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Daily Reports: 2018 China Harbin Summer International Accordion Art Week - Chinaby Harley Jones |
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![]() ![]() Results in Chinese: 2018HarbinResults.pdf The 2018 China Harbin Summer International Accordion Art Week from 7th to 11th August is hosted by the Peoples Republic of China Culture Ministry and the Harbin Municipal People's Government, undertaken by Harbin Normal University, Harbin. The Harbin 2018 Art Director is Prof. Wang Hongyu (picture left), Dean of the Music College of Harbin Normal University. Prof. Wang Hongyu and the Harbin Organising Committee ran the very successful Harbin 2010, Harbin 2012, Harbin 2014, Harbin 2016 Summer International Accordion Art Week and Competitions which attracted over 500 entrants with many competitors from outside China. The Harbin Accordion Art Week is part of the 34th China Harbin Summer Music Festival. Harbin was named a UNESCO City of Music in 2010. |
Reminder: 2018 Coupe Mondiale Entries Closing, 15 August - Lithuaniaby Harley Jones |
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Teachers, contestants and national associations are reminded that the entry closing date for the 2018 Coupe Mondiale is now 15th August 2018 for all 7 international accordion categories of competitions. The earlier closing date of 31 July was changed as some countries have national qualifications happening before 15th August. Article about 2018 Coupe Mondiale at: http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=27-Jul-2018&lang=en#art14438 |
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28th Annual Cotati Accordion Festival, California – USAby Rob Howard |
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![]() The guest line-up providing non-stop accordion entertainment this year includes: Netta Skog (Finland), Gabe Hall-Rodriguez, Stas Venglevski, Debra Peters, Zydeco Flames, Sourdough Slim, Culann's Hounds with Renée de la Prade, Those Darn Accordions (TDA), Cory Pesaturo, The Mad Maggies, Accordion Apocalypse Stage, Hernandez Hideaway, Michael Zampiceni, Matthias Matzke (Germany), The Great Morgani, Two Gypsy Kisses, Future Accordion Stars, Golden State Accordion Band, Steve Balich Jr. Polka Band, Jim Gilman, MotorDude Zydeco, Mark St. Mary, T-Luke and the Tight Suits, Simone Baron, Oddjob Ensemble, The Traveling Spectacular, Thee Hobo Gobbelins, Karla Mi Lugo, Bellow Shakes, Kalei Yamanoha Passersby, Nathan & Jesse, JD Limelight, Creosote with Jamie Maschler, The Wild Catahoulas, Tom Torriglia Band, and Duckmandu. “The Cotati Accordion Festival has been called the Woodstock of the Accordion World” according to the local press, and features virtuoso level concerts, polka bands, zydeco dance parties, jam sessions, indie bands, 70 vendors, a Grand Finale, and much more. The Cotati Accordion Festival is a non-profit organization, established in 1991?to promote the love of the accordion and to support local youth service organizations. To date they have contributed just under $500,000 to the youth of the community. Tickets are $17 in advance for one-day and $27 in advance for two-days and are available online at cotatifest.com, by calling 888-559-2576, or by mailing to C.A.F, P.O.Box 809, Cotati, Ca., 94931. For further information email: redgore23@aol.com |
Fleadh Cheoil, Drogheda – Irish Republicby Rob Howard |
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![]() ![]() Drogheda, announced a €130,000 sponsorship by Drogheda, district vintners and hotels with the sponsorship backed by all the publicans in Drogheda and their suppliers. Over 1,000 volunteers will be required to help stage this year’s Fleadh and ensure that Drogheda offers an enjoyable experience for the 400,000+ visitors expected to descend on the area next week. The performers this year include diatonic button accordionists Paddy Callaghan, Daithí Gormley, Claire McAdam, Damien McGuinness, Sean MacGabhann, melodeon/guitarist Tim Edey, Emma Corbett (melodeon), concertina players Sarán Mulligan and Pádraig Rynne, the Comhaltas National Folk Orchestra of Ireland, The Shandrum Céilí Band, Triskell Céilí Band, Abbey Céilí Band, Dartry Céilí Band, Tara Céilí Band, Fodhla Céilí Band, and the Brian Boru Céilí Band. The week includes daily class tuition for banjo, bodhrán, diatonic button accordion, concertina, fiddle, flute, harp, piano accompaniment, piano accordion, Uilleann Pipes, singing, and whistle. The Fleadh Cheoil is an Irish music competition founded in 1951 run by Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann (CCÉ), a non-profit organuisation. There are various qualifying stages to the competition in Ireland, Britain and North America. Competitions are divided into the following age categories: under 12, 12–15, 15–18, and over 18 (senior). For further information email: info@fleadhcheoil.ie |
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Accordion Festival Review, Salto - Uruguayby Ignacio Porra |
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Between the 20th and 21st of July, the seventh edition of the International Meeting of Accordions was held in the City of Salto, Uruguay. It was attended by around 200 accordionists from Brazil, Colombia, Italy, Chile and Argentina. One of the representatives for the province of Corrientes was Ignacio Porra, who wrote this report to comment on the experience lived during those days. The meeting, in honor of Minister Silvio B. Previale, took place during the two days at the Larrañaga Theater. Porra commented that he came to participate in it "thanks to the fact that I recorded a song and put it on a well-known social network", at the suggestion of Eduardo Sivori - one of the programmers of the National Festival of Chamamé. In this way, the organizers of the Encounter met and invited him. Regarding the experience, he said that it was very positive because he managed to link up with musicians from other places, and he even managed to upload a video to social networks interpreting Kilometer 11 with colleagues from Brazil, Chile and Argentina. He also maintained that he obtained "more than seven thousand reproductions to be shared by people from Chile and Brazil." He also reported that attending this Meeting gave him the possibility of being summoned to an upcoming festival of accordionists to be held in October, this time in the City of Rio de Janeiro, "in which I will be the only Correntino executing Chamamé ", assured Porra. Ignacio Porra began his first musical steps at age 5, developing a great love for the accordion and the music of the Litoral. He toured much of the country and the border. He is currently a session musician, staying active as a member of the Cuenca del Plata choir, recorded as a guest musician in various groups and teaches children, teenagers and adults to perform the accordion. He was a member of Matías Barbas and his group Curuzú Orilla, Los Amigos Fernández, Alfredo Grahsmugg, Vicente Franco and his criollos, among other groups. Also, he was a session member of Soriano Sosa, Ariel Cabrera El Pibe de Oro, Los Vecinos, Los Nuevos Vecinos, Los Aliados and Los Partners del Chamamé. He recorded with the aforementioned groups. In addition, he served as a guest of Los Nuevos Camperos, Yamila Ibarra La Princesa del Acordeón, Los Criollos de Corrientes, Ernesto Juanovich, Héctor Porra and his Amistad group, Cachito González and their kings. Also, he performed at a large number of festivals in different parts of Argentina and neighboring countries. The International Accordion Meeting "Minister Silvio B. Previale" is held every two years, at the Larrañaga Theater in the City of Salto, Uruguay. Since 2006 he has called accordionists and musicians from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Spain, Italy and Uruguay, who interpret academic and popular repertoire to perform. The event is organized by the Previale family and since 1960, marked a milestone in the musical history of the eastern country. The Encuentro offers the community two nights of concerts and a colorful parade of accordions on the main street of the city as well as workshops, forums, film screenings, among other activities. |
Video: Alexander Poeluev at 2018 Harbin China Summer International Accordion Art Week - Chinaby Harley Jones |
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Alexander Poeluev performs Cinderella composed by Alexey Archipovsky (arranged Poeluev) with ballet dancer Elizaveta Misler at 2018 Harbin China Summer International Accordion Art Week. Daily Reports are online at: Harbin 2018 |
Video: 2018 Harbin China Summer International Accordion Art Weekby Harley Jones |
Ensemble category competitor, name and other information provided later. Daily Reports are online at: Harbin 2018 |
Video: Yuri Shishkin, 2018 China Harbin Summer International Accordion Art Week - Chinaby Harley Jones |
Yuri Shishkin performing his arrangement of Malaguena by Ernest Lecuona. Daily Reports are online at: Harbin 2018 |
Video: 2018 Harbin China Summer International Accordion Art Weekby Harley Jones |
Ensemble category competitor, name and other information provided later. Daily Reports are online at: Harbin 2018 The 2018 China Harbin Summer International Accordion Art Week from 7th to 11th August is hosted by the Peoples Republic of China Culture Ministry and the Harbin Municipal People's Government, undertaken by Harbin Normal University, Harbin. |
Video: Yuri Shishkin, 2018 China Harbin Summer International Accordion Art Week - Chinaby Harley Jones |
Yuri Shishkin performing his arrangement of the famous Habanera by G. Bizet. Daily Reports are online at: Harbin 2018 |
Video: Alexander Poeluev at 2018 Harbin China Summer International Accordion Art Week - Chinaby Harley Jones |
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Alexander Poeluev performs Basso Ostinato composed by V. Vlasov at 2018 Harbin China Summer International Accordion Art Week. Daily Reports are online at: Harbin 2018 |
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Accordion Night, Sardinia – Italyby Rob Howard |
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An evening of accordion entertainment takes place on Saturday August 11th, 9pm, at the Sagra Della Frittella, Porto San Paolo, on the Italian island of Sardinia, featuring the duo Bachisio Altamira & Giuseppe Mancini, and soloist Andrea Molino. For further information email: bachisio.altamira@virgilio.it |
Cyril and Virginie Danrey Concert, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes – Franceby Rob Howard |
![]() The day also includes Mass at 10am, lunch, a parade of herds and floats, accompanied by the group ‘Les Sonneurs de Cloches’ (departure from the village), folk dances with the group of La Clusaz ‘Lou Socali’, donkey races, tombola, dinner, countryside skills, and at 8pm an evening concert. |
Miloš Milivojevic Festival Concert, Dorset – UKby Rob Howard |
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![]() Programme: Adrian Bradbury plays ‘Bach Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor’ followed by Milos Milivojevic performing the ‘Five Views of the Gulag State’ by Victor Vlasov. The Burton Bradstock Festival of Music & Art runs from August 11th to 19th, and includes concert and week-long art exhibition. Burton Bradstock is a village in West Dorset, England, situated approximately 2.5 miles southeast of Bridport and 0.5 miles inland from the English Channel. |
13th Noite de Acordeao, Melides – Portugalby Rob Howard |
![]() The performers include accordionists Maria Adelia Botelho and Joao do Carmo, Grupo Falta Um, and students from the local music school. |
Paul Capaldi Concert, Northumberland – UKby Rob Howard |
![]() Paul Capaldi is a member of an accordion dynasty. The Capaldi Brothers, Nick and Carmino, were amongst the very earliest show business pioneers of the piano accordion in Great Britain, and in the 1930s were a popular touring duo who appeared extensively in variety theatres. Renaldo Capaldi, the son of Carmino, was a fine solo concert accordionist, teacher, adjudicator, composer, and publisher/editor of the ‘Accordion Times’, 1986-90. Renaldo’s son, Paul Capaldi, has continued the family tradition to the present time as a highly accomplished player and teacher of the accordion, based in Scotland. |
Milwaukee Irish Festival, Wisconsin – USAby Rob Howard |
![]() Performers featuring accordions and other freed instruments include the Chicago Reel, Leahys Luck, Beglan Irish Dancers, Cashel Dennehy Irish Dancers, Glencastle Irish Dancers, Caledonian Scottish Dancers, Capitol Ceili Band, Cream City Ceili Band, and many more. |
Roman Jbanov & Alexei Birioukov Concert, Vichel – Franceby Rob Howard |
![]() Roman Jbanov was born in the Ukraine in 1976. He began playing the accordion at the age of six years of age, and in 1988 he entered the Secondary Special Music School (S.S.M.S) Lyceum attached to the M. I. Glinka Novosibrisk State Conservatory, and in 1994 entered the M.I. Glinka Novosibirsk State Conservatory. He went on to win many prizes in competitions including the CMA Trophee Mondial in 1997, and tour internationally. Since 1997 he has performed regularly with French accordionist Domi Emorine as the Paris-Moscow Duo. For further information email: duopm@sfr.fr |
Acordeon Festival, São Bento do Sul – Brazilby Rob Howard |
![]() Performers include Chico Chargas, Bruna Rudnick, Chico Brasil, Eric Weng, Duo Catarina, Marcio Pedro, Varguinhas, Thiago Machado, Gildinho, and Yago Stevan. São Bento do Sul is a municipality in southern Brazil, in the northeast part of the state of Santa Catarina, just south of the state of Paraná. |
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