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Daily Reports, Shanghai National Accordion Competition - ChinaSpring Festival in Castelfidado - Italia
46° Competizione Internazionale di Fisarmonica – Klingenthal, Germania
“Festival Crociera di Fisarmonica” - Italia, Grecia, Croazia
Il nuovo CD di Dylan presenta la fisarmonica – USA
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
NAO 2009 UK Championships and Festival - UKFriedrich Lips and his Piazzolla-Studio, Salzburg - AustriaDr. William Schimmel’s Busy Month, New York – USA
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‘Nuevo Mundo’ Duet Concert, Cordoba - ColombiaTejano Conjunto Festival, Texas – USAGator By The Bay Festival, California – USAWorld Accordion Day Events, Stockport – UK‘2 Nights at the Casino’, Figueira da Foz - Portugal‘Seili Sounds’ Accordion Summer Course, Seili – FinlandMECA Accordion Band in Concert, Texas – USAStolen AccordionWorld Accordion Day Events in Salzburg - Austria
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Spring Festival in Castelfidado - Italiaby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
 Entra nel vivo l’edizione Spring del Festival Internazionale della fisarmonica di Castelfidardo. Dal 14 al 16 maggio 2009 la tangheria invaderà Piazza della Repubblica.Si comincia ad altissimo livello con il candidato ai Grammy latini Renato Borghetti. Insieme alla sua big band animerà la serata del 14, accompagnato dall’esibizione di ballerini professionisti. Il 15 e il 16 la piazza esploderà di musica e corsi di tango. Insegnanti internazionali a disposizione di tutti su una pedana posizionata al centro della piazza, e tanta musica in collaborazione con le aziende del settore. La tangheria si riempirà di sapori e colori con le degustazioni al banco (a base di prodotti locali e di stagione) e uno stand proporrà la gadgettistica ufficiale del Festival. In più una sana conferenza sulla Tangoterapia e Master d’Eccellenza tenuti da artisti di fama internazionale nella sala Ex-cinema e nell’auditorium della Civica Scuola di Musica Paolo Soprani. Per i più giovani verrà realizzata un’area dedicata ai videogiochi con maxischermo dove sarà possibile giocare con i nuovissimi games musicali a tema. Per i più piccoli ecco i clinics di introduzione alla fisarmonica a cura del M° Christian Riganelli. Tutto ovviamente condito da fiori e luci a tema: impossibile mancare. GIOVEDÍ 14 MAGGIO 21,00 – 22,30 RENATO BORGHETTI quartet Renato Borghetti, fisarmonica diatonica Pedro Figueiredo, sax, flauto Daniel Sá, chitarra semiacustica Vitor Peixoto, piano Esibizioni dei ballerini professionisti: Alessandro Esposto e Sara Porfiri ed il loro staff VENERDÍ 15 MAGGIO 17,00 – 18,30 DANIELE DI BONAVENTURA in concerto Bandoneon Solo Esibizioni dei ballerini professionisti: Alessandro Esposto e Sara Porfiri ed il loro staff 21,00 – 22,30 I TÀNGHERI in concerto Giuseppe Delre, voce Vince Abbracciante, fisarmonica Antonio Di Lorenzo, batteria Davide Penta, contrabbasso Esibizioni dei ballerini professionisti: Alessandro Esposto e Sara Porfiri ed il loro staff SABATO 16 MAGGIO 17,00 – 18,30 LUCA COLANTONIO E MATTIA MENNA in concerto Luca Colantonio, fisarmonica Mattia Menna, pianoforte Esibizioni dei ballerini professionisti: Alessandro Esposto e Sara Porfiri ed il loro staff 21,00 – 22,30 TRIO PORTEÑO in concerto Emiliano Giaccaglia, pianoforte Christian Riganelli, fisarmonica Paola Lorenzi, voce Esibizioni dei ballerini professionisti: Alessandro Esposto e Sara Porfiri ed il loro staff |
46° Competizione Internazionale di Fisarmonica – Klingenthal, Germaniaby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
 È maggio e quindi tempo per la Competizione Internazionale di Fisarmonica a Klingenthal. Questo evento di livello internazionale si terrà per la 46esima volta, e dall'8 al 14 maggio Klingenthal ospiterà concorrenti provenienti da ogni parte del mondo. Attualmente, ci sono 98 applicativi per i partecipanti provenienti da 24 paesi, di cui la maggio parte dalla Serbia, Russia e Francia. Fatto molto interessante è che ci sono registrazioni in tutte le categorie (eccetto il Bandoneon) incluso anche le iscrizioni dalla Germania – con quattro registrazioni dallo Stato libero della Sassonia. Nella seconda categoria, c'è anche un giovane fisarmonicista solista locale: Marie-Luise Kuhnert, da Zwota. Lei studia al Conservatorio Robert Schumann a Zwickau. Concorrenti e visitatori avranno anche l'opportunità di incontrarsi con gli artigiani locali di fisarmonica nell'area mercato. Tutte le competizioni sono aperte al pubblico. In aggiunta, ogni anno l'Incontro Annuale Genrale degli Amici delle Competizioni Internazionali di Fisarmonica a Klighental si terrà con i membri inclusi i solisti famosi, educatori di musica e compositori provenienti da ogni parte del mondo. Per ulteriori informazioni sul programma consulta il sito del concorso Klingenthal |
“Festival Crociera di Fisarmonica” - Italia, Grecia, Croaziaby Rob Howard |
 Un “Festival Crociera di Fisarmonica”, a bordo della nave di linea Costa Victoria, si terrà dal 17 al 24 aprile 2010, salpando da Venezia (Italia) e visitando Ancona (Italia), Santorini (Grecia), Mykonos (Grecia), Atene/Pireo (Grecia), Corfu (Grecia), Dubrovnik (Croazia) per poi fare ritorno a Venezia. L'organizzatore è Donato di Tullio.I fisarmonicisti ospiti sono Giancarlo Caporilli (Italia), Romano Viazzani (Regno Unito) e Gennaro Ruffolo (Italia). Il festival galleggiante include concerti ogni giorno, una competizione di fisarmonica, un Master Class di fisarmonica diretto da Romano Viazzani, una mostra mercato che comprende presentazioni di prodotti della MusicTech, Fisart & Vignoni Accordions e Beltrami Accordions, etc. Per maggiori informazioni email: redazione@accordionplanet.net |
Il nuovo CD di Dylan presenta la fisarmonica – USAby Rob Howard |
 Il nuovo CD di Bob Dylan “Together Through Life” (“Insieme attraverso la vita”) ha come protagonista David Hidalgo alla fisarmonica, celebrità dei Los Lobos. Il 33° album da studio di Dylan è una collezione di blues e canzoni basate sul folk, caratterizzato da uno sciolto stile swing e da una prominente fisarmonica. La fisarmonica diatonica di David Hidalgo da l’impronta Tex Mex a questa nuova collezione di canzoni di Dylan. Una delle recensioni sottolinea che il nuovo CD di Dylan è “...uno degli album più piacevoli che noi possiamo ascoltare tutto l'anno”. |
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
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  For the second consecutive year the famous seaside town of Blackpool played host to the NAO UK Accordion Championships and Festival. The festival attracted over 400 entries ranging from aged sections as young as 7 years old to Art Level Orchestras. The weekend commenced with Roland UK V Competition held for the first time in conjunction with the NAO, attracting 7 entries in the Senior Category and 9 in the Juniors. The winner of the Senior Category was Archie Main from Scotland who will go on the International Roland V final to be held in Rome, Italy in November, and the Junior Category winner was Leah Langton, both of whom went on to win UK titles in the following 2 days of competition. Also for the first time the NAO held a Composers’ competition with the winning compositions from Matina Schwartz, Steve Hughes and Ian McColl. A wonderful array of talent was heard over the 3 days, highlights include 17 year old 3 time Solo winner Gary Blair (17 & Under, Senior Scottish and Senior Polka), Julie Langton (Virtuoso, Virtuoso Variety Senior and International), Alexander Bodell (Junior Virtuoso Variety, 11 & Under Solo and Musette 11 Under) and Senior Recital winner Samuel Davis. Winning orchestra came under the batons of Brian Laurie, Graham Laurie, Elaine Beecham and Clyde Johnston. The event organized, under the helm of Raymond Bodell and the NAO team also featured the traditional Trade display, this time in the Metropole hotel throughout the weekend. No UK championship would have been complete without the Celidh with Gary Blair and his band, a wonderful evening was had by all. Full competition results are available on the NAO website. |
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 Friedrich Lips - bayan, Vladislav Igolinsky - violin, Kirill Rodin – violoncello, and Svjatoslav Lips – piano, have had a very active concert season. In March they had a very successful tour in Austria including concerts at the Viennese accordion festival, Gleisdorf, Salzburg (photo in front of Mozart’s birth place), Bad Leonfelden and Lavamünd. Last week they have been performing in Lipezk, Russia. These are musicians of the very highest order. The technical proficiency in every piece is impeccable! Their dynamics are far-reaching; each instrument is heard regardless of the wealth of musical sound produced. After the Austrian tour with his Piazzolla-Studio Friedrich Lips gave master classes at the Private University in Vienna and Musikum Salzburg, solo concerts in Kapfenberg, Salzburg and Stift Rein (see photo). Friedrich Lips’ and the two Piazzolla-Studio CDs ‘Buenos Dias, Astor!’ and ‘La Cumparsita’ are especially fine recordings of tango music, including many pieces by Piazzolla. Purchase online, at MusicForAccordion.com |
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 Dr. William Schimmel is performing in two new operas as part of New York City’s Opera’s Vox Festival, a yearly festival that promotes the development of new innovative operas and presents them in the form of staged readings.Dr. Schimmel is performing in ‘Ratland’, by Gordon Beeferman – an opera about a dysfunctional family, and ‘Crescent City’, by Anne LeBaron – an opera about New Orleans, focusing in on Hurricane Katrina. Both parts were written especially for Dr. Schimmel. ‘Ratland’ is a brutal modernistic piece which requires much physical and psychological energy in performance, and ‘Crescent City’ was written in such a way that Dr. Schimmel could utilize his many eclectic skills through various style shifts as well as improvisations. The Operas are presented on May 1st and 2nd at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York University, NY. On April 25th, Dr. Schimmel performed in Gerard Grisey’s ‘Partiels’, with the Ensemble ACJW at Zankel Hall, at Carnegie Hall. The conductor was Mathais Pintscher. The work is scored for chamber ensemble with accordion and features the accordion in a highly textural manner. The late Gerard Grisey, whose early career in the 1960s included being a CIA Coupe Mondiale winner, was the forerunner of the Spectral School of Music composition, which is to create music based on the overtone series producing an end result which makes acoustic instruments almost sound electronic. On May 16th Dr. Schimmel will perform a series of songs by composer Eric Salzman to texts by Bertolt Brecht set in French. Eric Salzman was the producer of the Tango Project, a series of hit recordings that included Dr. Schimmel on accordion. The performances will take place at the Southampton Public Library in Southampton, New York. Dr. Schimmel also is featured in the upcoming film: ‘New York, I love you’, which should be in theatres sometime in May. The music is by Paul Cantelon, composer of such films as ‘W’ and ‘Everything is Illuminated’. The film is a series of short films by various directors. Shekhar Kapur directed the segment where Dr. Schimmel can be heard. The segment stars actress Julie Christie. Also this month is the release of a new book on Tom Waits titled ‘Lowside of the Road’ by Barney Hoskyns. It will contain some interviews with Dr. Schimmel and his time with Mr. Waits. For further information email: billschimmel@billschimmel.com |
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 Lacides Romero – accordion, and Francisco Rivera – clarinet, perform in concert together on May 1st, 3.30pm, at the Principal Church, Lorica City, Cordoba. This special concert will celebrate 269 years old since the foundation of Lorica City. The duo will perform works including ‘La Roxelane’ (Haydn), ‘Czardas’ (V. Monti), ‘La Danza’ (G. Rossini), ‘Chorando Baixinho’ (Abel Ferreira), ‘La Cumparsita’ (Mattos Rodriguez), ‘Intermezo No 1’ (Luis A. Calvo), ‘Hora Stacatto’ (Dinicu), and ‘El Bocachico Sinuano’ (Tiburcio Romero Garcés). For further information email: lacidesromero@yahoo.com |
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| The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center presents the 28th annual Tejano Conjunto Festival in Rosedale Park, 303 Dartmouth, San Antonio, Texas, May 5th to 9th. The guest artistes include El Pavo Grande Salvador García, Eddie ‘Lalo’ Torres, Anita Paíz y su Conjunto, Los Hermanos De León, Los Badd Boyz del Valle, Sunny Sauceda, Joel Guzmán & Sarah Fox, Esteban Jordán y su Rio Jordán, Bene Medina y el Conjunto Águila, Los Monarcas de Pete and Mario Díaz, Cuatro Rosas, Los Dos Gilbertos, Johnny “El Brujo” Cruz and the Texas Chain Gang, and Mingo Saldívar y sus Tremendos Cuatro Espadas. There will be Button Accordion and Bajo Sexto Workshops with a special session: ‘Accordion Tuning, Maintenance & Repair’, will be offered at the Guadalupe Theatre. These workshops will be conducted by conjunto greats Oscar Hernández and Jesús ‘Chucho’ Perales. For further information email: info@guadalupeculturalarts.org |
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| On May 8th, 9th and 10th the Gator By The Bay festival takes place in Spanish Landing Park, San Diego, California – close to the Airport. This annual event is a huge Cajun Zydeco, Blues, Country, and Bluegrass Music Festival, featuring concerts, dances, music and dance workshops. Accordion-led acts appearing include Brian Jack & the Zydeco Gamblers, Billy Lee & the Swamp Critters, Tim Cook's Steel-Bone Temps Band, San Diego Cajun Playboys, Theo & Zydeco Patrol, Lisa Haley & the Zydekats, The Pine Leaf Boys, and Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble. |
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 On May 6th, World Accordion Day, Stockport Accordion Club will hold a concert titled ‘President’s Night’, in honour of SAC President, Johnny Coleclough. May 6th also happens to be Johnny Coleclough’s birthday. The concert features the SAC Band (MD Dennis Pepler) and Orchestra (MD Brian Jenkins), most of SAC's playing members performing in solo and various combinations, including Johnny Coleclough, Vice Presidents Pearl Fawcett-Adriano, John Nixon, and Walter Perrie.The evening also sees the first appearance of Rob Howard's new book 'An A to Z of the Accordion, Volume 4' The venue is Woodley Methodist Church, Chapel St, Woodley, Stockport, Cheshire. The concert begins at 8p, and admission is free. Just one mile away, at Banks Lane Junior School, Offerton, the Fosbrooks traditional music group (MD accordionist Michael Turner) will be performing ‘Intermezzo Sinfonico’, from Mascagni's ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ in another World Accordion Day concert. For further information email: robaccord5@hotmail.com |
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 Accordionist Joao Gentil performs at the Casino Figueira da Foz, Portugal, on successive evenings: Sunday May 31st, 9pm Monday June 1st, 11pm For further information email: joaogentil1@gmail.com |
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 An accordion course titled ‘Seili Sounds’ takes place in Seili, near Turku, Finland, from July 12th to 17th. The teachers are Mikko Luoma (Finland), Gerhard Scherer (Berlin, Germany), Marko Valtonen (Finland), Heidi Velamo(Finland), and Matti Rantanen (Finland).The organisers welcome students from music academies. There will be solo lessons daily, and Gerhard Scherer will give workshops on pedagogical themes. For further information email: mikko.luoma@turkuamk.fi |
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| The MECA Accordion Band will perform in concert on Saturday, May 2nd, 2.30pm as part of the Cinco de Mayo Festival, 3103 S. Ft Hood St, Killen, Texas. For further information email: dfkott@aol.com |
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 Accordions Worldwide has received the following message:My son, Samuel Davis (aged 20) was a competitor at the UK Accordion Championships in Blackpool on Sunday 26 April 2009. Sam won the ‘Senior Recital’ section becoming UK Champion again. Unfortunately during prize giving, his custom made Victoria accordion was stolen from the competition depository area. The police are investigating and actually have some CCTV footage, but no sign of the instrument yet. It’s a black Victoria piano free bass, cassotto accordion, with chin couplers, and its number is 478. The accordion was in a black 'backpack' style case with red stitching. The case also included some rare out-of-print music. I would be truly grateful if you could inform your members to be on the look-out. The instrument is quite rare, there really aren't many of these. And Sam's is unique because it has black mesh on the black grill. I am offering a £500 reward for any information that leads to be safe return of this instrument. Many thanks Tim Davis: tim@davis-solutions.co.uk |
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 On the 6th of May 1829, 180 years ago the Austrian Cyrill Demian in deposit in Vienna, a patent for an instrument with the name of "Accordion". The 6th May is therefore regarded as the “birthday” of the instrument "accordion". Throughout the world, various events will take place to celebrate this day including in Salzburg: Akkord - On - Stage does not want to miss such an important day and has organised for this date a concert in the Musikschule Bergheim (Dorfstrasse 26, 5101 Bergheim). During this "International Day of the Accordion" at 2pm, 3pm and 6 pm various musical events are happening. Soloist concerts by our young artists from Salzburg and Upper Austria, a contribution of the large accordion orchestra - Harmony Salzburg, a concert of the famous accordion ensemble "Klavitoniker" and also, the option of an “accordion trial” for all those interested, to start learning the accordion. Further information from: office@akkordeonstage.com |
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| Renzo Ruggieri selling 1 new CD titled "Collection" with sound samples. Music performed by Renzo Ruggieri. Purchase online. |
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| A new site selling a CD titled "Carnevale" with sound samples. Music performed by Mario D'Amario. Purchase online. |
by Peter Piccini
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| Peter Piccini - accordionist, composer, arranger, performer, release 1 new work for accordion available for purchase online. 'French Song, catalog:pp282'. Samples 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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| H S Production releases 7 new pieces, 'The Wind Blows At The Gate, catalog:hs502', 'Waltz Arrangement, catalog:hs506', 'German Song Arrangement, catalog:hs507', 'Dance Arrangement, catalog:hs513', 'The Bee Arrangement, catalog:hs516', 'Aria Arrangement, catalog:hs517', and 'Bagpipes, catalog:hs522'. Samples of the music are available online. The music are in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
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| Jon Faukstad selling 1 new CD titled "Kondert Pa Kleppe" with sound samples. Music performed by Jon Faukstad and Per Saemund Bjorkum. Purchase online. |
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| Joxan Goikoetxea selling 1 new CD titled "Innervisions" with sound samples. Purchase online. |
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| H S Production releases 6 new pieces, 'In A Smithy, catalog:hs475', 'Dark – Browed, Black - Eyed, catalog:hs478', 'Behind The River, catalog:hs481', 'Joke Arrangement, catalog:hs490', 'Tyrolean Polka, catalog:hs499' and 'German Folk Song, catalog:hs500'. Samples of the music are available online. The music are in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
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