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CIA Coupe Mondiale 2014 - Servus e Benvenuto a Salisburgo - Austriaby Raymond Bodell, President, Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) |
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![]() Questo importante evento sarà ospitato dal membro della CIA in Austria - la Austrian Accordion Association Harmonikaverband Österreichs ( UAV ). Il Presidente della CIA ( foto a sinistra ) ha dichiarato: "E ' un mio grande piacere che la CIA torni in Austria per la quarta Coupe Mondiale nella storia della CIA ( l'ultima a Linz nel 1983 ) e a Salisburgo, Austria, per quella che sarà sicuramente una grande festa, che si terrà presso il Salzburg Congress Centre". L' evento sarà organizzato dal Vice Presidente Onorario CIA 2014 Werner Weibert e l'evento include sette categorie internazionali di concorrenza: - Coupe Mondiale - Junior Coupe Mondiale - Masters Coupe Mondiale - Virtuoso Intrattenimento - Junior Intrattenimento Virtuoso - Digital - Ensemble Nonché importanti riunioni del Comitato Esecutivo della CIA, CIA Comitato Musica, l'Assemblea Generale dei Delegati, dove i membri decideranno i piani aziendali e futuri della CIA tra cui l'elezione dei dirigenti (2014-2018) e, naturalmente, numerosi superbi concerti. Per tutti i dettagli tra cui i requisiti di categoria , informazioni albergo, calendario ( che mostra la straordinaria gamma di artisti ospiti che saranno presenti in concerto) e informazioni sull'evento, si prega di visitare il sito ufficiale all'indirizzo: Coupe Mondiale Foto sotto: Squadra di Organizzazione in Austria da sinistra a destra: Dr. Leopold Dercsaly, Werner Weibert, Dr. Herbert Scheibenreif, Friederike Steiner e Jacob Noordzij, e sotto l'auditorium principale del Salzburg Congress Center. |
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Tour Beltango e Esibizioni di Dicembre con la CRR Istanbul Symphony Orchestra - Turchiaby Aleksandar Nikolic |
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Il popolare gruppo Beltango saranno presenti al loro 10° Festival Internazionale di Tango di questo fine settimana a Belgrado ( 1-3 novembre ). Recentemente hanno finito concerti in Grecia e Macedonia e dopo il Festival di Tango, si esibiranno secondo questo calendario: 22 novembre Schloss Traun - Austria 23 novembre San Gallo - Svizzera 24 novembre Monaco - Germania Le più interessanti saranno le loro esibizioni a Istanbul, Turchia, il 27 dicembre con la CRR Istanbul Symphony Orchestra ( foto sotto ). I membri del Beltango sono Aleksandar Nikolic ( bandoneon , fisarmonica), Ivana Nikolic ( pianoforte / voce), Jovan Bogosavljevic (violino ), Bogdan Pejic ( chitarra elettrica ) e Ljubinko Lazic (contrabbasso). Pacchetto Triplo CD disponibile online all'indirizzo: Beltango |
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Organizzazione nazionale di fisarmonica del Regno Unito ( NAO ) 2013/14 Inizia l'Area dei Festival! - Regno Unitoby Anna Bodell, Past NAO Chairperson |
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![]() ![]() Le feste della zona continuano sabato 23 novembre, quando il Festival Centro Nord si terrà a Keighley Yorkshire sotto la direzione del delegato NAO Harry Hinchcliffe. Questi festival sono i primi della serie svoltasi fino ai primi di marzo in tutta l'Inghilterra, Scozia e Irlanda del Nord e sono qualificanti concorsi per la NAO UK Championships 2014. La NAO UK Championships 2014, che nel 2013 ha avuto più di 300 iscrizioni, si terrà dal 25 al 27 aprile 2014 presso l'Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool. Gli eventi includono il Campionato Nazionale del Regno Unito, la Finale Nazionale Roland 2014, categorie solisti internazionali per classico, varietà e una categoria orchestra internazionale. Per tutti i dettagli della stagione dell'Area Festival e Campionati del Regno Unito visitare il sito NAO o Email: naouk@btinternet.com |
Festival Internazionale della Fisarmonica , St Petersburg - Russiaby Harley Jones |
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![]() ![]() Il festival si svolge dal 2 al 4 novembre presso la White hall della State Polytechnic University, 29 Politekhnicheskaya St, St Petersburg. Il festival coinvolge musicisti non solo dalla Russia, ma anche molti altri paesi. Il Direttore del Festival è Alexander Dmitriev (foto a sinistra ), con l'assistenza di Vitaly Pugachev (foto a destra) e Maria Romanova. Durante il festival, nella hall della White Hall si terrà una mostra di strumenti Roland V-Accordion, tra cui la presentazione del nuovo modello FR - 8X. Lo scorso sabato 2 novembre, alle 15:30, l'ensemble 'Concertino' ha aperto il festival esibendosi in concerto, il 3 novembre, alle 15:30 , Viktor Novikov ( Perm, Russia) e Matthias Matzke ( Trossingen, Germania) si esibiscono in concerto, il 4 novembre, alle 14:00, la festa si conclude con un concerto di gala. Per ulteriori informazioni scrivere a: accordions@mail.ru |
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Video from the Baseball World Series 2013, Game 6 between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox, with the Boston Band, Dropkick Murphys, performing the National Anthem, with band member Tim Brennan on accordion. The USA Today newspaper wrote "Dropkick Murphys sang the most Boston national anthem ever. Their rendition had an accordion, a banjo, and four members of the band screaming. It was so Boston it hurt." The performance was seen by a capacity crowd of almost 40,000 at the game as well as many millions in the TV audience. In the second video, Dropkick Murphys launch into their hit "Shipping Up To Boston" and the crowd go wild. |
by Harley Jones
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![]() ![]() With unique skills and a broad range of graduate jobs on offer, music students have better prospects than people imagine. If you study medicine at university, chances are you'll become a doctor. For music students, it's less obvious what job you'll end up with… but it could be really fulfilling. The perception that options are narrow and jobs are few for music graduates needs to change. It's wrongly assumed that when it comes to jobs, music students are confined to their field of study. In reality, music graduates go on to do a wide range of jobs in a variety of different industries. Alumni surveys from the University of Nottingham show that music graduates are employed across a varied range of fields. As you might expect, a large proportion (50%) work in the creative industry, but the roles performed by graduates vary greatly. Music grads work in publishing, editing, media production, broadcasting, and marketing. A number work with professional ensembles, but not all are performing as musicians – many work in management roles. Less anticipated but no less common is the employment of music graduates in finance and banking, legal and consultancy. Dr Robert Adlington, an associate professor of music at the University of Nottingham, credits these successful and varied outcomes to the highly desirable skills developed by music students during their studies. In 2011, the Confederate of British Industry outlined the seven skills that define employability: self-management, team work, business and customer awareness, problem solving, communication, numeracy, and IT skills. Adlington says that music students develop all seven of these. By this measure, music graduates are among the most employable of all. While some of these skills are acquired students of all subject – for example, team work, good communication, self-management – Adlington points out that music students have an edge. The experience of organising, hosting, and performing in events that are open to the public provides them with skills beyond those on other degree programmes. Few degrees require knowledge of customer awareness, or interaction with the public, for example. James Lister studied music at the University of Nottingham but is now an associate with legal firm Charles Russell. His degree "taught a whole load of things you can't find elsewhere", such as public speaking and self-expression. He says that these skills, in addition to the "highly analytical aspects of a music degree", which enable graduates to read, digest and form an opinion on a huge amount of information, greatly aided his transition into law. The employability of music graduates appears to be in for a further boost. In addition to covering the traditional elements of a music degree (composition, performance, theory, history and so on), new modules that are focused specifically on employability are set to be introduced. "Students don't want to leave their future to chance anymore," says Adlington, adding that employability is "part of our core model". Equally promising prospects can be achieved with less traditional, more hands-on degrees. The SAE Institute (previously known as the School of Audio Engineering) offers music courses that emphasise production values and teach students to a professional standard. Jordan O'Shea, who graduated from SAE with a first in audio production, says the institute fast-tracked his career, allowing him to go it alone. He says: "Without SAE, I wouldn't have been able to record my own album. It allows you to go from being a bedroom producer to being a contender." He adds: "Of course, there's no guarantee you'll be the next guy producing Adele." Students are taught not to depend on having access to a studio, or support or funding from a record label. Since leaving SAE, O'Shea has set up a self-built studio. From it, he co-founded Bear on a Bicycle, an award-winning Oxford-based music and art collective that cracked the city's scene in under a year. The collective's success is a reflection of how changes in the music industry allow artists to produce and publicise themselves. The internet means artists can publish, distribute, and promote their own work. These methods are nothing new, but if combined with professional knowledge and experience, it can be a winning, name-making recipe. |
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Lelo Nika Septet performing "Allurement" composed by Lelo Nika (accordion). Official PR Video stream. A records. 2012. Well known Lelo Nika is a Serbian and Romanian Romani accordionist who lives in Denmark. He plays a mixture of Balkan, jazz, and especially Romanian music and is a composer. |
by Rob Howard
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![]() It has been a relationship, albeit once conducted in secret, which goes back many years: “It might sound surprising but I’ve always played classical music on the accordion, since the age of 20, 21,” he says, “but it’s something very different to play on stage. I was scared of, I guess what you would call, stage fright. Tonight, I did what I have been terrified of doing ever since I was 20 years old, and I played classical in concert. My first idea was to play the music of Bach, because his style fits the easiest with the accordion. Sometimes I even feel as if Bach were written for the accordion. I started by playing the solo part, that is usually played by the flute, the oboe, or the harpsichord. Then I turned to Vivaldi. This was because, even though Vivaldi is very difficult music to play, even on the violin, the accordion has great range”. Even so, how does Galliano feel Vivaldi or Bach would react to his interpretation? “I’d like to think that it would please them because it is just another way of giving new meaning to their music. With music that’s so well known, you have to take a risk to get the most out of it. You can’t be scared to take it out of the comfort zone,” he says. The star also pays tribute to his mentor, Astor Piazolla, mixing his four seasons in tango, to chime with Vivaldi’s classic. “Astor Piazzola was influenced by Vivaldi, and developed the same structure in his tango pieces. Here, we find the same format, the same search for melody,” insists Galliano. Violin virtuoso Jean Marc Phillips Varjabedian is proud to say he was there at the birth of Galliano’s current ensemble. “It’s been over 25 years since we first met. At the time I had a chamber orchestra, so I invited Richard to play some classical pieces with us. I think it was more or less his first experience doing this…I was a fan of Piazzola and we had the idea of creating a tango. So Richard started writing transcripts for a set. And that’s how this adventure began…There’s always been a place for the accordion in classical music. Not least because the accordion was invented to replace the kind of small organ, which was played in private concerts. It’s normal to play classical accordion in Russia, for example. In the West, we were a bit behind the Russians on this. But I think it’s a good thing that a big star, like Richard, shows how well the accordion can work with Bach, or Vivaldi,” says Varjabedian. Galliano and his ensemble are currently playing their Vivaldi set as part of a world tour. Copyright © 2013 euronews |
by Harley Jones
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Video: Leonid Florin Muravjov (10 years old) from Sweden competing in the Category A (Soloists up to 12 years) accordion competition in Castelfidardo, 22nd September 2013 where he was placed 6th equal. See the photos and information of well known accordion identities, videos of performers and contestants, results at: 2013Concorso. Program by Leo Florin Muravjov: 1. J.S. Bach Preludium in d-minor 2. G.B. Pescetti Presto from Sonata in C minor 3. Swedish trad. Ack Vermeland du sköna. Arr. L. Holm 4. E. Hauge Finale from Scandinavian Suite 5. E. Derbenko The old tram |
by Rita Davidson Barnea
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Video above, excerpt from Mary Steenburgen TV interview. Mary Steenburgen, Oscar winning actress, is also a composer and her favorite instrument is the accordion! Mary said, I'm obsessed by it. I love it beyond belief. There's something about it that just appeals to me." |
by Rob Howard
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![]() The British Chromatic accordion is a hybrid instrument, with a diatonic treble and a stradella bass, whose best known exponent was the great Sir Jimmy Shand (1908-2000). Current high profile players include English folk singer John Kirkpatrick (picture right) and Scottish Champion Brandon McPhee. For further information email: w.young@btinternet.com |
by Harley Jones
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![]() The composition is dedicated to a friends daughter, Lars Leya Isabelle Brodin, who was baptised in Mjöbäcks church on Sunday, 27th October 2013. Performance is by the Lars Karlsson Band. |
by Rob Howard
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The members of Stockport Accordion Club raised over £600 in aid of The Christie Appeal on October 30th in their concert at Woodley Methodist Church, Stockport. A full house audience enjoyed a wide variety of music, including French musette, Latin, classical, folk, movie themes, Scottish, Irish, and accordion specialities. SAC President Pearl Fawcett-Adriano brought the evening to a rousing finish with a LaVie Parisienne/Can Can medley. Performing solo spots were Rob Howard, Derek Stubbs, Dorothy Brincat, Moira Hague, John Higham, John Jones, Brennan Wilson, Derek Pritchard, Phil Watson, Helen Rich, Pearl Fawcett-Adriano. There were spots from the Stockport AC Band (MD Derek Stubbs), Tameside Junior Accordion Band (MD Rachel White), and the Stockport AC Orchestra (Brian Jenkins). Duet spots involved Leo Hickey/John Curvis, Helen Rich/Derek Pritchard, Norbert Normile/Dorothy Brincat, Tony Ainscough/John Trigg, Chris Green/Betty Pollard, and Pearl Fawcett-Adriano/Phil Watson. There were three quartet spots, from Accordions a la Carte, Scottish Quartet, and the Romiley Quartet. The Christie is one of the world's leading cancer treatment and research hospitals. For further information email: robaccord5@hotmail.com |
by Rob Howard
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Here is a video of Dr William Schimmel’s performance of Beethoven's ‘Egmont’ at Lincoln Center's 'Mostly Mozart Festival' in August 2013, New York. New York Times music critic Anthony Tommasini wrote: The evening opened with the premiere of the accordionist and composer William Schimmel’s version of Beethoven’s “Egmont” Overture for solo accordion. This was no gimmick. Yes, the piece is a novelty, charming and sometimes funny. But amid stretches of faithful rendering, Mr. Schimmel offers a bold gloss on the overture that makes you think about Beethoven’s music. "The slow, somber introduction to Beethoven’s 'Egmont' Overture translated vibrantly to the accordion in Mr. Schimmel’s rendering. The introduction’s theme in stern, short chords sounded at once strange and endearing as played in reedy colors on the accordion. Passages in the original where the orchestra swells with sound were easily dispatched by the accordion’s bellows. During the agitated main section of the overture, stretches of hard-driving rhythms morphed into an intense tango. A plaintive passage took on a mournful Middle Eastern cast. At one point, the piece broke into what seemed like subdued flamenco, complete with Mr. Schimmel’s soft, wordless singing. His arrangement of the overture was in the honored tradition of Liszt’s piano fantasias on themes from opera." New York-based Dr William Schimmel is a virtuoso accordionist, author, educator, philosopher and composer. He has performed with virtually every major symphony orchestra in the USA, and his musical accomplishments are many and varied, including everything from founding the Tango Project to appearing with Al Pacino in the film ‘Scent of a Woman’, composing scores for Broadway shows to composing a test piece for the CIA Coupe Mondiale, and much else besides. For nearly 20 years Bill Schimmel has been the moderator of the annual three day master class and concert series sponsored by the American Accordionists' Association. He is listed in ‘Who's Who in America’ and ‘Great Minds of the 21st Century’. |
by Harley Jones
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Jakub Pawlak has been a winner at festivals of art song in Poland and is a student in Management, University of Lodz. Jakub Pawlak sings and plays accordion and on stage, presents works by Polish poets, for whom he composes music. |
by Rob Howard
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![]() Ruggieri Composes for Musical – Italy Accordionist Renzo Ruggieri composed and arranged the music for the play ‘Tra Moglie e Marito’ (Between Husband and Wife), an adaptation of a short story by the same name written by Antonio Amutti. The play is presented by the ‘Scenari Paralleli’ theatre company, directed by Paolo Perelli (who also adapted the text for the stage) and features an impressive cast including Luisa Jacurti, Donatella Zapelloni, Ciro Ruoppo, and eight dancers. The choreography is by Franco Bellani. This humorous play is based on romantic relationships at the turn of the millennium. Paolo Perelli wrote the following notes on the program: "The musical pieces and songs by Renzo Ruggieri, inspired by the music-hall of old, are the links that hold the play together, highlighting beautifully the rhythm and scenes". The play, which opened in August at the Magellano Theatre in Ostia (near Rome), has been acquired by several companies for their winter tours. |
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by Rob Howard
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![]() November 1st – The loft, East Grange Farm, Elgin, Scotland November 2nd - Clickimin Leisure Complex, Lerwick, Shetland November 3rd – Electric Circus, Ednburgh November 4th, 7.30pm - Harrogate Theatre, North Yorkshire HG1 1QF November 12th – Saltburn Community Theatre, saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire November 14th – Cecil Sharp House, London November 15th – St Philip’s Church, Manchester November 16th - Selby Town Hall November 17th – Caedmon Gall, Gateshead November 18th – No 1 Shakespeare St, Stratford-upon-Avon November 19th – Ropetackle, Shoreham, London November 22nd – The Norbury and Edge, London November 23rd – Junction 2, Cambridge Sharon Shannon, from Galway, has pursued a highly successful international career, both as a soloist and with other musicians. She has toured the UK, Europe, Australia, Hong Kong and Japan, and has been particularly successful at engaging younger audiences with the accordion and Irish music. Her travels have seen her perform for US President Bill Clinton, Irish President Mary Robinson, and Polish President Lech Walesa. |
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![]() The event includes accordion entertainment and an exhibition of Scandalli accordions. from Castelfidardo, Italy. As well as presentation best accordions Petromaestro from Peter Moger. On this musical event will perform the most prominent soloists and ensembles of our region. For further information email: info@culturalnetwork.net |
by Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions
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From November 10th to 17th the Dutch duo Vincent and Jeanine van Amsterdam (accordion/violin) will be touring Austria, giving concerts in cities: Leobendorf, Hochegg, Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Graz, Grein, Neunkirchen, Salzburg and St.Georgen. Their program will include works by J.S. Bach, A. Vivaldi, S. Rachmaninov, D. Shostakovitch, B. Kortekaas, A. Piazzolla, F. Angélis, J. Williams, and P. de Sarasate. In 2012 Vincent graduated Cum Laude at the Conservatory of Tilburg with R. van Overburggen and G. Daanen. During the years Vincent had master classes with such prestigious accordionists as S. Hussong, F. Lips, M. Miki, and M. Dekkers. He is currently studying with Viatcheslav Semionov at the Gnessin Academy in Moscow. The Van Amsterdam Duo is a combination of accordion and violin. The two instruments merge together into one colourful sound. In 2011 they recorded their first CD, ‘A Flight Beyond The Time’, with a duo repertoire and also solo pieces played by Vincent van Amsterdam. The Van Amsterdam Duo have won several competitions in the last decade, also first prize at the international Akkordeon Wettbewerb Klingenthal. Jeanine and Vincent have played in several festivals and concert halls in the Netherlands and abroad. |
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The Beijing Yue Hai Zhen Sheng Arts Centre Accordion Orchestra perform in concert at the prestigious Golden Hall, Vienna, on Wednesday November 13th, 8pm. |
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