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Tan Jialiang Vince Senior Virtuoso Knock-out, Shenzhen - Cina
Accordions Around the World a Bryant Park, NY - USA
Jiang Bolong (Cina) Vince Categoria di Competizione Adulti, Shenzhen - Cina
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
John Kirkpatrick’s new CD ‘Tunes from the Trenches’, Shropshire – UKVideo: Pavel Feniuk (Ukraine) Performing in Shenzhen - ChinaClassic Kyiv Duo Concert, Huddersfield – UKYu Sitong Wins Junior Virtuoso Knock-out Competition, Shenzhen - China‘14 Years Ago’: Bastille Day in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 14th 2001
Future events |
Joao Gentil Concerts, Coimbra, Cantanhede - PortugalAccordion Octet Concert, Pontevedra – SpainBalkan Swing @ The Shed, Stellenbosch – South Africa2nd Accordion Festival in Carinthia/Gorenjska - Austria/SloveniaNeil Hardie Band @ Banchory Accordion & Fiddle Club, Scotland – UKDebra Peters Concert, Texas – USAChester Accordion Club’s ‘Grand Day Out’, Cheshire - UKSchwäbisch Gmünd Accordion Orchestra Concert, Barnsley – UKKimmo Pohjonen Concert, Würzburg – Germany
New and Updated Sites |
Chapter 16 Warm Up, Before You Play by John Bonica - USACharnwood Publish New Douglas Ward Composition - UKSite Updated: Florida Accordion Association - USA
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Grande Successo del 1° China Shenzhen Xixiang Music Valley Concorso Internazionale di Fisarmonica - Cinaby Harley Jones |
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  Il 1° China Shenzhen Xixiang Music Valley Concorso Internazionale di Fisarmonica è stato ritenuto un grande successo. Le interessanti categorie di competizione, in particolare la categoria Knockout Virtuoso Entertainment, la qualità dei concerti del festival in un luogo di prima classe con ottima acustica e illuminazione hanno contribuito a questo successo.Questo evento si terrà ogni due anni, il 2° China Shenzhen Xixiang Music Valley Concorso Internazionale di Fisarmonica si terrà nel luglio 2017. Rapporti quotidiani di immagini, video e risultati a: 2015 Shenzhen |
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  Video sopra - Finale:1° Tan Jialiang (Cina) 2° Viivi Maria Saarenkylä (Finlandia) Video del 3° posto Nicol Gutu (Moldavia) a: 2015 Shenzhen (19 luglio). Questa nuova idea di concorso è stata una parte emozionante del 1° China Shenzhen Xixiang Music Valley Concorso Internazionale di Fisarmonica. 19 concorrenti hanno iniziato nel Round 1. Per ogni round, il concorrente suona un pezzo e alla fine del round, i giudici decidono se è in grado di procedere o meno al turno successivo. Il pubblico ha avuto anche un voto per decidere due tra i non selezionati dalla giuria a passare al turno successivo. Come ricompensa per essere passati al turno successivo, i concorrenti possono scegliere tra prendere un premio in denaro e lasciare la competizione, o restituire il premio e passare al turno successivo per un premio in denaro ancora più grande ma con il rischio di una possibile eliminazione. Questo nuovo concetto è stato accolto con entusiasmo dai concorrenti e dal pubblico, per un evento emozionante e veloce. Il rapporto completo di questa categoria con le foto |
Accordions Around the World a Bryant Park, NY - USAby Harley Jones |
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 L'Accordions Around the World Festival a Bryant Park, New York si tiene ogni Mercoledì, dal 1 luglio al 26 agosto dalle 18 alle 20.Ogni settimana, 10 fisarmonicisti si esibiscono in tutto il parco, suonando musica proveniente da molti paesi e generi. Bryant Park vi invita a "Fare un viaggio musicale cross-culturale - dalla Francia alla Colombia, dai Balcani al Louisiana, dal Cumbia al jazz, e altro ancora - Con fisarmoniche, armonium, concertine e bandoneon" Il Venerdì 28 agosto, ci sarà un evento speciale, Accordion Band Festival, 16:30-22:00, con 6 gruppi che comprendono una fisarmonica e musica dall'Europa dell'Est, Colombia, Francia, Irlanda, Argentina, e New Orleans. Elenco delle esibizioni rimanenti: Mercoledì 29 Luglio 2015 | 18:00-20:00 | Nel Parco Emilio Magnotta, Harmonium, Gregorio Uribe, Bob Nusbaum, Brooke Watkins, Pete Scalzitti, John Sherman, Zoran Dobrijevic, Paul Belanich, Alberto Behar. Mercoledì 12 Agosto 2015 | 18:00-20:00 | Nel Parco Papa Joe De Clemente, Tito Castro, Eli Basso, Ismail Butera, Alma Mia, Melissa Elledge, Shoko Nagai, Tony Kovatch, Jeremy Bloom, Eduardo de Carvalho. Mercoledì, 19 Agosto 2015 | 18:00-20:00 | Nel Parco Gregory Grene, Matt Dallow, Christina Crowder, Yuri Lemeshev, Kenny Margolis, Suzanne Davenport, Eva Salina, Sadys Rodrigo Espitia, David Hodges, Lyndon Blaylock. Mercoledì 26 Agosto 2015 | 18:00-20:00 | Nel Parco Charley Layton, Christy McNamara, Karl Sandeman, Yuri Lemeshev, Art Now, Uri Sharlin, Jenny Luna, Tito Castro, Phil Passantino, Melissa Elledge. EVENTO SPECIALE: Venerdì 28 agosto 2015 | 16:30-22:00 | Nel Parco 6 gruppi che comprendono una fisarmonica e musica dall'Europa dell'Est, Colombia, Francia, Irlanda, Argentina, e New Orleans. Le bande sono: Slavic Soul Party, Foncho Castellar & Los Alegres De Colombia, Avalon Jazz Band, Niall O'Leary Irish Band, Los Chantas, Krewe de la Rue. |
Jiang Bolong (Cina) Vince Categoria di Competizione Adulti, Shenzhen - Cinaby Harley Jones |
  Video sopra: 1° Jiang Bolong - primo round. Il video del secondo round è online all'indirizzo: 2015 ShenzhenE' stata una competizione di due round e le regole sono elencate nel programma di: 2015 Shenzhen I risultati della categoria sono stati: 1° Jiang Bolong, 2° Song Qian (foto a sinistra) e 3° Li Chu Ran (foto a destra). |
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
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  Folk singer/diatonic accordionist John Kirkpatrick has recently been performing a solo show, in period costume, featuring songs from the two world wars. A great deal of research has gone into this project to ensure authenticity. He has now recorded a CD, ‘Tunes from the Trenches’, on the Fledgling label, catalogue number is FLED 3099, and available from John Kirkpatrick’s website.The songs and parodies are full versions, sung by John, with chorus support from his four sons “representing the British army on the march”! He accompanies himself on the 3-row British chromatic accordion and the Anglo concertina, plus various rhythmic instruments. Tracks: Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag/It’s a Long Way to Tipperary; The Squaddie in London; Old Joe Mills; Lloyd George’s Beer; Cleanin’ My Rifle (and Dreamin’ of You); The Thing-Ummy-Bob (That’s Going To Win The War); Here’s To The Mums and Dads; I Didn’t Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier; Down Forget-Me-Not Lane/They Can’t Black Out The Moon/When They Sound The Last All Clear; Run, Rabbit, Run; Would You Rather Be A Colonel?/Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts For Soldiers; Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye/(We’re Gonna Hang Out) The Washing on The Siegfried Line/Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major/Bugle Call – “Rouse”/Browned Off; Never Mind The Food Controller; The Dying Soldier; Keep The Home Fires Burning/The Last Long Mile. |
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| Pavel Feniuk (Ukraine) was a Guest Artist at the recent 1st China Shenzhen Xixiang Music Valley International Accordion Competition. Here he performs Hungarian Dance No. 5 by Johannes Brahms, arranged by Yashkevich. More videos from the Pavel Feniuk concert are online at: 2015 Shenzhen (18 July button) |
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 The Classic Kyiv Duo - accordionists Igor Sayenko and Oleksiy Kolomoiets – on their annual British tour from Kiev in the Ukraine, performed last week at New Mill Parish Church in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The concert also involved the Holmfirth Choral Society. Their performance was reviewed for The Huddersfield Daily Examiner by William Marshall:“This unusual concert – English choral singing alongside two accordionists from Ukraine – attracted a large audience to New Mill Parish Church. The Kyiv Classic Accordion Duo of Igor Sayenko and Oleksiy Kolomoiets are repeat visitors to the area. Their concert tours raise money for Ukrainian charities, notably survivors of the Chernobyl disaster, and this year’s trip to the UK takes place in the shadow of the military conflict that has now erupted in their homeland. This was alluded to before a performance of Albinoni’s solemn ‘Adagio’. There is no doubting the exceptional virtuosity achieved by the duo on their chromatic button accordions. This was best reflected, perhaps, in their second set, which included some specific compositions and arrangements for the instrument, including folk-influenced material from Eastern Europe. The duo’s first set established the classical credibility of the accordion. The two instruments were utterly organ-like in Widor’s ‘Toccata’, and in movements from Bach’s ‘Suite in B Minor’, the dynamic possibilities were fully explored. The accordion being a reed instrument, we could hear clarinets and bassoons evoked by the duo and in a sequence from Tchaikovsky’s ‘Nutcracker’, the inner parts and the chord voicings came over with exceptional clarity. |
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  Video of Yu Sitong, rounds 3 and 4. 1st Yu Sitong, 2nd Liu Hongtin (picture left), 3rd Zhang Hanwen (picture right). The full report of this category with photos of all contestants and video of the last three rounds of competition is at: 2015 Shenzhen (17th July). |
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 The Accordions Worldwide news for the week ending July 20th 2001 included an article about a Bastille Day concert held in Russia featuring the St. Petersburg Musette Ensemble, who are renowned musicians. Bastille Day is a great excuse for accordionists to play musette music, and not just in France!Bastille Day Celebrations, St. Petersburg – Russia On July 14th over 500 people gathered in the Roses Pavilion of Pavlovsk Palace Park to participate in Bastille Day celebrations. Invited guests of the General Consul of France in St. Petersburg, Aleksander Kilchevsky, included chapters of General Consulates of overseas countries in St. Petersburg, cultural figures of St. Petersburg and administrative representatives of city and public organizations. Three hours of entertainment was provided by the St. Petersburg Musette Ensemble (Vladimir Ushakov on accordion and piano, Sergei Likhachev and Svetlana Stavitskaya on accordion, Boris Nikolaev playing bass and Victor Shafranov on drums). Their program included popular French and dance music. They also played a composition by Michael Likhachev entitled ‘Evening in Pavlovsk’, which is so popular that it is recognized as the official melody of the ensemble. Vladimir Ushakov has formed an agreement with the General Consul of France to implement various cultural projects by the ensemble, to increase the popularity of the accordion. |
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by Rob Howard
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  Portuguese accordionist Joao Gentil performs as follows:Saturday July 25th, 10.30pm - Joao Gentil presents and performs in ‘Conlatinidades’, a show featuring singer Luanda Cozetti, at the Salao Brazil, Coimbra. Wednesday July 29th, 10.30pm – cabaret show at Expofacic Palco 1, Cantanhede. |
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| The accordion octet ‘A.C. Amigos Do Acordeon Das Rias Baixas’ (MD Pablo Dovalo Lopez) perform in concert on Saturday July 25th at Fragoso, San Andres Xeve, Pontevedra, Spain. For further information email: pdovalo@gmail.com |
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 Stanislav Angelov and his Sharena Sol Orchestra perform at the Spier Shed, Santa Road, Lynedoch, Stellenbosch, South Africa, on Sunday July 26th, 5pm. The music will be a fusion of Gypsy Jazz, Balkan and Klezmer. The concert is the second in the Sun Light Concert Series. The line-up for this concert is Stanislav Angelov – accordion, Petrus de Beer – violin, Dave Ledbetter – guitar, Charles Lazar – double bass, and Frank Paco – drums. For further information email: music@goodmusic.co.za |
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  The Carinthian Accordion Association, in collaboration with the Cultural Association Gorenjska, organizes, for the second year, an accordion festival. From July 26th to July 31st there will be concerts at the Castle Landskron (Austria) and the Castle Bled (Slovenia).The duo Furioso - accordionists Nikola Furic and Mirko Jevtovic - (picture left) will be performing on Sunday July 26th, 4pm, in Landskron, Austria. On Friday July 31st the Swiss accordionist Nando Betschart will appear at 7pm in the castle Landskron. The entrance fee is €15 / €10 (concessions). For further information email Christoph Hofer: christophofer@hotmail.com |
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| Neil Hardie and his Band are the guests at the Banchory Accordion & Fiddle Club on Monday July 27th, 7.45pm. The venue is the Burnett Arms Hotel, 25 High St, Banchory AB31 5TD, Scotland. The Neil Hardie Scottish Dance Band work extensively throughout Scotland, and have toured Australia. |
by Rob Howard
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 Debra Peters & The Love Saints band will perform at the Broken Spoke cafe in Austin, Texas, on next Tuesday July 28th, 6-8pm. Debra writes, “Accordion Round-up! Looking forward to the return of long time Love Saint Spencer Jarmon on guitar and Larry Eisenberg on bass... and also, back after a spell...the return of Michael Christian on the drums. With those three wonderful musicians, a girl cannot go wrong!!! See you there friends”. |
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| Chester Accordion Club’s annual ‘Grand Day Out’ takes place on Saturday August 15th, 1pm, at The Hornsmill, Chester Road, Hapsford, Helsby, Cheshire WA6 0JE. This pub/restaurant is situated on the A56 by the traffic lights one mile from J14 on the M56. The Management and Staff are most welcoming and we have indoor facilities or outdoors depending on the weather. There is a choice of a large or small menu for those who wish to eat out. There’s no pre-booking or fee – just turn up with your accordion. If fine; on the terrace; if wet: indoors. Friends are welcome as are other accordion clubs. All are welcome. For further information email: limcc@dusque.plus.com |
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 The Schwäbisch Gmünd Accordion Orchestra, special guests from Barnsley's twin town in Germany, perform in concert on Saturday August 1st, 7pm, at Emmanuel Church, Huddersfield Rd, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S75 1DT. Locally-based accordion virtuoso Pearl Fawcett-Adriano will also perform in this concert. The orchestra, a 26-member accordion orchestra, will perform a complete mix of music, from Mozart to German folk songs. Entrance to the concert is free, and tickets are available from Emmanual Church by ringing 01226 321511. Voluntary donations to the Mayor's Charities will be welcomed on the night. |
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| Finnish accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen performs with his daughter Saana Pohjonen on drums on August 3rd, 9.30pm, in a concert at the Hafensommer, Würzburg, Germany. Kimmo Pohjonen, from Finland, is known for his avant garde and experimental work with his custom-made electrified and modified instrument. He has released nine albums of his work and has toured Europe extensively, as well as performances in Japan and North America. He records and performs both solo and in collaboration with musicians and other artists, including notably the Kronos Quartet. Kimmo Pohjonen has been nominated for the Nordic Prize 2015. For further information email: pap@hoedown.com |
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  Chapter 16 of the book "Play Your Accordion Without Pain" by John Bonica PT CMP NZRP is now released.This chapter is about protecting your body from potential injury and unnecessary stress while playing or practicing your accordion. - Warm Up Before You Play ... - Stretch Before You Squeeze.... addresses in detail with exercise examples, the subject of adequate warm-up preparation prior to practice or playing. A quote from Chapter 16: So often we blame good old “arther” (arthritis) for our aches and pains in the extremities when really it is merely ligament tightness, poor blood supply to the muscles, and lack of range of motion! So don’t give up because you feel stiff and achy — get out and stretch and exercise and you may be amazed at how your “arthritis” disappears! There will be a minimum of 24 chapters, 16 chapters released so far. Special introductory offer, you can purchase the whole book for US$22 (or Euro equivalent) and be sent each chapter by e-mail as it is released. For more information, and to purchase: John Bonica |
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  Charnwood Publishing have released a new composition by Douglas Ward titled: Catalog No. DW928 Musical Routes Suite. This is an album of four pieces for beginners. It's all about travel - the pieces being named Avenues, Bridges, Streets, and Tunnels. All are written in the key of C Major.The homepage of Douglas Ward is also updated. Order from Charnwood Music Publishing using the high security eCommerce site provided by Worldpay. |
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 The site of the Florida Accordion Association has been updated. |
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 CD Reviews Index for the Review of Ivano Battiston plays Johann Sebastian Bach, in English and Italian languages. Performer Ivano Battiston, reviewed by Alessandro Mugnoz. |
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