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Festival e Concorso Internazionale della Fisarmonica di Istanbul 2023 – Turchia
XXIX Akordeono Festivalis – Lituania
Fisarmonicisti suonano al 56° Festival delle Nazioni – Italia
Online_vincitori Gemini Duo al Manhattan International Music Competition - USA
La Kirkjuvagr Ceilidh Band (2022) si esibisce al St Andrews Weekend – Scozia
Concerto di Grayson Masefield al Museo World of Accordions - USA
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Deadline extended: XVIII International Accordion Festival Competition - ItalyVideo: Téng Lóng Composed by Gorka Hermosa, Performed by Li Kun - China
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Jérôme Richard Performs in Chaillé-Les-Marais - FranceAchilleas Panagoulis Performs at Narkissos Music Hall - GreeceBlackhill Accordion Band Parade – Northern Ireland“Come Dance with Flippie and Nico” Concert – South AfricaManabu Hiyama Performs at Matsue Shinju Hot Springs - JapanPhil Cunningham Concert Tour, Scotland - UKAlex Meixner “Impromptu Polka Party” – USAAkkzente 2.0 Accordion Orchestra Festival – GermanyTori Trio Performs in AustriaStowe Tango Music Festival - USAFlogging Molly Summer Tour – USA
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RAPPORTI GIORNALIERI: Festival dell'85° anniversario dell'AAA - USAby Harley Jones |
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| Le celebrazioni per l'85° anniversario dell'Associazione Americana dei Fisarmonicisti! (American Accordionists' Association - AAA) si terranno al Marriott Philadelphia West di Conshohocken, PA, dal 12 al 16 luglio 2023. Rapporti giornalieri online su: 2023AAA85th L'eccezionale line-up di artisti ospiti del festival comprende: Grayson Masefield (Nuova Zelanda), US Air Force Strings, Joey Miskulin, Mario Tacca e Mary Mancini, Joan Sommers alla direzione dell'Orchestra del Festival, Accordion Pops Orchestra diretta da Al Terzo, Westmont Philharmonia Accordion Orchestra diretta da Joanna Darrow, Busso Festival Orchestra diretta da Frank Busso Jr. e molti altri. Il festival prevede una moltitudine di concerti, workshop, attività e fiere. Rapporti giornalieri online su: 2023AAA85th |
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Festival e Concorso Internazionale della Fisarmonica di Istanbul 2023 – Turchiaby Christine Johnstone |
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| Il Festival e Concorso Internazionale della Fisarmonica di Istanbul si svolgerà online dal 17 al 20 agosto 2023 a Istanbul, in Turchia. L'evento comprenderà il 2° Concorso Internazionale di Fisarmonica e Strumenti a Soffietto di Istanbul e il 3° Concorso Nazionale di Fisarmonica e Strumenti a Mantice organizzato da Akorder. Il concorso sarà caratterizzato da categorie di età per solisti e orchestre. Le iscrizioni dovranno pervenire online entro l'11 agosto 2023. Per ulteriori dettagli scrivere a: aaelyagutu@akorder.com |
XXIX Akordeono Festivalis – Lituaniaby Christine Johnstone |
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| Il XXIX Akordeono Festivalis (Festival Internazionale della Fisarmonica) si terrà a Palanga, Lituania, dal 31 luglio al 5 agosto 2023. Il Direttore Artistico dell'evento è il Prof. Raimondas Sviackevicius. Il 1° agosto 2023 si terrà un concerto di apertura dedicato al 770° anniversario della città di Palanga. L'evento includerà una varietà di concerti, conferenze seminariali e master class. La cerimonia di chiusura si terrà il 5 agosto presso la Palanga Kurhaus Hall, con un concerto che vedrà la partecipazione degli ospiti del festival, vincitori di concorsi internazionali e la Joint Accordion Teachers' Orchestra. Il direttore principale è il Prof. Ricardas Sviackevicius con altri direttori Rita Auksoriute e Raimond Keith (Francia). Tra i solisti figurano Agne Stancikaite (soprano) e Ruslanas Grimbovskij (fisarmonica). |
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Fisarmonicisti suonano al 56° Festival delle Nazioni – Italiaby Christine Johnstone |
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 I fisarmonicisti suoneranno in occasione del 56° Festival delle Nazioni, che si terrà a Città di Castello, in Italia, dal 23 agosto al 7 settembre 2023.Il 25 agosto Daniele Ingiosi (bayan e bandoneon – foto a sinistra) si esibirà al Parco Archeologico del Teatro di Marcello a Roma. In programma brani per bandoneon di Ingiosi, Bacalov, Laurenz, Ramirez, Villoldo, Troilo, Bardi e Gardel, nonché opere bayan di Ingiosi e Rodriguez. Il 27 agosto 2023 il Sirius Trio (foto sotto) si esibirà presso la Chiesa di San Francesco a Montone. Il trio, formato dai fisarmonicisti Michele Bianco, Alberto Nardelli e Pietro Secundo, eseguirà un programma di brani di Makkonen, Olczak, Schnittke, Zubitsky, Hakola, Bánkövi e Semionov. Per ulteriori dettagli scrivere a: promozione@festivalnazioni.com |
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Online_vincitori Gemini Duo al Manhattan International Music Competition - USAby Mirco Patarini, CIA President. |
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| Video: Gemini Duo esegue "Escualo" di Astor Piazzolla. Il Gemini Duo (Cina/Danimarca) ha vinto la categoria musica da camera online del Manhattan International Music Competition, tenutosi online quest'anno. Il concerto del vincitore si è tenuto dal vivo alla Carnegie Hall di Manhattan, New York, USA il 15 luglio 2023. Il duo è formato dai fisarmonicisti Wanchen Zhao e Wanxu Zhao, che studiano entrambi presso la Royal Academy of Music di Copenaghen, in Danimarca, con Geir Draugsvoll. |
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La Kirkjuvagr Ceilidh Band (2022) si esibisce al St Andrews Weekend – Scoziaby Christine Johnstone |
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| La Kirkjuvagr Ceilidh Band (2022 - foto sotto) si esibirà al St Andrews Weekend di intrattenimento musicale dal vivo al Carrbridge Hotel nel Cairngorm National Park, Carrbridge, Scozia, Regno Unito il 25 e 26 novembre 2023. La band di cinque elementi delle Orcadi è specializzata in "esperienze culturali che includono danza e performance musicali". Le prenotazioni sono aperte. Per ulteriori dettagli scrivere a: marketing@carrbridgehotel.com |
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Concerto di Grayson Masefield al Museo World of Accordions - USAby Accordions Worldwide |
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| Grazie alla sponsorizzazione di AAA, ATG, Accordions Worldwide, Grayson Masefield e la sua famiglia, ogni dollaro della vendita dei biglietti per il concerto di raccolta fondi del 30 luglio andrà a beneficio del Museo World of Accordions di Superior, Wisconsin. Speriamo che fisarmonicisti vicini e lontani sostengano il museo, un progetto straordinario e importante per la fisarmonica. I dettagli della Convocazione Internazionale e di altri eventi del Museo sono elencati sul poster qui sopra. Scarica il poster completo: 2023AWAM-Poster.jpg Acquista i biglietti per i concerti su: 2023AWAM-GM |
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| The deadline for the XVIII International Accordion Festival Competition entries has been extended to July 30th, 2023. The competition will be held in San Vincenzo la Costa, Italy from August 4th to 6th, 2023. The event includes a variety of solo age group cateogories for classical, variety, diatonic and chamber music performers. Download competition rules and entry form here: 2023FISAFest.pdf |
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 "Téng Lóng" (2021) composed by Gorka Hermosa and performed by Li Kun, was commissioned by the Futian Composition Competition and was composed using the original folk song theme "Orchid Flower" from the northern Shaanxi region. This video is from the premiere in Tianjin (China) on June 25th, 2023 at the Tianjin Conservatory of Music, where a concert was held premiering the award-winning and the commissioned works. |
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| Video: Jérôme Richard performing "Le Mariachi de Mexico". Jérôme Richard will perform at a dinner dance event at the Salle du Pré Vert in Chaillé-Les-Marais, Pays De La Loire, France on July 22nd, 2023. Jérôme performs a mix of variety, classical and jazz music. For details phone: 02 51 56 37 37 |
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| Accordionist Achilleas Panagoulis will perform live with vocalist Pepi Theochari at the Narkissos Music Hall in Amarousi, Athens, Greece on July 22nd, 2023. For details phone: 210 2138366 |
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| The Blackhill Accordion Band (picture below) will lead a joint parade and service at St Guaire’s Church of Ireland Aghadowey, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland on July 23rd, 2023 beginning at 6.30pm. See poster for details. |
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| The Drostdy Theater, Drostdy Centre in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa presents a concert with a difference on July 23rd, 2023. “After digging and dusting off the very final studio music recordings of two South African accordionists, Nico Carstens and Flippie van Vuuren, their extremely precious unknown 2010 album is being shared with an audience for the very first time." "The long-standing friendship between Flippie and Nico, which was based on mutual respect for talent, their respective early years with the famous Hendrik Susan-orchestra, the love for the accordion, their pointed perfectionism and unprecedented sense of humor, brought them together again to make the album in the Encore Studio on May 28, 2010." This forgotten recording is presented and interpreted by old musical friends: Cassie van Zyl (accordion), André van Vuuren (accordion), Alwyn Koen (drums), Johan Nortje (guitar), Johann Visser (bass) and Frans Treurnicht (guitar). “Carstens' most famous song "Zambezi" became a world hit and has been recorded by artists such as Eddie Calvert, Acker Bilk, Bert Kaempfert, The Shadows, James Last, Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer and Johnny Dankworth. In 1982, The Piranhas took it to number 17 in the UK. Other versions of Carstens' compositions have been recorded by Horst Wende, Henri René, Geoff Love and bands in Australia, Italy and Poland. Carstens wrote and performed music which spanned the various cultures of South Africa. He drew inspiration from various sources, including Cape Malay, Black Township and indigenous South African sounds and combined them to form a unique sound and style. Since forming his own band at age 24, Carstens had composed more than 2000 songs and recorded over 90 albums which have sold over 2 million copies in South Africa. He did performances all over South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Botswana as well as at the Nantes Festival in France and he appeared on Musikantenstadl for ORF in 1997.” See poster for concert details. |
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| Accordionist Manabu Hiyama will perform live at the Matsue Shinju Hot Springs Special Stage in Shimane Prefecture, Japan on July 23rd, 2023. Manabu will be joined by Mariko Okada (vocals) and Marino (saxophone). See poster for details. |
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| Phil Cunningham (accordion) and Aly Bain (violin) will tour Scotland, UK from July 27th to September 30th, 2023. See poster above for details of concert dates and venues. |
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| Accordionist Alex Meixner will perform at an “Impromptu Polka Party” at the Ohio Theatre in Madison, Indiana, USA on July 29th, 2023 from 7.30pm. The evening aims to be full of “fun and mayhem” with music and dancing to “an ultra-high-energy mix of polkas, rock, country, classic swing, ethnic classics and American favorites”. Alex will perform with Michael Fortunato (woodwind), Rory Hoffman (guitar) and Tommy Haller (drums). |
by Christine Johnstone
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| The Akkzente 2.0 Accordion Orchestra Festival will be held at the Korbacher Stadthalle in Korbach, Germany on July 29th and 30th, 2023. This year’s event will “celebrate Hans Petersen's 50 years as conductor of the Akkordeon-Orchester Diemelspatzen e.V. (picture below).” The festival “emphasizes friendship through music and offers two concert series, exhibitions, as well as a gala concert, with eight orchestras from Hesse, Baden-Württemberg and Lower Saxony.” For details phone: 0171 / 20 90 031 |
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by Christine Johnstone
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 Video: Jure Tori performing his own composition “Bee Sting”.Jure Tori (Slovenia - picture left) will perform in the trio “Tori & Stosic & Zore” at Mochoritsch Eck in Klopeiner See, Austria on July 31st, 2023. The trio plays original music by Jure Tori. For details email: jure@toriprint.si |
by Christine Johnstone
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| The Stowe Tango Music Festival will take place in Stowe, Vermont, USA from August 18th to 20th, 2023. As part of the event, a Bandoneon/Piano Intensive Workshop with Hector Del Curto & Victor Lavallen, will be held from August 8th to 13th and a Tango Academy from August 14th to 20th. Finals of the Che Bandoneon International Competition will be held on August 18th with an award ceremony on the 19th. For details email: stowetangomusicfestival@gmail.com |
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| Flogging Molly will begin their 2023 Summer Tour of the USA at the Mission Ballroom in Denver, Colorado on August 17th and finish at the House of Blues in Orlando, Florida on September 30th, 2023. The group includes Matt Hensley (accordion, concertina, vocals) along with players of a variety of instruments such as guitar, bodhran, violin, tin whistle, bass guitar, mandolin, banjo, drums, percussion and vocalists. For details email: floggingmolly@5bam.com |
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Release of 2023 Coupe Mondiale Rules and Regulations 2022 Coupe Mondiale, October 04 - 09, Switzerland Daily Reports from 05 October |
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PIF Castelfidardo 2023 Competition Information PIF Castelfidardo 2022 Daily Reports |
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XXXIV International Festival, Moscow Daily Reports |
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Information 2023 World Accordion Day, 6th May each year |
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2023 Accordion Cruise, Finland Information, News article |
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Chronology of Production of Italian Accordions Article Link News article about Beniamino Bugiolacchi Article Link |
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by Heather Masefield Secretary, New Zealand Accordion Association
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 Updated website: The New Zealand Accordion Association Inc. (NZAA) has published the annual Presidents Reports for the years:NZAA Presidents Report 2004 NZAA Presidents Report 2009 NZAA Presidents Report 2010 NZAA Presidents Report 2011 NZAA Presidents Report 2012 NZAA Presidents Report 2013 NZAA Presidents Report 2014 NZAA Presidents Report 2015 NZAA Presidents Report 2016 NZAA Presidents Report 2017 NZAA Presidents Report 2018 NZAA Presidents Report 2019 NZAA Presidents Report 2020 NZAA Presidents Report 2021 NZAA Presidents Report 2022 John Statham, President from 1982 to 2011 for some 27 years. Two of his Presidents Reports are now online. Others will follow in the coming months. Current NZAA President Sonja Palinich (picture left), has been President since 2011 and has all her annual Presidents Reports online now. |
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