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Correct technique is a most important aspect of accordion playing, and I believe it should be taught from the first lesson. To try and develop good habits in young accordion students, I believe you have to make it fun. Firstly, I don't call it technique - I call it a warm-up, just like stretching before exercise. One of the more fun games I play with them is to balance a coin on their hand, between their thumb and forefinger and ask them to play a warm-up exercise of some kind. If they can do it, they get to keep the coin. Warning: use a small value coin, because it's amazing how good they can get when money is involved!
Wayne Knights
Contributed by Guy Klucevsek
The group "Accordion Tribe," has released a new CD featuring Guy
Klucevsek (U.S.A.), Maria Kalaniemi (Finland), Lars Hollmer (Sweden),
Otto Lechner (Austria) and Bratko Bibic (Slovenia). The CD is compiled from live
recordings made during their 1996 tour to Europe, and has climbed to number 6 on the
World Music Charts in Europe.
Another new CD release is "Altered Landscapes" which features accordionist Guy
Klucevsek performing compositions by himself, Henry Cowell, Alan Hovhaness, Alvin
Lucier, plus Klucevsek's arrangements of music by John Cage, Burt Bacharach, Charlie
Haden and Amy Denio.
Contributed by Kevin Friedrich
Mika Vayrynen has been invited to perform in Tokyo, Japan in May 1999, at a
concert series that has recently featured Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gidon Kremer,
Sviatoslav Richter, and Yo-Yo Ma.
Later this year Mika will give two world premier performances of new works
by Jouni Kaipainen and Matti Murto. He will be appearing with guitarist
Marko Kampman and will also perform 'Concerto' and 'Tres Tangos' by
Astor Piazzolla with symphony orchestras.
Contributed by Esteban Algora
On May 8th the "Dúo Contraste" which consists of Esteban Algora
(accordion) and Avelina Vidal (guitar) performed a 1½-hour concert at
the Valladolid University in Spain to an audience of over 120. The
event was organised by the Valladolid Accordion Association. The duo play
original music, specialising in Spanish compositions such as "Dhatar" (J. M.
Sanchez-Verdú), "Paso a dos" (A. Santos) and pieces dedicated to the duo such
as "Villa Luro" (T. Gubitsch) and "Mobile 86" (P. Busseuil).
Esteban Algora is an accordion teacher at the Professional Conservatory
of Music in Blarcelona, Spain. The next Duo Contraste performance will be on June 13th
at the Contemporary Art Centre of Spain where they will perform "Tempre
Op. 99" for accordion and guitar by Czech composer Jan Truhlár. For further
information email: h194766503@abonados.cplus.es
Contributed by Lycée Geoffroy
The "Senza Tempo" Accordion Orchestra (Reunion Island, France) comprises of 50
musicians (most of whom are under 16 years old) including 27 accordionists. They have
performed over 200 concerts and six tours abroad in Mauritius, Australia, France and South
Africa. They play popular music, jazz, traditional songs and classical works.
They have recently returned from their third successful tour of South Africa where they gave
seven concerts in schools and concert halls in Vereeniging and Meyerton in the Southern part of Gauteng, to over 5,000 people. In some schools, Senza Tempo was the first orchestra to appear for over 50 years and they received an enthusiastic welcome. At the end of this tour, a certificate
of proficiency and merit was awarded to the orchestra.
Contributed by Wu Jie
Accordionist Ms Deng Liping is planning accordion classes in her
"Li-Ping" Art Kindergarten in Mianyang, Sichuan Province. It is
estimated that over 100 children will study in her kindergarten, the first
"art" kindergarten in Mianyang.
Contributed by Kevin L. Friedrich
Robert Davine and his Da Vinci Quartet have received critical acclaim from
the press since their inception in 1980. Davine, who heads the accordion program
at the University of Denver has a long list of credits to his name, including performances
with the Denver Symphony Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony and the Mantovani
Orchestra of London.
Contributed by Javier Otero
On February 7th the Accordion Chamber Orchestra of Barcelona performed a
concert in the Santa Eulalia Provenzana Church in Barcelona. Their program consisted
mainly of classical pieces such as The Blue Danube (Strauss), Hungarian Dance No 4
(Brahms) and Pavane for a Dead Prince (Ravel).
Contributed by Toru Katou
From May 3rd to 5th, the annual "Hiroshima Flower Festival" was held in
Hiroshima. An accordionist accompanied the dance team "Les Sortileges"
(Canada) as they performed traditional dances.
On May 4th, a TV program "Super Televi" (Nihon-TV) broadcast a performance
by accordionist Daikichi Hirakawa who played in remembrance of Jirou (a famous
"homeless cat"). Hirakawa wanders from pub to pub in Shinjuku "Golden-gai",
performing popular pieces.
Contributed by Sally Stone
The City Music Center at Duquesne University is pleased to announce the addition
of accordion instruction to their curriculum. The course will be taught by faculty member
Henry Doktorski, who is well known in accordion circles. He has a BA in piano performance
and music education from Park College and a MMus in composition from Duquesne University. Henry Doktorski has also recorded CD's and performed with symphony orchestras. For further information email: stone@duq2.cc.duq.edu
Contributed by Christine Adams
An accordion concert in honour of Mothers Day was held at the Browns Bay Organ Club on May 10th. Performers were the North Shore Junior and Music Makers Orchestras who played a variety of popular pieces. Guest performer Tracey Collins (Air New Zealand Accordion Orchestra member) played a variety of light classical and French pieces to an enthusiastic audience of over 80 club members.
Contributed by Serge Latychev
Netherlands accordion orchestra "Alphen opus 2" is preparing for a trip to the International Sata Häme Accordion Festival in Ikaalinen, Finland. The orchestra was formed 3 years ago and has already had a successful concert tour to Moscow. Their repertoire consists of works by Netherlands composers, many of which were written especially for orchestra, such as "Boardwalk" by Ad Wammes and "Heksencapriolen" by Lorre Lynn Trytten. They also play Russian classical music and popular tunes by Ellington, Mancini, and Piazzolla.
The group are currently working on a CD which is due to be released in June. Their aim is to promote Dutch contemporary accordion music. For further information email Sergy Latychev: jarmarka@wxs.nl
Contributed by Toby Koosman
The Noel Hill Concertina School is holding workshops from September 13th
to 18th at Bucksteep Manor, Washington, Massachussets. The school offers instruction
for players at all levels in a scenic environment conducted by Ireland's
Noel Hill, a highly regarded master of the Irish style. Attention will
be given to each individual's development and the workshops will cover
practise techniques.
For further information email: tkoosman@utk.edu
On May 21st an accordion festival will be held in Wiesmoor, Ostfriesland
organised by the "Freundeskreis der Harmonikaspieler" with an accordion conference on May
22nd. The conference will cover "Introduction of Player Technique" for
beginners and advanced players.
For further information fax: +49 4947-1725
Contributed by Vladimir Ushakov
The new accordion model at a meeting of accordionists from St. Petersburg, was recommended for manufacture as an experimental research model. For further information contact Alexander Spivakovsky: +7 812-5253692
Submitted by Reuters News Service
The accordion is back and could be coming to a club, theatre, cinema or
even a serious arts festival near you. Guy Klucevsek was in Australia recently
to celebrate an event marking the accordion's return - the 1998 Adelaide
Festival, Australia's premier arts event, which declared the accordion "the hippest
instrument in the world".
"The accordion is part of pop culture again," Klucevsek said, cataloguing its new life on cinema soundtracks, in theatre productions, and with pop artists including Paul Simon.
Contributed by Christine Adams
On May 11th the Finnish Folk Group "Troka" performed a live concert on
Radio WFMU, New York, hosted by Irene Trudell. Troka is a quintet consisting
of Minna Louma (accordion), Timo Alakotila (harmonium), violins and bass.
Contributed by Danielle Pauly
Danielle Pauly's new CD "Accord'Tonic" has just been released. The French "Accordéon Magazine" included a review that says "This CD is a happy mix of stylistic compositions from the specialists of swing accordion (Viseur, Baselli, Privat) and compositions co-written with Daniel
Colin. The recording has musical colour which proves that Danielle Pauly is taking note of the regeneration of the accordion. The fine quality arrangements are interpreted with great
sensitivity. From the first notes of "Casse-Tête", a title borrowed from Yves Montand, the listener knows that they are discovering a good recording".
The CD includes musicians Pascal Baselli (drums), Frédéric Constant (guitar), Frédéric Mathet (bass) and Daniel Colin (bandoneon and piano). For further details email:
christine-et-danielle.pauly@wanadoo.fr
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Their next concert will be held by the Youth Orchestra of the Accordion
Chamber Orchestra of Barcelona on May 17th at 6 pm at the Recreation Center
of Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona to celebrate the spring festival.
The orchestra will play works by Turina (Sacromonte), Malats (Spanish
Serenade), Guridi (Amorosa), Scott Joplin (Cleopha), Charpentier (Te Deum).
Alexander Spivakovsky (Associate Professor at the St. Petersburg Electro Technical University, candidate of technical sciences and accordion enthusiast) has created a new model of accordion with a synthesiser. This idea was realised by attaching a simple model of synthesiser to an accordion. In this way, Alexander was able to use the rhythms of the synthesiser while playing on the accordion keyboard. Nowadays, there are many models of electronic accordions in the world, but this model is different because of its simplicity.
