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30° Convention National Accordion Association (NAA)... Grande Successo! - USAby Rita Davidson Barnea |
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![]() La convention di grande successo ha incluso una serie di workshop e concerti eccellenti con un talento unico che ha incuriosito, istruito, e intrattenuto sia le persone che partecipavano per la prima volta sia i veterani. La sensazione in tutta la convention è stata una di grande calore e accettazione. Leggi il report completo con le foto di USA News Editor Rita Barneaa: 2017NAAReport |
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Beltango Quintet Tour Esteso 2017 - Europaby Harley Jones |
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![]() Il famoso Beltango Quintet è in tour nei prossimi mesi in molti paesi. Beltango è guidato da Aleksandar Nikolic (bandoneon e Direttore Artistico - foto a sinistra) con gli altri membri: Ivana Nikolica (piano e voce), Antonija Barna e Vladimir Nikolic (violino), Bogdan Pejic (chitarra), Petar Holik e Ljubinko Lazic (doppio basso). I Beltango sono musicisti appassionati e amanti del tango della Serbia, che amano la loro musica e suonano insieme da quasi 20 anni. Date concerti: 17 Marzo Lubiana (Slovenia) 18 Marzo Maribor (Slovenia) 20 Marzo Belgrado (Serbia) 14 Aprile Basilea (Svizzera) 16 Aprile Bregenz (Austria) 19 Aprile Bologna (Italia) 21 Aprile Varese (Italia) 22 Aprile Brunico (Italia) 13 Maggio Toulouse (Francia) 24 Maggio Mannheim (Germania) 25-26 Maggio Eindhoven (Olanda) 28 Maggio Dortmund (Germania) 31 Maggio Milano (Italia) 2 Giugno Torino (Italia) 4 Giugno Bonn (Germania) 19 Luglio Zurigo (Svizzera) 28-29 Luglio Bad Waldsee (Germania) 23 Agosto Novi Sad (Serbia) 8 Settembre Zuelenroda (Germania) 9 Settembre Hannover (Germania) 10 Settembre Viersen (Germania) 1 Ottobre Rovigno (Croazia) I CD sono disponibili online all'indirizzo: Beltango |
Jon Persson Lezioni di Fisarmonica per Navigatori Cinesi - Oceano Pacificoby Rob Howard |
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![]() Le lezioni di fisarmonica per principianti sono state recentemente condotte per i passeggeri cinesi su una nave da 3.000 passeggeri della flotta della Princess Cruise Line, una delle più grandi compagnie di crociere in tutto il mondo. Le classi erano limitate a 20 studenti, aperte a persone di età compresa tra 8-88, e sono state condotte dal pianista/fisarmonicista americano, e da molto tempo musicista sulla Princess Cruises Jon Persson (foto a sinistra). Le lezioni erano lunghe solo 30 minuti, quindi si tenevano due volte al giorno durante ogni crociera da 5 giorni, non c'era abbastanza tempo per scavare a fondo nella tecnica fisarmonica. Le lezioni erano concentrate su una melodia molto semplice che fosse familiare in molti paesi, e al popolo cinese, 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star'. Inoltre, le fisarmoniche acquistate erano fondamentalmente fisarmoniche giocattolo, ma erano perfette per questo scopo. Le sessioni erano allegre e apprezzate da tutti, e ben frequentato, tanto che le 20 fisarmoniche fornite sono andate a ruba velocemente dai primi arrivati. Per ulteriori informazioni scrivere a: jon@jonpersson.com |
2018 Marzo Tentativo Guinness World Record, Londra - UKby Rob Howard |
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![]() L'evento avrà luogo al compleanno di Ryskovs, 11 Marzo 2018 in una posizione centrale di Londra ancor ada annunciare. Ci sarà un intero programma di musica e danza con cibo e bevande a disposizione e mostre di fisarmonica. Il tentativo di record del mondo sarà monitorato per il Guinness Book of Records e non è un record facile da raggiungere. Il 20 Luglio 2014 è stato fissato un nuovo Guiness record con un totale di 1.361 fisarmonicisti che suonavano tutti insieme a Shenzhen, Cina (foto sotto). 2014HohnerReport Poi, il 20 Agosto 2016 a Tacheng Cina, un nuovo Guiness record di 1517 fisarmonicisti che suonavano tutti insieme (foto sopra). Report a: 2016Tacheng Si prevede un evento divertente, al fine di elevare il profilo del nostro strumento. Per ulteriori informazioni scrivere a: nryskov@gmail.com |
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Matthias Matzke performs the Paganini/Liszt - Etude No3 "La Campanella" by Rudolph Wurthner on the Bugari EVO digital accordion. |
by Joan Grauman Morse, AAA Historian
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![]() All of the members are full-time students who receive scholarships for their participation in this highly regarded troupe whose mission is to provide deserving students an education and to perpetuate the varying folk cultures and traditions of Eastern Europe. Picture left: Joan Grauman, Marko Maslakovic and Joe Cerrito. These young highly skilled musicians, dancers and singers have delighted audiences all over the world with beautifully choreographed dance sets, hauntingly beautiful music and intricately embroidered costumes for 80 years. On July 1, 2016, the Tamburitzans became an independent nonprofit organization, the “Pittsburgh International Folk Arts Institute”. Duquesne University gave the troupe their buildings, vehicles, instruments, costumes, equipment, as well as funding to help ensure their future success. Students may now attend other Pittsburgh-based universities as well as Duquesne. Each year, the Tamburitzans create a new program which they bring to appreciative audiences all over the country. This year, being their 80th anniversary, they “went all out” and the program is truly spectacular! It features the music and dances of Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Armenia, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, as well as sets from France and India. There is still time to see the Tamburitzans perform during the current season, which ends on June 9 (see downloadable schedule below). Of course, we all took notice of the excellent and very personable accordionist, Marko Maslakovic from Belgrade, Serbia, who is studying for his Master’s degree in corporate communications. The entire ensemble is superb, as are the dancers and singers. A must see!! Picture below: Tamburitzan clarinetist & accordionist Marko Maslakovic. Future Performances. Full details at: 2017Tamburitzan.pdf Sunday 19 March Munster, IN Sunday 26 March Detroit, MI Saturday 1 April, Toms River, NJ Sunday 2 April Allentown, PA Sunday 9 April Ellwood City, PA Saturday 22 April Erie, PA Sunday 23 April Cleveland, OH Saturday 29 April Pittsburgh, PA Saturday May 20 – Dayton OH Sunday May 21 – Greendale WI Sunday May 28 – Mountain View CA Tuesday May 30 – Los Angeles CA Wednesday May 31 – Las Vegas NV Thursday June 1 – Mesa AZ Friday June 2 – Las Cruces NM Sunday June 4 – Pueblo CO Monday June 5 – Kansas City KS Tuesday June 6 – Indianapolis IN Friday June 9 – Pittsburgh PA |
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Piano and bandoneon player Claudio Constantini performs both parts of the Brahms Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Sonata op.120 no.1, II. Andante un poco Adagio using his bandoneon to perform the clariinet part. This work was composed in 1894 by the Romantic composer Johannes Brahms. Claudio Constantini writes that: Video and audio production is (humbly) made by myself... I am no pro but I enjoy doing it! I hope you enjoy watching and listening! Published on Mar 12, 2017 |
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![]() The NI Championships are run under the rules of the National Accordion Organisation (NAO) of the United Kingdom and are a qualifying heat for the 2017 NAO UK Championships, held at The Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, April 21st to 24th. Organised by Clyde Johnston (picture right) it is the largest accordion festival in Northern Ireland and again attracted a good entry. Clyde was delighted to again welcome competitors from the Chilton School of Music in County Cavan and Gerry Kelly’s Accordion School from County Meath as well as other entries from County Meath, County Dublin, Southern England and Glasgow in addition to the local competitors. There were also trade stands on display by Alan Shute, Sean O'Neill, Rob Howard, Glitterbug Bagz, Frazer Mclellan, and Scotland Accordions, which added great interest and atmosphere to the festival. Clyde was also delighted to welcome surprise guests to the festival in the form of top UK duettists Nigel Pasby and Helen Newton, from Hungerford, Berkshire. They only decided to attend at the last minute but enthralled the audience by performing, on borrowed accordions, a few delightful duets in the afternoon. The adjudicators, Ivan Black, and Sarah McEvoy were greatly impressed not only by the high standard of playing but also with the smooth and efficient manner in which the Championships were run. Read the full report at: 2017NIreland |
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Stas Venglevski & Tatyana Krasnobaeva perform Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso by Camille Saint Saens on March 5, 2017 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Milwaukee, WI. Presented by Accordion XXI, the video features virtuoso Stas Venglevski, blending his talent with Tatyana Krasnobaeva, cimbalom (dulcimer). Published on Mar 15, 2017. |
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Video: Jackie Daly and Seamus Creagh Sullivan's, Britches Full of Stitches. Some excerpts from the article about his 6 decades of music making. In Jackie Daly’s case, the title of laoch, or hero, is added to that of Gradam Ceoil winner, All-Ireland senior accordion champion — the only Corkman to win either award — and doyen of Sliabh Luachra box-playing. His anecdotes are as much a tradition of his performances as the tunes. He tells another anecdote about Galway accordion maestro Joe Burke, who visited Jackie in hospital in Cork after he suffered a brain haemorrhage. “The doctor was testing me and Joe said ‘Doctor I know what’s wrong with him. His head is full of slides and polkas rather than decent jigs and reels’. I said ‘Joe, thank you for visiting me. I’m going to compose a tune in your honour’. I did, and it’s Joe Burke’s polka. People say to him Joe, play your polka, so I definitely got my own back. He’s never played it.” |
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![]() Roman Jbanov and Domi Emorine began performing together in 1998, and have performed in France, Russia, Denmark, Italy, Poland, China, Portugal, Lithuania, Canada, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK. Domi Emorine’s achievements include winning the CIA Coupe Mondiale, CMA Trophée Mondial, Concours International de Klingenthal, and the Prix de la Sacem. Roman Jbanov achievements include Grand Prize Beloborodov in Tula (Russia), Scholarship of the President of the Russian Republic, and the CMA Trophée Mondial. For further information email: duopm@sfr.fr |
by Rob Howard
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![]() The adjudicators include Frederic Deschamps (France), Kristap Ginters (Latvia), Byron Angel (Chile), Mario Braun (Argentina), Enrique Baeza (Chile), Bernardo Mosqueira (Chile), and Alfonso Mancisidor (Chile). The competition winners will be eligible to take part in the Torneo Sudamericano in Argentina and the CMA Trophee Mondiale 2017 in France. For further information email: gerenciaconservatorio@gmail.com |
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![]() Eric Bouvelle (b 1972), and married to Sandra, had many competition successes, including becoming CIA World Entertainment Champion in 1988 in Trossingen, Germany. He has since become one of the leading French dance music accordionists, and has many recordings and compositions to his name. |
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![]() Amaryllis - Tracey Middleton and David Garwood – have been performing at accordion clubs and festivals since the 1980s, and have a repertoire that includes various types of folk dance music ranging from Playford to ceilidh tunes, and other kinds of music, including arrangements of popular music. For further information email: stevehg0@gmail.com |
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![]() This event includes a master class led by French accordionist Frederic Deschamps, and a concert featuring Kristap Ginters (Latvia) and Ignacio Hernandez (Chile). Entrance is free but donations are invited. |
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On Thursday March 23rd, 8pm, the Shareena Sol Orchestra performs their programme of Gypsy Jazz, Balkan Swing, Klezmer and more, at The Crypt Restaurant in Cape Town. The members of the Shareena Sol Orchestra are Stanislav Angelov – accordion, Petrus de Beer – violin, Dave Ledbetter – guitar, Dave Ridgeway - double bass. Stanislav Angelov studied the accordion in his native Bulgaria, and received a degree in accordion in 1991, after which he taught at the ‘Constantine Preslavsky’ University, Shumen. In 1992 he moved to Cape Town, South Africa, where he performs, records and teaches. For further information email: music@goodmusic.co.za |
by Rob Howard
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![]() Portuguese accordionists performing include Francisco Saboia, Pedro Goncalves, Jorge Alves, Rodrigo Maurício, Henido Goncalves, Joao Tomas, Concalo Justo, and Francisco Monteiro. Overseas guests include Pietro Adragna (Italy), Jeremu Lafon (France), and Michel Sapateado (France). For further information email: info.asacord@gmail.com |
by Rob Howard
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The Blackpool Accordion Festival, organised by John Romero, takes place at The Carousel Hotel, South Shore, Blackpool, from Friday March 31st to Monday April 3rd. The guests include Gary Blair, Harry Hussey, Caroline Hussey, Thom Hardacre, and John Romero. The trade show includes The Accordion Shop, Acorn Accordions, Birmingham Accordion Centre, Harry Kipling's ‘Accordion Treasures’, Robaccord Publications, and Carillon Music. £225 per person (half-board, £80 deposit) - balance to be paid on arrival. Day passes are available. Further details, including the daily programme, are on the Carillon Studios website. For further information email: jr@carillonstudios.com |
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![]() ![]() cfranco220 - Bahian Samba Grade 3, 2 pages, Bahian Samba is a melodic Samba. cfranco221 - Danza Vittoriosa - mp3 sound file available Grade 4, 4 pages, Danza Vittoriosa (Victory Dance) is a Paso Doble with a Victory Marching Dance. These works are eSheet (pdf file, able to be emailed to you) and can be purchased online with secure server credit card. |
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![]() View the sample pages of over 200 plus high quality arrangements at: Gary Dahl |
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![]() ek151 - Ulla Martas Dance ek152 - Waltz from Drefviken ek153 - Waltz to Helmer Grundstrom ek154 - The Westerly Mountain ek155 - Visa till Ann-Marie ek156 - Voss on the Rocks |
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