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Celebrazioni del 20° Giubileo di Guardia Nueva, Kokkola - Finlandia
Sofia Ros Gonzalez si esibisce al concerto dei vincitori, Vienna - Austria
Sini Ström esegue due anteprime mondiali - Finlandia
Crociera Salty Dog 2022 "Flogging Molly" - USA
Concerto Stockport Accordion al Broken Cross Club, Inghilterra – Regno Unito
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Friedrich Lips Performs in Dubai - United Arab EmiratesVideo: Alexander Poeluev Performing Galliano Concerto - SiberiaVideo: Fofa Nobre Performance at Expointer 2021 - Brazil“Bachtopus” Releases Eighth Commission from 2020 Composers Commissioning Fund - USAVideo: Melbourne Accordion Orchestra Performs at 2021 Cabaret Festival – AustraliaVideo: Italian Tarantella on the Tram - Italy/Switzerland“Music on the Green” Concert – EnglandFernando Fraga Traba Performs at Oscar Ibáñez Concert - SpainVideo: Jazz Accordionist Lee Terry Meisinger “Rio Beach Party”Video: Accordionist takes Part in Humorous Play - Egypt
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"Beltango Quinteto" Performs at Festival de Tango – GermanyXIX International Festival "Vivat, Bayan!" Concerts, Samara - RussiaLeyland Accordion Club Opening Night – UKTango Aliado “Ode to Piazzolla” Concert - NetherlandsSteve Albini Performs for Accordion Night at Cibo Rustico, California - USAAccordion Ensemble Seminar – GermanyBrooklyn Accordion Club Presents Charlie Giordano Workshop - USACoba Performs at Festa Matsumoto 2021 - Japan"Magical Music from Northern Lands" Concert - New Zealand
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Children's Art School Orchestra Performance - Ukraine
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Now in Russian, German and Spanish, Friedrich Lips 2021 Interview by Herbert Scheibenreif, Moscow - RussiaVincitore del Concorso di Composizione 2021 AAA Elsie M. Bennett - USA
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Ksenija Sidorova BBC Last Night of the Proms, Londra – UKby Rob Howard |
  La fisarmonicista lettone Ksenija Sidorova ha fatto il suo debutto ai Proms alla Royal Albert Hall di Londra sabato 11 settembre e ha rubato la scena al concerto 'Last Night of the Proms'. In prima serata è stata intervistata dalla presentatrice Katie Dereham, su sé stessa, la sua musica e la fisarmonica.Ksenija ha dato esibizioni imponenti che hanno estasiato il pubblico al completo e milioni di spettatori in tutto il mondo in televisione: una pubblicità davvero eccezionale per la fisarmonica. Nella prima metà ha eseguito "Fantasie on a Theme of Piazzola" di Franck Angelis, e nella seconda ha interpretato "Libertango", di Astor Piazzolla, e poi ha accompagnato il tenore australiano Stuart Skelton mentre cantava "Sur" di Anibal Troilo. Espressive e appassionate, le esibizioni di Ksenija hanno estasiato il pubblico. Le apparizioni di Ksenija sono avvenute durante un concerto diversificato che ha anche reso omaggio alle vittime degli attacchi terroristici dell'11 settembre negli Stati Uniti. Il direttore della BBC Symphony Orchestra e dei BBC Singers Sakari Oramo, dalla Finlandia, ha commentato che la serata riflette “il potere curativo della musica”. Più tardi, Ksenija ha commentato: "La scorsa notte è stata assolutamente magica e indimenticabile. Nel marzo 2019 dovevo esibirmi ai BBC Proms, ma ho dovuto annullare a causa della raccomandazione del medico di non viaggiare (ero molto incinta). Non avrei mai immaginato di dover annullare qualcosa di tale importanza, ma, ovviamente, è stata la decisione giusta. E le cose belle arrivano a chi sa aspettare! Mi sono sentita davvero onorata a poter salire sul palco della Royal Albert Hall ieri sera, sono stata accolta così calorosamente dall'orchestra e da Sakari Oramo e, naturalmente, dal pubblico! Non avevo mai vissuto niente del genere prima d’ora! Il mio debutto come fisarmonicista solista a Last Night of the Proms, e un ritorno di concerti con il pubblico! Ringrazio tutti coloro che lo hanno reso possibile. Non è stato facile, ma ce l'abbiamo fatta!” |
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Celebrazioni del 20° Giubileo di Guardia Nueva, Kokkola - Finlandiaby Harley Jones |
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 Guardia Nueva compie 20 anni. Questa orchestra di grande successo diretta da Raimo Vertainen, celebra il suo 20° anniversario del Giubileo di Diamante realizzando cinque diversi concerti che mostrano la multidimensionalità dell'orchestra, il concerto principale è il 19 febbraio 2022.18 settembre 2021, concerto solista di Astor Piazzolla al Conservatorio 08 ottobre 2021 Guardia Nueva Concerto per anziani e case di servizio. Sold out. 11 dicembre 2021 Guardia Nueva featuring Vivaldi - Le Quattro Stagioni con ospiti, balli e animazioni 19 febbraio 2022 Guardia Nueva Concerto festivo al Kokkola Ice Rink. Concerto di gala completo con i solisti Jarkko Ahola, Arja Koriseva, Jennie Storbacka e Teemu Roivainen 9 luglio 2022 Concerto serale estivo, Park West, i solisti sono Anu Komsi, Simodeus e MC Kajo, ingresso libero. Maggiori dettagli sui concerti del 20° anniversario di Guardia Nueva a: 2021DiamondJubilee |
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Sofia Ros Gonzalez si esibisce al concerto dei vincitori, Vienna - Austriaby Christine Johnstone |
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  Sofia Ros Gonzalez (Spagna) ha vinto la 1° Categoria Virtuoso dei Fiati: Musikverein del 3° Concorso Internazionale di Musica di Vienna con categorie per tutti gli strumenti musicali, voce e musica da camera. Elenco dei vincitori: 2021WienSofia si è esibita al concerto dei vincitori del concorso musicale internazionale di Vienna, tenutosi alla Brahms Hall (foto a destra), Musikverein di Vienna, Austria, il 10 settembre 2021. I vincitori, provenienti da tutto il mondo, hanno ricevuto un premio in denaro e l'opportunità di esibirsi al concerto dei vincitori, che includeva tra il pubblico critici internazionali, promotori musicali e manager invitati. |
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Sini Ström esegue due anteprime mondiali - Finlandiaby Christine Johnstone |
  Il fisarmonicista Sini Ström svolgerà un recital solistico, che comprenderà due anteprime mondiali, presso la Sala Concerti di R-house, Accademia Sibelius, Helsinki il 20 settembre 2021 alle 18:00 ora finlandese.I brani in anteprima sono un assolo di fisarmonica "Abracadabra" di Sebastian Dumitrescu e un innovativo pezzo di musica da camera "Nocturne" per fisarmonica e otto cantanti di Tommi Paavilainen. Il concerto includerà anche la “Partita no 6” di JS Bach (mi minore), tre parti di “Jelek” (di Andras Hamary) e “Feux Follet” (Tapio Tuomela). Sini Ström è un fisarmonicista finlandese, fondatore del nuovo Rantaraitti Soi! Festival e co-artista del canale Youtube SqueezePostBox. Per ulteriori dettagli e-mail: sini.strom@uniarts.fi |
Crociera Salty Dog 2022 "Flogging Molly" - USAby Christine Johnstone |
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| "Flogging Molly" terrà la sua prossima Salty Dog Cruise dal 28 marzo al 1° aprile 2022. Il festival galleggiante di 4 giorni si svolgerà sulla nave da crociera "Norwegian Pearl", che salperà da Miami a Nassau e Grand Bahama Island. Il festival includerà una varietà di concerti, attività a bordo, una rampa di skate con skater professionisti e tatuatori. "Flogging Molly" è una band punk celtica di sette elementi, che include Matt Hensley (fisarmonica, concertina, voce) insieme a musicisti di una varietà di strumenti come chitarra, bodhran, violino, basso, mandolino, banjo, batteria, percussioni e cantanti. Per i dettagli della crociera e-mail: floggingmolly@5bam.com |
Concerto Stockport Accordion al Broken Cross Club, Inghilterra – Regno Unitoby Rob Howard |
 L'annuale concerto dello Stockport Accordion Club a favore dell'East Cheshire Hospice si terrà presso il Broken Cross Club di Broken Cross, Macclesfield, in Inghilterra, il 26 settembre alle 14:00.Tra gli artisti figurano la Stockport Accordion Band, Accordion Spice (foto sotto), Helen Rich, il campione scozzese Walter Perrie e l'ospite d'onore la campionessa mondiale Pearl Fawcett-Adriano (foto a sinistra). L'evento è organizzato da John Jones MBE e tutti i proventi andranno all'Hospice. Per i dettagli e biglietti Telefono: 01 625 618 691 |
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by Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions
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 The European Foundation for Support of Culture (EUFSC) in partnership with SAMIT Event Group, launched the first edition of the Middle East Classical Music Academy (MECMA) in Dubai from September 4th to 23rd, 2021Friedrich Lips was invited to take part in the first performance of the composer in residence, Alexey Shor, at the Music Hall, Jumeirah Zabeel Saray Hotel in Dubai on September 10th. Lips performed “Carpe Diem” for bandoneon (bayan) with the Kaliningrad Symphony Orchestra conducted by Valid Agayev. The three week event will include a number of concerts, courses, lectures, seminars, and masterclasses set to be led by a roster of globally distinguished musicians and music pedagogues. |
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 Video: Alexander Poeluev performing the 3rd movement of the Opale Concerto (R. Galliano) with the "Renaissance" Accordion Orchestra conducted by Igor Shimin.The concert was recorded at the Siberia Concert Hall in Barnaul, Siberia in March 2021. |
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 Video: Accordionist Fofa Nobre performed with her group “Acords” at the Expointer 2021 Gaúcha Culture Show in Brazil on September 11th, 2021, presented by the Ministry of Tourism.The event ran from September 4th to 12th, 2021 and attracts over 5,000 people. |
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| “Bachtopus” has released the eighth commission from their 2020 Composers Commissioning Fund, entitled “Tomorrow Being Today” by Randall Woolf. “Like many of the compositions written during quarantine in this series... the title loosely refers to the sentiment that, in times like these, tomorrow can’t come quickly enough." Bachtopus includes Robert Duncan, Peter Flint, Mayumi Miyaoka, and Jeanne Velonis. The Bachtopus Accordion Ensemble’s 2020 Composer Commissioning Fund is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). |
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| Video: The Melbourne Accordion Orchestra performing live at the 2021 Melbourne Cabaret Festival, held in the Chapel Off Chapel Theatre in Prahran, Melbourne, Australia recently. Their well received program included a selection of music arranged for accordion orchestra by musical director, George Butrumlis with Cameron Goodall and Robyn Archer on vocals as follows: Golden Brown (The Stranglers) Lonely At The Top (Randy Newman) Pants (Randy Newman) Stay Away From Me (Randy Newman) Money Makes The World Go Round (Kander and Ebb) Le Piano du Pauvre (Leo Ferre) Monsieur William (Leo Ferre) Tribute to Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht (Weill and Brecht) Kashmir (Led Zeppelin) God's Song (Randy Newman) New Orleans Fantasy (Trad.) |
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| Video: Fortunato & Valentina performing a tarantella on the tram in Basel, Switzerland. The duo are Calabrian musicians and founders of the traditional music group "Tarantella Project". |
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  The Diphonon Duo performed a lunchtime concert at the Esher Green Baptist Church in Esher, Surrey, England on September 15th, 2021 as part of the “Music on the Green” concert series (concert video above).Diphonon Duo is a London based accordion and viola duo formed by Greek viola player Michael Iskas and accordionist Iñigo Mikeleiz Berrade (from Navarra, Spain). Their repertoire focuses on contemporary music and transcriptions of genres from Baroque to folk music. |
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 Accordionist Fernando Fraga Traba performed at the Oscar Ibáñez concert held at the Jofre Theater in Ferrol, Spain on September 10th, 2021.Fernando accompanied Oscar Ibáñez (bagpipes) and dancers Eva Faraldo and Jesús Quiroga. See video above. |
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| Video: Jazz accordionist Lee Terry Meisinger would like to take you on a Latin Holiday – a Rio beach party and tour of Mexico. This video features: 0.00 - Girl From Ipanema 2.43 - Carioca 4:42 - South of the Border |
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 Video: a humorous theatre presentation from the play Galata Sais - Amin & Co in Egypt.The play stars actor Ahmed Amin in collaboration with Eyad Amin, Mohamed abo Elmaati (slave), accordionist Beshoo Egycordionist (picture left) and director Alaa Ismail. |
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| Beltango Quinteto will perform at the Festival de Tango in Schwerte, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany this weekend. The festival, which will include a variety of dancing, milongas and workshops, will be held on September 18th and 19th, 2021. Beltango Quinteto (leader: bandoneonist, composer and teacher Aleksandar Nikolic) will perform at a live Milonga on September 18th from 7.30pm. Performances will be given on a 100 m2 indoor dance floor in the large ventilated hall, with seating indoors or outside in the beer garden. Only those who are immunized or tested negative will be permitted to attend. Please bring valid certificates! See poster for details. |
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  Organisers of the XIX International Festival "Vivat, Bayan!", (which has been held in Samara since 2002), announce the following upcoming concerts. All concerts will begin at 7pm and will be held in the Concert and Theater Complex "Airship" in Samara.• September 21st: "Double Expression" duo (picture top) will perform for guests and spectators of the festival. The duo consists of Artyom Malkhasyan and Evgeniia Chirkova (St. Petersburg). • September 22nd: "Amran" Trio (picture above left) concert. The trio consists of Soslan Kotslov, Victoria Kokaeva and Khetag Aboev (Vladikavkaz). • September 23rd: Ensemble of Folk Instruments of the A. Schnittke Sofia Folk Instruments "Parafraz" (picture above right) will perform. The ensemble consists of Maria Belykh, Anastasia Babaeva, Ksenia Veshnyakova, Evgeny Razzhivin, Sergey Denisov and Vitaly Terentyev (Saratov). • September 24th: Final day of the festival - concert by the Hashmal group (picture below) from Minsk. Admission is free of charge. See posters for details. |
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  The Leyland Accordion Club are pleased to announce that they are able to begin monthly meetings again, beginning with an opening night on September 21st, 2021. The venue is newly named St Mary’s Community Centre in Leyland, Lancashire, England.Their first meeting will be an informal night, so you are invited to bring your accordions for a bit of music, bring yourself for a chat and catch up with what has been happening with others over the last 18 months since you last saw them, and bring along anything you want to sell. Future nights for the remainder of the year are: • 19th October 2021 • 16th November 2021 • 21st December 2021 For details email: david@accordionclub.co.uk |
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| Video: Tango Aliado performing El Andariego (Álvaro Carrillo Alarcón) Tango Aliado will perform a concert entitled “Ode to Piazzolla” at the Goede Rede Concert Hall in Almere, Netherlands on September 24th, 2021 at 8pm. Their special program is designed to celebrate Piazzolla’s 100th birthday and the quartet will ‘bring his music and his story’. Tango Aliado members are Gert Wantenaar (bandoneon), Françoise van Varsseveld (violin), Mariken Zandvliet (piano) and Lucas Stam (cello). For details email: info@goederedeconcerten.nl |
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by Rita Davidson Barnea, Editor USA Accordion News
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 Accordionist Steve Albini and drummer Bob Belanski will be the “house band” for Accordion Night at Cibo Rustico in Santa Rosa, California on September 25th, 2021. It will be an evening of great Italian food, wine, beer, and wonderful accordion music! Other accordionists will also perform that evening. Steve and Bob will also perform on October 2nd, 2021 at the St. Helena Italian Festival in the Napa Valley. Steve Albini is a multi-instrumentalist and singer. He has performed throughout the U.S. and Europe. As a studio musician, Steve is often called by producers and artists to add his touch to their projects. His performances of Italian music fused with jazz and world rhythms have brought him international acclaim. He has enchanted audiences throughout the United States and Italy with a blend of musical virtuosity and artistic passion. Steve also performs as part of the duo Il Sole with Tatiana Semichastnaya. |
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 Martina Kluge (picture left) will hold an Accordion Ensemble Seminar at the Kleines Kulturforum in Werdohl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on September 26th, 2021, from 10am to 5pm.The event is organised by Michlbauer Harmonikawelt and is open to slightly advanced learners. Seminar content includes: • Getting to know the elements and special features of ensemble playing • Development of some 3-part pieces, notes are provided in advance • Optimize accuracy and ability to perform • Experience fun making music together • Learn the basics of simple "accompaniment" • Find new harmonica friends in NRW (North Rhine-Westphalia) Download registration details here: 2021Ensembleseminar.pdf |
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 The Brooklyn Accordion Club will present a free workshop entitled “An Approach to Playing Accordion in the Band” by accordionist Charlie Giordano and Emily Duff.The workshop will be held in Prospect Park, Brooklyn on October 3rd, 2021, from 1.30pm to 3pm and will be limited to 15 fully vaccinated individuals only. All participants will be required to wear a mask during the meeting, and asked to sit on their own blanket to maintain 3ft social distance. Charlie Giordano has played with Bruce Springsteen, Julie Andrews, James Taylor, Pat Benatar, The Bacon Brothers and many others. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden, The Kennedy Center, The Obama White House, The Bottom Line, The Russian Tea Room, Jalopy and Sunny’s. To book your spot email: brooklynaccordionclub@gmail.com |
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  The 2021 Festa Matsumoto will be held at a variety of venues including the Matsumoto Civic Art Museum, Shin-each Media Garden, Kamido Theater and Suite Nawate Main Store in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan from October 8th to 17th, 2021.Well known Japanese accordionist “Coba” will participate in three concerts during the festival. • October 14th at 7.30pm, in the Small Hall, Masathimoto Civic Art Museum • October 15th at 7pm, Coba will make a special guest appearance at the Music and Dance event at Matsumoto Civic Art Museum with Alan Patton (accordion), Ohji Kimura (drums), So Kobayashi (piano) and Natsumi Akiyama (vocals). • October 16th at 3.30pm, Accordion “Friendship Concert” at the Shin-each media garden. For details phone: 0263-33-2200 |
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 The Christchurch Accordion Orchestra (conducted by David Thorne) and the St Albans Community Choir (directed by accordionist Heather Gladstone QSM - picture left) will perform a concert entitled "Magical Music from Northern Lands" on October 17th, 2021.The concert will be held at the St Paul’s Parish Church in Christchurch. Entry is by donation. See poster for details. |
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| Video: “Blue Canary” (by Vincent Fiorino) performed by the Children's Art School No. 3 Accordion Orchestra in Kharkov, Ukraine at the Ukraine VII International Competition of Performers on Folk Instruments "Art-Dominanta". “Blue Canary” is a popular American song by Vincent Fiorino. Its Italian language version became popular in 1963, thanks to the Bulgarian company Balkanton, where the song was recorded by the Bulgarian duo of Maria Koseva and Nikola Tomov. |
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Sito di Franck Angelis aggiornato MusicForAccordion.com - Internetby Harley Jones |
 Il sito di Franck Angelis ha avuto informazioni sulla sua composizione Beijing 2011 aggiornate con:Nuovo video della Coupe Mondiale in Canada, dove compositori selezionati sono stati invitati ad avere il loro 'Original Solo Work' (composto nel 2012/2013), da eseguire per la prima volta alla Coupe Mondiale, dall'artista di loro scelta. Tian Jianan ha eseguito il lavoro e il lavoro ha vinto il Best Original Solo Work Award alla Coupe Mondiale 2013. Video online su: ang567 insieme a campioni dello spartito. e il video di Franck Angelis durante un seminario in Cina che spiega in dettaglio ogni movimento di Pechino 2011 con l'esecuzione di Tian Jianan. ang568 Spleen ha un video di Anna Kryshtaleva che esegue il concerto in anteprima. |
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  The amazing stellar career of Prof. Friedrich Lips as a performer, professor, author, arranger is well known around the world. The interview is now online in Russian, German and Spanish. He was originally interviewed in 1999 and now 22 years later, on the occasion of the publication of Lips CD030 Double Mirror, Moderator: Dr Herbert Scheibenreif interviews him again. The co-operation between Prof. Friedrich Lips and Dr Herbert Scheibenreif has now produced an incredible 30 CD's for the accordion world. View the 2021 Interview, English: Lips2021 Deutsch: Lips2021-de España: Lips2021-es Russian: Lips2021-ru Original 1999 Interview at: Lips1999 |
Vincitore del Concorso di Composizione 2021 AAA Elsie M. Bennett - USAby Mary Tokarski |
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| L'AA gestisce un concorso annuale di composizione Elsie M. Bennett e il primo posto nella divisione Open è stato Kinga Broslawska, 24 anni, della Polonia. Il video sopra è il titolo della composizione vincente "XYZ" composta ed eseguita da Kinga Broslawska. Gli spartiti XYZ sono disponibili come file pdf gratuito dal compositore sul sito Web AAA all'indirizzo: http://www.ameraccord.com/bennett.php |
Kevin Friedrich pubblica il CD "Reflections" - USAby Heather Masefield Secretary, New Zealand Accordion Association |
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 Il fisarmonicista newyorkese Kevin Friedrich ha recentemente pubblicato un CD delle sue esibizioni dal vivo intitolato 'Reflections' catalog friedrich02.Kevin afferma: “Nel corso della mia carriera di fisarmonicista ho avuto la gioia di eseguire una serie di brani musicali che spaziano dalle trascrizioni, mostrando il genio dei grandi Maestri come Johann Sebastian Bach fino ai lavori originali e creativi per la fisarmonica. Molte di queste esibizioni erano in concomitanza con i miei giorni di competizione in concorsi internazionali come la Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) Coupe Mondiale (1979, 1980 e 1981) e Klingenthal (1986) e durante i miei studi al Conservatorio in entrambi Kansas City (USA) e Parigi (Francia).” Per ulteriori informazioni e per ordinare 'Reflections' catalog friedrich02 e il suo CD con la musica dei compositori neozelandesi Gary Daverne 'The Journey', catalog friedrich01 visitare: http://www.musicforaccordion.com/eTracks/inform/friedrich/index.htm |
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