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News from 31st January 1997 |
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Editors note: Thanks again to everyone who sent in news. The Accordions Worldwide site is beginning to get a lot of publicity and our pages are expanding at an alarming rate. We have now opened the Accordion Yellow Pages listings for Employment, for those either wanting to employ someone or someone wanting a job in the accordion industry. We also feature the Accordion Yellow Pages listing of Restaurants where the accordion is played on a regular basis. Please use the submit forms (you can get to them by going to the specific page) to let us know of any that can be added to the listings of these on the Accordion Yellow Pages. Thanks again, Wayne Knights, Editor
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BIG NAMES AND GREAT TALENTS PLAY ACCORDION Contributed by Faithe Deffner, President of the American Accordionists' Association
The accordion currently is played by a host of celebrities. Among them are:
Aren't you proud to be playing the hottest instrument around - the unique and exciting accordion!
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NEWS FROM THE CONFEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES ACCORDEONISTES:
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TEST PIECE CHOSEN FOR THE COUPE MONDIALE
Contributed by Kimmo Mattila The Test Piece for the International Coupe Mondiale 1997 - accordion competition is now available: |
| Title: | "The Flight Beyond The Time" (duration 5 minutes) |
| Composer: | Petri Makkonen (Finnish composer and accordionist, born 1967) |
| Publisher: | The Finnish Accordion Institute |
| Address: | Soitinkeskus Akordia, FIN-39500 IKAALINEN, Finland |
| email: | minori@sci.fi |
| Fax: | +358 3-4589071 |
| The music is available from Walter Maurer, the General Secretary of the Confederation International des Accordeonistes. Postal address is Dietrichgasse 51/19, A-1030 Vienna, Austria. Fax +43 1-7120960. |
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WINTER MEETING OF THE CONFEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES ACCORDEONISTES Contributed by Martin Frey The CIA winter-meeting will be held Sunday 23rd February to Monday 24th February 1997, in London at The Royal Academy. All sessions will begin with a concert. The first session is on 23rd February at 8.00pm, the second session on 24th February at 9.00am. If necessary a third session will be held later on the 24th, at 2.00pm. Among the discussions will be the program outline of the 1997 Coupe Mondiale (see next news article). The place to stay is: The Tavistock Hotel, Russell Square, London, WC1R 5BB. The rate is £51 per day, including breakfast. Please fax your interest of participation to the CIA Secretary, Prof. Walter Maurer +43 1-712 0960, and your arrival and departure date to NAO board member Mr. John Tilt (NAO PR Manager): +44 1252-852000. He will inform the hotel about these dates.
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COUPE MONDIALE JOINS FORCES ON ANNIVERSARY COMPETITION YEAR Contributed by Martin Frey On the occasion of the 50th Jubilee of the CONFEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES ACCORDEONISTES (C.I.A.) this year the Coupe Mondiale is being at the same time as the "Accordion International" Competition in Reinach AG, Switzerland. Both will be under the direction of Peter Frey. For organisational reasons, candidates can take part in only one of these two competitions. A few organisational details: Accompanying persons need to each submit an entry form with personal data and hotel accommodation information. People arriving by plane will be picked up at the Zurich airport and people arriving by train and the bus will be picked up at the Zurich train station. After arrival and registration (at the Info-Stand in Reinach AG), competitors will be accompanied to their accommodation or to the contest locations.
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YEAR OF THE ACCORDION FOLLOWED BY LAUNCH A STAR Contributed by Faithe Deffner, President of the American Accordionists' Association The PR program which resulted from the Accordion Summit Meeting in Houston, Texas culminated with the very successful, year-long celebration of "1996 the Year of the Accordion". This program will be followed by a two-year project titled "Launch an Accordion Star". An exhaustive search will be undertaken by the accordion community to find an accordionist with the razzle dazzle star quality suitable for popular promotion. Video tapes will be used to screen the entries and three finalists will perform at a major metropolitan concert hall, where they will be judged by musicians and celebrities on basis of their star quality and professionalism as entertainers. The winner's career will then be propelled by a CD, a colour brochure and a professional booking agent, in an orchestrated effort to Launch an Accordion Star.
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ACCORDION CONCERT IN SARATOV, RUSSIA Contributed by Peter Muzyka and Tatiana Lanchtchikova Alexandr Akhtirchenko is preparing a new programme for a concert in the Saratov Conservatory, Saratov, Russia at the end of February (dates and times to be confirmed). As well as being an accordion performer, Alexandr Akhtirchenko is a talented composer of music for solo accordion and ensemble. He graduated at the Saratov Conservatory of Music and was a champion of the several Russian Accordion competitions. Nowadays, Alexander is a soloist in the Russian Folk Instruments Ensemble "Souvenir", which won first place at the International Accordion Competition for Orchestras and Ensembles, Austria, 1988. Alexander Akhtirchenko, will play his own compositions and included among the other various artists that will also perform are accordion ensembles and orchestras.
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GURTWEIL ACCORDION ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT Contributed by Martin Frey The Gurtweil Accordion Orchestra gave an end of year concert at the end of 1996, at the Gurtweiler Town Hall. The orchestra plays both entertainment and classical music under the conductor Roland Schaaf. There was a good mood in the audience. Even when I arrived very late, I was welcomed from committee member Uli Ebner and given an ovation from the audience. In the first half of the concert the orchestra performed the highlight "Air and Hornpipe", from the Water Music by Handel and played himself into the hearts of the audience. The second half was the presentation of Rock, Pop and Jazz music. From "Fantasy Suite in five parts" to the song "Back for Good" and the top ten piece "Lemon Tree", the audience was getting more enthusiastic. The audience was blown away by the song "Killing me Softly". Everyone is now looking forward to the next concert in Gurtweil by the Gurtweil Accordion Orchestra.
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AUSTRALIAN ACCORDIONIST ON UPCOMING SEA CRUISE Contributed by Harley Jones Australian accordionist John McDonald has just been confirmed as a star attraction on the Cruise Liner "Sea Princess" on its upcoming tour of New Zealand, travelling to places such as Chistchurch, Auckland, Tauranga, the Bay of Islands, and Dunedin. John McDonald has performed on many cruises in the past and is well known throughout Australasia for his Scottish accordion music, played on acoustic and MIDI accordions. He has released around forty recordings, the most recent being "The Best of John McDonald"
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ACCORDIONS TOUTED IN NEW YORK MAGAZINE Contributed by Faithe Deffner, President of the American Accordionists' Association Journalist Katharina Sand hailed the accordion's ever growing popularity in her recent New York Magazine article: "Last year, Jay Leno (the popular night time TV talk show host) tried to make Linda Evangelista (the high-style fashion model) look uncool by having her play the accordion on the Tonight Show (a top-rated nightly TV broadcast). He may have been behind the curve. Lately, the little-loved instrument has been popping up in surprising places. Lili Taylor is a professional accordion player. Sheryl Crow now straps one on in concert. 'She took it up easily because she played the piano,' says Crow's agent. 'She decided the accordion was much sexier as an instrument though.'
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APRIL COMPETITIONS AND CONCERTS IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE Contributed by Vladimir Besfamilnov and and Tania Lukic-Marx From the 10th to the 20th April an international accordion competition "North Coupe" will be held in Cherepovec, Russia. There are three sections of the competition. For more detailed information, phone +7 82022-76783, or write to: Ul Stalevarov,d.34 Cherepovec, 162627 Russia On 17th April a concert will take place at the Kiev State Conservatory in Kiev, Ukraine. The main performers will be the Bayan Quartet of the Kiev State Conservatory. They are: Grinchenko, Tihoncuk, Odincov, Samofalov. From 11th to 23rd April, Moris Bruno of France, will perform a concert tour in Kiev and other cities in Ukraine. Moris Bruno is a student of famous French accordionist Frederic Guerouet. Further details will follow.
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ACCORDION CENTENNIAL IN THE UNITED STATES Contributed by Faithe Deffner, President of the American Accordionists' Association On June 21st 1949, the American Accordionists' Association and the Accordion Teachers Guild joined forces at the Hotel Edison in New York City where they held an exciting commemorative dinner in celebration of the 50th Year of the Accordion in the United States. It's time to start planning for the big bash of 1999, when the accordion will celebrate its 100th birthday as a member of the music community in the United States. During this century of achievement, the accordion distinguished itself time and again as an array of original music was written for it, it was accepted for major study in universities and colleges throughout the land, and it made a significant contribution to a variety of native music forms such as jazz, blues, country-western and others.
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MARLENE ADAM PERFORMS IN STÜHLINGEN, GERMANY Contributed by Martin Frey In the last weeks, Marlene Adam has been performing her solo programme, where she played Sonatas from Scarlatti and music from Wienjiavsky and J.S. Bach. In Stühlingen and Waldshut she played wonderful concerts, with sensitivity and feeling. These concerts were very successful, with the audience giving her standing ovations both times. Marlene Adam began playing the accordion at eight years of age. At sixteen, her orchestra sent her to a conductors course Wehr (Germany). After she finished her high school examinations, she began studying at the Hohner Conservatory in Trossingen. After her study, Marlene Adam took over the Stühlingen Accordion Orchestra in Germany, 1987. Since this time she has performed as a soloist and is teaching the accordion in public music schools and has more than 80 students! Since 1992 she has played with Martin Frey (Switzerland) in a accordion duet. They have been performing successful concerts, playing Folkmusic, songs, Jazz Tangos and Concert Music from Russia, Hungary, Spain and New Zealand. |
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FIVE VALLEY ACCORDION ASSOCIATION Contributed by Tom Collins The annual general meeting and dinner of the Five Valley Accordion Association was recently held at the American Legion Hall in Missoula, Montana, 26th January 1997. Candidates for the new year included President Dale Pahrman, Vice-President Mike Belitz, Secretary Skip Kock and Treasurer Anna Paddock. The business meeting starts at 1.00pm followed by an accordion jam at 2.00pm, with dinner being served at 5.30pm.
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ART WINTER CAMP IN THE "QING-HUA" UNIVERSITY Contributed by Wu Jie From 25th to 27th January, the first Art Winter Camp was held in "Qing-Hua" University, Beijing which is one of the oldest universities in China. About 300 students who came from different provinces of China participated, many of them being accordion students. On the 27th at 10:00am more than 100 students participated in the "Musical Instrument Competition" of the Art Winter Camp. The winner was a sixteen year old accordion student Luo Linla. She played the traditional Chinese piece "Defending Our Yellow River", with her performance being well received by the juries and other students.
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Contributed by Tom Collins Talk about action! Al Monti and Dionne (from Ziggie's Accordions) got together recently and decided to start the Arizona Accordion Association. After only a few phone calls (no letters or advertisements) 12 people came to the first meeting. Within a few days, things were rolling as they had contacted more than 300 accordionists and their association-related activities have been well covered by the news media. For more information about this new association call +1 602-6229622
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MOONLIGHTERS COMBO RETURNS TRIUMPHANT - HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA Contributed by Tom Collins "Moonlighters Combo" recently returned to their home town of Huntsville, Alabama after tying for 1st place in the Lawrence Welk Resort Center's annual polka festival in Branson, Missouri. They tied with the Jody Mikula Orchestra from Houston, Texas. The group appeared on stage with Myron Floren and the Mikula Orchestra in the Champagne Theatre for the Sunday night show.
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AN ACCORDION CONCERT IN NANJING NORMAL COLLEGE Contributed by Wu Jie On Tuesday 25th March at 7.30pm, an accordion concert will be held in an auditorium at the Nanjing Normal College. The performers are ten accordion students who study the accordion in the Music Department there, where their accordion teacher is Mr Guan Keya. Highlights of their programmes are as follows: The Fairy Maiden Spreading Flowers(solo), A Hundred Birds Singing to the Phoenix (solo), A Lyric Song about Red Leaves (duet), Caprice (Mendelssohn, solo), The Belltower (Paganini, solo)
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