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LAS VEGAS INTERNATIONAL ACCORDION CONVENTION,NEVADA-USA
BELTANGO QUINTET SHOWS - SERBIA / FRANCIA
All SCOTLAND ACCORDION E FIDDLE FESTIVAL ,PERTH - GB
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Paddy O'Brien CD ‘Mixing The Punch’, Offaly – Republic of Ireland‘14 Years Ago’ – Busking in Singapore made legal in 1997
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‘Piaf - the songs’ Further Tour Dates – UKJoão Gentil Concerts, Cantanhede, Buenos Aires – Portugal & ArgentinaTony Kearney Gigs, Weybridge, Swindon,London – UKAccordion Pops Concert, Enschede – NetherlandsBCA/LSM Annual Concert, Birkirkara – MaltaZydeco @ Rock N’ Bowl, New Orleans – USAMilos Milivojevic Concert, High Wycombe – UKSemir Hasic Concert, Zagreb – SerbiaAkkordeonorchester Unterpfaffenhofen e.V. Concert, Munich – Germany‘Accordion Samurai’ Concerts – Belgium, Netherlands, England
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Pietro Adragna vince il Quinto Festival Internazionale della Fisarmonica digitaleby Rob Howard |
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 Il valdericino Pietro Adragna si è aggiudicato all’Auditorium Parco della Musica di Roma l’ambito festival del V-Accordion ideato dalla RolandIn una gremitissima sala, la Sinopoli dell’Auditorium Parco della Musica di Roma, si è svolto sabato scorso, 22 ottobre, il quinto Festival internazionale della Fisarmonica Digitale. La V-Accordion, strumento concepito dalla Roland che da anni si fa promotrice in tutto il mondo di manifestazioni ad esso dedicate, è stata la protagonista assoluta di una competizione che ha visto concorrere ben 14 differenti nazioni. I finalisti, che provenivano da Italia, Inghilterra, Germania, Danimarca, Stati Uniti, Ungheria, Brasile, Canada, Spagna, Russia, Francia, Olanda, Giappone e Cina, si sono cimentati in repertori tra i più diversificati e sono stati votati secondo un giudizio che assegnava il voto alla migliore capacità tecnica, interpretazione musicale e capacità di sfruttamento delle potenzialità del particolare tipo di fisarmonica. La giuria internazionale, composta tra gli esponenti più qualificati del settore – Raymond Bodell (Francia), Sam Falcetti (Stati Uniti), Joseph Macerollo (Canada), Kimmo Mattila (Finlandia), Graham Laurie (Inghilterra), Andreas Nebl (Germania) – ha decretato vincitore l’italiano Pietro Adragna, attribuendogli 166,4 punti, seguito dal tedesco Matthias Matzke (165,8) e dalla cinese Qi MA (164,0). Quest’ultima si è anche aggiudicata il premio The Ronald Lankford award, assegnato da una giuria di giornalisti composta da Lorenzo Tozzi, Pietro Acquafredda, Filippo Michelangeli, Gabriele Antonucci e Giovanni Pirri. Ad aprire la serata sono stati i Fratelli Guglielmi: Alessandro e Gabriele, musicisti prodigio di solo 9 e 11 anni, hanno dato immediatamente prova del loro straordinario talento e della loro simpatia interpretando un complesso repertorio di musica colta per organetto. Sul palcoscenico si sono esibiti anche i Si Taranta, gruppo folcloristico dell’Italia centro-meridionale che ha trascinato gli spettatori alla scoperta del ballo popolare, sulle note della V-Accordion suonata dal fisarmonicista di fama internazionale Danilo Di Paolonicola. La manifestazione è stata presentata dall’attrice e cantante Mascia Foschi, anche protagonista di quattro interventi vocali sulla storia del tango accompagnati da Sergio Scappini. Con tale iniziativa la Roland Europe vuole contribuire ad espandere ulteriormente l’immagine della fisarmonica digitale V-Accordion nel panorama musicale internazionale. Soddisfatti il presidente dell’azienda, Alfredo Maroni, e il direttore del marketing, Luigi Bruti, che hanno confermato per l’anno prossimo l’appuntamento all’Auditorium di Roma per la sesta edizione del festival. |
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LAS VEGAS INTERNATIONAL ACCORDION CONVENTION,NEVADA-USAby Rob Howard |
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 La Las Vegas International Accordion Covention di quest'anno, organizzata da Paul Pasquali,si terrà dal 31 Ottobre al 3 Novembre al Gold Coast Casino Hotel, 4000 Flamingo Rd, Las Vegas.L'evento si aprirà con un concerto ad una cena in maschera,con Peter e Mandy Soave,Mario Tacca e Mary Mancini, e Bruce Gassman. Ci sono più di 50 laboratori e lezioni programmati. Il Dr. Ian Blair Fries, MD, un chirurgo ortopedico,è una nuova aggiunta e offrirà un laboratorio unico sull'anatomia della mano e la fisarmonica. Altri concerti durante la settimana coinvolgeranno Frank Marocco,Alexander Sevastian,il Sounscape Accordion Trio,Mary Tokarski e Angelo Di Pippo e gli Accordion Kings. Il grande finale giovedì pomeriggio includerà un'orchestra di 52 pezzi di fisarmonica con la sinfonia di percussioni al completo, la Fourth Annual Las Vegas International Accordion Orchestra, diretta da Joan Cochran Sommers. Le registrazioni sono aperte fino alle 5 il 26 Ottobre, e c'è ancora tempo per prendere parte a questo evento. Le opzioni di registrazione sono online al www.accordionstars.com Per ulteriori informazioni visita il sito del Las Vegas International Accordion Covention. |
BELTANGO QUINTET SHOWS - SERBIA / FRANCIAby Harley Jones |
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 I Beltango Quintet (Serbia) sono uno dei più dinamici gruppi di tango,famosi per i loro spettacoli di musica, canto e ballo, che sono diventati molto popolari in ogni luogo del mondo in cui hanno fatto dei tour.Nella prima settimana di Novembre,i Beltango si esibiranno in concerto al Belgrade Tango Festival 2011, seguito da apparizioni al Festival Du Tango Au Lazaret in Francia. I dettagli dei concerti sono: 3 Novembre,20:00 - Kolarac Concert Hall, Belgrade 5 Novembre,20:00 - Central Military Club, Belgrade Hotel Royal, scuola di musica "Dr Vojislav Vuckovic" 11 e 12 Novembre,22:00 - Festival Du Tango Au Lazaret, Strasburgo, Francia "Sono orgoglioso che un gruppo come i Beltango esista nel mondo, e suoni la musica di mio padre nella maniera in cui dovrebbe essere suonata. Ovviamente,la musica di mio padre è completamente universale, e i Beltango lo dimostrano dalle loro magnifiche interpretazioni." Daniel Piazzolla, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fotografati Aleksandar Nikolic ( fisarmonica), Ivana Nikolic (pianoforte/voce), Jovan Bogosavljevic (violino), Bogdan Pejic (chitarra elettrica) e Ljubinko Lazic (doppio basso). Per ulteriori informazioni email: info@beltango.com Trilogia Triple CD Pack available online at Beltango |
All SCOTLAND ACCORDION E FIDDLE FESTIVAL ,PERTH - GBby Rob Howard |
 Rob HowardIl 62esimo Scotland Accordion & Fiddle Festival si terrà presso il The Salutation Hotel, Perth,Scozia, Sabato 29 Ottobre. Il festival comincerà con un ceilidh di benvenuto nel pomeriggio del 28 Ottobre alla musica dell' Ian Anderson Scottish Dance Band. Il giorno seguente sarà un giorno pieno di competizioni per la fisarmonica e il violino, che includeranno principalmente sezioni soliste,più le categorie di trio e band. I vincitori per la fisarmonica sono Ian Muir, Scott Gordon, Tom Orr e James Coutts. Ci sarà un concerto per il gran finale dalle 16:30 alle 18:00,con il duo di fisarmonica con Gary Blair Senior e Junior,Bryan Gear (violino) accompagnato dalla pianista Violet Tulloch e Ian Cathcart e la sua Broadcasting Band. Il balletto finale di sabato pomeriggio (diretto da Perth e District Accordion & Fiddle Club) si baserà sulla musica del Neil Hardie SCDB. |
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  Paddy O'Brien, from County Offaly, All Ireland diatonic button accordion champion in 1975, has just released ‘Mixing The Punch’, his second solo recording. Playing his 1947 Paolo Soprani accordion, Paddy is accompanied by Teresa Baker, a pianist from Portland, Oregon, USA. Fellow Offalyman, Felim Egan, from Cloghan, plays a selection of jigs on solo accordion as a guest artist.The 17 tracks include - Reels: The Tinker's Occupation/The Rambling Reel; Jigs: The Hearty Boys of Ballymote/Young Tom Ennis; Reels: Tossing the Feathers in County Clare/The Shores of Donegal; Reels: Seán Ryan's/Bitin' Bread and Aitin' It; Jigs: The Trip to Galway/Mixing the Punch; Slow Air: The Flight of the Wild Geese; Reels: Arthur Darley's/The Glen of Aherlow; Jigs (Felim Egan solo): Michael Doherty's/The Western Road; Polkas: The Wooden City Polkas; Reels: Connemara Stockings/The Union Reel; Jigs: Apples in Winter/Sliabh Russell; Reels: The Fashion that the Ladies Wore/Cormac Lunny's; Hornpipes: Poll Ha'penny/Gerry Egan's; Jigs: The Humours of Rahey/The Rambling Pitchfork; Reels: Imelda Roland's/The Flags of Dublin/Paddy from Donegal; Jigs: The Boys of the Town/The Hag with the Money; Reels: The Crosses of Annagh/Tom Doherty's For further information email: support@allcelticmusic.com |
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| The Accordions Worldwide news for October 24th 1997 included a true story concerning Leo Lim Peng Hor, a disabled accordionist whose problems with the city authorities in Singapore about busking in public happily resulted in licenses being issued. BLIND BUSKER AMONG FIRST TO SEEK LICENCE – SINGAPORE Southeast Asian newspaper "Straits Times" featured an article in early October on a blind busker Leo Lim Peng Hor, 38, who has performed illegally for 11 years and was among the first to apply for his busking licence. "I have three accordions and many harmonicas in the police station," he said of the times he was caught busking unlawfully in the Orchard Road underpass near the MRT station "Each time they only chased me away, but my instruments were confiscated.” He added: "I have been giving my feedback to the authorities since 1986 that busking should be legalised. I am glad they have finally acted. This is especially good news for me, as I am disabled." He thinks it a good idea that licences will be given to buskers linked with arts organisations and that what they collect has to go to the arts. He said he had, in any case, been donating about S$15,000 a year to various charities such as the NAC, the Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped, and the Bishan Home for Intellectually Disabled. He also runs an entertainment company, Extra Touch Live Entertainment and Productions, which employs disabled performers. |
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  The highly acclaimed theatre show ‘Piaf - the songs’, presented by vocalist Eve Loiseau, Fiona Barrow (violin) and Edward Jay (accordion) is on tour again. The new dates are:October 28th – Shirley Hall, Canterbury Festival November 9th - South Holland Centre, Spalding, Lincs November11th - The Courthouse, Otley, Yorkshire November 15th and 16th - Pavilion Theatre, Dome, Brighton November17th - Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, Wales November24th - The Forum Studio Theatre, Chester November 25th - Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven November 26th - The Rose Theatre, Ormskirk December 8th - The Apex, Bury St Edmunds December 17th - Civic Hall, Barnsley January 21st, 2pm and 7.45pm - Festival Theatre, Chichester January 28th - Theatre Royal, Wakefield February 23rd – Playhouse, Alnwick, Northumberland February 24th – Tolbooth, Stirling, Scotland March 2nd – Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset There is now a CD of the show available; the songs include ‘Mon Dieu’, ‘Bal dans ma rue’, ‘Les Feuilles Mortes/Autumn Leaves’, ‘Mon Manege à Moi’, ‘L'Accordeoniste’, ‘Padam Padam’, ‘La Goualante du Pauvre Jean’, ‘L'Hymne à l'Amour’, ‘Sous le Ciel de Paris’, ‘Non, Je ne Regrette Rien’, ‘Milord’, ‘La Vie en Rose’, ‘La Foule’, ‘Les Mots d'Amour’, and ‘Les Flons Flons du bal’. For further information email: edward.jay@me.com |
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| Accordionist João Gentil performs in concert with a string quartet at the Auditório do Museu da Pedra, Cantanhede, Coimbra, Portugal, on Sunday October 29th, 9.30pm. The repertoire includes music by Astor Piazzolla, Ennio Morricone, Richard Galliano, JS Bach, and Johann Brahms. João Gentil will visit Argentina, November 11th to 13th, where he will play accordion, bandoneon and accordina with a tango quartet at concerts in Buenos Aires and Rosario. For further information email: joaogentil1@gmail.com |
by Rob Howard
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 Irish diatonic button accordionist Tony Kearney’s gigs for late October include:October 28th – Set Dancing Ceili, Social Services Club, Weybridge, Surrey October 29th – Bakers Arms, Swindon, Wiltshire October 30th - Ceili, Irish Centre, Camden Town, London For further information email: starr63@gmail.com |
by Rob Howard
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 On Saturday October 29th, 8pm, the accordion orchestra Accordeonvereniging Animato (MD Rene Bogt) perform in concert at the Theater Prismare in Enschede, Netherlands. The program will include music by ABBA, Simon & Garfunkle, and Michael Jackson, numbers associated with The Motion Trio, and ‘West Side Story’, by Leonard Bernstein. For further information email: info@animatohengelo.nl |
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| The Santa Maria Accordion Band (MD Mrs. Marthese Busuttil Cassar L.B.C.A.) perform for the annual British College of Accordionists/Leicester School of Music concerts on October 29th and 30th, 5.30pm. These take place at St. Aloysius College, Birkirkara. The concerts will feature the music from Klaus Bodelt to Johann Strauss and Alexander Bodell (UK) has been invited as a guest performer. The Santa Maria Accordion Band, formed in 1992, play at celebrations, community events, festivals, church services, and national events. For further information email: josephpgrima@gmail.com |
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by Rob Howard
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 The entertainment venue Rock N’ Bowl, 3000 South Carrollton Ave, New Orleans, Louisiana LA 70118, has several Zydeco artists booked, including:October 27th, 8.30pm - Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas November 3rd, 8.30pm – Rosie Ledet 19th, 9.30pm – Rockin Dopsie Jr & the Zydeco Twisters 24th, 8.30pm – Geno Delafose & French Rockin Boogie |
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 Accordionist Milos Milivojevic performs music by Vlasov, Piazzolla, Albeniz and others at All Saints' Church, High Street, High Wycombe, Bucks HP13 6RF on Tuesday November 1st, 1.10pm until 1.50pm. Admission is free.All Saints' Church is a beautiful 11th Century church in the centre of High Wycombe – ideal for an accordion recital. For further information email: jane.hunt06@gmail.com |
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 Accordionist Semir Hasic performs in a concert titled ‘From Bach to Sevdaha’ on November 2nd 8pm at MD V.Lisinski Zagreb For further information email: semir.sammy.hasic@gmail.com |
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| The Akkordeonorchester Unterpfaffenhofen e.V. perform in concert at the Stadthalle Germering, Orlandosaa, Munich, on November 6th, 5pm. For further information email: info@aou-ev.de |
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 Accordion Samurai’ are five diatonic accordionists: Didier Laloy (Belgium), Bruno Le Tron (France), David Munnelly (Ireland), Riccardo Tesi (Italy), and Markku Lepistö (Finland), who get together and tour and record occasionally. Forthcoming dates include:November 17th and 23rd, 8pm - ‘Accordion Samurai’ perform their international music at Toernee Mondial, Flanders, Belgium, Flanders. These concerts are part of a Womex festival. November 27th - Oosterpoort, Trompsingel 27 9724 DA Groningen, Netherlands December 11th – The Face Bar, Chatham St, Reading RG1 7JF, UK For further information email: support@songkick.com |
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 Franco Cambareri - accordionist, composer, producer, releases 2 new composition for accordion available for purchase nline. 'Swing With Me', catalog:cfranco144 and 'Smooth Rockin', catalog:cfranco145. The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
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 Karthause Schmülling New Website has now online with updated shopping basket system and multi currency online credit card capture through secure server international Worldpay system. The owner of this Website is Ulrich Schmülling. |
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 CD Reviews Index for the Review of ““Russian Favourites" CD, reviewed by Joan Cochran Sommers. Artist is Alexander Sevastian. |
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