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World Accordion Orchestra IX Condotta da Joan Sommers, 2017 Coupe Mondiale - Italiaby Harley Jones |
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![]() Tutti sono i benvenuti a questo emozionante evento di fisarmonica internazionale e i fisarmonicisti sono invitati a esibirsi nella CIA "World Accordion Orchestra IX". La World Accordion Orchestra IX sotto la direzione del Prof. Joan Sommers si esibirà in tre opere: 1. "Omaggio a Pietro Overture" di Pietro Frosini è un vero e proprio omaggio ai primi pionieri italiani della fisarmonica. Frosini e Deiro che hanno scritto l'opera originale e Galla-rini che l'ha arrangiata per l'orchestra. 2. Medley di "La La Land" composto da Justin Hurwitz. 3. Medley di "Beauty and the Beast" di Alan Menken I membri della CIA WAO IX includeranno nuovamente musicisti di molti altri paesi - tra cui ufficiali della CIA e delegati presenti al 138° Congresso CIA. Gli appassionati di fisarmonica da tutto il mondo sono invitati a partecipare alla WAO IX e godere di un evento musicale divertente e di alta qualità. Registrati ora! "World Accordion Orchestra IX" |
Ksenija Sidorova CD Award, Berlino - Germaniaby Rob Howard |
![]() Il CD 'Carmen' di Ksenija Sidorova, pubblicato il 3 Giugno 2016, è un nuovo punto di vista strumentale vibrante ed esotico del capolavoro operistico di Georges Bizet, infuso da un suono moderno e lo spirito latino originale. Esegue la musica di Bizet con la Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, diretta da Sascha Goetzel. Le melodie dell'opera più famosa al mondo sono rielaborate con accattivanti colori orientali e i ritmi irresistibili della danza latino-americana. Sidorova interpreta il titolo, tracciando il destino tragico e appassionato di questa iconica Femme Fatale nel suo album di debutto per Deutsche Grammophon. Tracce: Carmen's Walk, Seguidillas, La Siesta, Chanson Bohème, Love Song, Soir mélancolique, Sunrise over Seville, In the Cards, La Fiesta, The Other Woman, Spanish Pride, À la bohémienne, Date with Destiny, Reflections, Daybreak, Toreador (Los Toreros), Carmen's Shadow. |
Mika Väyrynen si Esibirà in una Première Mondiale, Loviisa - Finlandiaby Kevin Friedrich |
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![]() L'opera per fisarmonica, violino, violoncello e pianoforte è stata scritta in onore del 50° compleanno del fisarmonicista finlandese Mika Väyrynen. Su richiesta di Sallinen, questa nuova opera di 5 movimenti non include note di programma, l'unico testo scritto è: "questo lavoro è stato scritto come regalo di compleanno al mio amico musicista, Mika Väyrynen." Questo pezzo sarà la 6° Premiere Mondiale di Mika con un'opera del prof. Sallinen, durante una collaborazione cha ha più di 15 anni. La Première Mondiale di questo lavoro "Dance Music Suite Op. 107" per fisarmonica, violino, violoncello e pianoforte sarà eseguita da Mika e dagli altri musicisti Elina Vähälä (violino), Jan-Erik Gustafsson (violoncello - direttore artistico del Festival Loviisa Sibelius) e Paavali Jumppanen (pianoforte). Questo lavoro è uno dei sei nuovi lavori scritti per Mika Väyrynen in onore del suo 50° compleanno (7 ottobre 2017) e la 100° celebrazione della Finlandia e della sua indipendenza. Gli altri cinque lavori avranno la loro "Première Mondiale" al suo prossimo concerto di compleanno l'11 Ottobre 2017 presso la Camerata Hall dell'Helsinki Music Center. |
Fergie MacDonald 80° Compleanno, Scozia - Regno Unitoby Rob Howard |
![]() Fergie MacDonald è considerato da molti essere l'uomo che ha popolarizzato lo stile West Highland della tradizionale musica da ballo scozzese del ceilidh. MacDonald ha scalato le classifiche pop scozzesi nel 1966 con la sua "Loch Maree". Gli fu inizialmente vietato di apparire sulla BBC a causa del tradizionale processo di audizione ma ora appare regolarmente su BBC Radio Scotland e BBC Radio nan Gaidheal. Tutt'ora va in tour in tutto il mondo e ha pubblicato 23 album . Ha pubblicato la sua autobiografia nel 2003, ‘Fergie: Memories of a Musical Legend’. Per ulteriori informazioni scrivere a: fergiemacd@hotmail.co.uk |
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by Rob Howard
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![]() Tracks: Un dimanche au Portugal, Près de la petite source, Le prisonnier, Chante moi la rivière, Bonjour Saintonge, N'arrête pas le vent, La cumbiana, Je revois ma terre Limousine, Versu te, La chica dance, Amour d'Espagne, Je suis si bien près de toi, Un p'tit air de Paris, Un Portugais à Paris, Tango caresse, Petit bouquet d'amour, La Bidassonne For further information email: pierreandre-music@sfr.fr |
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Video of 2nd place Xue Jiacheng and 3rd Place Wang Xia competing in the Entertainment Knockout Competition at the 2017 Shenzhen Bao'an International Accordion Art Festival. Video of all the competitors is online at: 2017 Shenzhen (25 July). |
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The Black Country Accordion Club organiser Lou Ambrose writes: Once again this fabulous duo, the Classic Kyiv Duo, made the journey to visit this country and our club for a very special concert. We all look forward to Igor and Oleksiy calling to see us during their annual tour and all the preparations were made in advance for this fund raising event. As we anticipated we had almost a full house and everything was in place for the grand raffle and the anticipated auction. Thanks to the generosity of members and a local businessman we had a good selection of goods ranging from a vacuum cleaner, whiskey, champagne down to a dancing duck. Ray Izod opened the proceedings with a selection of popular tunes. He now makes a fairly regular appearance at the club and now seems to be settling in as one of our regular entertainers. So, Igor Sayenko and Oleksiy Kolomoiets, known as the Classic Accordion Duo began their concert. These guys still devote their tour to the Hipokrat Society and we know that by now what a wonderful job this charity does. The expected interval very quickly arrived indeed and as soon as everyone had enjoyed the refreshments the fundraising began. The draw for the Tote and the Raffle were soon over and the auction began, and thanks to everyone who made the effort to donate the goods and prizes do seem rather inadequate. Well done one and all. The Duo completed the second half of their repertoire to a standing ovation once again. ‘The Flight of the Bumblebee’ and their version of ‘The Waltz of the Flowers’ had drawn the most enthusiastic round of applause that evening. The evening was a great success with an excellent turnout with a number of new faces in the audience and we were very pleased to donate the sum of £742 to a very worthy cause. On Monday August 28th, 8pm, our guest is the versatile accordionist Jovan Rnjak, with Roy Nock on the drums. |
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A selection from the Yuri Sidorov Concert at the 2017 Shenzhen Bao'an International Accordion Art Festival. Video of all this concert is online at: 2017 Shenzhen (25 July). |
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![]() The video above is Paganiniana for two accordions played by duo dissonAnce (Roberto Caberlotto e Gilberto Meneghin) in Perugia, University for Foreigners, Italy. Published July 2009. |
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![]() cfranco229 - Notturno #2 Notturno #2 is a Fun Salsa very popular with Latin Music Lovers. Sound sample .mp3 file and sheet music sample online. cfranco230 - Olivia Olivia is an old time happy and cheerful Mazurka Dance. Sound sample .mp3 file and sheet music sample online. 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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Walter Rios (Bandoneon) performing at the recent Shenzhen Opening Concert. Video of all this concert is online at: 2017 Shenzhen (24 July). |
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![]() Erika Honorez studied the accordion, theory of music and classical music with Franz Lebrun from the Brussels Conservatory, and then specialized in the musette genre. Since 1981 Erika has been performing, composing, and recording. She has appeared on radio and TV in Belgium and France. Erika has recorded many CDs and DVDs, which are available through her website. For further information email: erika@erika.be |
by Rob Howard
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![]() His programme includes music by JS Bach, Chopin, Frosini, Galliano, Piazzolla, and more. Tickets cost 270 Rand, which includes wine and light supper. 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 |
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![]() Originally from Canada, Natasha Enquist is a singer, songwriter and accordionist based in Berlin. |
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![]() Leonard Brown, from Newcastle, became only the second Englishman to become All Scotland Accordion Champion in 2012 (Robert Whitehead was the first in 1978). He has emerged as one the best and busiest young accordionists on the Accordion & Fiddle Club scene. For further information email: leonardbrownaccordion@gmail.com |
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The Castletown Accordion Orchestra (MD John Chilton) performs in a concert on Monday August 28th with the Akkordeon Landesjugend Orchester (ALJO) from Freiburg, Germany, and the Lambay Singers from Donabate, County Dublin, at St Anne’s Church, Bailborough, Virginia, County Cavan. Some accordion soloists will also contribute to this concert. The concert is hosted by the Irish Accordion Association. Admission is free, but voluntary contributions at the door will go to the Autistic Unit in Bailieboro Community School. |
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Recoaro Terme, 1-3 September 2017 organised by the Commune di Recoaro Terme and the Museo Internzaionale Impronte Grandi della Fisarmonica. |
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![]() The venue for this ‘Accordion Spring Celebration’ concert is 11 Weaver Street, Three Rivers, Vereeniging, Gauteng, South Africa. Admission is R200 per person, including a three course meal and a cash bar available. The organiser is Sergio Zampolli. For further information email: sergiozampolli@gmail.com |
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![]() LAO began life as Morley Accordion Orchestra, based at Morley College, London, in 1999. The ensemble plays a wide variety of music - from original works for accordion orchestra to show tunes and film scores. There are 30 members of the orchestra and for concerts we are joined by percussionists - so it's quite a sound! In May 2013 the MAO performed at the World Music Festival in Innsbruck, Austria. 2014 saw the orchestra host 2 foreign ensembles for concerts in London; 'Torkest' from Holland at the Dutch Church in the City and then the 'Nuremberg Accordion Orchestra' at St John's Smith Square. On July 4th 2013 MAO officially changed its name to the London Accordion Orchestra. For further information email: mail@londonao.co.uk |
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![]() Now in Stock, the new Friedrich Lips book in German: Catalog No: kslips02 Die Kunst der Bearbeitung klassischer Musik für Akkordeon (The Art of Editing Classical Music for Accordion). Exclusive special offer only until 20 August. 25% price advantage. Now 29.50 euros instead of later 39.50 euros (plus shipping and handling). Being posted now. Purchase at Catalog No: kslips02 The first book in German by Friedrich Lips, Catalog kslips01 Die Kunst des Bajanspiels continues to be available. The first book in English by Friedrich Lips, Catalog kslips00 The Art of Bayan Playing & Playing the Accordion Artistically |
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![]() The video above is Ivano Battiston performing Ples at the 40th PIF International Castelfidardo Festival, published on Sep 25, 2015. Ivano Battiston recently released Catalog: battiston101 Libertango composed by Astor Piazzollo, arranged by Ivano Battiston for solo accordion. Catalog: battiston102 Postcards composed by Ivano Battiston for sax (both soprano and baritone) and accordion. |
Nuovo CD di Tian Jianan, De Profundis, Pechino - Cinaby Harley Jones |
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![]() Questo nuovo CD del vincitore di concorsi internazionali, Tian Jianan, sarà il suo 5° album. La lista dei brani di De Profundis è: 1. Prelude and Fugue in F# minor BWV 883, J. S. Bach 7:08 2. Sequenza XIII "Chanson" L. Berio 8:58 3. De Profundis, S. Gubaidulina 11:26 4. Jeux D'anches, M. Lindberg 7:16 5. Sonata for Piano, (III) S. Barber 3:11 6. Sonata for Piano, (I, III) I. Stravinsky 5:19 7. High way for one, I. Hölszky 8:52 8. Sonata No. 6, A. Kusyakov 11:46 Alcune parole di Tian Jianan sul nuovo CD. "Questo è un album indipendentemente dal costo". "Questo è un album di performance stimolanti" "Questo è un album per gusti artistici molto elevati" Ulteriori dettagli e campioni sonori di ciascuna traccia a: tjianan05 |
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