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Report Giornalieri: 2018 China Harbin Summer International Accordion Art Week - Cinaby Harley Jones |
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![]() ![]() La 2018 China Harbin Summer International Accordion Art Week dal 7 all'11 agosto è ospitata dal Ministero della Cultura della Repubblica Popolare Cinese e dal governo popolare municipale di Harbin, intrapreso dalla Harbin Normal University, Harbin. Il direttore artistico di Harbin 2018 è il prof. Wang Hongyu (immagine a sinistra), decano del Music College di Harbin Normal University. La Harbin Accordion Art Week fa parte del 34° China Harbin Summer Music Festival. Harbin è stata nominata Città della Musica UNESCO nel 2010. |
Report: ATG 78° Anniversary Festival a Lisle, IL - USAby Kevin Friedrich |
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Il 78° festival annuale di Accordionists & Teachers Guild, International (ATG) si è tenuto dal 25 al 28 luglio a Lisle (Chicago), nell'Illinois. Con concorsi, concerti, workshop, un banchetto di gala, mostre e funzioni sociali, l'evento ha messo in mostra una vasta gamma di generi ed eventi musicali. Tra gli artisti presenti figurano Matthias Matzke (Germania), Leonie Kratz (cantante, Germania), Cory Pesaturo, Mike Alongi, Stas Venglevski che si è esibito da solo e in duo con Joan Cochran Sommers, Donna Dee e Dennis Ray e Petar Maric (Serbia). Oltre alle esibizioni, i workshop sono stati presentati da Joan Cochran Sommers, Cory Pesaturo, Mattias Matzke, Mike Alongi, Helmi Harrington, Murl Allen Sanders, Nick Ballarini e Gordon Kohl. L'ATG Festival ha visto la partecipazione di diversi gruppi formati appositamente per il festival tra cui il Mixed Ensemble diretto da Murl Allen Sanders, The Original Music Ensemble diretto da Joan C. Sommers, The President's Quintet e l'ATG Festival Orchestra sotto la direzione di Joan Cochran Sommers che ha ricevuto una standing ovation per la loro performance di opere di Smith, Halvorsen, Bernstein, Foster & Sager e Ellington. L'ATG ha ufficialmente lanciato il suo nuovo sito Web aggiornato creato dal primo vicepresidente, Kenn Baert. Utilizzando la tecnologia più avanzata, compresa la reattività del telefono, il sito contiene informazioni sull'ATG, un'area riservata ai membri e informazioni sui prossimi festival, come il 79° Festival annuale che si terrà a Denver, CO dal 23 al 27 luglio 2019 e la Celebrazione dell'80° anniversario ATG che si terrà a Los Angeles nell'agosto del 2020. Per ulteriori informazioni sull'ATG e sui prossimi eventi, visitare www.atgaccordions.com. |
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1 ° China Beijing International Piano Accordion Competition - Cinaby Harley Jones |
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![]() Gli ospiti sono: - International Union of Piano Accordion - Professional Accordion Union of Chinese Conservatory of Music - Beijing Musicians Association, Accordion Society - Accordion Profession Board of Shanghai Musicians Association - Accordion Profession Board of Tianjin Musicians Association Il presidente esecutivo è Jiang Jie e il comitato organizzatore è composto da Wang Shu Sheng (Tianjin), Cao Xiao-Qing (Pechino), Crystal Wang (Shanghai). Programma: - Periodo di iscrizione del primo turno: 1° agosto - 30 agosto 2018 - Periodo di valutazione per il primo turno: 31 agosto - 9 settembre 2018 - Annuncio dei Finalisti: 10 settembre 2018 - Concorso finale e Festival tenuti a Pechino: dal 3 al 6 ottobre 2018 Ci sono un totale di 11 categorie per varie fasce di età da solista, fisarmonica con pianoforte e fisarmonica con ensemble. C'è un considerevole premio in denaro di 120.000 CNY. Tutti i dettagli in inglese a: 2018IPAC-it Tutti i dettagli in cinese all'indirizzo: 2018IPAC |
Friedrich Lips Eventi Futuri per il 2018 - Russia, Italia, Cina, Kazakistanby Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions |
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Eventi futuri di Friedrich Lips fino alla fine del 2018: 14-16 agosto, Master class a Mosca. 10 -13 settembre, Master class a Roma, Santa Cecilia, Italia. 14-16 settembre, Capo della giuria al concorso PIF di Castelfidardo 02 ottobre, concerto con la Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Michail Pletnev, direttore d'orchestra, a Jaroslavl (Russia). 04 ottobre, E. Podgaits: "Double Mirror" per bayan, violoncello e orchestra sinfonica, UA Tchaikovsky-Concert Hall di Mosca con la Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Michail Pletnev, direttore d'orchestra. 20 ottobre, Giubileo "Faculty of Folk Instruments at the Gnesin Music Academy 70 years", a Mosca (conferenza e concerto). 28 ottobre - 02 novembre, Master class a Tianjin (Cina). 03 - 08 novembre, Giudice al "Schabyt Competition" ad Astana (Kazakistan) 28 - 30 novembre, concerto del Giubileo "Friedrich Lips 70 Years" a Magnitogorsk (Russia), A. Piazzolla: Aconcagua, E. Podgaits: Viva Voce, Bayan e Symphony Orchestra 02 dicembre, Concerto a Smolensk (Russia), A. Piazzolla: Aconcagua, E. Podgaits: Viva Voce, Bayan e Symphony Orchestra 12 - 16 dicembre 30° Festival "Bayan e Bayanists" a Mosca 13 dicembre, E. Podgaits: "Lips Concert" Bayan e Symphony Orchestra a Mosca 26 CD disponibili su: Friedrich Lips |
REPORT GIORNALIERI: AAA 80° Anniversary Festival, Washington - USAby Harley Jones |
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La straordinaria line-up di artisti ospiti del festival è inclusa nei Daily Reports con l'80° Anniversary Festival che presenta una moltitudine di concerti, workshop, attività e una fiera. Link al AAA 80° Anniversary Festival report giornalieri con immagini e video: 2018AAA80 |
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![]() Composer Joseph Natoli writes: "I could not be more flattered or more proud to create this piece for them. This is the second piece I have written in the style of the classical masters (like Mozart & Haydn) and shows what a sonata may have sounded like from one of these two composers if they had a fine concert accordion like those that we have available today. This piece is dedicated to the memory of Gene Van, a dear friend of mine who passed away 28 May 2018." Link to the AAA 80th Anniversary Festival Daily Reports of pictures and videos: 2018AAA80th |
by Kevin Friedrich, CIA Ambassador
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A World of Accordions Museum located in Superior, Wisconsin hosted an International Summit to showcase the Museum holdings during a recent event organized by curator Helmi Harrington, Ph. D. The International conference included three Executive members of the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) Kevin Friedrich - Ambassador (USA), Harley Jones - Public Relations Manger (New Zealand) and Dr. Herbert Scheibenreif - Vice President (Austria) as well as Heather Masefield - Executive Officer of the New Zealand Accordion Association. The Summit was supported by the new Superior, WI, Mayor Jim Paine as well as 6th District Councilor Tylor Elm, the Director of Marketing and Social Media Nikky Farmakes as well as other guests from the Visitors and Convention Bureau and local Universities, the Museum Board of Directors and guests. After an official welcome and remarks by CIA World Accordion Museum Alliance Director Kevin Friedrich, speakers included Dr. Herbert Scheibenreif, Harley Jones, Heather Masefield, Helmi Harrington, Ph. D., Mayor Jim Paine and Museum Repair Technician student David Beer. The guests were given a guided tour of the Museum holdings before concluding with a meet and greet reception. Museum Curator Helmi Harrington presented an overview of Museum activities and holdings including the 1300 instruments on display, more than one million pieces of sheet music, reference books and recordings, featured Concert Series guest artists such as renowned classical Russian accordionists Friedrich Lips and Viatcheslav Semionov to popular Grammy Award winning Joey Miskulin, the exciting World Accordion Day and Willard Palmer festivals, the Musical Estates of dignitaries such as Willard Palmer, Ernest Deffner, Pietro Diero, Charles Magnante and others entrusted to the Museum, the new online resources such as sales and Educational items, the new Fundraising Campaign 'Superior Vision' and the unique Repair Technician school. A World of Accordions Museum is a member of the newly established World Accordion Museum Alliance under the auspices of the CIA which aims to coordinate the efforts of Accordion Museums and collectors around the world to ensure that the historical culture of the accordion is protected for all to enjoy. For more information about the Museum, please visit www.worldofaccordions.org. |
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The Opening Concert of the 80th Anniversary AAA Festival was a Concert of Original Music. Grayson Masefield is introduced by AAA Past President Linda Solely Reed after which Grayson performs Ka Mate composed by Gorka Hermosa. Link to the AAA 80th Anniversary Festival Daily Reports of pictures and videos: 2018AAA80th |
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London based Ian Watson was the featured accordionist in the Aurora Orchestra during the popular show 'Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret' which just concluded a month long engagement at the Barbican Center in London. Ian opened the show with Cabaret diva Meow Meow as the orchestra assembled on stage while renowned actor Barry Humphries served as the Emcee of the show which was a tribute to the jazz-infused music of the Weimar Republic. In the late 1940s, Barry Humphries, then a teenager, bought a collection of sheet music, once owned by a refugee from Nazi Germany, from a secondhand bookshop in Melbourne, Australia. It consisted of works by composers banned in the Third Reich as “degenerate”, among them Korngold, Ernst Krenek and Kurt Weill. His desire to unlock the secrets of the printed music resulted in a lifelong fascination with music of the Weimar Republic, with its experimentalism, defiance and unique mix of classical and jazz. Best known as Dame Edna Everage, Barry Humphries inserts his witty anecdotes and irreverent asides providing interludes to a treasure trove of songs and instrumentals. Fellow Australian Meow Meow, sings Kurt Weill standards alongside rarities from Friedrich Hollaender, Ernst Krenek and Erwin Schulhoff, all accompanied by London’s trailblazing Aurora Orchestra. As the evening progresses it repeatedly highlights how the composers had to leave their homes and reinvent themselves when their work was denounced as degenerate by the Nazis regime. During the course of his research, Humphries went on to meet and make friends with many of the composers. Kurt Weill later used the accordion in his works such as Mahagonny, The Threepenny Opera, Happy End, Marie Galante, and Lost in the Stars, while Ernst Krenek went on to write works for accordion including Acco-music for accordion, Op. 225 and Toccata (1964) by Ernst Krenek, a commission by the American Accordionists' Association. Ian Watson is a concert artist and composer based in London and maintains a busy schedule working with orchestras, chamber ensembles and the Theatre in addition to directing the London Accordion Orchestra. An advocate for new music in addition to his own compositions, he is also active in commissioning new works by other renowned composers. For more information please visit: http://www.londonao.co.uk/ |
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The Opening Concert of the 80th Anniversary AAA Festival was a Concert of Original Music. Carousel of Dreams composed by Guy Klucevsek and performed by Cody McSherry. Link to the AAA 80th Anniversary Festival Daily Reports of pictures and videos: 2018AAA80th |
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by Weronika Florencio
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![]() Schedule: 7th -11th August - Jury International Accordion Festival in Harbin 8th August - Symphonic Concert - Krzysztof Penderecki - Accordion Concerto, the Children’s Palace Theater in Harbin 9th August - Masterclasses in Harbin 12th August - Solo Recital, Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing 14th August - Solo Recital, Lei Feng Theater in Changsha 16th August - Solo Recital, Grand Theatre in Tianjin The main event during the tour will be the concert on 8th of August, which will be a Chinese premiere of the Krzysztof Penderecki's Accordion Concerto (version from Concerto Doppio). Program of the solo recitals presents mostly Polish pieces. J. S. Bach - Prelude und Fugue fis moll DWK II Dariusz Przybylski - Sonata da chiesa Witold Lutoslawski - Bukolics Andrzej Tuchowski - Te Lucis Ante Terminum Mikolaj Majkusiak - Dyad *** Sofia Gubaidulina - De Profundis J. Ph. Rameau - from Pieces de Clavecin L’entretien des Muses La Poule Astor Piazzolla - Flora’s Game Krzysztof Penderecki - Sinfonietta The project is co-organised by the Polish Institute in Beijing and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute. |
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