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Paolo Soprani - "la sua vita" di Beniamino Bugiolacchi ed Eugenio Paolini - Castelfidardo/Italiaby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
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Il 18 luglio, Eugenio Paolini e lo storico di Castelfidardo, Beniamino Bugiolacchi (Chronology of Italian Accordions - Cronologia delle Fisarmoniche Italiane e molte altre pubblicazioni) in collaborazione con il Circolo Culturale Filatelico Numismatico "F. Matassoli", la Proloco e il Comune di Castelfidardo hanno dato una visione molto interessante della storia e della vita di Paolo Soprani. Paolo Soprani fu l'uomo che diede i natali alla produzione di fisarmoniche nella piccola città di Castelfidardo e fu una personalità indimenticabile, non solo per Castelfidardo, ma anche per l'intero mondo della fisarmonica. Roberto Ascani, sindaco di Castelfidardo, era presente a questo convegno che ha attirato un vasto pubblico e si è tenuto nella splendida cornice di Palazzo Mordini. Lo studente Alessandro Governatori della locale Scuola di Musica Paolo Soprani e Carlo Bugiolacchi ha realizzato un vivace evento animato con la sua musica e i suoi testi. Sono in arrivo altri eventi per onorare questo memorabile cittadino di Castelfidardo. |
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Accordionists & Teachers Guild Festival, Illinois - USAby Rob Howard |
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![]() I pass di un giorno sono disponibili per $ 20; i biglietti per i concerti serali sono $ 15. I biglietti possono essere acquistati all’ingresso. Gli eventi si svolgono tutti i giorni dalle 9:00 alle 21:30. Un pranzo a buffet è disponibile tutti i giorni dalle 12:00 alle 13:00 con intrattenimento a $ 25. Gli artisti ospiti di quest'anno includono Matthias Matzke (Germania), Petar Maric (Serbia), Stas Venglevski (Moldova), Cory Pesaturo, Mike Alongi, Donna Dee e Dennis Ray, Mixed Ensemble (MD Murl Allen Sanders), The ATG Festival Accordion Orchestra (MD Joan Cochran Sommers) e il President's Quintet (Joseph Natoli, Amy Jo Sawyer, Kenn Baert, Murl Sanders e Liz Finch). L’ospite d'onore è Harley Jones, di Accordions Worldwide. Fondata nel 1940, la Accordionists & Teachers Guild, International (ATG) è stata creata per sostenere e promuovere la fisarmonica, lo sviluppo della composizione musicale e gli arrangiamenti specifici per fisarmoniche e per supportare fisarmonicisti e insegnanti. Per ulteriori informazioni, visitare: www.accordions.com/atg |
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Seminari di Fisarmonica del Dr. William Schimmel 2018: "Thinking Inside the Box", New York - USAby Rita Davidson Barnea |
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![]() I seminari del 2018 copriranno una vasta gamma di argomenti e si concentreranno su nuovi metodi di insegnamento - apprendimento "Earteach", "Eyeteach" e "Duplex", nonché lo studio di vari libri sui metodi che sono scomparsi dal mercato. L'obiettivo è riscoprire alcune delle ricche tradizioni e culture che potrebbero essere state perse o scartate. Ci sarà anche un segmento "Accordio/Dalcrose" usando "Movement" ed "Eurythmics". Inoltre, un seminario su ‘What it takes to survive as a New York Accordionist’ (Che cosa serve per sopravvivere da fisarmonicista di New York) - applicabile a qualsiasi pianificazione di carriera ovunque. Il Dr. Schimmel si è esibito con la maggior parte delle principali orchestre sinfoniche in America e molti gruppi di musica da camera a New York. I colleghi pop star vanno da Sting a Tom Waits, che ha commentato: "Bill Schimmel non suona la fisarmonica, è la fisarmonica". I suoi numerosi successi includono la fondazione del "Tango Project", l'insegnamento, la conduzione di corsi di perfezionamento, la composizione, la registrazione e l'esecuzione di colonne sonore di film. Scarica il modulo e le informazioni sul sito AAA all'indirizzo: http://www.ameraccord.com/annualmasterclass.php Sono elencati artisti, presentatori, argomenti delle master class e concerti. 2018MC-Schedule.pdf e 2018MC-Concerts.pdf |
Convergenza dei Dirigenti CIA presso l’A World of Accordions Museum, WI - USAby Rob Howard |
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![]() Il gruppo internazionale comprenderà Kevin Friedrich (USA), Harley Jones e sorella Heather Masefield (Nuova Zelanda), Herbert Scheibenreif (Austria), nonché Kenneth Baert, David Beer, il curatore Helmi Harrington (immagine in alto a destra) e il Consiglio di amministrazione di AWAM. I leader della comunità, incluso il sindaco Jim Paine, hanno programmato la loro presenza. Sono previsti anche rappresentanti del Consiglio comunale, Camera di Commercio, UWS, WITC. La CIA (Segretariato in Finlandia) e il comitato CIA World Accordion Museum Alliance (WAMA), presidente Kevin Friedrich (foto a destra), desiderano promuovere i musei internazionali di fisarmonica come parte dello sviluppo complessivo della fisarmonica e l'appartenenza della CIA all'International Music Council, membro ONG dell'UNESCO. L'agenda prevista per la riunione delle 14 includerà: 1) Visita degli strumenti del museo, sala da concerto e biblioteche 2) Iniziativa di raccolta fondi per AWAM 3) Discutere la conservazione di documenti e manufatti storici attraverso affiliazioni ai musei 4) World Accordion Day, 2019 |
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REPORT GIORNALIERI: AAA 80th Anniversary Festival, Washington - USAby Harley Jones |
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La straordinaria line-up di artisti ospiti del festival è inclusa nei Daily Reports con l'AAA 80th Anniversary Festival che presenta una moltitudine di concerti, workshop, attività e una fiera. Link al AAA 80th Anniversary Festival Report Giornalieri con immagini e video: 2018AAA80th |
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Video of the 14th July AAA Festival Orchestra under the direction of Joan Cochran Sommers. View pictures and the complete program of the AAA Festival Orchesttra at: 2018AAA80th (14th July). |
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Video: Complete concert at Kennedy Center Millenium Stage, concert by Stas Venglevski & Tatyana Krasnobaeva, introduction by AAA Historian Joan Grauman, © 2018 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. |
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![]() Her program was: 1. Visum et Impetus by Massimo De Lillo - Video in Daily Reports 2018AAA80th (13th July) 2. Dark Eyes (traditional Russian folk) arranged by AAA founding member Charles Magnante - video above. 3. Whatever You Do by Karen Fremar - video above. |
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![]() Video 1: “Sonata in Fm K386” by Scarlatti Video 2: “4th mvt, Zolatariev Sonata” Video 3: “Tango pour Janet” composed by Nathan Chapeton. 17 year old Nathan Chapeton from Middletown, Connecticut is the winner in two prestigious categories at the 2018 AAA 80th Anniversary Festival held last week. Nathan also qualified to represent the USA at the 2018 71st Coupe Mondiale to be held from September 24-30, 2018 in Kaunas, Lithuania. His qualifications are Videos 1 and 2 above, performed before Grayson Masefield and Linda Solely Reed. Nathan is also the winner of the Elsie Bennett Junior Composition Competition. You can hear him performing his composition in Video 3 above. Nathan Chapeton is a young musician who became interested in playing the accordion at the age of eight when he heard his teacher, Mary Tokarski perform in concert. His plans for the future include teaching the accordion and piano, improving his composition skills and ultimately wants to bring the accordion to the youth of the United States. |
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Video: Rhapsodie Espagnole composed by Eugene Ettore and performed by USA News Editor Rita Barnea. Rita writes: I am posting the link to the Eugene Ettore website internationally - Eugene Ettore to educate all about a unique, versatile and talented individual who made great contributions to the accordion world and musical world in general. I encourage you to visit this page. If you are interested in learning his music, please contact me at Ritabelll@aol.com and I will provide you with the music and also recordings free of charge, to assist you. |
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![]() May to August 2nd – USA August 2nd to 12th – China August 12th to September 23rd – USA September 27th to 30th – Paris, France October 3rd to 8th – Portugal October 9th to 13th - China October 14th to 16th – Netherlands October 18th to 22nd – Portugal October 29th to November 5th – China Petar Maric studied at the Belgrade State Music Conservatory ‘Vuckovic’ under Aleksandar Nikolic. He spent a year in Paris, to improve his ‘variete’ style with Frederic Deschamps and Franck Angelis, and later also studied in Bratislava, Slovakia. His competitive successes include winning the CIA Coupe Mondiale, CMA Trophée Mondiale, Klingenthal and Castelfidardo competitions. For further information email: maestromaric@gmail.com |
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![]() This concert is the first in a series of PSMA events between July 22nd and August 5th that includes concerts, chamber music, workshops and master classes organised by the Peter Soave Music Academy For further information email: petersoavemusicacademy@gmail.com |
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![]() The guest accordionists include Didier Laurent, Stéphanie Rodriguez (Champion of France), Nathalie Bernat (La Belle d’Auvergne), Gilles Saby, and Jérôme Baudou. |
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The Balalaika and Domra Association of America presents their Russian Festival Concert at Temple Performing Arts Center, 1837 N Broad St, Philadelphia on Saturday July 21st at 7.30pm. The concert brings together musicians from around the world performing Russian, Eastern European and Gypsy folk music, song and dance, and is the culmination of the BDAA’s 40th annual convention taking place in King of Prussia, PA, July 15th-22nd. The performance will feature virtuoso of the balalaika, Elina Karokhina, and virtuoso of the domra, Peter Omelchenko, performing in duos, ensembles and with an 80-piece Russian folk orchestra, featuring two accordionists, conducted by David Cooper. |
by Rob Howard
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![]() Englishman Leonard Brown, an All Scotland accordion champion and a pianist, has become well-known for promoting concerts in Scotland, including lifetime achievement tribute concerts for the accordionists Tom Alexander and Davie Stewart. He has many CDs and DVDs to his credit, most notably ‘A Toast to Scotland’, a double DVD celebrating the music of some of Scotland’s accordion legends such as Jimmy Shand and Will Starr. For further information email: leonardbrownaccordion@gmail.com |
by Rob Howard
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![]() Tadas Motiecius began learning the accordion when he was ten years old, when he enrolled in the School of Music at the Šiauliai Saulius Sondeckis art school with Professor Maryte Markeviciene. In 2012 Tadas Motiecius entered the Lithuanian Music and Theater Academy in the class of Raimondas Sviackevicius, then in 2014 studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music with Professor Geir Draugsvoll. |
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![]() The venue is Woodley Methodist Church, Chapel St (off the A560), Stockport SK5 1NF. Admission is £5. The duo has toured the UK annually since 2006, using their talents to raise money for the Chernobyl Nuclear Appeal whilst building up a large following in the process. Their concert programme includes: Widor – ‘Toccata’ (from ‘Organ Symphony No 5’), S. Prokofiev – ‘Dance of Knights and March’, T. Bor – ‘McMozart's Eine Kleine Bricht Moonlicht Nicht Musik’, P. Heidrich – ‘Happy Birthday variations’, G. Bizet/F. Waxman – ‘Carmen-Fantasy’, A. Gaidenko – ‘Under the River Seine’, Khachaturian – ‘Sabre Dance’, A. Babadjanyan – ‘Elegy’ (in commemoration of Khachaturian), V. Novikov – ‘Rozpryagayte khlopcy koney’ (variation based on Ukrainian folk song), and N. Rimsky-Korsakov/V. Zubitsky – ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’. The Stockport Accordion Band, Helen Rich, Accordion Spice, and Harry Hussey will perform short supporting spots. For further information email: robaccord5@hotmail.com |
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![]() Ukrainian-born Roman Jbanov’s achievements include Grand Prize Beloborodov in Tula (Russia), Scholarship of the President of the Russian Republic, and in 1997 winning the CMA Trophée Mondiale. He is also well-known for his Paris-Moscow Duo work with Domi Emorine. For further information email: duopm@sfr.fr |
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The duo Mazaika – Igor Outkine (digital button accordion and vocals) and Elizabeth Harrison (violin) – perform authentic Russian folk music, gypsy, romance, tango, etc, on Wednesday July 25th, 8pm - !0.30pm, at the Pasha Central Asian Restaurant, 58 Camberwell Road, London SE5 0EE. The Restaurant has a reasonably priced menu of delicious Central Asian and Russian food. For further information email: igor.outkine@yahoo.com |
by Rob Howard
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![]() The national and international accordionists at this year’s festival, founded in the 1970s, includes Cati Plana (diatonic accordion, Catalonia), Jogui Walliman (diatonic accordion, Switzerland), Pilar Planavila (diatonic accordion, Catalonia), Gary Blair (piano accordion, Scotland), Elies Ferna´ndez Sabate´ (diatonic accordion, Catalonia), Raynald Ouellet (diatonic accordion, Quebec, Canada), Liv Hallum (diatonic accordion, Catalonia), Enrique Telleri´a (bandoneon, Uruguay), Pari´s-Moscow Duo (Roman Jvanov and Domi Emorine, chromatic accordions, Russia/France), Alina and Mikhai¨l Khlebnov (chromatic accordions, Sibe`ria, Russia), E`rika Weigend and Josep “Pepo´n” Vilarrubla (diatonic accordions, Catalonia), Trio Lopes - Yohann and Yannick (diatonic and chromatic accordions, Portugal), Grup Ne´ixer (harmonica trio) - Ramon Closa, Jaume March and Joan Roca (Catalonia), Vladimir Denissenkov (chromatic accordion, Ukraine), Anatol Eremciuc (chromatic accordion, Moldova), Antonio Rivas (diatonic accordion, Colombia), and Joaqui´n Di´az (diatonic accordion, Dominican Republic). |
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by Dan Grauman
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![]() SqueezinArt will be exhibiting at the American Accordionists’ Association’s 80th anniversary Festival in Alexandria, Virginia, July 11-15. New items, such as the accordion trivet (picture below) made of Corian®, as well as a variety of t-shirts, pins, and many other gift items will be available for purchase. |
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