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Congresso Invernale della Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) - Estoniaby Kimmo Mattila |
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![]() L'evento includeva riunioni del Comitato Esecutivo e Musicale della CIA, la 141° Assemblea Generale dei Delegati, un concerto nel municipio di Tallin, un concerto nella Hopneri Maja e una sessione di chiusura. I partecipanti hanno anche avuto del tempo libero per le visite turistiche per godersi l'inverno estone. Un ringraziamento speciale a Eesti Akordioniliit e ai suoi leader e delegati Aivi Tilk, Kristel Laas, Sirje Mõttus, Heli Raitar, Marit Sukk, Tiina Välja e Mikk Langeproon che hanno ospitato la 141° Assemblea Generale. Il congresso è stato ben organizzato e ricco di discussioni creative. Grazie anche a Tiit Kalluste, Villu Veski, Kulno Malva, Kaspar Uljas e Isabel Bermejo. Molte foto a: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ctqv1dwrznoab16/AABCZkiEgvSV004HN7l6OMZ8a?dl=0 |
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Aggiornamento Informazioni 2019 Coupe Mondiale dal Congresso della CIA - Estoniaby Harley Jones |
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![]() Al Congresso Invernale della CIA a Tallin Estonia, la delegata cinese Crystal Wang ha realizzato una presentazione a colori di 24 pagine: 2019CMPresentation.pdf e riportato: 1. Conferma 16 gennaio 2019 incontro con il Dipartimento di Propaganda Bo'an District che la Coupe Mondiale 2019 è sulla lista dei progetti culturali sostenuti dal governo. 2. Circa 130 concorrenti cinesi dopo la selezione si sfideranno nella 7 Categorie Coupe Mondiale. 3. 130 concorrenti cinesi più concorrenti da tutto il mondo significheranno un nuovo record di iscrizioni alla Coupe Mondiale. 4. Gli artisti del Concerto di Apertura includono la Baidi Accordion Orchestra, i fisarmonicisti cinesi Mao Junhao, Tan Jialiang e il vincitore della Coupe Mondiale 2018 Radu Ratoi (Lituania). 5. Altri concerti vedranno protagonisti giovani fisarmonicisti cinesi, gruppi e amanti della fisarmonica di mezza età. 6. Concerto World Accordion Orchestra: le informazioni saranno presto disponibili online per coloro che desiderano presentare domanda di partecipazione. 7. Il presidente della CIA, Mirco Patarini, invita i concorrenti di tutte le nazioni a presentare le loro iscrizioni e ha elogiato la generosa sponsorizzazione della Cina e del governo di Shenzhen, che ha offerto l'opportunità di assegnare 50 sussidi ai concorrenti per biglietto aereo e vitto e alloggio. Le domande di sussidio devono pervenire entro il 15 marzo 2019, quindi fai la tua richiesta oggi!! La data di chiusura dell'iscrizione al concorso è il 30 giugno 2019. Il sistema di iscrizione online è ora aperto per le iscrizioni alla 72ª Coupe Mondiale dalla pagina 2019 Regole Generali della Competizione: 2019CM-Rules |
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National Polka Festival di Ennis, Texas - USAby Harley Jones |
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Il Memorial Weekend, 24-26 maggio 2019 è il National Polka Festival di Ennis, in Texas. Il National Polka Festival invita tutti a venire per aiutare a celebrare 53 meravigliosi anni di festività del patrimonio ceco dal venerdì alla domenica. Tenuto annualmente, il National Polka Festival offre un'abbondanza di attività da godersi con tutta la famiglia nella piccola atmosfera della città. Sabato mattina, carri allegorici, bande e costumi colorati daranno il via alle feste del centro. La parata include tradizionalmente qualcosa per i visitatori di tutte le età. Sperimenterai le nostre tradizioni, i costumi religiosi, la danza, i sapori, i panorami, i suoni e "un po' delle terre ceche" nelle nostre tre spaziose sale climatizzate. Goditi un fine settimana all'insegna della polka, cibi cechi e 13 sensazionali polka live tra cui Brave Combo, vincitore del Grammy Award. Unisciti a noi! |
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Convention della National Accordion Association (NAA) in Corso, Texas - USAby Rita Davidson Barnea |
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![]() Nella foto qui sopra Lionel Reekie, Jane Christison e il presidente della NAA Norman Seaton. A destra una foto del redattore di AccordionUSA, Rita Barnea e Norman Seaton. Foto sotto (da sinistra a destra) Mike Soloway, Cory Pesaturo, Eddie Monteiro, Joe Natoli, Rita Barnea. |
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Video of Sasko Velkov performing his own composition Majestic Accordion - Music and Arrangement : Sasko Velkov - Mastering: Ljupco Sokolovski - City Sound Skopje - Video: Stole Stoilov - Fly Video Production |
by Rita Davidson Barnea
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The Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration (LIAC) takes place from June 20-23, 2019. See Doris Osgood’s link to “It’s Time to Prepare for Leavenworth” The 26th anniversary of the Leavenworth Accordion Celebration looks to be one of the best events ever. Note the outstanding line up of professional performers. The variety of music will showcase the versatility of the accordion. Link: 2019LeavenworthArticle.pdf |
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![]() The competition included solo, duet and group categories. The London Intermediate Accordion Orchestra scored top marks in the Intermediate Orchestra section (picture below), and won the Bridget Cumiskey Memorial Cup for the highest mark. The James Mullally Cup for Outstanding Performance was award to Cairan Gilligan. This cup was donated by members of the London Accordion Orchestra in his memory. In recognition for an Outstanding Performance it is hoped that it will continue not just James’ love of music but also his wish to encourage people to play the accordion. This Area Festival is a qualifying stage for the 70th Anniversary Celebration NAO UK Championships 2019, which will again take place at The Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, from April 26th to 28th. |
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by Harley Jones
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![]() Now, one hundred years on, the band is still pumping out the tunes on an eclectic mix of instruments including the accordion. Members come from as far afield as Invercargill (at the bottom of the South Island) and Ashburton to don the colours and clothes of what people wore from the gold fields in 1910, and get the crowds singing. |
by Christine Johnstone
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![]() In addition Fernando played a mix of Latin American popular music, tango, milonga, chamame, baião as well as some French waltzes and pieces by Frank Marocco including “Take Ten” and “Cynthia”. |
by Harley Jones
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![]() Henry will present a 45-minute lecture/recital on the two great pioneer Italian-American piano accordionists - Guido and Pietro Deiro. Henry is honored to share the two-day program with great musicians such as Joan Sommers, Kevin Friedrich, Stas Venglevsi, Mary Tokarski, Murl Allen Sanders, Betty Jo Simon, Paul Vargason, Mike Middleton, Aydar Salahov, Jane Christison, and the UMKC Chamber Accordion Ensemble. |
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The Polyphonia Orchestra conducted by Pierre Varo performed its first 2019 concert at Hôtels de la chaîne Exsel, St Gilles, Reunion Island. Pierre Varo is the Director at Association Ensembles Pour La Musique, Professor of the accordion at Ecole de Musique de Saint Andre and Art Director at Orchestre Polyphonia. The orchestra consists of accordions, violins, flutes, clarinets, saxophones, trumpets, euphonium, keyboards, percussionists and vocalists all aged between 12 and 18 years, who give 25 concerts each year on Réunion Island. The successful 2 hour concert included a variety of light classical music, international music, film music, Latin music, jazz and traditional music. This ensemble is currently preparing for a musical tour which will take place in 6 states of the West Coast of the United States and an International accordion competition in Los Angeles from July 19th to August 12th 2020. |
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by Rob Howard
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The deadline for photos for the 2020 Accordion Babes calendar has now been extended to April 14th, 2019. The calendar is currently half full, so there are 6 further places available. The theme for 2020 is: Women of the Future: or: An Instrument Beyond Time. As always, the theme is flexible. The print date will be June 1st, 2019. For further information email: editor@accordionpinupcalendar.com Pictured below is Sapo, of Montreal, Canada who is Miss February 2019. |
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by Christine Johnstone
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![]() They will perform with Professor Akio Koyama on bassoon (picture right). Works include Amasia (Laurent Boutros) and Libertango (Astor Piazzolla). Other performers include vocalists Yuko Koyama, Aya Koyama, Elias Schneider (bassoon), Imai-Stastny Sonoko (violin), Holger Spegg (piano) and piano duo Shoko Hayashizaki & Michael Hagemann. For concert details email: AndiNebl@gmx.de |
by Christine Johnstone
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![]() ![]() “Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino” (which includes accordionist Massimiliano Morabito) are exponents in a new wave of young performers re-inventing Southern Italy’s Pizzica musical and dance traditions. The group are said to “make an audience shimmy with the energy of the ancient ritual of pizzica tarantata, said to cure the taranta spider’s bite with its frenzied trance dances.” They also play music by global artists Ballake Sissoko, Ibrahim Maalouf & Piers Faccini, contemporary classical composers Ludovico Einaudi, and pop mavericks Stewart Copeland of The Police. For further details email: neilwedd@thethornburytheatre.com |
by Rob Howard
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Popular duo Aly Bain (violin) & Phil Cunningham (accordion) will tour the UK this month beginning at the Coronation Hall in Ulverston on March 15th and finishing at the Masham Town Hall on March 30th. Aly and Phil have become a national institution with their mastery of violin and accordion, bringing popular traditional Scottish/Celtic music to venues across the country. Individually they pursue other ventures in performance, television and education but it is when they tour together that they truly shine with over quarter of a century of well honed skills and hilarious banter delighting audiences. See Poster below for concert details. |
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by Rob Howard
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![]() The ballet is based on Shakespeare's classic "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Breiner uses ballet music by Mendelssohn as well as compositions by Claudio Jacomucci, Uroš Rojko, Alessandro Sbordoni, Antonio Correa and Duke Ellington. Marko Kassl will perform live as a soloist and also in duo with pianist Annette Reifig. Marko is a teacher at the Detmold Academy of Music and also takes an accordion class at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. He has given many concerts as a soloist and in “Duo Mares” (picture right) in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Turkey, Slovenia and Luxembourg. The premiere of the ballet will be held on March 31st with further performances on April 5th, April 28th, May 12th, May 25th, June 16th and June 21st. For further information email: info@marko-kassl.de |
by Christine Johnstone
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![]() Paul’s style of teaching is relaxed and entertaining, however, he believes that the accordion should be taken more seriously as a beautiful and versatile instrument. His playing is unique in that he uses a lot of sustained left hand notes, block chords, and drones or pedal notes. He enjoys harmony and frequently adds extra lines in the right hand. His playing is inspired by the sound of the church organ and he is an experienced teacher who loves teaching and enjoys developing the potential of a group or individual to deepen and improve their musicianship. For details phone: +44 (0)1462 459446 |
by Christine Johnstone
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![]() ![]() During the same week, CNIMA will hold a diatonic and chromatic: Breton and Celtic Music workshop with Alain Pennec (picture right). Alain contributes to the revival of traditional Breton music. Trainees can work with or without sheet music on their instruments. During these courses there will be an accordion demonstration by Matthew Chaussalet on April 24th as well as concerts and exhibitions throughout the week. The workshops are aimed at beginners, experienced musicians and even professionals and are open to all ages. Each trainee will have individual and daily group lessons. For further details email: cnima@wanadoo.fr |
by Christine Johnstone
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![]() Tour dates are: May 1st: Toowoomba, Empire Theatre, Phone - 1 300 655 299 May 2nd: Maryborough, Brolga Theatre, Phone – (07) 4 122 6060 May 3rd: Bundaberg, Moncrieff Entertainment Centre, Phone – (07) 4 130 4100 May 5th: Mackay Entertainment & Convention Centre, Phone – (04) 9 619 777 May 8th: Ipswich Civic Centre, Phone - (07) 3 810 6100 May 11th: Port Macquarie Glasshouse, Phone - (02) 6 581 8888 May 12th: Newcastle, Civic Theatre, Phone – (02) 4 929 1977 May 15th: Dubbo Regional Theatre & Convention Centre, Phone (02) 6 801 4378 May 18th: Griffith Regional Theatre, Phone – (02) 6 962 8444 May 20th: Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre, Phone – (02) 6 926 9688 May 21st: Canberra Playhouse, Phone - (02) 6 275 2700 May 22nd: Frankston Arts Centre, Phone - (03) 9 784 1 060 May 23rd: Sale, The Wedge Performing Arts Centre, Phone – (03) 5 143 3200 May 25th: Albury, Entertainment Centre, Phone – (02) 6 043 5610 May 26th: Geelong, The Playhouse GPAC, Phone – (03) 5 225 1 200 May 29th: Wollongong, Anita’s Theatre June 1st: Gold Coast, Home of the Arts, Phone – (07) 5 588 4000 June 2nd: Caloundra, The Events Centre, Phone - (07) 5 491 4240 |
by Christine Johnstone
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![]() The event will include training on the secrets of magic, the mysteries of manipulation and general magic skills with “Alpha” (picture right), a professor of magic at the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Paris. The course is suitable for all age groups. For information email: jl.noton@wanadoo.fr |
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![]() ![]() cfranco241 - Fantasia Lunatica cfranco242 - Nostalgic Moments cfranco243 - Triste Autunno View sample page online, pdf format music sent to purchaser by email. |
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![]() DW952 Clown in a Pickle DW953 Horseplay Two weeks previously, Douglas Ward released: DW950 Backstage Waltz DW951 Conundrum Douglas Ward is now listing over 80 compositions and arrangements of eSheet and printed music available from Charnwood Publishing Douglas Ward. Sample music pages online. Purchase with credit card online. |
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