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7° Festival della Fisarmonica di Hallein celebra il 50° anniversario – Austriaby Christine Johnstone |
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![]() Gli artisti includono: 16 marzo: “Next Generation” della Musikum Music School di Salisburgo darà il via al festival con un concerto al Musikum Hallein alle 18:00. L'ingresso è gratuito. 17 marzo: il Duo Klak (foto a sinistra) che include Stefan Kollmann (fisarmonica) e Markus Fellner (clarinetto, percussioni e voce) eseguirà World music presso il Celtic Museum Hallein alle 19:30. 18 marzo: Paier-Valcic-Preinfalk (foto sotto) - Klaus Paier (fisarmonica, bandoneon), Asja Valcic (violoncello) e Gerald Preinfalk (sax soprano, clarinetto, clarinetto basso) eseguiranno brani dal loro album “Fractal Beauty” al Stadttheater Hallein alle 19:30 19 marzo: Concerto festivo dell'Orchestra di fisarmoniche Hallein (foto in alto) diretta dal Prof. Alois Breitfuss allo Stadttheater Hallein, alle 18:00. Il loro programma includerà il "Best of" con momenti musicali culminanti dalla musica Pustak agli ABBA. Scarica la brochure del festival qui: 2022Hallein.pdf |
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DHV Settimana lavorativa di Pasqua 2022 - Germaniaby Christine Johnstone |
![]() ![]() L'evento si concentrerà sulla creazione di musica, sull'essere creativi, sulla formazione continua e sullo scambio di idee con workshop, eventi serali e lezioni tenute da docenti qualificati, integrati da un programma di supporto interessante e informativo nella città della musica di Trossingen. I partecipanti devono portare i propri strumenti. Scarica le informazioni sulla settimana di Pasqua, i dettagli dei tutor e il modulo di iscrizione qui: 2022DHVEaster.pdf |
Festival Internazionale di Fisarmonica e Musica da Camera “Eufoniјa” – Serbiaby Christine Johnstone |
![]() Il Festival di fisarmonica e musica da camera "Eufonija" si svolgerà dal 16 al 22 maggio 2022 in diverse località della città di Novi Sad, organizzato dall'Associazione "Eufonija" come parte del cluster Matica all'interno del programma Heroines. Il Festival è stato istituito a Novi Sad sette anni fa per promuovere e sviluppare la musica d'arte per la fisarmonica. L'evento di quest'anno è dedicato alla promozione delle donne nell'arte che, con la loro energia e impegno, hanno fatto la storia della fisarmonica della musica d'arte del XX e XXI secolo. La grande cerimonia di apertura è prevista per il 18 maggio presso il Teatro Nazionale Serbo in Piazza del Teatro, Novi Sad, Serbia, con l'esibizione di Hanzhi Wang, un fisarmonicista danese-cinese, che sarà accompagnato dall'Orchestra Sinfonica della Vojvodina. Hanzhi eseguirà la prima mondiale di “Matica”, scritta per fisarmonica e orchestra dall'eminente compositrice iraniana Arshia Samsaminia, commissionata dal Festival “Eufonija” esclusivamente per questo evento. Per i dettagli e-mail: vsimfonic@gmail.com |
Ladislav Horák si esibisce con l'Orchestra da Camera del Conservatorio di Praga – Repubblica Cecaby Christine Johnstone |
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![]() Il loro programma prevedeva opere di Pavel Haas - “Studies for Strings” e Ástor Piazzolla - Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (Quattro stagioni a Buenos Aires) che includeva Verano Porteño (Estate - Allegro moderato), Otoño Porteño (Autunno - Allegro moderato), Winter Door (Inverno - Slow) e Primavera Porteña (Primavera - Allegro). Il programma del festival proseguirà fino al 3 aprile e comprenderà una serie di concerti, conferenze, discussioni e letture letterarie. |
Javier López Jaso Corso di Improvvisazione - Spagnaby Christine Johnstone |
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Video: Javier López Jaso esegue Frevo di Egberto Gismonti con Mikel Andueza (sassofono). Il 12 marzo 2022 il fisarmonicista Javier López Jaso terrà un corso di improvvisazione presso il teatro l'Escorxador di Lleida, in Spagna, organizzato dall'ACDA (Associació Catalana d'Acordionistes). Gli studenti ACDA impareranno e svilupperanno diversi metodi di improvvisazione. Il corso si concluderà con un concerto di Javier López Jaso insieme agli studenti iscritti al corso. Vedi locandina per i dettagli. |
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Video: Kaiser/Butt New World Jazz Quartet live in Halle, Germany at the 2021 Global Accordion Music Festival Akkordeon Akut. The "Kaiser/Butt New World Jazz Quartet" includes accordionist Valentin Butt, who was also a member of the Landes Accordion Ensemble. After a two-year break, the Global Accordion Music Festival Akkordeon Akut returned to Halle's stages from October 10 to 21, 2021. We would like to thank all partners who made this small but sustainable festival edition possible. The next festival awaits you in the fall of 2023. |
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The 2022 Accordion Star International Competition & Festival will be held online this year from April 15th to 24th, 2022. The competition is organised by founder and director, Sergei Teleshev and is supported by Northwest Accordion Society, Cotati Accordion Festival, Tempo Trend Music, Petosa Accordions, Pigini Accordions and other festivals and organizations in North America, Europe, and Asia. The event will include concerts, master classes, interviews and presentations by competition jurors and festival guests. Accordion students, amateurs and professional accordionists of all ages are welcome to participate. The international jury features leading performers, teachers, composers, conductors, and producers from USA, Canada, Russia, China, Italy, France, Germany, Ukraine, Albania, Sweden, Austria, Belarus, Cyprus, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Scotland, Serbia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, South Africa, and other countries. Viacheslav Semionov (Russia) is presiding as Jury President. Winners will be announced in 14 categories of varying genres, combos, age groups and instruments (piano, bayan, button, digital and accordion related e.g. bandoneon, concertina, melodica, Russian garmon etc). New competition categories include the “Astor Piazzolla Music Award,” and two categories “Accordion Star 37+” which have no age restrictions and are divided into amateurs and professionals. Entries close on April 7th, 2022. For more information email: accostarfest@gmail.com |
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![]() Maciej Frackiewicz (picture left) will hold an accordion masterclass with students from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland from March 24th to 26th, 2022. The event will include a lecture on March 26th about new Polish accordion music as well as a solo recital which will include the following program: Edward Sielicki - Sonata El libro Olvidado (2019) Witold Lutoslawski - Bucolics (1952) (arr. M. Frackiewicz) Tadeusz Wielecki - To be expanded (2020) Dariusz Przybylski - Sonata da chiesa (2012) Andrzej Krzanowski - Capriccio (1986) Mieczyslaw Wajnberg (Weinberg) - Aria op. 9 (1942) (arr. S. Shmelkov) Krzysztof Penderecki - Sinfonietta for Accordion (1991-92/2013) (ed. M. Frackiewicz) For details email: contact@maciejfrackiewicz.com |
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Michel Pruvot will entertain with an afternoon of dance music at the Salle du Kursaal in Berck-sur-Mer, Hauts-de-France, France on March 5th at 2.30pm. He will be joined by Duo Momo and vocalist Marie Pierre Aprile. See poster for details. |
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Trio Hiltula will entertain at a lunch time “Tango Live” concert at the Classic Salon Amadeus in Motomachi, Kobe, Japan on March 6th, 2022 at 2pm. The trio includes Ville Hiltula (bandoneon), Hanako Tanimoto (violin) and Satoko Tsutsumi (piano). Their program will include a variety of Piazzolla works as well as classical tango to modern tango to original songs. For details email: villehiltula@gmail.com |
by Christine Johnstone
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The Accordion Association Musicorda will celebrate their 66th anniversary with their first concert since 2019, held at the Muziekcentrum van de Omroep, MCO, Studio1 in Hilversum, Netherlands on March 6th, 2022 at 1.30pm. The concert will include performances by the A-orchestra conducted by Tim Fletcher and the B-orchestra conducted by Roelof van Kooi. Both men “conduct with passion and enthusiasm, and always take the orchestras a step further.” The two orchestras (pictured below) will present a varied program with guest players Fata Morgana (harmonica), Ingrid Lubbers (violin) and Marjolein Ridder (bagpipes). See poster for details. |
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by Christine Johnstone
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Ian Lowthian will run an online Scottish Music Weekend on March 12th and 13th, 2022. The event will include a variety of Jigs, Reels, Waltzes, Marches, Airs and the odd Strathspey. For details email: ianlowthian@yahoo.co.uk |
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![]() The event will be held at the Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh, Scotland. Five days later, on March 18th, Sofia will give a solo recital at the Purcell Room in London, England. |
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Video: Flogging Molly - Live From Ireland (Covid 19 Stream) playing The Hand Of John L. Sullivan and Devil's Dance Floor. Seven piece Celtic punk band “Flogging Molly” will perform a live (and online) concert to celebrate St Patrick’s Day at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, USA on March 17th, 2022, presented by Bushmills. The event also celebrates the grand re-opening of the group’s free annual outdoor festival, which includes “a day stacked with live performances, beer, food, games and more!” In addition, their performance will celebrate the release of their brand new single “These Times Have Got Me Drinking”, arriving worldwide on March 10th through Rise Records. “Flogging Molly” 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 |
by Christine Johnstone
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![]() The event will include three days of entertainment by over 35 soloists and bands. Den Hanrahan and The Rum Runners (which features Den on accordion – pictured below) and six piece band “Mzaza” (picture left) will perform daily concerts at the festival. For details email: info@bmff.org.au |
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by Rita Davidson Barnea, Editor USA Accordion News
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Video: "Firedance" by Duo Two Accordions Duo Two Accordions (Sergei Teleshev and Maria Telesheva) will give an online concert for the San Francisco Accordion Club on March 20th, 2022. Maria Telesheva was six years old when she started to play the accordion (taught by her father, Sergei Teleshev) and two months after Maria started playing, she won her first International Competition. Since then, she has won several International Competitions in the United States, Canada, Australia, Italy, and Belarus. Classically trained at the Academy of Music in Voronezh, Russia, Sergei Teleshev is a winner of many international accordion competitions. Being the founding member and accordion player of Trio Voronezh (Russia/USA), Classic Klezmer Trio (Sweden), Valinor Quartet (USA/UK), East-West International Project (USA/Japan), Sergei & Nati (USA/Russia) and Duo Two Accordions (USA), he collaborates with many internationally recognized artists, ensembles, and orchestras, composing and arranging music. It is a special treat to listen to the duo of Sergei Teleshev and Maria Telesheva. Their performances are entertaining, virtuosic, and delightful to watch. For further information email: steleshev@yahoo.com |
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A series of concerts entitled "Evenings of Bayan and Accordion Art" will be held in the Small Academic Concert Hall at the SSII. D. Hvorostovsky with a concert dedicated to the All-Russian Day of Bayan, Accordion and Harmonica held on March 24th, 2022 at 6.30pm. Students of the class of professors, Honored Artists of Russia S.F. Naiko and I.A. Gerber will perform along with laureates of interregional, all-Russian and international competitions and festivals. The project presenter is the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Professor Sergey Naiko. See poster for details. |
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by Christine Johnstone
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These young accordionists from Slovenia are performing Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen. Performers are Jakob Florjancic, Anže Bergant, Matevž Hostnik, Jurij Malovrh, Veronika Klemencic, Daša Pecar, Matija Jemc, Lan Kavcic, Anja Triller and Klara Prevodnik. |
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CNIMA USA Teaching Tour, maggio e giugno 2022 – USAby Christine Johnstone |
![]() La CNIMA (Centre National et International de Musique et d'Accordéon) è una scuola di fisarmonica francese fondata dal famoso insegnante di fisarmonica Jacques Mornet e dalla pluripremiata fisarmonicista Nathalie Boucheix (nella foto a sinistra), che condurrà un CNIMA Teaching Tour negli Stati Uniti la prossima primavera 2022. Il tour comprenderà masterclass, workshop e dimostrazioni ed è aperto a tutte le età, tutti i livelli, tutti gli stili ed è adatto per fisarmoniche a piano e a bottoni. Date del tour come segue: • 25 maggio dalle 14 alle 17: Masterclass di fisarmonica presso South Oxford Place (BK) a New York City • Dal 30 maggio alle 14 al 3 giugno alle 12:30: Workshop di quattro giorni sulla fisarmonica presso l'Alliance Française di New Orleans • 5 giugno dalle 14 alle 17: Masterclass di fisarmonica presso il Petosa Accordion Shop di Seattle • 9 giugno alle ore 19: dimostrazione di fisarmonica presso l'Alliance Française di Los Angeles Jacques Mornet ha insegnato in tutto il mondo ed è il destinatario del Premio Gus Viseur e del Disco d'Argento dell'Accademia Russa Gnessin e nel 2003 è stato insignito del CIA Merit Award. La tecnica di Mornet sta nell'avvicinarsi alla fisarmonica come strumento a fiato piuttosto che come strumento a tastiera. L'uso corretto del mantice combinato al tocco appropriato dei tasti crea risultati eccezionali che trasformano il proprio modo di suonare e liberano la musicalità. Gli studenti CNIMA hanno goduto di numerosi successi, tra cui l'aver vinto un record di 126 premi in concorsi internazionali. La scuola ha formato diverse generazioni di fisarmonicisti francesi tra cui Alain Musichini, Domi Emorine, Félicien Brut, Vincent LHermet e Christine Rossi per citarne alcuni. Per ulteriori informazioni: https://www.cnima.com/en/usa |
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by Mary Tokarski
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![]() If you wish to participate in the 2022 qualifying round, please contact AAA First Vice President, Mary J. Tokarski (picture right) with questions and the category you wish to enter, no later than June 30, 2022. Email: mary.tokarski@comcast.net Further information at: http://www.ameraccord.com/coupe.php |
by Harley Jones
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![]() Hear music samples and purchase at: faukstad203eT Other mp3 albums and CDs by Jon Faukstad are: Çatalog: faukstad201 Çatalog: faukstad202 |
by Rita Davidson Barnea, Editor USA Accordion News
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Video: Historic video of the Eugene Ettore Memorial Concert on October 6, 1986 has been added as an update to the Eugene Ettore Memorial website. 6:07 “Rhapsodie Espagnol” by Eugene Ettore performed by Rita Davidson Barnea 47:04 “Manhattan Concerto, Movement 1” performed by Mary Tokarski 54:39 “Manhattan Concerto Movement II” performed by Maddalena Belfiore |
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