Ruiz.
PETER SOAVE MAINTAINS BUSY CONCERT SCHEDULE - USA
Contributed by Kevin Friedrich
1984 World Champion accordionist Peter Soave will be resident at the Marseille
Conservatory in France for a week from April 13th, 1998.
While in Marseille, Peter will give a series of concerts, adjudicate their accordion competitions, and give a seminar in St. Leger in the French Alps. This is the third year he has been invited to be the guest clinician.
Peter performed in Naples, Florida on April 2nd in conjunction with
the Three Baritones, featuring the Metropolitan Opera star, Pablo Elvira.
His program included selections by Mozart, Rossini, Bizet, and Piazzolla.
Maintaining a very busy concert schedule in Europe, Peter will be commuting
from his home in Detroit to Europe on a monthly basis for most of 1998.
Please regularly check the Weekly News and Future Events for his concert listings.
Contributed by Christine Adams
New Zealand accordionist Lionel Reekie celebrated his 25th birthday in
style on Friday March 27th. He was doing his regular performance at the Palermo
Restaurant in Auckland, so he invited over 30 accordion friends to celebrate with him.
Diners that evening were treated to a feast of music by Lionel's professional accordionist friends including Maurice Jones, Campbell Bettridge, Tracey Collins and Brenden Healy.
Contributed by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
On Sunday March 29th, the Acco Land duo performed in the Alexander
Technique Centre, Amsterdam. Both accordionists specialise in the
application of the psyco-physical method that increases awareness of the
performance and free movement from relaxation.
They presented works by Luciano Berio, Franco Donatoni, Mario
Pagliarani, Sofia Gubaidulina and their transcription of Bach's
Passacaglia and Stravinsky's Tango.
Contributed by Patricia Bonvin
On Tuesday March 31st, Jean-Louis Noton performed a variety of music
including his own piece "La Dent Blanche" at the Restaurant Paul Blanc,
Thoissey, France. Canadian accordionist Serge Duschene was invited to
perform at this event, which was recorded by the French television station
TLM (Lyon region) and televised on the news on March 31st.
Contributed by Tom Collins
From July 30th to August 2nd, the Five Valley Accordion Association is
sponsoring the 2nd annual Rocky Mountain Accordion Celebration in
Philipsburg, Montana, USA.
Planned events include accordion jam sessions and dances, music and
dancing in the Platzl, concerts in the Philipsburg Opera House, and an
accordion breakfast in the City Park. Featured performers will include
George Syrett (England) and Barry Smith (Spokane).
For further details contact Phillipsburg Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box
662, Philipsburg, MT 59858 or call toll free 888-680-1344
Contributed by Wu Jie
On April 5th at 9:30 am, 500 students from the Chengdu and Sichuan Accordion
Schools will hold a get together in Tianhui Park, located on a small
mountain 20 miles from Chengdu, China.
In addition to a variety of outdoor activities, there will be an
open-air concert in the park centre. "This kind of get together is
beneficial to our children, so, we plan to hold more in the future",
said Li Daorong, a teacher from Chengdu Accordion School.
Contributed by Christine Adams
On Sunday March 29th, the Music Education Centre in Auckland,
New Zealand, held their first performance afternoon for the year. Many
enthusiastic accordionists took this opportunity to perform solos and
duets to an audience of proud parents, friends and relations. In
addition three orchestras performed, North Shore Accordiana (conducted
by Heather Masefield), North Shore Music Makers (conducted by Christine
Adams) and North Shore Juniors (conducted by Kym Chatfield).
Contributed by Wu Jie
The Li-Sheng Accordion Shop is one of the largest accordion outlets in Sichuan.
Next year they plan to produce three new models under their own name.
In addition, they plan to produce tiny miniature accordions as a novelty
product.
Contributed by Tom Collins
A Swiss Spring Festival will be held from April 24th to 25th at
Tillamook Fairgrounds, Tillamook, Oregon, USA from noon to midnight.
The festival will include accordionists such as the Polkatones Band, Sam Pecorilla/Polka
Gems, Sylvia and the Fjordsong Band and musicians jam sessions.
For further information phone: + 1 503-842-7470 or + 1 503-842-9209
Contributed by Elizabeth Jones
The A.S.A. (Accordion Society of Australia) State Championships will be
held on Sunday April 5th from 12-5pm at St George Leagues, Princes
Highway, Rockdale. These competitions include solo and duet classes from
8 years and under through to 17 years and over plus classes for ensembles
and orchestras. There is also an "open section" which is known as the State
Championship. For further information phone June Jones: + 61 2 9718 2609
or e-mail: LIZJONES@bigpond.com.au
Contributed by Johan Kullberg
Johan Kullberg has played both the piano and button accordion in the Gameboy
Hitparade for the last year. In January his group (Johan Kullberg,
Urban Danielsson, Markus Karlsson and Daniel Dahllöf) went to the Royal
Conservatory in Stockholm to record a CD entitled "Frispel" (free game
or extra life) which includes music based on "Game Boy", "Nintendo" and
other computer games. There are four tracks including Gaffaman and
Jubileumspolka.
For further information email: gameboj_hitparade@musician.org
Contributed by Henry Doktorski
Accordionist Henry Doktorski has just finished his first recording
session with the Duquesne University Chamber Ensemble of Gershwin's
compositions, including Rhapsody in Blue.
Henry believes "the Rhapsody has been performed many times with
accordion, but the most amazing performance using accordion instead of
piano was the very first radio broadcast of The Rhapsody in 1924!"
The Rhapsody has become a staple of the accordion repertoire, and it has
inspired other composers to write works for accordion and orchestra.
The CD is scheduled for release on Gershwin's 100th birthday, September
26th, 1998. For further information email: free-reed@trfn.clpgh.org
My uncle is missing, and I need help finding him before my
grandmother dies.
In one of his most recent letters (winter of 1996) from Clinton
Township, MI, my uncle (James E. Arnold) talks about going to
a store that claims to be the "world's largest accordion"
dealer someplace near him. I'm assuming this means the Detroit
area or someplace over the border into Canada. He wrote about
having extensive conversations about restoring his childhood
accordion with the owner of this shop. So I'm hoping that
this owner might be able to help us track down where he went.
On the off chance that you might have seen him, I have included
a photo of my Uncle.
Thanks,
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As someone in the industry, I am hoping that you might know what
store my uncle may likely have visited. If anyone knows of
such a place, or any music dealer that makes such a claim, I would
appreciate a reply to: