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Giornata Mondiale della Fisarmonica trasmessa il 23 Maggio - Internazionaleby Harley Jones |
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![]() Un'ultima trasmissione 6 giugno 2020 WAD2020 Inizio: * Roma 19:00 * Mosca 20:00 - * New York - 13:00 - * LA - 10:00 * Auckland - 5:00 (7 giugno) * Cina - 9:00 (7 giugno). |
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94 musicisti eseguono Moto Perpetuo di N. Paganini - Internazionaleby Arseniy Strokovskiy |
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Musicisti provenienti da diverse parti di Russia, Bielorussia, Ucraina, Svezia, Serbia, Polonia, Bosnia ed Erzegovina, uniti per esibirsi in Moto Perpetuo di N. Paganini! 94 artisti hanno preso parte alla creazione del video "Movimento Eterno" che ha unito 29 città russe come: Mosca, San Pietroburgo, Ekaterinburg, Kazan, Novosibirsk, Rostov on Don, Samara, Saratov, Ulyanovsk, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Vladivostok, Vologda, Yoshkar-Ola, Krasnodar, Chelny, Omsk, Orsk, Arsk, Tula, Ufa, Vologda e Nadym. La performance ha avuto anche l'aiuto dei nostri amici di altri paesi: Minsk e Gomel (Bielorussia), Kherson (Ucraina), Stoccolma (Svezia), Valevo (Serbia), Cracovia (Polonia) e Uglevik (Bosnia ed Erzegovina). |
2020 South Pacific e la New Zealand Accordion Championships - Nuova Zelandaby Heather Masefield Secretary, New Zealand Accordion Association |
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![]() Il capo della giuria è l’ambasciatore della CIA Kevin Friedrich (foto a destra). Un video delle competizioni e l'annuncio dei risultati saranno pubblicati online alle 17:00 orario Nuova Zelanda sul sito web della NZAA. Report degli eventi passati su: South Pacific Daily Reports |
Corey Purcell Video della Quarantena - USAby Christine Johnstone |
![]() Il talentuoso polistrumentista Corey Purcell ha trascorso il suo tempo nella quarantena Covid-19 lavorando all'apprendimento di alcune abilità di editing video, che ha messo in pratica come vedrai nel video sopra. Corey è un premiato ballerino e musicista irlandese, attualmente residente ad Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA. |
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Video: Duo Haein Yujeong Jeon (South Korea) and Grayson Masefield (New Zealand) video clip of the accordion duet version of Hommage a Paco composed by Franck Angelis. This was filmed in South Korea just before the lockdown. Music available online, Catalog: ang557 - Hommage A Paco (Duet) Sample page available. |
by Christine Johnstone
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The Royal Academy of Music in London, England has uploaded a video of some of their former accordion students performing their fun version of “Bach in Lockdown” The four Academy alumni were Ilona Suomalainen, Bartosz Glowacki, Iñigo Mikeleiz Berrade & Katariina Ahjoniemi who played Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.3. Enjoy! |
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On May 13th 2020, Mario Tacca (accordion) and Mary Mancini (vocals) performed at a special online concert streamed from the Monsignor Francis Ansbro Adoration Chapel at Assumption Church, Peekskill, New York in commemoration of the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima. The duo performed for an hour, playing some of the most loved Marian Hymns, from the 1700’s to the present. |
by Christine Johnstone
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![]() The group had seven partners who cross-streamed the performance to their pages for a potential audience of up to 1 million viewers! As their touring shows have been cancelled indefinitely, the band hopes to entertain you with future “Quaranstream’ Fridays. For details email: scythianmail@gmail.com |
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by Arseniy Strokovskiy
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Video: May 20th performers To celebrate World Accordion Day (May 6th), Weltmeister Akkordeon Manufaktur GmbH organised the World Web Festival 2020 "Weltmeister Wednesdays". The event takes place in an online format of a virtual concert series and is designed to bring together musicians (who love accordion, bayan or harmonica) from different countries at this difficult time of Covid-19. This week's video on May 20th included a performance by the “Crazy Accordion Trio”. Band members Marcin, Pawel and Piotrek (Poland) played a variety of pieces and enjoy showing the versatility of the accordion. Other performers this week included Weronika Sura (Poland), Cristian Rabi (Argentina) and Georgiy Kononov (Russia). The event will continue to be held every Wednesday at 7 pm German Time Zone for one hour. Festival organizers encourage participants of all ages. Videos should not be longer than 10 minutes. For details email: amy@weltmeister-akkordeon.de |
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![]() Educated at Sir George Monoux Grammar School in Walthamstow, London, Gwenda was expelled when her headmistress saw her on television performing in a music competition, and declared it to be “conduct unbecoming of a young lady”! Gwenda studied the accordion in London with Adrian Dante, and also was a highly proficient pianist and violinist. In 1948 she became BAA British Junior Champion at the British Association of Accordionists Championships held at St Pancras Town Hall in London. At short notice, due to the sudden withdrawal of the British entry, she entered the 1949 CIA Coupe Mondiale in Belgium, achieving sixth place. The following year Gwenda came third in the 1950 Couple Mondiale held in Milan, after which she turned professional. She performed on ‘Opportunity Knocks’ on Radio Luxembourg, on television, and many times on the BBC Light Programme, on such shows as ‘Workers Playtime’, ‘Accordion’, and ‘Music While You Work’. She worked frequently with the singers Gracie Fields and Vera Lynn, and many other stars of show business. By the 1980s Gwenda had grown tired of performing, and had a career change when she studied animal husbandry and worked in a veterinary practice. In 1993 she obtained a pilot’s licence, and then learned to fly a helicopter. Gwenda Wilkin was widowed, had a son and daughter, and passed away on May 6th at the age of 86 in hospital following complications during surgery. |
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![]() http://www.accordions.com/articles/audience.aspx It is not intended as a review, though it may come across as one. The standard of playing is top class and the sound quality is really good for a live recording. To win an All Scotland title you have to be better than just good! The organiser of the concert was Leonard Brown, who is a young man of extraordinary energy, talent and vision. In a short time of a few years he has accomplished more than most do in a lifetime, with numerous tours, CDs and DVDs to his credit. He also organises concerts, including special tribute events for players, including one for the late Tom Alexander. There is also an article about Leonard Brown in Rob Howard’s book 'Accordion Anthology'. |
by Christine Johnstone
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![]() ![]() Tracks include Crazy, Funiculi Funicula, Tango Bolero and many others (see picture above right). For details email: info@ame-lyss.ch |
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![]() On May 28th at noon CT they will run an All Requests presentation and on June 1st at noon CT they will entertain you with French Tunes. For details email: daddysqueeze@yahoo.com |
by Christine Johnstone
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![]() The concert is organised by Look Som e Eventos and will be available on Youtube. |
by Rob Howard
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![]() The club asks "If you are interested in performing a piece or two during the open mic, please let us know by email so that you are on the program! Also, if you have a question about accordion playing in general, email us your questions. Your questions will be answered by the presenter or your peers in the audience." Sunday, May 31st from 2pm to 3.30pm (EDT - NYC time) Guest presenter: Will Holshouser Sunday, June 14th from 8pm to 9:30pm (EDT - NYC time) Guest presenter: JP Jofre (bandoneonist) For details email: brooklynaccordionclub@gmail.com |
by Christine Johnstone
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A Virtual Accordion Camp is planned for June 27th, 2020, which will include a variety of workshops and concerts. Whether you’re an experienced accordion player or just starting out, you are invited to join the fun, camaraderie, and inspiration of a camp setting from the comfort of your own home. The day will feature an afternoon of workshops culminating in a meet-the-artist-style concert with camp staff. You will have the opportunity to learn new skills and expand existing ones in multi-level Zoom classrooms, with topics ranging from repertoire-building to bellows control to techniques for the left hand. The camp is geared towards piano accordion players, though other accordions are welcome. Tutors include: Rachel Bell (accordionist, performer, tunesmith, and music educator) who will run workshops on Breton Repertoire and Left Hand Techniques. Alex Cumming (traditional singer, accordionist, pianist and dance caller) who will give workshops on English Repertoire and Bellows Techniques. Jeremiah McLane (composer, accordionist, pianist, and educator) who will give workshops on Right Hand Techniques and Bal Folk Repertoire. All participants will gather together to recap the day and have time for some Q&A's. The concert will include 90 minutes of music and fun with the camp tutors in an informal "chance to meet" style concert. For further information email: info@virtualaccordioncamp.com |
by Christine Johnstone
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![]() The first is a Celtic music workshop with Alain Pennec (picture left) from July 20th to 24th, 2020. Alain is a specialist in Celtic music, and he will introduce you to a repertoire of Breton, Irish, Welsh, Asturian and other music. This repertoire will induce technical work on ornamentation, phrasing and bellows. The different styles related to this music will also be discussed. The course open to diatonic and chromatic accordion players For further details email: cnima@orange.fr |
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Prossima trasmissione 23 maggio. Report: 9 maggio Giornata mondiale della fisarmonica - In tutto il mondoby Christine Johnstone |
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![]() Un'introduzione di Xu Xiaonan (Cina) che parla della sua esperienza alla CIA Coupe Mondiale dove è stato il primo vincitore cinese della Coupe Mondiale nel 2012 a Spoleto, in Italia. Esegue poi la sua composizione "Breeze in Summer" con il pianista Xu Gehui. Una performance di Matthias Matzke (Germania) che ha vinto la classe Coupe Mondiale Junior Virtuoso Entertainment nel 2011 e la classe Digital Accordion nel 2014. Matthias esegue Ghost Love Score - Nightwish. Un'intervista con il vicepresidente del DHV Georg Hettman che fornisce informazioni sul DHV riguardo ciò che l'organizzazione offre, dove operano e i membri dell'organizzazione. Presenta quindi un'esibizione della banda di fisarmoniche HUMI (Polonia), vincitrice del 1° posto della divisione Mixed Instrumentation Orchestra Youth al Festival di Innsbruck. Georg Hettman è poi affiancato dal membro del CIA Music Committee Andreas Nebl e dal CEO del Hohner Konservatorium, Bernhard van Almsick, che rilasciano interessanti interviste sugli stili musicali e su come la scuola aiuti gli studenti a trovare il proprio stile musicale. Tutto questo seguito da una performance video di Felix Fritschi. Una performance dell'ex vincitore della Coupe Mondiale Valerio Russo, che esegue una composizione di Renzo Ruggieri. Un'intervista e un'esibizione interessanti con Vincent van Amsterdam dei NOVAM (Paesi Bassi) ed esibizioni del loro concerto per celebrare il 90° anniversario. Seguono le informazioni sulla fisarmonica nei Paesi Bassi. Intervista ed esibizione con il professore della Royal Danish Academy of Music, Geir Draugsvoll, che parla dell'Academy, degli insegnanti, dei programmi ecc. insieme a vari video di performance. Intervista ed esibizione con Mikk Langeproon dell'Eesti Akordioniliit (Estonian Accordion Society) che parla della loro società, dei membri e degli eventi da loro organizzati. La trasmissione si è conclusa con i vincitori del Coupe Mondiale International Ensemble World Music 2018 - The Pillers (Austria). Molto altro ancora per il tuo divertimento su: WAD2020 |
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6 Maggio Trasmissione della Giornata Mondiale della Fisarmonica - In tuttoil mondoby Christine Johnstone |
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![]() maggio, WAD2020 che ha presentato una varietà di interviste e video da tutto il mondo. WAD2020 include: Una presentazione e performance del vincitore della CIA Coupe Mondiale 2019 Kirill Rusinov Un benvenuto da Grayson Masefield (Nuova Zelanda) e Kevin Friedrich (USA) Informazioni e piani per la 73° CIA Coupe Mondiale del 2020 ospitata dall'Associazione della Fisarmonica dell'Algarve, in Portogallo, dal 5 all'11 ottobre 2020. Informazioni ed esibizioni della Czech Accordion Association - il fisarmonicista Milan Rehak ama intrattenere suonando qualcosa di diverso, eseguendo un affascinante arrangiamento di "Bach Meets ACDC" Intervista con Motion Trio e anteprima mondiale di un nuovo lavoro di Motion Trio e del Ratingen Kammerchoir intitolato "Helicopter" per celebrare il 25° anniversario di Motion Trio che suonano insieme. Il CD uscirà presto. Le esibizioni alla CIA Coupe Mondiale del 2019 (Shenzhen, Cina) di vincitori e musicisti, oltre al 2019 Shanghai Spring International Accordion Festival e una nuova composizione di Nova Wan sono state presentate nel segmento della China Accordion Association. Articolo di seguito con ulteriori informazioni. La performance finale è Radu Ratoi con Dance Macabre di Saint-Saens. Radu è il vincitore della categoria CIA Coupe Mondiale Masters 2019 Trasmissione del 6 maggio: WAD2020 |
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