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Ufficiale: Coupe Mondiale 2020 a Castro Marim - Portogalloby Kimmo Mattila Secretary General, Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) |
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![]() Dopo aver analizzato la situazione pandemica, è stato affermato che il Mito Algarvio e il comune di Castro Marim sono pronti ad organizzare in sicurezza la Coupe Mondiale 2020 ad ottobre. Ci saranno alcune restrizioni e si dovrà seguire un certo protocollo di sicurezza, ma tali dettagli sono possibili da organizzare in sicurezza. Le restrizioni ai viaggi, soprattutto in Europa, sono per lo più terminate, sebbene alcuni paesi siano ancora chiusi. Nel periodo fino a ottobre viaggiare dovrebbe diventare più facile. I collegamenti di volo si stanno aprendo costantemente. Dalla Cina i biglietti aerei sono molto costosi al momento. Dalla Russia prevediamo di avere maggiori informazioni tra qualche settimana. Negli Stati Uniti e in Sud America la situazione è ancora molto grave. La pandemia sta cambiando continuamente, ma fortunatamente soprattutto in una direzione positiva. Pertanto, il Comitato Esecutivo della CIA ha deciso all'unanimità di accogliere calorosamente concorrenti, giuria e pubblico dal vivo alla 73a Coupe Mondiale 2020 in Portogallo! Nella prossima settimana un'intervista con il presidente della CIA Mirco Patarini annuncerà molti altri dettagli. |
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Concorso di Varietà All-Russian "Merry Accordion", Nizhny Novgorod - Russiaby Ivan Dyma, SaxAkkord Duo |
![]() Il concorso includerà categorie per solisti, gruppi e orchestre. Le iscrizioni si apriranno il 1° settembre 2020 e si chiuderanno il 1° novembre 2020. Per partecipare al turno di qualificazione, le iscrizioni devono essere ricevute entro la data di chiusura a: vesakkordeon@gmail.com La giuria del concorso sarà composta da Yuri Viktorovich Brusentsev (Presidente della giuria), Gennady Vasilyevich Mamaykov, Vitaly Dmitriev, Eduard Akhanov e Venedikt Vladimirovich Veneun. Scarica qui il regolamento e il modulo di iscrizione a Merry Accordion in lingua russa: 2020MerryAccordionRules.pdf |
3° Festival della fisarmonica a Cremona Musica - Italiaby Christine Johnstone |
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La terza edizione del più recente festival italiano della fisarmonica è stata confermata a Cremona, nell'Italia settentrionale, dal 25 al 27 settembre 2020. Saranno messe in atto norme di sicurezza per le distanze sociali per tutti, espositori e visitatori. Gli organizzatori hanno una sala per "The Accordion Show" che è dedicato alla fisarmonica e ad altri strumenti e includerà spazio per eventi, conferenze, dimostrazioni, musica dal vivo ecc. Per dettagli scrivere a: info.turismo@comune.cremona.it |
Trasmesso il 21 luglio. Testo dal sito della BBC:by Christine Johnstone |
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YolanDa Brown e la sua band, The Band Jaminals, intrattengono un pubblico di bambini - i Band Jammers - con musica dal vivo e ospiti speciali! Ad unirsi a YolanDa in questo episodio è il fantastico fisarmonicista Martynas Levickis. Martynas spiega come funziona la fisarmonica: guardiamo i tasti, i pulsanti e il mantice. Martynas mostra ai Band Jammer i blocchi di legno all'interno della fisarmonica, che sono come uno strumento musicale a sé stante. The Fact Jam esplora ulteriormente la fisarmonica. Martynas esegue quindi The Tango sulla fisarmonica, prima di essere invitato da YolanDa e dai Band Jammers a prendere parte alla Big Band Jam alla fine del programma, quando faranno ballare tutti con un'esibizione energetica di Despacito. |
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![]() Kevin has hosted many such shows in his home town of Dargaville, and always attracts a sellout crowd who enjoy the variety of performances in many musical genres. This particular concert was offered as a thank you to all the Essential Service workers in numerous capacities as well as the friends, family and community as a whole for uniting together during the ever changing challenges faced in dealing with the global pandemic. The shows always feature the accordion in a variety of settings accompanied by guest artists. For this concert, Kevin was joined by Thomas Koloi (piano), Jone Yelcich, Ros Gilmour and Lynn Walters (Vocalists) and the popular local vocal sextet ‘Take Six’. A highlight of the afternoon was the unveiling of one of the newest additions to Kevin’s Accordion Gems accordion exhibition, a stunning Maga Ercole Dimascio Florentino double keyboard,160 bass accordion (picture above). Maga Ercole is one of the oldest continuing accordion companies from Stradella, Italy dating from 1895. Performing a work by New Zealand composer Gary Daverne, Kevin gave a glimpse into the century old history of this unique and beautifully designed instrument. Another feature of the show was a moving tribute to the late Dame Vera Lynn who recently passed away at age 103. Vera Lynn gave her life to supporting the armed forces and other causes such as Disabled Children and Breast Cancer and the cast and audience joined together for rousing performances of two of her signature pieces ‘The White Cliffs of Dover’ and ‘We’ll Meet Again’. As is customary for the Dargaville shows, the concert concluded with a finale of New Zealand traditional pieces with audience participation. Kevin’s next scheduled accordion show is on November 29th when he will present his Christmas Extravaganza. |
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![]() ![]() Russian television culture channel program The Observer featured accordionists in their program entitled “A Word about Harmonica” on June 29th, 2020, hosted by Yulia Pankratova. Guests included Friedrich Lips (picture left), People's Artist of Russia, Professor, Head of the Bayan and Accordion Department at the Russian Academy of Music. Gnesin; Maria Vlasova (picture right), musician, assistant professor of bayan and accordion of the Russian Academy of Music. Gnesin; Andrey Ustinov, musicologist, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Musical Review"; and Joseph Puritz, musician. |
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Video: Seong Hui, Korean student from 2015 to 2018 performs and talks about her time at CNIMA. CNIMA directed by Nathalie Boucheix and Jacques Mornet offers a full year accordion program (renewable as needed). This program is catered for “want-to-be” professionals and “in-the-making” international virtuosos. But it also accepts people from all level, all background and all ages, who are passionate about the instrument. The 20 hours a week program, is divided between individual accordion classes (2 to 3 per week) and group classes in harmony, music theory, accordion technique, chamber music etc The school gives the possibility to pass French national music conservatory diplomas (Certificat d'Etudes Musicales - CEM end Diplome d'Etudes Musicales - DEM), enabling students, through the intense studying, to accomplish in one year, what they would usually do in 4 years. Students can live full board at the school, or rent an apartment in the local village. Set in the beautiful volcano region of Auvergne the school is known for its family spirit and very affordable fees. Jacques Mornet's teaching approach has proved itself through time, with a unique success rate of 104 first international prizes in accordion competitions around the globe. Upcoming classes as follows: Accordion technique with Jacques Mornet and Nathalie Boucheix July 20th – 25th 2020 July 27th - August 1st 2020 August 3rd – 8th 2020 Accordion repertoire: July 20th -24th 2020 - Celtic music with Alain Pennec For further details email: cnima@orange.fr |
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![]() Accordionist Dallas Vietty (picture left) will tutor the Rebel Reed summer classes which will be offered live on Zoom throughout July, August and September, 2020. Fun and engaging, these classes smoothly guide the student building music theory (melody, harmony and rhythm) and musicianship (ear training, singing, clapping). Dallas is an accordion player and teacher, who works from the approach that “music is a language that we need to: speak, hear, read and write." |
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![]() The duo gave a popular one hour varied program which included “Happy Birthday” (of course) as well as some sing-a-long tunes "Two Little Italians", "Caprifischer" and "Heimweh nach Köln". |
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![]() Popular accordionist Sharon Shannon (picture left) and her band were due to perform at the annual Fairport Cropredy Convention in Cropredy, Oxfordshire, England in August, however the 2020 event has been cancelled due to Covid-19. Organisers are currently organising the 2021 event and all tickets from 2020 will be honoured at the 2021 event. |
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by Rita Davidson Barnea, Editor USA Accordion News
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![]() Dr William Schimmel is a leading accordionist, composer and academic, based in New York, USA, where he organizes the annual “Master Class and Concert Series (The Seminars)” sponsored by the American Accordionists' Association. He received a Merit Award from the AAA for his contributions spanning fifty years plus the "Accordionist of the Year" Award in 1988 and the CIA Merit Award in 2003. He has performed with many major symphony orchestras in the US, many chamber groups, as well as with rock), jazz, and avant-garde groups. Peter Jarvis is a percussionist, drummer, conductor, composer, music copyist, print music editor and college professor as well as the Director of New Music at William Paterson University. For further information: accordionbill@gmail.com Picture below: CD track list |
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![]() ![]() In addition to Schmidt’s compositions, Stas will perform his charmingly picturesque “Petting Zoo Suite”, several new compositions (and a few of our favorites), followed by “Taquito Militar”, a milonga by Mariano Mores, and “Rocky Top” by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. The following day, July 20th, Stas will give a Tango Workshop from 2pm at the same venue. All attendees are requested to wear masks and social distancing will be in place along with disinfecting wipes and gloves. For details phone: 218-393-0245 |
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The Summer Accordion School Dobrany will hold a seminar with tutors Ladislav Horák and Petr Vacek in Dobrany, Czech Republic from 21st to 23rd August, 2020. See poster above for details. |
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Quartet "Milonga De Cuatro" (which includes accordionist Lian Jones) will perform "Five Tango Sensations" by Astor Piazzolla at a concert on August 30th, 2020 at the Nathan Homestead in Manurewa, Auckland at 5pm. Astor Piazzolla's "Five Tango Sensations" is a suite of works written in Tango Nuevo style and is a "work of tragic beauty". This is the last piece that the composer wrote and recorded in his life. The concert will also include other works by Piazzolla as well as music of Eduardo Rovira (Argentina). For details email: nataliameyta@yahoo.com |
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Video: Petit Piment - Belle dans ton jardin - Ronde du Quercy Lucas Thébaut: accordion Arnaud Bibonne: vocals Léo Danais: drums Florian Huygebaert: percussion A melodeon study week will be held from October 12th to 16th at Halsway Manor, Halsway Lane, near Crowcombe, Somerset, UK. The event organisers welcome two of Europe’s most exciting exponents of the diatonic button accordion to teach this extended course for advanced, and advanced-intermediate level players. Benjamin Macke (Belgium) and Lucas Thébaut (France) are consummate performers and teachers, and this week offers a rare opportunity to study with them in the UK. This will be an intensive week of skills-based learning focusing on your development as a musician, discovering new ways to interpret and play, and to make the music your own. Halsway Manor has deliberately chosen two musicians with a lot in common, but also with quite different backgrounds and repertoire so you’ll benefit from contrasting approaches in their playing and teaching. You need to be open to trying new things, and to be prepared to work hard. It will be intensive but also an enjoyable and rewarding week, with time to relax in the evenings and enjoy informal sessions. The group, limited to approximately 20 students, will be split in two by the tutors at the start of the course; you’ll spend roughly the same amount of time with each tutor. This will be done according to ability level but there’s plenty of informal time to meet, chat and play with others. This course is for advanced and advanced-intermediate level players of the DG melodeon (If you also have a box in GC, bring it as well). For details email: office@halswaymanor.org.uk |
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Sono uscite le dodici composizioni Tango di Stas Venglevski - USAby Harley Jones |
![]() ![]() Catalogo vstas063 "Twelve Hot Tango Compositions For Solo Accordion" in formato pdf che può essere inviato via email: 01. Busy Fingers Tango 02. Elephants Tango 03. Meg Tanguera 04. Invita Tango 05. Tango for Two 06. Lonely Dancer 07. Tango Pasadena 08. Tango Mobile 09. Ecstasy Tango 10. One Tulip 11. Yellow Roses 12. Meg Tango. Visualizza le pagine di campionatura della musica online per ogni tango sul Catalogo vstas063 Prezzo US $ 25 o equivalente in Euro Guarda gli album mp3, CD e altre composizioni di Stas su: Stas Venglevski |
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![]() ED0091a - Bob the Bandsman March for accordion ensemble/orchestra Score ED0091b - Bob the Bandsman March for accordion ensemble/orchestra all parts ED0092a - Hokianga Hornpipe Accordion ensemble/orchestra Score ED0092b - Hokianga Hornpipe Accordion ensemble/orchestra All Parts Free download of the score so the Conductor or the Music Director can view the complete score. |
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