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40° PIF Internazionale "Città di Castelfidardo", Ancona - Italiaby Harley Jones |
![]() ![]() Una caratteristica speciale è che non c'è alcuna quota di iscrizione - è completamente gratuito per celebrare il 40° anniversario. Il nuovo direttore artistico Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, nella foto a sinistra con il sindaco Mirco Soprani di Castelfidardo, ha rilasciato il nuovo logo della 40° edizione del PIF, e il regolamento per il 2015 in italiano, inglese e cinese a: 2015PIF Il concorso comprende sezioni personali, di gruppo e orchestra per le diverse età, per classica, musica da camera, musica leggera (Varieté, folk, jazz, repertorio latino-americano), e le categorie World Music. Sono incluse anche sezioni destinate a fisarmoniche diatoniche, bandoneon e fisarmoniche digitali. Data di chiusura delle iscrizioni: 25 Agosto 2015 Il programma del 2014, rapporti dal 2004 online all'indirizzo: 2014Concorso |
Concorso Internazionale di Fisarmonica Vilnius 2015 - Lituaniaby Harley Jones |
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![]() ![]() Ci sono categorie di concorso per varie età per musica leggera per solisti, ensemble di fisarmonica e formazioni cameristiche tra cui almeno una fisarmonica. Scarica le regole generali a: 2015Vilnius.pdf Data chiusura delle iscrizioni: 24 febbraio 2015 Direttore Artistico e Presidente LAA Raimondas Sviackevicius (foto a destra), scrive: "La Lituania ha ora adottato l'euro come moneta ufficiale. Vilnius contiene uno dei più grandi quartieri medievali esistenti in Europa con quasi 2.000 edifici storici. Non vediamo l'ora di vedervi nella capitale della Lituania, Vilnius. BENVENUTI!" |
Corsi di Laurea in Fisarmonica, Strasburgo - Franciaby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
![]() Le audizioni di ingresso per l'anno accademico 2015/16 si svolgono dal 13-29 aprile presso l'Academie Superieure de Strasbourg. La scadenza per le domande d'iscrizione è il 14 febbraio. Informazioni generali pdf in inglese e francese: 2015Strasbourg.pdf Per ulteriori informazioni scrivere a: pascalcontet@wanadoo.fr |
Tutti i tipi di corsi fisarmonica, Jazz e Roland @ CNIMA J. Mornet, Auvergne - Franciaby Rob Howard |
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CNIMA J.Mornet annuncia una serie di corsi per fisarmonicisti nei primi mesi del 2015: Alexandre Laborde conduce corsi per tutti i livelli di esperienza dell'uso del basso delle fisarmoniche digitali Roland a CNIMA J.Mornet. Lunedi 16 febbraio, 14:00, fino a Mercoledì 18, ore 12 - FR-1X e FR-3X Mercoledì 18 febbraio, 14:00, fino a Venerdì 20, 18:00 - FR-7X e FR-8X 16-18 e 23-28 febbraio - Fase 1: lezioni di fisarmonica, di tutte le età, tutti i livelli 16-18 e 23-25 febbraio - Fase 2: lezioni di fisarmonica, di tutte le età, tutti i livelli 16-20 febbraio - scrivere musica, orchestra, improvvisazione, ecc, con Pascal Meurge 23-27 Febbraio - ritmi di danza con Yves Busato 23-27 marzo e 2-4 giugno - corsi di musica gipsy jazz swing con Ludovic Beier CNIMA J.Mornet sede presso Les Ludines, 63950 Saint-Sauves d'Auvergne, in Francia. Per ulteriori informazioni scrivere a: cnima@wanadoo.fr |
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Vince Abbracciante performing at the 1st memorial concert for Gervasio Marcosignori - March 23, 2014, Auditorium Fondazione Carisap, Ascoli Piceno. Published on Nov 25, 2014 by the Associazione Gervasiana |
by Rob Howard
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![]() 78-year-old Peter McQuade, who also performs comedy, says he’s just happy to have been able to entertain people for such a long period of time. |
by Harley Jones
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Published on Jan 10, 2015. Accordion Rock quartet from Saint Petersburg plays the famous Deep Purple composition Highway Star. |
by Harley Jones
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For over two hours, more than 30 police, fire and rescue workers investigated a suspicious package that turned out to be ... an accordion. At 9 am on Friday morning, Howard County authorities were alerted to what appeared to be an abandoned suitcase in front of the Owen Brown Interfaith Center in Columbia, Maryland, according to local fire officials. The area around the building was cordoned off with yellow police tape. Just outside the perimeter were police cars, an emergency services command truck, and fire and rescue trucks. "We send out equipment based on a worst-case scenario," said Assistant Fire Chief Joe Dixon. The day care center temporarily relocated to a room in Giant Foods nearby. The experts went to work gingerly opening the package. After lightly, carefully and very slowly removing the lid, the team peeked inside and spied a musical instrument – an accordion. Panic over. “The owner was unknown”, said police spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn. "I'm sure the police took it into custody," she said. The children, who watched ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked’ during what turned out to be a false alarm, were paraded back into the Interfaith Center shortly before 11.30 am, as the swarm of equipment and emergency personnel left. |
by Harley Jones
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Published: January 15, Extracts of Ensemble Pasarela at Festival les Musicaves 2014. Bruno Maurice, accordéon Jérôme Voisin, clarinette Maud Lovett, violon Frédéric Lagarde, piano Program: Ginastera, Variations concertantes Piazzola, Maria de Buenos Aires Piazzola, Oblivion Villa-Lobos, Choros n°7 Jobim, Suite Maurice, Suite Lumières |
by Harley Jones
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Published on Jan 7, 2015, Loreley Performs Back Home, recording session. Tanja Lehmann - Vocal Roger Blanchat - Bass/Vocal Adrian Leuenberger - Accordion Markus Dollack - Guitar/Vocal Serenellini Accordions |
by Harley Jones
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Published on Dec 19, 2014 Scho¨ner Steward and the KLM Amé Toki & das Orchester - Germany Juri Tarasenok - accordion |
by Rob Howard
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The Accordions Worldwide news for the week ending January 26th 2001 included an announcement that Florencia Herrera had just been appointed as a representative of Asociacion Friulana, an Argentinean music association. Florencia Herrera is still very much an active accordionist in Argentina, ably representing our favourite instrument to the public. Accordionist Appointed Representative of the Friulana Association – Argentina Accordionist Florencia Herrera was recently appointed a representative of the Asociacion Friulana, located in Paraná, Entre Rios, Argentina. As part of this position, Florencia performs solo concerts regularly playing a repertoire of Italian tunes such as ‘O Sole Mio’, ‘La Traviata’, as well as mazurkas and polkas. On January 1st 2001 Florencia performed at the Paraná Amphitheater. Prior to this she played on a TV cultural program, which was aired on Christmas Eve. |
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by Rob Howard
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![]() January 12th to 18th – with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Ballet ‘La Strada’ (composed by Nino Rota), Opéra du Rhin, Strasbourg January 19th to 23rd – new Latin project ‘Infleunces’, with the Travelling Quartet (Anne Gravoin, Mathilde Sternat, David Braccini, Vincent Pasquier) and lighting design by Xavier Lazarini; works by Fernando Fiszbein, Tomas Bordalego, Graciela Pueyo, Christophe Julien, Ignacio Anido, Carlos Gardel, Horacio Salgan, at La Villette, Paris; performance on Friday January 23rd at 6.30pm January 24th, 25th and 27th - with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Ballet ‘La Strada’ (Nino Rota), La Filature Scène Nationale, Mulhouse January 28th and 29th – recording for a CD of ‘l'Agité du bocal’, music by Bernard Cavanna, Scène nationale d'Orléans January 29th, 8.30pm – performance of ‘l'Agité du bocal’, Scène nationale d'Orléans February 5th, 8pm – concert with bass player Joëlle Léandre at Arsenal, Metz; their 2014 album ‘3’, published by Ayler Records in April won the Coup de Coeur of the Académie Charles Cros on December 9th. February 17th, 8pm – concert and recording of ‘Cantata No 4’ by Bruno Mantovani with Accentus (Laurence Equilbey) and cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Opera, Rouen For further information email: pascalcontet@wanadoo.fr |
by Rob Howard
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![]() On Saturday January 25th, 6pm, Ksenija performs at the Chelsea Arts Club, London, and on Friday January 30th, 8.30pm, she is in concert at St George's Church, Bristol. Both concerts are with the violinist Thomas Gould, and the programs include music by J S Bach, Bartok, Galliano, and Piazzolla. Video above published on Jan 18, 2015. This video is Nine Million Bicycles performed by Katie Melua and featuring Ksenija Sidorova filmed by KRO at the 2014 Night of the Proms in The Netherlands. |
by Rob Howard
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![]() January 25th, 12 until 4pm - Hendrick's Gin Sunday Club at Stagger Lee's Cocktail Bar, Berlin January 29th, 11pm - Chantal's House of Shame at Bassy Club, Berlin Berlin-based Natasha Enquist, originally from Victoria, British Colombia, Canada, is an accordionist, singer, actress and model. She is best known for her cabaret act featuring new and old love songs, but lately has focused on the style she calls "electro-accordion". Mixing electronic music with the accordion and her voice, she draws from her influences within electronic music, and other amazing artists that have inspired her and her love affair with the accordion. Using the accordion in both traditional and non-traditional ways, Natasha implements the accordions bellows, using the sensitivity of the internal pick-ups (microphones) by capturing the sound of the air release, distorting and filtering melody and bass lines to sound like everything from a synthesizer to an electric guitar. This may not be your typical 'accordion' album, but it is using the instrument in many different ways. Her versatile career has included performance contracts with Walt Disney World, Heineken, numerous Canadian theatre companies and music festivals. Now residing in Berlin, Germany, she has recently completed her debut album titled “MNE”, which features 9 original tracks, 8 of which are of the ‘electro-accordion’ compositions. For further information email: info@natashaenquist.com |
by Rob Howard
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Albanian accordionist Gjovalin Nonaj performs concerts at the Centre Européen de Médiation (CEM), 119 rue de l’Hôtel des Monnaies, Brussels. Sunday January 25th, 3pm until 4pm Sunday March 1st, 3pm until 4pm Tuesday April 21st, 5.30pm until 6.30pm Video above: Gjovalin Nonaj - Rini E Qeshur (A. Krajka) Published on Oct 15, 2013. video by FILMALEXPROD.be Gjovalin Nonaj, a graduate of the Tirana Conservatory in Albania, is now based in Brussels, where he works as a musician, arranger, composer and teacher of accordion. For further information email: Gjovalin_nonaj@hotmail.com |
by Rob Howard
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![]() The greatly-traveled Martynas Levickis, graduate of London’s Royal Academy of Music and winner of the ‘Lithiania’s Got Talent’ TV show, has performed with distinction in many countries. His second CD, ‘Martynas’, reached number one in the UK classical charts last year. |
by Rob Howard
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![]() Amanda Robinson is one of Northern Ireland’s most promising accordionists, with numerous NAO competition successes, several CDs and a DVD to her credit. |
by Rob Howard
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![]() Spanish-born accordionist Victor Prieto is well known for his jazz performances in New York, where he now lives. He has been described by the New York Times as “a fiendishly skilled accordionist and composer”. For further information email: brooklynaccordionclub@gmail.com |
by Rob Howard
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Accordionists or other musicians, from any genre, who wish to participate in the 19th OuTonalidades event, a live music circuit which will take place in the autumn of 2015 in Portugal, are welcome to apply. The closing date for applications is February 16th. OuTonalidades is organized by the d'Orfeu Associação Cultural. For further information email: outonalidades@dorfeu.pt |
by Rob Howard
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![]() Ken Nicol has over 40 years of music experience, playing the diatonic button accordion and also the tenor banjo, guitar, mandolin, and mandola. He was even bestowed the title ‘Baron of the Banjo’ by Frankie Yankovic. Ken had his own rag/jazz band for many years, playing in and around Ohio as well as performing in the German Pavillon at Disney’s Epcot Center and at the Altstadt Fest in Goslar/Harz, Germany. Mary’s music career has spanned over 30 years, playing both the organ and the piano accordion. She has performed at numerous festivals, banquets, and for parties. For further information email: kenandmarymusik@yahoo.com |
by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
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![]() ![]() Venue is the Grand Hotel, Rinascimento, Campobasso, from Friday March 20th to Sunday March 22nd. Full details are now available on request. Ivano Battiston will perform a concert on Saturday March 21st at 8pm. For further information email: info@francescopalazzo.it |
Bester Quartet Concerti - Polonia, Regno Unitoby Francesca Pigini, Pigini Accordion Factory |
Il Bester Quartet è formato da quattro artisti che hanno dedicato la loro carriera musicale alla musica strumentale. Il loro marchio di fabbrica è la contaminazione con vari generi musicali, tra cui una selezione disonorità dalla musica classica, alla jazz, alla musica di avanguardia, e alcuni dei brani di musica da camera contemporanea dove l’improvvisazione concorre a formale nuove frontiere artistiche. il repertorio della band è e basato solo su composizioni e arrangiamenti designati appositamente per la musica strumentale. È grazie a ciò che il quartetto continua ad ottenere premi e consensi da critici e pubblico.Il Bester Quartet vanta numerose apparizioni televisive e radiofoniche e ha collaborato con i più grandi artisti del panorama jazz, klezmer e di avanguardia e ha avuto modo di collaborare per molto tempo con l’etichetta discografia Tzadic, grazie al rapporto professionale con John Zorn. Questo ha portato il gruppo a registrare un totale di otto dischi.Si esibiranno:- 13 febbraio a Jaworki, in Polonia- 6 Maggio a Londra al JW3 |
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The Eastbourne Accordion Festival, organized by John and Jackie Romero, takes place from February 13th to 16th at The Queens Hotel, Eastbourne, West Sussex BN21 3DY. The guests include Gary Blair, the Kennet Accordion Orchestra, Richard Holmes, Alexa Sage, Alan Young, John Romero, and Harry Hussey. The workshop leaders include Harry Hussey, Sue Bennett, and Angie Lukins. The festival trade show includes The Accordion Shop, Birmingham Accordion Centre, Harry Kipling’s ‘Accordion Treasures’, and Carillon Studios. For further information email: jr@carillonstudios.co.uk |
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