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La California Ospita la Celebrazione del 70 ° Anniversario ATG, Santa Clara - USAby Rob Howard |
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![]() L'evento di quest'anno è il '70th Anniversary Celebration', e incorpora il Concorso Internazionale di Fisarmonica Classica “Anthony Galla-Rini” (Anthony Galla-Rini) Gli ospiti di quest'anno sono Alexander Sevastian (Canada), Cory Pesaturo (USA), Lionel Reekie (Nuova Zelanda) e il Dr. Herbert Scheibenreif (Austria). Artisti e docenti al top, provenienti da tutta l'America, si uniranno a visitatori di tutto il mondo per concerti, banchetti, seminari e concorsi in questa straordinaria “cinque giorni” di fisarmonica. Tra artisti e presentatori segnaliamo Mary Tokarski, William Cosby, Stas Venglevski, Betty Jo Simon, Dee Langley, Amy Jo Sawyer, Accordion Chamber Ensemble (MD Joe Smiell Jr), Peter Di Bono Trio, The Great Morgani, Gordon Kohl, AbsolutAccord, Bernard Metais, Joan Grauman, Karen Malan-Uribe, Liz Finch, Steve Albini, la Galla-Rini Festival Orchestra diretta da Esther Lanting (aperta a tutti!), più una specialissima Executive Festival Orchestra ATG composta dai membri del consiglio di amministrazione e da selezionati ospiti sotto la direzione di Joan Sommers. Tra gli eventi speciali segnaliamo una spettacolare performance all'aperto di Cory Pesaturo e la Galla-Rini Festival Orchestra nel California's Great America Amusement Park Sabato 24 luglio, e la proiezione di 'Dietro il Mantice, un documentario di Steve Mobia. Per ulteriori informazioni scrivere a: atg.langley@gmail.com |
Irish Open Festival della Fisarmonica 2011, contea di Meath - Repubblica d'Irlandaby Yvonne Chilton, Secretary Irish Acc. Assoc. |
![]() Per celebrare il 40 ° anno della I.A.A. All-Accordion Festival in Irlanda, l'Irish Accordion Association sta tenendo l'Irish Open Accordion Festival 2011, che include l'annuale “Irlanda Accordion Festival”, dal 16 al 17 aprile 2011. Questo festival si terrà presso l'Hotel Newgrange, Navan, Co. Meath (circa 40 km a nord di Dublino). In allegato l’elenco dei brani obbligatori, tasse di iscrizione ed il regolamento 2011 Irish Rules & Regulations. Iscrizioni d'oltremare beneficeranno di tasse di iscrizione ridotte. Tra gli ospiti speciali segnaliamo il St. Petersburg Youth Accordion Orchestra (MD Vladimir S. Iljenkov), e l’ensemble “Arts Across Borders” (con fisarmoniche, arpe, flauti, cornamuse e percussioni in un mix molto dinamico) che eseguirà nuovi lavori commissionati a compositori irlandesi. Sarà un evento emozionante con musica tradizionale irlandese, danza e intrattenimento. Potete essere sicuri di un caloroso benvenuto e di lasciare poi l’irlanda con magnifici ricordi. Regolamento 2011 Irish Rules & Regulations. Per ulteriori informazioni e-mail Yvonne Chilton: chilton_accordion@hotmail.com |
Martynas Levickis, Lituania, prepara un Tour negli Stati Unitiby Rob Howard |
![]() Martynas Levickis ha iniziato gli studi all'età di 8 anni con Maryte Markeviciene al Conservatorio di Šiauliai ed ha vinto premi in molti concorsi in Lituania, USA, Italia, Francia, Paesi Bassi, Polonia, Estonia e Bielorussia. Nel 2004 Martynas è stato il primo fisarmonicista ad essere insignito del premio lituano 'Queen Morta'. Si è esibito con diverse orchestre da camera in Lituania e nel Regno Unito, ha suonato con la BBC Concert, BBC Philharmonic e la City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Apparizioni televisive includono il popolare 'The One Show' della BBC, e la semi-finale del 'Lituania's Got talent show' nel 2009. Nel 2008 Martynas è entrato nella Royal Academy of Music di Londra, studiando sotto la guida del Professor Owen Murray. Martynas è un membro attivo della Lithuanian Accordionists Association. I piani futuri includono la selezione per la serie di concerti al Park Lane Group nel Purcell Room di Londra, e il suo recital di debutto al Barbican Centre nell’ottobre 2010. Programmazione dei concerti: 9 Luglio, 19:00 - Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, 6500 Pulaski road, Chicago, Illinois 10 Luglio, 15:00- Mosse Humanities Building, Room 1111, University of Wisconsin 11 Luglio, 12:00- Lithuanian World Centre, 14911 127th St., Lemont, IL 15 Luglio, 19:00 - Eden Church of Christ, Edwardsville, IL 16 Luglio, 19:00- Gala Concert, American Accordionists’ Association Festival, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17 Luglio, 19:00- The Chapel, St. Louis, Missouri 18 Luglio, 10:00- St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, St. Louis, MO 25 Luglio, 12:00- Oyster Point Yacht Club, San Francisco, California |
Sata-Häme Soi Festival di Fisarmonica, Ikaalinen - Finlandiaby Kevin Friedrich |
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Leggi il report completo sul 38° Sata-Häme Soi Accordion Festival sul sito web dell’evento. Si può anche vedere il concorso internazionale Primus Ikaalinen in streaming video. Vai al sito Sata-Häme Soi. |
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![]() Everyone was touched by Nihad's new compositions for solo accordion, and there was an overwhelming applause after every item, and at the end of his accordion recital a standing ovation from a full concert hall. The music critic Stan Rijven, writing in the Dutch newspaper ‘Trouw’ commented: “What Pablo Casals did for emancipation of the cello, and Astor Piazzola of the bandoneon, Nihad Hrustanbegovic is doing for the accordion”. Nihad Hrustanbegovic (born 1973 in Bosnia) is a composer and accordionist, now based in the Netherlands. He started his music education at age of nine at the music school at Bijeljina, Bosnia, and from 15 began his professional musical education at the music college of Tuzla. Between 1988 and 1991, Nihad won five prizes as an accordionist at the ‘Concurs for music students of Bosnia and former Yugoslavia’, including three prizes as a soloist. In 1995 he continued his music education in the Netherlands at the ArtEZ - College for arts at Arnhem, and at the Messiaen Academy, where in 2000 Nihad Hrustanbegovic received his Bachelors degree, and in 2002 his Master of Music degree. For further information email: info@nihad-accordeon.com |
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Congratulations from Hohner to the outstanding winning artists Pietro Adragna (Italy) and Petar Maric (Serbia). Pietro Adragna won the Primus Ikaalinen VI competition, which was broadcast online and live TV Broadcast on National Finnish TV. Petar Maric won equal full marks and 2nd place, same as the year before when both Peter and Grayson Masefield (New Zealand) had full marks and Grayson was the winner. Also congratulations to Augustinas Rakauskas who was placed 5th in 2010. You can view the 2010 streaming video of Primus Ikaalinen online, Sata-Häme Soi website. All these outstanding artists perform on the Hohner ‘Fun Line’ accordions, which were constructed with the help of Frédéric Deschamps, supporting his technique and training systems enabling his students to perform at a world class standard. |
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![]() Originally from the city of Columbus, Sergio Pinget comes from the region of Argentina where the chamamé folk music style predominates, and he grew up playing within this genre, though has since diversified into other styles. Sergio has developed into a successful concert performer, and has several recordings to his credit. For further information email: info@sergiopinget.com.ar |
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![]() ![]() The evening began with a video of Russian accordionist Alexander Korbakov (picture left) in performance, which ran for 58 minutes. This was shown on a large screen, with almost cinema quality, using a professional sound system consisting of two speakers and an amplifier, provided by Club Chairman Barry Smith. The Alexander Korbakov video was followed by a fish and chips, which was much appreciated by all present. After the meal the audience settled down to watching an unreleased video of the 1996 Caister Accordion Festival, filmed by the club’s Secretary Lou Ambrose. This was a tribute to the late Malcolm Gee (picture right), the founder of the Caister festivals. Malcolm had sponsored the Caister videos but due to his shock demise the video was never officially released as he had never seen it. A special tribute to Malcom was made by accordionist Ron Hawkins at the beginning of the video. The video also showed the late Andy Anderson playing his own composition of 'Angelina'. The whole evening went down very well with many comments of satisfaction from both members and guests alike. |
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![]() Ort: Bunkerei im Augarten (Gastgarten), 1020 Wien, Obere Augartenstraße 1a (Bei Schlechtwetter indoor!) Sunday 11th July: noon FOX ROSEN QUINTET (USA/AT) For more information: Info: http://www.bunkerei.at, http://www.aktionsradius.at, |
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![]() The Harbin 2010 website has just been updated to include an awesome array of Guests and Jury for this prestigious event including such famous Chinese and international accordionists as (alphabetical order): Bankov, Raymond Bodell, Andrey Chuguhov, Li Cong, Xu Dawei, Sun Delun, Frederic Deschamps, Kevin Friedrich, Zhang Guoping, Wang Hongyu, Harley Jones, Chen Jun, Jiang Jie, Alexander Kapitan, Andreas Nebl, Gennady Nizovskiy, Viatcheslav Semenenko, Viatcheslav Semionov, Yuri Shishkin, Wang Shusheng, Radomir Tomic, Li Wei Ming, Lui Wenlin, Cao Xiao-Qing, Chen Yiming, Wang Yuping, Vladimir Zubitsky. The Chinese government sponsorship shows the importance of culture and the accordion in the Harbin area of China. The Harbin 2010 chief organiser of the event is Professor Wang Hongyu, the Head of Keyboard department, Music College, Harbin Normal University. Full information is on the website Harbin 2010 including the rules and the competition application form. |
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![]() July 10th – ‘Folcoloreando’, Vilaeimil, Lugo, Spain July 17th – ‘Ibêricum’, Fuenlabrada, Madrid July 24th – ‘María Berasarte’, Vilanova da Cerveira, Portugal August 6th – ‘Fantangueando’, Zaragoza, Spain: duo with Silvia Márquez – harpsichord Recent Reviews Gorka Hermosa: "Classisima, 17 March 2010, Pablo Alvarez," Gorka Hermosa is raising the general opinion of his instrument into the classical world ... The well-known version of Piazzolla's Libertango left us all in complete silence ... Really magical, original and a delight not only for purists. " "La Gaceta de Salamanca", 25 March 2010, Juan Mari Montes: "Garúa are three extraordinary musicians ... Wonderful concert " "El Norte de Castilla", 02 May 2010, "Gorka Hermosa showed his virtuosity.. Hermosa surprised with the magic of his fingers on the accordion." For further information email: gorka@gorkahermosa.com |
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![]() With accordionist Victor Prieto, are Edward Perez – bass, and Eric Doob - drums. For further information email: victorprieto2001@yahoo.com |
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![]() The Stockport AC Band (MD Derek Stubbs) and Orchestra (MD Brian Jenkins) will also perform during the evening. The venue is Woodley Methodist Church, Chapel Street/A560 Hyde Road, Woodley, Stockport, Cheshire SK6 1ND (J25/M60). For further information email: robaccord5@hotmail.com |
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![]() Frank Marocco, from California, is one of the accordion world’s stellar performers. Apart from his own performances and recordings, Frank Marocco has played on a vast number of movie and TV soundtracks, commercial jingles and has recorded for and/or worked with artists ranging from Brian Wilson, Pink Floyd and Madonna to Luciano Pavarotti, conductor Maxim Shostakovich and composer John Williams. |
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The duo ‘Mazaika’ perform in a concert titled ‘Hot Club Jazz, Tango and Gypsy Fiddle’ at the Green Note, Camden, London, NW1 7AN, on Friday July 23rd, 9pm. Mazaika Duo are Igor Outkine – vocals and accordion, and Sarah Harrison - violin. Now using a midi accordion, which he proudly calls “The Chameleon Virtual Orchestra”, Russian-born Igor Outkine is a one man band who doesn’t use backing tracks. Igor appears on screen in the feature film ‘Eastern Promises’ (2007), directed by David Cronenberg, singing the Russian song ‘Dark Eyes’. For further information email: igor.outkine@ntlworld.com |
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![]() The festival, established in 1950, runs between November 7th and 28th, and offers the opportunity to perform on a first class concert platform in friendly surroundings. Details of the Accordion Syllabus and entry forms are now available from Brenda Churchman. For further information email: brendainchurch@yahoo.com |
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