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![]() I siti accordions.com, akkordeon.com e accordeon.com hanno avuto 561.190 pagine visualizzate nel mese di dicembre 2012 e 6,7 milioni di pagine nell'anno 2012. AccordionUSA.com notizie ha avuto 125.338 pagine viste nel mese di dicembre 2012 e 1.180.000 pagine nell'anno 2012. Diatonic-News.com ha avuto 48.445 pagine viste del mese di dicembre 2012 e 603.321 pagine viste per l'anno 2012. Vogliamo ringraziare i nostri lettori per il loro supporto del nostro sito web, un servizio completamente gratuito. Il servizio è solo finanziariamente possibile grazie ai nostri lettori e al sostegno finanziario dei nostri inserzionisti molto apprezzati. Pertanto, invito i nostri lettori a considerare in primo luogo i nostri inserzionisti, se dovessero essere alla ricerca dell'acquisto di una fisarmonica nuova, usata, riparazioni, musica, CD, ecc, ecc Il vostro supporto aiuta i nostri inserzionisti e ciò aiuta il nostro sito web gratuito che vogliamo continui a godere di numeri ancora più grandi in futuro. Harley Jones Fondatore Accordions Worldwide |
'La fisarmonica nel 19 ° secolo', da Gorka Hermosa, Santander - Spagnaby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
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![]() Questo libro superbamente ricco di ricerche storico è un libro di riferimento per tutti gli insegnanti e gli studenti di fisarmonica. L'autore Gorka Hermosa desidera che la conoscenza di questo libro si diffonda il più ampiamente possibile, e grazie a lui, è possibile scaricare il libro gratis: 19thcentury. Se qualcuno vuole avere una copia stampata del libro, si prega di inviare un'e-mail l'autore all'indirizzo: gorka@gorkahermosa.com Prossimi eventi e presentazioni del libro: 7 marzo - presentazione del libro 'La fisarmonica nel 19 ° secolo' sul canale Deschamps. 9 Marzo – ‘Accordion solo’ (composizioni di Gorka Hermosa) e membro della giuria, Loznica Accordion Festival, Croazia 12 Marzo – ‘Accordion solo’ (composizioni di Gorka Hermosa), Kulturni Centar GRAD, Belgrado, Serbia 13 Marzo - conerto-presentazione del cortometraggio ‘Oda a la fábrica abandonada’, Kafe Antzokia, Bilbao, Spagna 16 Marzo - Fender Club, ‘Flamenco Etxea Duo’, Getafe, Madrid, Spagna 20 Marzo - membro della giuria del ‘Festival-Montrond Jeunes-talents’, Montrond-les-bains, Francia 22 Marzo - membro della giuria per esaminazioni presso la Laussane University, Svizzera 25 Marzo - Presentazione di ‘La fisarmonica nel 19° secolo', Espacio Kattigara, Santander, Spagna 19 Aprile – ‘Flamenco Etxea Quintet’, Lugaritz, Donostia, Spagna Gorka Hermosa è anche un compositore molto apprezzato qua sopra è possibile trovare il video di una delle sue ultime opere, 'Ka Mate Ka Ora' eseguita dal più volte campione del mondo Grayson Masefield al Festival Montrond nel 2012. L'opera è dedicata a Grayson Masefield e Frederic Deschamps. Questa ed altre opere sono disponibili gratuitamente sul sito web di Gorka Hermosa. Il mondo della fisarmonica saluta questo compositore autore e performer molto generoso e così di talento. |
Diario Date Friedrich Lips - Russia, Germania, Austriaby Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions |
![]() 12 Marzo - concerto con orchestra da camera a Kasan, Russia, suonando 'Aconcagua' di Astor Pizzolla e 'Viva voce' di Efrem Podgaits 16 Marzo - 'All Russian Day of bayan, accordion and harmonica’ a Mosca, eseguirà 'Seven Jewish Songs ' di Michail Bronner 19-23 Marzo - concerto a Irkutsk, Russia, eseguirà 'Viva voce' di Podgaits Efrem e 'Seven Jewish Songs ' di Michail Bronner 27 Marzo - concerto con Piazzolla-Studio a Tambof, Russia 28 Marzo - Saratov, Russia, Podgaits Efrem: 'Concerto Lips per bayan e orchestra sinfonica' 6 Maggio - concerto a Klingenthal, Germania, 'Seven Jewish Songs ' di Michail Bronner 6-12 Maggio - arbitro a Klingenthal 16 Luglio - concerto da solista a Viktring, Austria 15-19 Luglio - laboratorio a Viktring, Austria Per ulteriori informazioni e-mail: herbert@accordion-cd.co.at 25 CD e album Etrack (prezzo a partire da solo 8 Euro) sono disponibili online all'indirizzo: Friedrich Lips |
Prodotta la prima fisarmonica del mondo di Kauri, Ikalinen - Finlandiaby Kevin Friedrich |
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![]() Come parte di un'impresa internazionale tra la Nuova Zelanda e la Finlandia, un artigiano locale in Finlandia ha costruito la prima fisarmonica al mondo a base del pregiato albero originario della Nuova Zelanda 'Kauri'. Questo progetto è stato il sogno di Kevin Friedrich, nato a Dargaville, Nuova Zelanda, (vicino a dove gli alberi giganti di Kauri crescono). Kevin Friedrich è un assiduo frequentatore di Ikaalinen, Finlandia, la sede di una rara scuola di costruzione di fisarmoniche, dove si insegna a dei tirocinanti l'arte del costruire fisarmoniche in stile tradizionale folk finlandese. Questo progetto unisce la tradizione ricca e rara di costruzione di fisarmoniche della Finlandia con il legno mozzafiato della Nuova Zelanda dall'albero Kauri. Sotto le mani del maestro finlandese Aaro Luukinen, il sogno di uno strumento Kauri è ormai una realtà. Tre splendidi strumenti K1, K2 e K3, a cui verrà dato un nome in un secondo momento, sono stati realizzati. Gli strumenti sono stati completati e presentati ufficialmente il 30 Gennaio 2013 a Ikaalinen, Finlandia in una conferenza stampa internazionale, con il debutto previsto per il 24 Marzo 2013 a Dargaville. Per ulteriori informazioni e foto di questi strumenti unici, si prega di visitare il sito: www.accordions.com / kevin / n_kauriaccordion.htm |
Talent show Bambini Mondo della Fisarmonica, Castelfidardo - Italiaby Elke Ahrenholz |
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Uno spettacolo nuovo e sicuro di essere molto divertente per i bambini, sarà in scena a Castelfidardo durante il festival 'Il mondo della fisarmonica' per tutti gli strumenti ad ancia, che si terrà dal 29 Giugno al 7 Luglio 2013. Il Talent show per i bambini si terrà il 6 Luglio - quindi bambini - attenzione - segnatevi questa data! 6 luglio 2013! Per ulteriori informazioni: 'Il mondo della fisarmonica' |
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![]() These 3 regional festivals were all hailed as “great success's”, and are part of the series of NAO qualification festivals for the UK Championships in Liverpool, 26th to 28th April. In Scotland, local organiser Brian Laurie was pleased to welcome contestants from many parts of Scotland. The jury particularly singled out excellent performances from Paul Capaldi (highest mark of the day - 92) and the Brian Laurie Accordion Showband (picture above). In Ireland, the festival was well supported from the Republic of Ireland as well as Northern Ireland and local organiser Clyde Johnston was quoted “to say thanks to all the competitors who made the 16th NI Open Accordion Championships the largest and most successful to date with the standard reaching news high as well.” From Manchester, jury member Ken Farran (NAO Hon. Vice President) was quoted “It is great to see the NAO North West Festival returning to its roots of Manchester – some very good performances, most especially Alexander Bodell (highest mark of the day 95 - picture right).” NAO Chairperson Anna Bodell (picture right) who was in attendance at two of the festivals “was delighted to see the support, friendly atmosphere and enjoyment shown from so many in the accordion fraternity. I thank all those who helped make these three festivals so successful (especially the organisers and their teams) for these excellent festivals provide a great basis for a most successful NAO UK Championships in April!.” Full results of these festivals can be found on the NAO website. |
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Popular Beltango Quintet from Serbia appeared at the Aix Les Bains Festival in France, and this video was released 24 February. Beltango performing La Cumparsita & Milonga de mis Amores at the Le Théâtre - Casino Grand Cercle Aix Les Bains, France. The group consists of Aleksandar Nikolic (bandoneon/accordion), Ivana Nikolic (piano/vocal), Jovan Bogosavljevic (violin), Bogdan Pejic (el.guitar) and Ljubinko Lazic (double bass). Purchase online their CD Pack at: Beltango |
by Harley Jones
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Published on 1st March 2013. Duo MARES performing the world premiere of "Devil's Diary". It is the first composition for Viola, Accordion and Symphony Orchestra. Dedicated and written for Duo Mares in 2008 by Selim Dogru. Duo MARES: Esra Pehlivanli - viola Marko Kassl - accordion Anadolu Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Burak Tüzün It is also available as a CD recording. More information: marko[at]duomares.com |
by Harley Jones
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Published on Feb 17, 2013 is the Accordion Quintet from Beer-Sheva, Israel. Art-director - Valeri Somorov. They are performing Nikolay Kanayev Gipsy Tunes. |
by Dan Grauman
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The beautiful Arizona Golf Resort was the setting for the seventh annual four-day gathering, known as the Mesa Accordion Event (MAE), formerly the Frank Marocco Accordion Event, which brought together 50 accordionists and 30 family members from twelve states, three Canadian Provinces, and Italy. Many of the participants have been to this event multiple times, and twelve have attended every year. This gathering has become more of a “family reunion” than an accordion camp. An orchestra, led by MAE Music Director and renowned bayanist, Stas Venglevski, performed a wonderful concert to an enthusiastic audience of over 350. Solos, a duet, and ensembles were featured, in addition to the orchestral selections. The highlight of the weekend was an evening celebration of the life, music and legacy of the great Frank Marocco, founder of this annual event, which began in 2007. Several of the participants, including Stas Venglevski, former AAA US Virtuoso Champion, Joe Natoli, 2010 AAA US Virtuoso Champion, Gabe Hall-Rodrigues, and jazz accordionist, Amy Jo Sawyer, wrote original compositions or arrangements to honor Frank Marocco’s memory. The 2014 MAE will feature Guest Artist, Joan Cochran Sommers, who will be honored on the occasion of her 80th birthday. You may contact event directors, Dan & Joan Grauman, at mesa.accordion@verizon.net for information about next year’s MAE. 2013 MAE photo collage details: Top left: Quinn & Liam Collins, youngest 2013 MAE orchestra members and 2012 AAA festival multiple trophy winners Top right: (left to right) Gabe Hall-Rodrigues, Amy Jo Sawyer, Frank Petrilli, Joe Natoli, Wes Anderson (drums), Sean Brogan (bass) perform a composition by Amy Jo Upper center: 2013 MAE orchestra Lower center: MAE Music Director, Stas Venglevski, demonstrating bellows shake technique with assistance from Gail Campanella Bottom left: Italian accordion virtuoso, Antonino De Luca, with Frank Petrilli Bottom right: Bruce Lawrie receives award from MAE co-directors, Dan & Joan Grauman, for being staff photographer and sound director for all seven years of the event. |
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Published on Feb 25, 2013, the Dunloy Accordion Band performing Under The Double Eagle at the Northern Ireland Open Accordion Championship's 2013. 1st Place & 1st Place Drum Corp. |
by Rob Howard
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![]() CONCERTINA RESEARCH & RESOURCES - ENGLAND Contributed by Neil Wayne Alistair Anderson is well known for his work in teaching and popularizing the English concertina. He has also played a major role in FolkWorks, the study, performance and teaching center for Folk Music and Folk Arts based in the North East of England. One of Alistair`s concerns has always been the lack of good quality, affordable concertinas. "The potential interest in the instrument is considerable, especially amongst youngsters", he says, "but the lack of affordable and suitable instruments has always held things back”. Now, FolkWorks may shortly be in a position to commission the manufacture and purchase of a substantial number of ‘student grade’ concertinas. These will form part of Folkworks' instrument ‘Bank’. FolkWorks is interested in commissioning a first order of between 50 and 100 instruments. Alistair would like to hear ideas and then begin to move towards a design brief, a guide to potential costs, and then finalize a detailed design and cost per instrument. |
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by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
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![]() Presented by the APO as part of this year’s Auckland Arts Festival, there are three singers, a dancer, a guitarist, allusions to Bizet’s Carmen, and Auckland Town Hall is set up for cabaret seating. The composer describes it not as music or theatre but as “an entertainment,” The APO Composer-in-Residence Jack Body’s tribute to Carmen Rupe celebrates the colourful life and fearless personality of one of New Zealand’s most original icons. This will be a stunning evocation of a life lived theatrically and defiantly, a performance as flamboyant as Carmen herself. Town Hall will turn into a “tea room” to share the music as Carmen’s extraordinary world unfolds. |
by Rob Howard
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Video of festival performer Cyrille Renaut playing 'La Fete Des Mirabelles' courtesy of 'MusetteTV presents to you the very best original French artists and Musette music'. The ‘Les 2 Jours De L’Accordeon’ festival takes place on March 2nd and 3rd at la salle des Belles Fontaines, Combeaufontaine, a town in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Franche-Comté in eastern France. The festival guests include accordionists Cyrille Renaut, Christelle Jeanblanc, Yannick Cattin, Cyril and Virginie Danrey, Charlotte Buch, Myriam Thiebaut, and special guest star Louis Corchia. Also performing will be the Frédéric Buch Orchestra. |
by Rita Davidson Barnea
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![]() The Skype hookup will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 16th with four contestants vying for qualification in the Coupe Mondiale Junior Virtuoso Entertainment category and one in the senior Virtuoso Entertainment category. |
by Rob Howard
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![]() March 2nd, 8.30pm – part of a quartet accompanying Francis Poulenc's one-act opera ‘La Voix Humaine’ at the KunstEnHuis theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands. March 10th, 8pm – same as above, this time an official premiere at De Balie, Amsterdam. March 3rd, 6pm – Musiktheater im Revier, Kennedyplatz, D-45881 Gelsenkirchen, Germany, for the ballet ‘Russ’. March 5th, 8pm – Theater in Bauturm, Cologne, for ‘Fremd ist der Fremde nur in der Fremde’. March 19th, 8pm – Ruhrfestspielhaus, Recklinghausen, for Lola Blau’. March 20th, 8pm - Theater in Bauturm, Cologne, for ‘Fremd ist der Fremde nur in der Fremde’. March 23rd, 24th and April 21st – with Ensemble Tangosphere at RüBühne, Essen, Germany, for a production of ‘Ein Stück Himmel’ (A piece of heaven), featuring music by Astor Piazzolla, Erik Satie, Ulrich Gasser, José Bragato, Rodrigo Ratier, Richard Galliano, Jean Kleeb, and Carlos Gardel. For further information email: info@marko-kassl.de |
by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
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![]() A Mimosa - to all women of this world in memory of the 129 women killed on the 8th of March 1908 in New York, USA. Background information: The mimosa (technically, the Silver Wattle) is the symbol of the celebrations of Women's Day in Italy and Russia. |
by Rob Howard
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![]() March 2nd, 7.30pm - ‘In Accord’, Harriet Mackenzie & Milos Milivojevic, Town & Country Concerts, Little Casterton, Stamford, Lincolnshire. March 4th, 1pm - Kosmos Ensemble, Central Hall, St Thomas’ Hospital, Waterloo, Westminster March 6th, 10.30am – ‘Bach to Baby’ Concert Series, Solo Recital, St. Mary Magdalen Church, 193 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3UW March 7th, 12.45pm - Westbourne Music Society, Glasgow, Scotland March 11th, 1-2pm - St Clement Dane’s Church, Strand, London WC2R 1DH. Donations for the Friends of Fukushima. Programme to include Japanese folksongs. March 12th, 10.30m – ‘Bach to Baby’ Concert Series, Solo Recital, Hampstead Parish Church, Church Row, NW3 6UU, Hampstead Village Kosmos on tour in Scotland, March 13th to 17th March 13th, 7.30pm - Newtonmore, Scotland March 14th, 1pm - At One with Music, Inverness Town House, Scotland March 14th, 7.30pm - New Deer Public Hall, Church Crescent, New Deer AB53 6WD. Price £10 Box Office: Chemist and Food for Thought, New Deer, 01771 644217/644366 March 15th 7.30pm - Melrose Music Society, Melrose Parish Church, Melrose Music Society, Scottish Borders March 16th, 7.30pm - 42-43 Royal Park Terrace, Edinburgh EH8 8JA; tel: 0131 467 7028 March 17th, 7.30pm - Dunfermline Arts Guild, Scotland March 21st, 2-5pm - Workshop with composition students at the Royal Holloway, University of London March 22nd, 10.30am – ‘Bach to Baby’ Concert Series, Solo Recital, St. Alfege Church, Greenwich, London SE10 9BJ March 27th - Kosmos Ensemble, Friends of Walton Hall Music, Walton Hall, Walton Lea Road, Higher Walton, Warrington WA4 6SN For further information email: milosmusic@hotmail.com |
by Rob Howard
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Accordionist Beto Caetano entertains at the restaurant Vitrine Gaucha, Rua Frederico Mentz, 1561 Porte Alegra, on March 15th, 9pm. For further information email: vitrinegaucha@vitrinegaucha.com.br |
by Rob Howard
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Mazaika are Sarah Harrison (England) – violin, vocal, domra (Russian mandolin) and Igor Outkine (Russia) - vocals, midi accordion. Their music encompasses Russian folk, Gypsy and Pop, Russian and Argentine Tango, Balkan, Hot Club Jazz, French chanson, Italian, Latin and International Pop. For further information email: igor.outkine@yahoo.com |
by Rob Howard
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![]() Norwegian accordionists Oivind Farmen and Lars Karlsson, who occasionally perform as a duo, team up for some concerts in Austria midway through March. Oivind Farmen, a classically trained musician, and diatonic folk music specialist Lars Karlsson, are an unlikely but popular pairing, with several recordings of Scandinavian traditional music to their credit. March 15th – Neunkirchen March 16th - St Georgen March 17th - Graz March 19th – Vienna Accordion Festival For further information email: farmen@farmen.net |
by Rob Howard
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The ‘Accordion Babes’ are out on tour with their revue. Their leader, Renne de la Prade writes, “I'm taking six accordion babes on the road with me from Los Angeles to Vancouver. Since one of those Accordion Babes is my W&W band-mate Joan Wilson Rueter, we get to showcase our whiskey stomp-sound in the ‘Accordion Babes Revue’ on this nine show West Coast Tour. The ‘Accordion Babes Revue’ is a dream I've had ever since I published the Accordion Babes Album & Pin-Up Calendar five years ago. The show takes advantage of the fact that most accordion players also sing and play other instruments. It's not just a consecutive night of solo acts, we are learning each others' material, and putting new song arrangements together so that we are a real band with six different woman leaders. We're bringing the extremely groovy Aharon Wheels Bolsta to play drums and percussion for the group. I'll be the band's guitar player when I'm not playing accordion. Joan will play fiddle, lucky us! There will also be a trombone, a glockenspiel, and a host of percussion and voices”. March 16th, 8pm - Whiskey and Women with guest-drummer Leslie Jackson will play a St. Patrick's-themed show at the Berkeley Yacht Club, CA. March 21st, 9pm - El Rio, 3158 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, with an appearance by Big Lou the Accordion Princess. March 22nd - with Ketchup Soup and the Petting Pantry Burlesque Troupe, Fais Do Do, Los Angeles, CA. March 23rd, 8pm - Fresno Folklore Society, Frank's Place, Warnor's Center, Fresno, CA March 24th, 5.30pm - Duffy's Tavern, Chico, CA. March 27th, 4pm-7pm - venue TBA, Vashon Island, WA. This will be an informal Bar-B-Que show in the home town of Accordion Babe Luz Gaxiola, and it will be all-ages. March 28th, 8pm - with special guest Jason Webley, of Monsters of Accordion shows fame, Columbia City Theater, Seattle, WA. March 29th, 9pm - with Something About Reptiles and special guest Jack Garton, who is the accordion-and-trumpet playing lead man of Maria in the Shower; venue is the Ukrainian Cultural Centre, Vancouver, Canada. March 30th, 8pm - Troubadour Music Center, Corvallis March 31st, 8.30 to 10.30pm - with the Wanderlust Circus, opening for Sinferno Burlesque, Dante's, Portland, OR. For further information email: squeezeboxgoddess@gmail.com |
by Rob Howard
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![]() ![]() There will be exhibitions and demonstrations of Scandalli, Petromaestro, Moreschi, Paolo Soprani, E. Soprani accordions, and there will also be used accordions on display. For further information email: mogerp@freemail.hu |
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by Mingyuan Ruan
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![]() 'Chinese Accordion Great Performance', catalog: CAGP400 with sound samples. Music performed by Mingyuan Ruan. Purchase online |
by Gary Dahl
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![]() Cat No: DH01 Collection #1 Latin Spectacular - 10 titles, Besame Mucho, Amapola, Tico Tico, Brazil, Beyond the Sea, El Cumbanchero, Adios Muchachos, Spanish Eyes, A Day in the Life of a Fool, Amour, over 26 pages of high quality arrangements for only US$24.95 or Euro equivalent. |
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