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10° Anniversario, Shanghai Normal University University Orchestra - Cina
Yvette Horner (1922-2018), Parigi - Francia
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10th Anniversary Concert of the Shanghai Normal University Accordion Orchestra - ChinaMarco Lo Russo Featured Again on TV – Italy10th Anniversary Concert of the Shanghai Normal University Accordion Orchestra - ChinaWatford Accordion Band Festival Success, Kent – UKConcert at Xuanjing Art Center, Shanghai - ChinaSteven Carcary Duo @ Ellon Accordion & Fiddle Club, Scotland – UK
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Rachael McShane & The Cartographers Gigs and New CD - UKGraduation Recital, Madrid – SpainOrquesta Tipica Fernandez Fierro Gigs – Argentina, ColombiaKlaus Paier & Asja Valcic Master Class, Klagenfurt - AustriaTraditional Music Session, Westmeath – Irish RepublicAccordion Concert, Buckinghamshire - UKYevgen Gavryliuk Concert, Nuremberg – GermanySam O’Doherty Tribute Night – Irish RepublicClaudio Jacomucci and Adrian Bravi ‘Concerti Dell’Orto’, Macerata – ItalyCarismático Tango Concert, Worksop – UKNick Ariondo, Italian Night at Arcosanti, 30 June Concert - USA
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2018 Coupe Mondiale Sistema Iscrizione Aperto - Lituaniaby Harley Jones |
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  Il segretario generale della CIA Kimmo Mattila annuncia che il sistema di iscrizione online per la Coupe Mondiale 2018 è ora aperto per le iscrizioni alla 71° Coupe Mondiale dalla pagina Regole Generali della Competizione 2018: 2018CM-RulesIl Presidente della CIA Mirco Patarini invita tutti i (41) membri della CIA a registrare delegati al 140° Congresso Internazionale dei Delegati che si riunisce due volte a Kaunas. Il presidente Patarini invita i concorrenti di tutte le nazioni a presentare le loro iscrizioni ben prima della data di chiusura per assistere gli organizzatori in quella che sarà sicuramente una grande Coupe Mondiale, e per avere il tempo di organizzare il viaggio nella bellissima città di Kaunas. La 71° Coupe Mondiale si terrà dal 24 al 30 settembre 2018 a Kaunas, in Lituania, ospitata dalla Lithuanian National Accordionist's Union. Il Presidente Kazys Stonkus dà il benvenuto a tutti nella magnifica struttura e nell'ottima acustica della Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall (nella foto). Il festival presenterà le seguenti competizioni: • 71st Coupe Mondiale • Masters Coupe Mondiale • Junior Coupe Mondiale • International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music • Junior International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music • Chamber Music - Classical • Chamber Music - World Music La data di chiusura delle iscrizioni è il 31 luglio 2018 e tutte le informazioni sono online su: Coupe Mondiale |
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10° Anniversario, Shanghai Normal University University Orchestra - Cinaby Harley Jones |
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| Video sopra: Apertura del concerto. Fisarmoniche: Huang Mengyao e Qiao Dan; Flauto di bambù: Song Xuyan; Pipa: Geng Luxuan; Dulcimer: Lan Yuxin Immagini e video di ogni esibizione al 10° Anniversary Concert della Shanghai Normal University Accordion Orchestra sono online a: 2018SHNU-Concert Il video proviene dal concerto televisivo con spettacolo di luci, audio e team di produzione televisiva. Scarica il programma di 16 pagine a colori: 2018SHNUProgram.pdf |
Yvette Horner (1922-2018), Parigi - Franciaby Rob Howard |
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Pearls of Crystal A piece that Yvette Horner was famous for recording.
Recorded by Harley Jones in 1975. Enjoy.
Historical Video by Yvette Horner
 Download file mp3 gratuito disponibile in onore di Yvette Horner.Pearls of Crystal Un pezzo per cui Yvette Horner era famosa. Registrato da Harley Jones nel 1975. Yvette Horner, una dei più famosi e popolari fisarmonicisti francesi, nacque a Tarbes, nel sud della Francia, il 22 settembre 1922, dove si trova una strada in suo onore. Yvette ha imparato a suonare il pianoforte da bambina e si è formata al Conservatorio di Tolosa, intraprendendo la carriera di concertista classica. Ha anche iniziato a studiare la fisarmonica, e sua madre le disse che non essendoci molte fisarmoniciste donne all’epoca, Yvette avrebbero avuto migliori prospettive di carriera come fisarmonicista. Yvette ha preso a cuore questo consiglio, ed è stata presto richiesta per suonare alle bal musette, e ha continuato a diventare una personalità notevole nel mondo della fisarmonica. Ad esempio, ha registrato un album di musica country a Nashville con l'armonicista americano Charlie McCoy. C'è un video su YouTube di Yvette che accompagna il cantante Boy George in "Summertime". Nel 1989, per il 14 luglio, con un abito in paillettes blu-bianco-rosso, ha suonato alla Bastille con la National Jazz Orchestra sotto la direzione di Quincy Jones. Nel 1948 Yvette Horner divenne la prima campionessa del mondo femminile della CIA Coupe Mondiale, vincendo questa competizione inaugurale a Losanna, in Svizzera. Dal 1952 al 1963 è stata la principale accompagnatrice ufficiale al Tour de France, esibendosi in ognuna delle tappe principali, che l'ha portata all'attenzione del pubblico francese e l’ha resa una star. C'era anche un modellino di un’auto del Tour de France in vendita con lei che suonava la fisarmonica. Nel corso degli anni, Yvette Horner ha ricevuto numerosi riconoscimenti, dall’International Grand Prix del 1950 per il suo album di debutto "Le Jardin secret d'Yvette Horner" (Il giardino segreto di Yvette Horner) all’essere promossa Comandante della Legione d'Onore nel 2011 dal presidente Nicolas Sarkozy. Durante la sua lunga carriera ha eseguito oltre 2000 concerti e registrato 150 album e un DVD, con vendite combinate di oltre 30 milioni. Il suo primo grande concerto pubblico fu nel 1947, e la sua ultima esibizione pubblica fu nel 2011, quando ormai viveva in una residenza per anziani a Parigi. È deceduta l'11 giugno a Courbevoie, Parigi, all’età di 95 anni. Download printable article by Rouleur: YvetteHorner.pdf |
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Crociera di Musica, Canto e Danza Irlandesi - Seattle in Alaskaby Rob Howard |
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 Joanie Madden, della band Cherish the Ladies, sta organizzando una Crociera di Musica, Canto e Danza Irlandesi, dal 19 al 26 agosto. Gli artisti includono diversi fisarmonicisti e gruppi con fisarmoniche. La crociera offre un open bar illimitato da $ 99, pacchetti pranzo e internet o sconti per escursioni come incentivi!La crociera parte da Seattle, Washington e naviga verso Juneau, Skagway e Ketchikan in Alaska, navigando anche attraverso la maestosa Glacier Bay e fermandosi a Victoria, British Columbia. Volantino a grandezza naturale: 2018Alaska.pdf Tra gli artisti a bordo ci sono Cherish the Ladies, Sharon Shannon, Lúnasa, Johnny McEvoy, Eddi Reader e Phil Cunningham, Pat Shortt, Susan McCann, Dermot Henry, The Ennis Sisters, Don Stiffe, Makem & Clancy, Daoirí Farrell, Tommy Sands, Padraig Allen e la McLean Avenue Band, Gerry Timlin, Patrick e Conor O'Sullivan, Arty McGlynn e Nollaig Casey, Gabriel Donohue, Máirtín de Cógáin, Kate Purcell, Billy McComiskey, Dylan Foley e Josh Dukes, Pride of Moyvane Ceili Band, The Great Craic Band, Sean Fleming Band, Ronan O'Flaherty, Donie Carroll, Seanie Moloney, Kevin Crawford, Cillian Vallely, Colin Farrell, Trevor Hutchinson, Ed Boyd, John Nolan, Donnchadh Gough, Mary Rafferty, Rory Makem, Donal Clancy, Hughie Boyle, Brendan O'Shea, Cormac DeBarra, Joe Biancorusso, Jake James, Kevin McHugh, Tony Corbett, Bruce Foley, Pauline Conneely e Ger Carey, Pat Kane e Terry Kane, Hughie Boyle, The Sailor’s on the Rock, Monsignor John Griffin, Mark Murphy, Bruce Gordon, Justin Jo rdan. Irish Step Dancing con Donny Golden, Cara Butler, Jon Pilatzke, David Geaney, Anne Marie Keaney, Declan McHale, Michael Boyle, Michael Holland, Tom Lavin, Set Dance Masters Padraig e Roisin McEneany, Ceili Dance con Paul Keating e Marianne MacDonald. Inoltre, l'incredibile intrattenimento della Norwegian Cruise Line con musica fantastica e spettacoli di Broadway per il tuo divertimento! Waltzer, Jive, Ceil e Set Dancing, Concerti, Conferenze, Sessioni di Musica e di Canto, uscite di golf e molto altro!!! Joanie Madden organizza anche la sua crociera Folk'N Irish dal 12 al 19 maggio 2019, con partenza da New York e navigazione verso le Bermuda a bordo della Norwegian Escape. Per ulteriori informazioni scrivere a: book@joaniemaddencruise.com |
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| Video above: Shanghai Normal University Accordion Ensemble, members Wan Yizhong, Zhuo Shengji, Shi Xuan, Zhang Zhiyuan, Chen Shuwen, Song Yue, Zhang Menglu, Cao Peiya, Sang Yuting, Wang Mengwei. Pictures and video of each performance at the 10th Anniversary Concert of the Shanghai Normal University Accordion Orchestra is online at: 2018SHNU-Concert The video is from the televised concert with light show, sound and full TV production team. Download 16 page color program: 2018SHNUProgram.pdf |
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 After the success of last March, during the program ‘Bel Tempo si Spera’, broadcast, on Italian TV, TV2000, conducted by Lucia Ascione, accordionist Marco Lo Russo, was again featured in a live broadcast on Tuesday June 5th on TV2000.Marco Lo Russo performed on the accordion, accompanied by the pianist Giulio Vinci and soprano Martina Mannozzi, some musical compositions extracted from the concert program ‘Sacred Harmony’ conceived by Marco Lo Russo himself, including the recent ‘Ave Maria’, dedicated to Pope Francis, composed by accordionist, composer and producer Marco Lo Russo. The music production ‘Ave Maria’, available in all digital stores, for the label Rouge Sound Production, is enjoying many international acclaim and appreciation. Performed for a world premiere at the ‘Sacred Harmony’ concert held in Poland, during the ‘Night Krakow Sacred’, on August 15th 2017, the ‘Ave Maria’ was performed in Italy at the Oratorio del Gonfalone in Rome, in the Cathedral of San Francesco d'Assisi, in Civitavecchia, Rome, at the invitation of the Bishop Luigi Marrucci and in the Abbey of Valvisicolo in Sermoneta, Latina, Italy. Currently Marco Lo Russo is working on compositional projects, like as the soundtrack of the film by Ruggero Gabbai, CityZEN broadcast recently on SKY Atlantic. Accordionist for the Oscar winner Nicola Piovani, composer of the soundtrack of the film, and with Roberto Benigni, ‘Life is beautiful’, Marco Lo Russo, has performed, over the years, in numerous television events, including in live broadcast worldwide. With an original creative artistic path Marco Lo Russo, is counted among the most representative Italian musicians. |
by Harley Jones
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| Video above: Accordions: Wang Xue, Wang Andi, Jin Mengdi, Xiao Feng and Zither: Chen Beixuan Pictures and video of each performance at the 10th Anniversary Concert of the Shanghai Normal University Accordion Orchestra is online at: 2018SHNU-Concert The video is from the televised concert with light show, sound and full TV production team. Download 16 page color program: 2018SHNUProgram.pdf |
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| Shona Holmes, Musical Director of the Watford Accordion Band wrote on social media: “Very rewarding day on Sunday - my Watford Accordion Band travelled to Sevenoaks Three Arts Festival and gained 1st place for the second year running. Extra bonus, we gained a trophy for the highest mark of the day! So nice to see and hear accordionists from near and far coming together for such an enjoyable day of music making”. |
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| Picture above: Concert poster with Kevin Friedrich (CIA Ambassador), Prof. Li Cong (CIA Vice-President, CEO Xuanjing Art Center), Harley Jones (CIA Public Relations) and Ass Prof. Crystal Wang (CIA China Delegate and Senior Tutor Xuanjing Art Center). Concert video above is the very youngest accordionists, 3 to 5 year old students from nearby kindergarten schools after 1 month studying. The Xuanjing Art Center offers instruction in Music, Dance, Acting and Art and the concert of accordionists is reported with pictures and video at: 2018Xuanjing |
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 On Tuesday June 19th, 7.30pm, the Steven Carcary Duo performs as guests at the Ellon Accordion & Fiddle Club. The venue is The Station Hotel, Station Brae, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, AB41 9BD. Steven Carcary, in addition to being a professional accordionist and band leader, and has been broadcasting on BBC Radio Scotland since 1992. He is very well known in Scotland as an accordion teacher and is the Chairman of the annual Angus Accordion & Fiddle Festival. |
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| The singer and fiddle player Rachael McShane & The Cartographers (featuring guitarist and singer Matthew Ord and Julian Sutton on melodeon) perform, as follows: June 15th – Downend Folk Club, Bristol June 16th – Calstock Arts, Cornwall June 17th – Blue Sky Festival, Wiltshire July 7th – Folk at the Hall Festival, North Wales August 10th – The Bridge Festival, Newcastle August 18th – Folk East Festival September 1st - London Folk Festival October 20th – Manchester Folk Festival A new CD, ‘When All Is Still’, will be released on August 10th by Topic Records. For further information email: keldamanley@live.co.uk |
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 On Saturday June 16th, 8pm, there will be a graduation recital by Conservatorio Profesional de Música Arturo Soria accordion students Jaime Rubio and Santiago Cely at the Sala de Eventos de la Parroquia San Juan Evangelista, Calle de Venecia, 1, entrada por Calle de Bristol, Madrid, Spain. Free admission. |
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| The Orquesta Tipica Fernandez Fierro performs next week, as follows: Saturday June 16th – CAFF, Buenos Aires Wednesday June 20th – CAFF, Buenos Aires Friday June 22nd - Teatro Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Avenida Carrera, Bogota, Colombia Sunday June 24th – Plaza Gardel, Medellín, Colombia Orquesta Tipica Fernandez Fierro performs the so-called New Tango music, and has inspired a new generation of musicians. With a typical tango orchestra formation (four bandoneons, three violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano and a singer), an original attitude based on a powerful manner of feeling and performing tango, these young musicians of dreadlocked and wispy-haired spunky hipsters have driven conventional tango to a new level. Due to their unique arrangements and compositions, their easiness, their colourful outfits and their power on stage, La Fierro have not only proved popular in the tango scene of Buenos Aires, but also proved successful during several sold out tours in New York, Mexico, Germany, Holland, France, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Colombia, Chile and, even, Iceland. |
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| The accordion and cello duo Klaus Paier and Asja Valcic hold a master class at Viktring, Klagenfurt, Austria, from June 16th to 20th. ?Klaus Paier, Austrian accordionist and composer, studied accordion, jazz and composition at Klagenfurt conservatory. He became interested in other genres, from tango to jazz and world music, in order to fuse them into his own personal style. He works with various ensembles, including as a duo with the Croatian cellist Asja Valcic. For further information email: klaus.paier@aon.at |
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 On Sunday evening June 17th, 7-9pm, there will be a traditional music session with accordionist Mick Foster (of Foster & Allen fame) and friends in the pub Gunnings, Rathconrath, Mullingar, County Westmeath. All are welcome. |
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 On Monday evening June 18th, 8pm until 10.30pm, there will be an Accordion Concert at the Iver Village Hall, Grange Way, Iver, Buckinghamshire SL0 9NW. Performing will be the Uxbridge Accordion Band (MD Angie Kulins) and soloists and duets. Admission £4. |
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 On Monday June 18th, 6pm, Ukrainian accordionist Yevgen Gavryliuk performs the works of Astor Piazzolla in concert at Kammermusiksaal, YeilhofsraBe 34, Nuremberg, Germany. Yevgen Gavryliuk, from Kiev in the Ukraine, is a student of Professor Irene at the Urbach Hochschule fur Musik in Nuremberg. He plays both chromatic button and piano accordions. For further information email: irene.urbach@hfm-nuernberg.de |
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 On Tuesday evening June 19th, 7.30pm onwards, there will be concert in tribute to the late Sam O’Doherty, featuring many of Ireland’s best professional accordionists, including Declan Aungier, Patrick O’Sullivan, Teddy Barry, Dermot Lyons, Tom Healy, Finbarr Dennehy, Peter Burke, and more. Sam was greatly respected by his contemporaries, hence this memorial concert which takes place at the Shamrock Lounge, Kilross, Tipperary. Admission is 10 Euro, with all proceeds going to the Tipperary Hospice. Sam O’Doherty, from Country Tipperary, a 3-row diatonic accordionist and singer, passed away on March 23rd at the age of 70. Sam was a popular entertainer in Ireland, who in the 1970s performed extensively in the USA and Canada, where he was known as “The man from the Glen”. He also worked with the singer Nick McCarthy as the duo ‘Mac & O’, performing concerts and making recordings. |
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 Accordionist Claudio Jacomucci and vocalist Adrian Bravi perform together in a ‘Garden Concerts in Macerata!’ event on Tuesday June 19th, 9.15pm, at Orto dei Pensatori, via Illuminati, traversa di via Garibaldi, Macerata, central Italy. The program includes music by Claudio Monteverdi, Martin Lohse, Jakob Van Eyck, John Zorn, John Dowland, György Ligeti, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Claudio Jacomucci. Free admission.For further information email: info@strumentiemusica.com |
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| On Wednesday June 20th, 7.30pm, the tango quintet Carismático performs in concert at Worksop College/Mountgarret Recital Room, Sparken Hill, Worksop, Nottinghamshire S80 3AP. The members of Carismático are Karen Street – accordion, Andy Tweed – saxophones, Yshani Perinpanayagam – piano, Rob Millett – percussion, and Dave Manington – bass. Carismático is a new ensemble created by accordionist Karen Street. In 2016 Argentinian composer and pianist Saúl Cosentino made contact and generously sent her some of his music to play. She was so excited by the compositions that she decided to create her ideal Tango band to perform his music, explore the beguiling world of Tango and write for the band herself. The musical focus for Carismático is Tango Nuevo, a style created by Astor Piazzolla with the aim of moving Tango onto the concert platform. Saúl Cosentino himself was hugely influenced by Piazzolla, eventually studying with him and becoming friends. The core of the repertoire Carismático presents are Cosentino’s brilliant, emotionally charged compositions alongside some classic Piazzolla arrangements and Street’s own wonderful new compositions for the group. For further information email: karen@karenstreet.com |
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 Accordionist Nick Ariondo, an Arcosanti and Arizona favorite! Appearing with Nick for a night of Italian music will be baritone Gregorio Gonzalez on 30 June 2018.Dinner 6:00 pm $20 Performance 7:30 pm $20 (Special student rate $10 for each) Join us for Arcosanti’s signature annual event: Italian Night. Great music, serious gaiety, and a wonderful dinner with pasta served in wheelbarrows. Location: Arcosanti, 13555 South Cross L Road, Mayer, AZ 86333. |
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