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60° Concorso Internazionale di Fisarmonica di Klingenthal 2023 – Germania
Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-cha nominati per il miglior album di radici regionali delll'anno ai Grammy - USA
Rino Galassi (1928 - 2022), Castelfidardo - Italia
Workshop finale CNIMA 2022 – Francia
Festa internazionale della fisarmonica di Leavenworth 2023 – USA
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Video: Accordion Class Recital of Professor Friedrich Lips, Moscow – RussiaOnline: Confédération Mondiale de l'Accordéon Competition - FranceHotScotch Ceilidh Band Performs at Edinburgh Christmas Festival – ScotlandAAA Commissioned Works Update on the AAA Website2022 Lilburn Lecture: Ross Harris – New Zealand“Scythian” Release Christmas Album “Christmas out at Sea”
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Beltango & Friends Festival celebra il 25° anniversario - Bosnia ed Erzegovinaby Christine Johnstone |
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| Video: Beltango & Friends 2023 Festival. Il Beltango Quintet celebrerà il suo 25° anniversario con un Beltango & Friends Festival presso Ethno Village Stanisici di Bijeljina, Bosnia ed Erzegovina dal 29 giugno al 3 luglio 2023. Il gruppo Beltango di grande successo ha fatto oltre 1.200 concerti ed è stato in più di 30 paesi nei loro 25 anni di tour. Il festival sarà un Big Balkan Tango Party di workshop, concerti, mostre e grandi milonghe, con artisti internazionali che si godranno 5 giorni "pieni di musica, danza, amore, calda ospitalità, cibo delizioso, relax e gioia I membri della band sono: il leader Aleksandar Nikolic (bandoneon), Ivana Nikolic (piano e voce), Antonija Barna (violino), Bogdan Pejic (chitarra) e Petar Holik (contrabbasso). Registrazione presso: 2023Balkan |
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60° Concorso Internazionale di Fisarmonica di Klingenthal 2023 – Germaniaby AWW |
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| Il 60° Concorso Internazionale di Fisarmonica di Klingenthal si terrà a Klingenthal, in Germania, dal 7 al 13 maggio 2023. Il concorso comprende categorie di età per solisti, duo di fisarmoniche, trii di fisarmoniche e gruppi. Possono partecipare al concorso musicisti di tutte le nazionalità e cittadinanze. Le iscrizioni chiudono il 31 gennaio 2023. Scarica qui le regole del concorso in tedesco, inglese, francese, russo e spagnolo: 2023KlingenthalRules.pdf |
Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-cha nominati per il miglior album di radici regionali delll'anno ai Grammy - USAby Christine Johnstone |
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| Video: Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas al Louisiana Cajun Zydeco Festival nel 2021 Nathan e gli Zydeco Cha-Cha sono stati nominati per un Grammy alla 65a edizione dei Grammy Awards che si terrà alla Crypto.com Arena di Los Angeles il 5 febbraio 2023. l'evento riconoscerà le migliori registrazioni, composizioni e artisti dell'anno di ammissibilità, dal 1 ° ottobre 2021 al 30 settembre 2022. La categoria è: Miglior album di radici regionali dell'anno (Best Regional Roots Album of the Year) Nathan ha formato i Cha-Chas nel 1985. È stato inserito nella Louisiana Music Hall of Fame nel 2005 ed è stato onorato l'anno scorso con il Life time Achievement Award della Zydeco Music Association. I Cha-Chas sono stati votati la migliore Festival Band del paese e hanno vinto l'ambito premio Big Easy come Best Zydeco Band per diversi anni consecutivi. |
Rino Galassi (1928 - 2022), Castelfidardo - Italiaby AWW |
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 Foto sopra: scattata nel 2018 quando Rino Galassi e la moglie Vanda lavoravano ancoraquotidianamente in fabbrica. Nella foto qui con il figlio Renzo. Rino Galassi (28 settembre 1928 - 09 novembre 2022) è scomparso all'età di 94 anni. Iniziò la produzione di mantici poco dopo la fine della seconda guerra mondiale nel 1948, quando aveva 20 anni. Voleva aprire la propria attività lavorando come artigiano nella costruzione di fisarmoniche. A quel tempo, le cose erano molto più facili per avviare la propria attività. Così, ha iniziato a imparare la produzione di mantici per fisarmonica. Poiché viveva a Osimo Stazione, dove due fabbriche di produttori erano nelle vicinanze, aveva un facile accesso. Questi produttori erano come la maggior parte dei produttori di allora, lavoravano al piano inferiore della casa, con la famiglia che viveva al piano di sopra. La casa era il luogo di produzione di lavoro, che significava "sempre pronto per il lavoro, quando necessario". Rino ha creato un'area di lavoro e dopo sei mesi è stato abbastanza audace da sfidare il mondo con la sua produzione di mantici. Rino ha trasmesso tutte le sue conoscenze alla moglie Vanda e ai due figli Renzo e Reno. Condoglianze a tutta la famiglia Galassi da Accordions Worldwide. |
Workshop finale CNIMA 2022 – Franciaby Christine Johnstone |
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 Il CNIMA diretto da Nathalie Boucheix terrà il suo ultimo workshop di fisarmonica 2022dal 19 al 23 dicembre sotto la guida di Jacques Mornet e Nathalie Boucheix (foto a sinistra). Il laboratorio è per tutte le età, livelli e stili. Questo workshop darà ai partecipanti l'opportunità di sviluppare la loro tecnica strumentale con il Metodo Jacques Mornet. Il corso coprirà la presa dello strumento, il controllo del mantice, il tocco musicale, la musicalità ecc. e lavorerà su 1 o 2 pezzi a scelta e stili come varietà, classica, musette, jazz, balcanica ecc. Per ulteriori dettagli scrivere a: cnima@orange.fr |
Festa internazionale della fisarmonica di Leavenworth 2023 – USAby Christine Johnstone |
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| La Festa internazionale della fisarmonica di Leavenworth 2023, sponsorizzata dalla Northwest Accordion Society, si terrà a Leavenworth, Washington, USA, dal 22 al 25 giugno 2023. L'evento includerà una varietà di spettacoli, concorsi, workshop, lezioni, jam session e una parata. Gli artisti della Festhalle 2023 includono Joey Miskulin, Alicia Jo Straka, Andy Mirkovich, Andy Gonzalez & Juan Barco, Max Kyllonen e il Toby & Lyle Duo (Frank Yankovic Tribute). Vedi poster per i dettagli. |
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Idee regalo di Natale per amici e parenti a: 2022 Xmas Gift Ideasby Harley Jones |
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 Queste idee sono state compilate per attirare il vostro denaro per i regali di Natale da spendere con artisti, compositori, arrangiatori ed editori di fisarmonica.Sostenete l'arte della fisarmonica e scegliete tra oltre 2.400 eSheet, 310 CD/DVD, 2.000 eTracks, più di 1.000 opere stampate e numerosi libri (testo) tra cui scegliere: 2022 Xmas Gift Ideas |
by Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions
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 Video: Starts: 8:15 mins. Bayan and Accordion class concert of Prof. Friedrich Lips (People's Artist of Russia and Prof at Russian Gnesin Academy of Music), Small Hall, Gnesin Academy, November 29th, 2022.The following laureats of all-Russian and international competitions took part in the concert: Arslan Aliev, Robert Alevetdinov, Sergey Berdnikov, Timur Galinurov, Ruslan Kochkin, Lin Jinghan, Leonid-Florin Muravyov, Olzhas Nurlanov, Alexei Pankratov, Gleb Sablev, Rafael Sapukov. The concert program included works by D. Scarlatti, C. Saint-Saëns, M. Dupré, E. Grieg, S. Rachmaninov, N. Rimsky-Korsakov, E. Méhul, M. Moshkovsky, V. Troyan, A. Kholminov, Vl . Solotaryov, T. Lundquist and B. Lorentzen. |
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| The Confédération Mondiale de l'Accordéon (CMA) Competition organised by President Frederic Deschamps will be held online from December 7th to 23rd, 2022. Yaroslav Oleksiv (Ukraine) will be President of the Jury. See the above Online Schedule for dates / performances. |
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 On November 26th, the HotScotch Ceilidh Band (pictured above) led by accordionist Paul Chamberlain (picture left) performed at the Ross Bandstand in Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gardens for an outdoor family ceilidh as part of the launch of Edinburgh’s Christmas Festival. Paul has just recently been able to return to performing after a successful heart transplant at the end of January 2022 following several years on the organ transplant waiting list and now is looking forward to resuming his varied performance schedule both as a soloist and in a number of ensembles. On January 12th, 2023, Paul will play with The Scottish Tango Ensemble (picture below) at the Kings Pavilion in Aberdeen for a concert organised by the Aberdeen University Music Department. The Scottish Tango Ensemble, which features Paul Chamberlain (accordion), Gemma O’Keefe (violin), Gregor Blamey (piano) and Tom Berry (double bass), will perform a programme featuring a mixture of traditional salon tangos, the music of Astor Piazzolla, as well as the group’s own arrangements of more modern artists. |
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by Dr. Robert Young McMahan Chair of AAA Composers Commissioning Committee
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 The latest updated and expanded article was originally published in 2004 as part of my annual series discussing AAA music commissions carried out by Elsie Bennet, beginning in 1957 with Paul Creston’s Prelude and Dance. It examines the fifteenth and sixteenth commissions, Aria, Scherzo, and Finale, for accordion and orchestra (1961), by Louis B. Gordon, and Night Music, for accordion and string quartet (1964), by David Diamond. (Direct link: http://www.ameraccord.com/aaacommissions9.php )On the AAA website at http://www.ameraccord.com/aaacommissions2.php you may view both a pdf of the original print version (click on “pdf”) and its updated, expanded webpage version. The updated webpage article provides deeper analytical information than the original print version, greatly aided by the new addition of musical examples. Since no recording has yet been found of the Gordon composition, electronically produced sound samples of the musical excerpts are offered instead. This aural feature will continue to be employed in future updated articles where no recording is available. |
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| The Lilburn Lecture 2022 was recorded by Radio New Zealand (RNZ) on November 2nd, 2022 (the anniversary of Douglas Lilburn’s birth) at the Tiakiwai Conference Centre, National Library of New Zealand in Wellington, New Zealand. The event was hosted by the Lilburn Trust and the Alexander Turnbull Library. RNZ featured the following report on the event: For the ninth annual Lilburn Lecture, composer and Arts Laureate Ross Harris dove deep into his own musical past, sharing colourful snapshots from his life and career. He called his lecture The Endless Search for the Next Note: An Outline of a Composing Life from an Unlikely Beginning to an Unlikely Present. From a 'salt of the earth' family with little interest in arts or culture, Ross emerged as a largely self-taught composer. He talks about his early childhood obsession with sound, learning by example from Lilburn in the 1970s as he listened to him wrestle sounds out of the primitive equipment in the Victoria University Electronic Music Studio, collaborating with writers Witi Ihimaera and Vincent O’Sullivan (who gives the Vote of Thanks at the end of Ross's lecture), tackling symphonies - seven so far, the freedom of composing and performing Klezmer music, and much more. Ross illustrates his stories with a generous selection of musical excerpts from all throughout his career. Ross Harris (pictured above) is a member of the popular group The Kugels, who performed at the event. |
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 “Scythian” which includes accordionist Dan Fedoryka (picture right) have just released their first Christmas album entitled “Christmas out at Sea”.The album is a “seafarer’s take of celebrating Christmas at sea in the days of shanties, whaling, sea monsters and squalls. You’ll be taken on a journey from port town pubs to the open seas, with special guests like Boxing Banjo, HoneyDay, Catie Parker Fedoryka, Nolan Ladewski, Stevie Rees and more climbing aboard to join the lads in their musical journey through the Yuletide songs of yore. You’re invited to join them in a venture that is this Christmas album, to sing along as they weave and nest layers of treasured carols within songs that are meant to play out like a musical story from beginning to end.” For details email: scythianmail@gmail.com |
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| The Stiletto Sisters (picture above) will entertain at The Moldy Fig in Brunswick East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on December 7th, 2022 at 6.30pm presented by the Boite. The event is organised by “Resonate”, which is part of On the Road Again, a Victorian Government initiative to bring live music back across the state. The group, which features accordionist Judy Gunson, will “bring the sound of Eastern Europe….and woo their audiences with their seductive blend of Hungarian gypsy, tango and love songs from around the world.” Entry is free of charge. For details email: admin@boite.com.au |
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| Sam Reider has announced his final 2022 concert will be held at The Sound Room in Oakland, California, USA on December 8th, 2022, from 7pm to 9pm. For this concert, Sam will be joined by Ben Flocks (saxophone), Shawn Meyers (drums) and Giulio Xavier Cetto (bass). The quartet will play a variety of pieces such as jazzy versions of "Human Hands" tunes as well as songs by Django, Piazzolla, and Duke Ellington. For details email: sam@samreidermusic.com |
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| RSC Accordions will perform a concert in the Ledger Recital Room of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, Scotland on December 8th, 2022 at 1pm. Their program will include: J.S. Bach - Preludium BWV 552 V.Zubitsky - Karpathian Suite J.Tiensuu Mutta/Astor Piazzolla - La Muerte del Angel A.Lyadov - Music Box V.Semyonov - Don Rhapsody J.P. Rameau - Entrée de Polymnie from Les Boréades M.Majkusiak - Concerto Nevrotico For details email: boxoffice@rcs.ac.uk |
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 Ditte Lykke Hansen (picture left) will perform her Master’s Exam concert at The Royal Danish Academy of Music (DKDM) in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark on December 8th, 2022 at 3.45pm.All are welcome to attend. For details email: dkdm@dkdm.dk |
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| The Cafe Accordion Orchestra will present a concert entitled Café Christmas at the Dunsmore Jazz Room in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA on December 8th, 2022, 6pm, where they will put “their own special spin on holiday classics from many lands.” The group includes Dan Newton (accordion & vocals), Brian Barnes (guitar & vocals), Eric Mohring (mandolin, fiddle & vocals), Erik Lillestol (bass & vocals), Joe Steinger, (percussion) and Elizabeth Rowan (percussion). For details email: daddysqueeze@yahoo.com |
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| “The Band Who Knew Too Much” will hold a celebration Christmas party concert at the Open Studio in Northcote, Victoria, Australia on December 10th, 2022, at 9pm. The group features Dave Evans (accordion), Matt Earl (drums), Craig Fermanis (guitar), Rory Boast (double b & vocals), Andy Reid (clarinet, washboard & vocals) and special guest Eugene Ball (trumpet). There will be singing and dancing and a joyous atmosphere! For details email: openstudio.enquiries@gmail.com |
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 Accordionist Aydar Gaynullin (picture right) will perform at the “Rhapsody in Sand – Artists Against War” five-concert series in Berlin, Germany this month, diected by Dimitri Sakharov.This “magical world of music” and the unique project "Sand Rhapsody" will also include Vladislav Lavrik (trumpet and conductor), Alexey Wagner (guitar), Ravi Srinivasan (Indian table), Gregor Schulenburg (flute), Euphoria Orchestra Berlin who will perform with sand painter Alla Denisova. Dates are: December 11th at 5pm: Passionskirche Kreuzberg, Berlin December 13th at 6pm: Auenkirche Wilmersdorf, Berlin December 14th at 6pm: St. Matthew's Church, Berlin December 15th at 6pm: Auenkirche Wilmersdorf, Berlin December 18th at 4pm: Luther Church, Berlin See poster for details. |
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| “Zamar” will entertain at Christmas in the Park held at Lyndon Park in Sunset Beach, South Africa on December 14th, 2022 from 6pm. The event is sponsored by Sunset Beach Real Estate Re/max Living and Team Atlantic. The group features Monika Stuchlik Kahl (accordion & vocals), Veronica Bell (violin & vocals), Philip Vermeulen (guitar), Warren Joubert (bass) and Ronald Siegelaar (drums). For details email: Info@zamarmusic.co.za |
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| Video: Good Habits performing “She Bangs The Drums”. The video was filmed by Cadby Kong at the Devonport Folk Club in Auckland, New Zealand. “Good Habits”, which features Pete Shaw (accordion) and Bonnie Schwarz (cello & vocals) will perform December concerts in Shropshire, England, UK as part of the Arts Alive & Flicks in the Sticks series. The duo “mix vivid storytelling with eclectic sounds, drawing on their diverse musical tastes and weaving them into an action-packed narrative of folky goodness.” Concert details as follows: December 16th – Bitterley Village Hall in Ludlow, December 17th – Llanymynech Village Hall in Llanymynech December 18th – Cawley Hall in Luston For details email: hello@goodhabitsband.com |
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XXXIV Festival Internazionale "Bayan and Bayanists", Mosca - Russiaby Ivan Dyma, SaxAkkord Duo |
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  Il XXXIV Festival Internazionale "Bayan and Bayanists" 2022 si terrà presso la Concert Hall dell'Accademia Russa di Musica Gnesin (RAM) a Mosca, Russia, dal 14 al 18 dicembre 2022. Scarica il poster del programma: 2022MoscowPoster.pdfIl Prof. Friedrich Lips è il direttore artistico del festival e Alexander Gataullin è il direttore del festival. Concerti: 14 dicembre: Tra gli artisti che si esibiranno al concerto di apertura figurano lo State Academic Russian Folk Ensemble "Russia", diretto da Dmitry Dmitrienko, il professor Alexander Kapitan (fisarmonica), Stanislav Gerasimov (fisarmonica) e un'esibizione di gruppo del professor Alexander Tsygankov (domra), Vladislav Afanasiev (domra), Anastasia Zakharova (domra), Olzhas Nurlanov (fisarmonica), Rafael Sapukov (fisarmonica) e Mikhail Chernov (fisarmonica). 15 dicembre: Concerto di "Bayan e fisarmonica: classici e moderni" da parte dell'Orchestra da camera del Governatore "Russian Camera" (direttore artistico e direttore - Andrey Kruzhkov), solista Maria Vlasova, “Folk Music Orchestra” dell'Accademia statale di cultura e arte di Lugansk. M. Matusovsky, diretta da Irina Zolotareva, solista Alexander Selivanov. 16 dicembre: esibizione di Vladimir Stupnikov (fisarmonica) e del "Sib-Duo", formato dai fisarmonicisti Alexander Sirotkin e Andrey Bityutskikh. 17 dicembre: Esibizione di Dmitry Khodanovich (fisarmonica), celebrazione dell'80° anniversario del compositore Vladislav Zolotarev con il professor Yuri Sidorov (bayan), Olzhas Nurlanov (fisarmonica) e il Bayan Ensemble composto da: Semion Shmelkov, Timur Galinurov, Arslan Aliev, Lin Jing Han e Rafael Sapukov. 18 dicembre: concerto di chiusura con musica popolare e jazz con Eduard Akhanov (bayan) e amici, il Quartetto Ivan Talanin (bandoneon) "Tango En Vivo" e Peter Dranga (fisarmonica). Alla cerimonia di chiusura del festival, verrà assegnato il "Disco d'argento". Tra i precedenti destinatari figurano Marcel Azzola, Viktor Vlasov, Alfred Ginzburg, Viktor Gridin, Yuri Kazakov, Alfred Mirek e molti altri. Un report completo dell'evento sarà pubblicato in queste news. Vedi il report dell'evento del 2021 su: 2021Moscow |
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