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Associazione Fisarmonicisti Americani (AAA) Festival 2014, New York - USAby Harley Jones |
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![]() Gli ospiti di quest'anno comprendono Guy Klucevsek (foto a sinistra) e il violinista Todd Reynolds, Vladimir Mollov, il Dr. Robert Young McMahan, Steve Albini, Don Gerundo, Frank Carozza, il Plainville Plaid, Dallas Vietty, Julie Cardona, Beverly Roberts Curnow, Mary Tokarski, Mario Tacca e Mary Mancini. La fiera si svolgerà presso la Hudson Conference Suite, ed è aperta tutti i giorni dalle 09:00 alle 17:00, con un'ora di pausa a mezzogiorno. Tra gli espositori: Titano, Pancordion, Pigini, Roland, Deffner Music Publications, Busy Fingers, Emilio Magnotta, Dino Baffetti, Bugari, Giulietti, Music Magic, Squeezin’ Art, e il Museo della Fisarmonica NE. Il conduttore di quest'anno del Programma Gioventù è Vladimir Mollov. L'ensemble si esibirà Sabato nel pomeriggio al Concerto dei Premi, che è aperto al pubblico gratuitamente. Per ulteriori informazioni scrivere a: ameraccord1938@gmail.com |
Fismen “vola in alto” – Switzerlandby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
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![]() Con la partecipazione acustica delle Kapelle Sorelle (Charlotte Widmer e Ursina Gregori), un duo di cabaret feminile. Per la loro performance hanno bisogno 1 mantice di dimensioni fuori misura di 10 volte del normale = 10x circa à 19 pieghe = 190 pieghe il quale è stata prodotta dalla ditta Galassi Mantici. Questa formazione è il prossimo anno con il circo svizzero Circo Monti in giro con un tour di 8 mesi. |
Video: Lisa Angell e Jérémie Buirette alla festa della musica 2014 - Franceby Harley Jones |
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Encuentro Internacional de Acordeones, Salto - Uruguayby Rob Howard |
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Il 5 ° Encuentro Internacional de Acordeones, organizzato da Silvio Previale, si tiene il 19 e il 20 luglio al Teatro Larrañaga, Salto, Uruguay. Questo festival internazionale dedicato al compianto fisarmonicista Silvio B. Previale, il padre dell'organizzatore, comprende fisarmonicisti di vari stili provenienti da diversi paesi sudamericani. L'evento prevede una sfilata di strada seguita da un concerto serale, che inizia alle 20:00, coinvolgendo circa 50 fisarmonicisti. Si esibiranno Silvio Previale, Hugo Fatoruso, Victor Amaral, Acordeones del Uruguay (Uruguay), Morais Do Acordeon (Brasile), Max Zapata (Panama), Eris Bridges e Lácides Romero (Colombia), Ignacio Hernandez (Cile), e Mario Braun , Raul Varelli, Walter Gialdi, Adelqui Bertolo, Anibal Gomez, Facundo Torresan, e Mariela Campodónico (Argentina). Per ulteriori informazioni scrivere a: academiaspreviale@hotmail.com |
Li Cong in Copertina, Shanghai Scene Magazine - Cinaby Harley Jones |
![]() Nello Shanghai Scene Magazine sono inclusi anche i lavori di Li Cong come la presidenza per la China Accordion Association, il suo lavoro da conduttore alla Coupe Mondiale 2011 di Shanghai, e la sua carriera di insegnante di successo, ora come Decano al Music College della Shanghai Normal University (SHNU) . Nell'inserto di 8 pagine vengono citati anche i suoi colleghi alla SHNU Crystal Wang e Zhang Guoping ei fisarmonicisti di successo della SHNU. Questi includono successi da competizioni internazionali e la Modern Accordion Orchestra, che ha raggiunto un elevato di popolarità tra studenti e pubblico. In generale, il Dipartimento di Fisarmonica della SHNU ha guadagnato una reputazione nazionale e internazionale per la musicalità innovativa ed eccellente e studenti davvero entusiasti. Come Decano della Musica, Li Cong è anche noto per i suoi rapporti musicali con altre università internazionali in diversi paesi. Li Cong ha anche scritto e curato numerosi libri di testo di fisarmonica tra cui la serie di libri di testo per università cinesi, libri con test di qualità e per l'apprendimento della fisarmonica di bambini e ragazzi. Scarica l'articolo: ShanghaiSM |
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by Harley Jones
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![]() This year’s Leavenworth Accordion Celebration took place from June 19th to 22nd. Leavenworth is Washington’s ‘Bavarian Village’ and the perfect setting for this celebration. The guest accordionists featured this year included Tony Lovello, Cory Pesaturo, Andy Mikovitch, Juan Barco & Conjunto, and the Spokane Accordion Orchestra. Organised by the Northwest Accordion Society, this year’s event included accordion competitions, workshops, concerts, jam sessions, free impromptu performances at venue such as the gazebo, grange, and restaurants, trade show, free accordion lessons, and an Accordion Parade. Competition results: Variety II, 1. Terry Ranstad, 2. Eileen Webber, 3. Greg Gordon Variety III, 1. Corrie Sams, 2. Jack Donahue, 3. Diane Guffin Variety IV, 1. Holden Tubbs, 2. Marie Cejnova, 3. Austin Hampshire Variety V, 1. Anthony Kusmenkov, 2. Emil Haroldsen, 3. Lisa Niccum Variety VI, 1. Kailyn Crossman, 2. Zachariah Harnett, 3. Rebecca Brandao Duets (Adult), 1. Cejnova/Karban, 2. Tapio/Miller, 3. Hinterberger/Bakker Diatonic, 1. Martin Hergt, 2. Ed Sapala, 3. David Emter Bands, 1. Crazy Czechs, 2. Portatos, 3. Miss Chords March, 1. Greg Gordon, 2. Bruce Bakker, 3. Herbert Hinterberger Classical (Youth), 1. Holden Tubbs, 2. Anthony Kuzmenko, 3. Emil Haroldsen Classical Open, 1. Jan Marhoul, 2. Michal Karban, 3. Marie Cejnova. Leavenworth Open, 1. Naomi Harris, 2. Michal Karban, 3. Robert DeGoede |
by Rob Howard
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![]() ![]() The 2014 Guests of Honour are the accordionists: Robin Brock Calum MacLean Hamish Smith Each Guest of Honour will be presented with a complimentary copy of the book ‘Accordion: A Pictorial History’ (available online: robaccord06) by Rob Howard. |
by Harley Jones
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![]() Renzo is performing two of his very popular compositions. Video 1: Tango Italiano composed by Renzo Ruggieri Video 2: Carnevale composed by Renzo Ruggieri A solo virtuoso version of each of these two compositions by Renzo Ruggieri is available at: rrenzo503 rrenzo504 10 CD's and eTracks (mp3) albums available online at: Renzo Ruggieri |
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The event took place in Kiev, Ukraine, on March 29th and 30th. There were 18 mini-concerts for these two days, performed by at least 40 accordionists/bayanists from 5 countries. We have 4 parts of this event on video, 2 parts this week, 2 parts last week. Video 3 above is: 00:00 Valery Semenenko (bayan) - Lugansk, Ukraine V. Zubitsky - "Perpetuum mobile" from Partita Concertante no. 1 05:50 The rewarding of outstanding Ukrainian bayanist Sergiy Grinchenko with grant of National All-Ukrainian Music Union. Sergiy Grinchenko have celebrated his 60th birthday recently. 13:55 Katerina Pilipenko (bayan) - Lugansk, Ukraine V. Vlasov - "Telephone conversation" 19:10 Volodymyr Vysotsky (accordion) - Lviv, Ukraine V. Zubitsky - Sonata no.2 "Slovyanska" (I, II, VI parts) 29:05 Georgy Koch (bayan) - Odessa, Ukraine Natalya Chuprina (piano) - Odessa, Ukraine A. Kusiakov - Concerto for bayan, strings and percussion (piano version) |
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![]() The following report is from ‘The Guardian’ newspaper, “In his recital on the small stage of Jubilee Hall, accordionist Teodoro Anzellotti covered three centuries of music, challenging assumptions and confounding expectations along the way. Music conceived for harpsichord (Scarlatti), for harmonium (some of the originals of Janácek’s ‘From an Overgrown Path’ and for piano (Ligeti and Kurtag) came over well, with no sense of any loss in the translation, but Anzellotti also played works specially written for him. Berio’s ‘Sequenza XIII’, the composer’s penultimate piece of that series, exploring both the accordion’s technical possibilities and its myriad cultural references, was testimony to the performer’s remarkable artistry”. Born in Italy, Teodoro Anzellotti grew up near Baden-Baden, Germany. He graduated from the music schools of Karlsruhe and Trossingen, having studied accordion with Jürgen Habermann and Hugo Noth, and won various international competitions. Since the 1980s he has been a guest at major festivals and as a soloist with leading orchestras, and also teaches at conservatories in Switzerland and Germany. More than 300 new works have been written for Teodoro Anzellotti, by composers such as George Aperghis, Luciano Berio, Heinz Holliger, Toshio Hosokawa, Mauricio Kagel, Michael Jarrell, Isabel Mundry, Brice Pauset, Gerard Pesson, Matthias Pintscher, Wolfgang Rihm, Salvatore Sciarrino, Marco Stroppa, Jörg Widmann and Hans Zender. |
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00:00 Nazar Kurtyanyk (accordion) - Sokal, Ukraine (2001 date of birth) Y. Shurovsky - Theme and variations 02:00 Roman Onyskiv (bayan) - Kyiv, Ukraine B. Mironchuk - "Gipsy king" 17:20 Roman Voronka (accordion) - Kyiv, Ukraine V. Runchak - "Devoted to Igor Starvinsky" (from suite no.1 "Composers portraits) 11:25 Kyiv Classic Accordion duo (Igor Saienko, Oleksii Kolomoiets - Kyiv, Ukraine) J. S. Bach - Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 16:30 Samuele Telari (bayan) - Italy V. Runchak - Messa da requiem 34:00 Volodymyr Gitin (clarinet) - Odessa, Ukraine Irina Serotyuk (bayan) - Odessa, Ukraine V. Vlasov - Fantasy based on popular melody "Bubliki" for clarinet and bayan 40:15 Daniel Eliasson (bayan) - Sweden T. Lundquist - Metamorphoses 48:10 Ivan Bykov (bayan) - Kyiv, Ukraine J. Strauss/I. Yashkevich - Valtz "Voices of spring" 55:20 Pavlo Arhypenko (bayan) - Kharkiv, Ukraine V. Podgorniy - Fantasy based on Ukrainian folk theme 59:40 Roman Kudrya (accordion) - Kharkiv, Ukraine R. Galliano - Fou Rire 62:00 Bayan-Accordion duo Roman Kudrya (accordion) and Pavlo Arhypenko (bayan) - Kharkiv, Ukraine A. Piazzolla - "La muerte del Angel" 65:20 Orchestra "GRAND ACCORDEON" (Kyiv, Ukraine) Musical Director - Yevgenia Cherkazova A. Piazzolla - "Ave Maria" |
by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
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![]() The national press reported in the following days by a "fantastic concert", in which the two musicians "enchanted" the audience with works by Bach, Mozart and Schumann. Even with the "unusual" instrument accordion, the "music lovers careful with their money" came, it was said. Congratulations to the musicians Frank and Andreas Nebl to this truly exceptional success in the "Bel Etage" of classical music! For further information email: AndiNebl@gmx.de |
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![]() There were demonstrations of many different piano and button accordions from the Scandalli range. The organiser was Iwein Jacobs. |
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by Oksana Strokovskaya
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![]() She writes about her first visit to Auckland City for the South Pacific International and New Zealand National Accordion Championships and Festival. Strokovskaya Article |
by Rob Howard
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![]() Madeleine Church Concert, Paris – France On June 18th accordionist Bruno Maurice played in a concert celebration and tribute to General De Gaulle and the French resistance during the Second World War, held at the Madeleine Church in Paris. Bruno's performance with the French Army Choir and the ‘Garde Républicaine’ Symphonic Orchestra included well known songs from the war period. Bruno also gave a solo performance of ‘Don Rhapsody’ (Semionov) to illustrate the presence of Russian combatants during the war. This popular celebration concert attracted over 1500 people. |
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by Rob Howard
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![]() Brendan Power, UK-based but originally from New Zealand, is a complete virtuoso of the harmonica in all of its forms and genres. An All-Ireland Champion, and previously with the touring ‘Riverdance’ show, and an innovator and improviser of the first order, Brendan Power won this year’s (with melodeon player Tim Edey) BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for 'Best Duo'. If you think a bloke playing a harmonica couldn't possibly hold an audience for an evening then think again, for with the aid of a variety of gizmos, beat-boxing and live looping he creates his own Folk orchestra and backing vocals as he goes, performing soaring tunes and songs over the top. He also designs and makes harmonicas, often in tunings to allow him to play what he likes! Sting, Kate Bush, Van Morrison, James Galway, Paul Young, John Williams, Mary Black - he's played with them all and many more. |
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Scoil samhraidh Christ LAngan 2014 is an annual traditional music festival that takes place at St Joseph’s Secondary School, Rush, County Dublin, from June 27th to 29th. There will be workshops in piano accordion, concertina, uilleann pipes, tin whistle, flute, guitar, bodhran, mandolin, fiddle and singing. Classes from 1pm to 5pm, refreshments included. From 9pm until late, an Open Seisius Mhór at Rush Sailing Club with Tumbleweed. For further information email: lenny.martin@ashleyford.ie |
by Rob Howard
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The Trio Voronezh performs on Sunday June 29th, 5.30pm, at Pfeiffer Vineyards, 25040 Jaeg Road, Junction City, Oregon 97448. The Trio Voronezh members are US-based Russian musicians Vladimir Volokhin - (domra), Sergei Teleshev - (bayan), and Valerie Petrukhin - (double-bass balalaika). Sergei Teleshev won many regional and international accordion competitions and was a finalist in the 1995 International Accordion Competition, Klingenthal, Germany. For further information email: info@triovoronezh.com |
by Rob Howard
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The Sata-Häme Soi Accordion Festival, incorporating the Primus Ikaalinen 2014 competition, takes place from July 1st to 6th. The Primus Ikaalinen has three main sections: The Golden Accordion (senior), The Silver Accordion (junior), and The Finnish Accordion Folk Musician Championships for Chromatic and Diatonic Accordions. The contestants in this year’s Primus Ikaalinen (Golden Accordion) competition include Xuan Shi – China, Sergey Lobkov – Russia, Guillaume Fric – France, Radu Laxgang – Moldova, Petar Maric – Serbia, Henriikka Santamaa – Finland, and Joni Stein – Finland. The idyllic centre of Old Town Ikaalinen is the centre of the large scale Sata-Häme Soi Accordion Festival, and music is in the air in the Festival Park and in the concert venues for a week. Both amateurs and world class musicians perform at Ikaalinen – providing the festival audience with an astonishing variety of musical styles. For further information email: toimisto@satahamesoi.fi |
by Rob Howard
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![]() This concert is part of the annual Gower Festival. The Gower Festival in South Wales, near Swansea, runs from July 1st to 12th. Program: Alfred Schnittke – ‘Suite in the old style’ Johann Sebastian Bach - ‘Sonata for violin and keyboard in G’ Béla Bartók – ‘Romanian folk dances’ Astor Piazzolla – ‘Café 1930’, ‘Oblivion’ Vittorio Monti – ‘Czárdás’ |
by Rob Howard
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The Stockport AC Band (MD Tony Ainscough) share a concert with a ladies choir for a Scottish-themed evening at Hazel Grove Methodist Church, Wesley St, Stockport, Cheshire SK7 4JQ, on Saturday July 5th, 7.30pm. For further information email: robaccord5@hotmail.com |
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There are accordion courses in July, August and October at CNIMA J.Mornet in the south of France. CNIMA J.Mornet is the well-known accordion school founded and run by Professor Jacques Mornet and Nathalie Boucheix. July 14th to 19th - teacher Pascal Meurge July 21st to 25th – composer Franck Angélis August 11th to 16th – composer Claude Thomain August 11th to 16th – 18th to 23rd - Jacques Mornet (jazz) October 20th to 26th CNIMA J.Mornet is based at Les Ludines, 63950 Saint-Sauves d’Auvergne, in the south of France. There is easy access to Cnima by highways A71, A75 and A89, and a train station locally where the CNIMA’s team can pick up. Information at CNIMA J.Mornet For further information email: cnima@wanadoo.fr Tutor book available: Jacques Mornet |
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15/07/14 SULLE ALI DELLA MUSICA, III Edizione - Italiaby Rob Howard |
![]() “Musica e Danza simulano e ricordano un linguaggio divino e rimandano a quel che parola non disse, quel che il verbo non potè esprimere”. La manifestazione, che sarà presentata da Sara Santostasi, vedrà la partecipazione gratuita di: Angelo Proietti, Essenza del Due, Pontina Guitar Orchestra diretta dal Maestro Massimiliano Romano, Avio Focolari, Rock in Two, Giancarlo Caporilli, Di Meo Claudio, Sara Laurenti, Massimiliano Drapello, I Cubanitos, Salsa Crew, Eugenio Picchiani, Gabriele Marconi e…. La regia sarà di Mauro Paccariè. L’incasso sarà interamente devoluto al Comitato “Dopo di Noi” per la costruzione della casa-famiglia per disabili adulti. Costo del biglietto € 10,00 Vendita biglietti c/o : Pro Loco “Città di Anzio”, Via Mimma Pollastrini, 5 (Anzio -RM), Tel. 06.9831586 Pro Loco Lavinio, Piazza Lavinia (Lavinio Mare) Pro Loco Nettuno, P.I.T.(Punto Informazione Turistica), Lungomare Matteotti (Nettuno -RM) e c/o le Associazioni del Comitato “Dopo di Noi”. |
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![]() 'Konsert Pa Kleppe', catalog: faukstad201 with sound samples. Music performed by Jon Faukstad. |
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![]() 'Happy Sheng', catalog: guoping02 with sound samples. Music performed by Zhang Guoping. |
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![]() 'Classic Accordion', catalog: faukstad202 with sound samples. Music performed by Jon Faukstad. |
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![]() 'Mister Phil', catalog: phil01eT with sound samples. Music performed by Phil Bouvier. |
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![]() 'Norske Drag', catalog: faukstad203 with sound samples. Music performed by Jon Faukstad. |
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![]() 'Duo Paris Moscou', catalog: jroman104 with sound samples. Music performed by Domi Emorine and Roman Jbanov |
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