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2022 German Music Competition, Bonn - Germany
Kramfors Accordion Festival – Sweden
CNIMA 2022 Accordion Workshop in New Orleans - USA
2022 Fairbridge Festival Artist Applications Now Open - Australia
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Louise Jallu Quartet at Crest Jazz Festival – France
Ladislav Horák Performs at Gala Tribute Concert - Czech Republic
Video: Bruna Scopel Performs “Cobra Sucuri” – Cuba
Postponed: Festival Avsenik 2021 - Slovenia
Cancelled: International Trieste Tango Festival 2021 - Italy
Video: Alex Meixner Performing Burgettstown Polka - USA
Future events |
“Teapot in the Tuba” Entertain in Vancouver - Canada
Daniele Falasca Septet Perform at Abruzzo Live Festival - Italy
Danças Ocultas Performs in Selters - Germany
“Flogging Molly” Concert Tour - USA
Giorgio Dellarole Performs at Palazzo Chigi Ariccia - Italy
Pavel Shamatur Performs "Where the Accordion Sounds" Concert, Petrozavodsk - Russia
Online: 2021 Ian Lowthian Mixed Instrument Music Weekend - UK
2021 Cotati Accordion Festival, California - USA
"Accordions" Play in Moscow - Russia
Childrens Corner |
New and Updated Sites |
2021 Coupe Mondiale, Travel to Munich - Germany
Friedrich Lips 2021 Interview by Herbert Scheibenreif, Moscow - Russia
Updated Site: Sofia Gubaidulina Compositions by Karthause Schmuelling - Germany
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1st Lanzo Accordion Festival, Turin - Italyby Christine Johnstone |
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 The 1st Lanzo Accordion Festival will be held in Lanzo Torinese, Turin, Italy on August 28th and 29th, 2021, presented by the Associazione MusicaeArtisti in collaboration with the Municipality of Lanzo Torinese and Fondazione Piemonte dal Vivo.Organisers plan that this event, which is dedicated entirely to the accordion, will become an annual festival. The event will be an accordion celebration as well as a spotlight for concert performers and for young accordionists who approach the study of our instrument. As 2021 is the year of celebration of the centenary of the birth of the great Astor Piazzolla, Massimo Signorini (picture left) will perform on the occasion of the presentation of the book “The Life and Music of Astor Piazzolla” by authors Maria Susana Azzi and Simon Collier. The event will also include a showcase for accordion builders who operate in Piedmont making their experience and expertise available to concert performers, as well as companies specialising in construction and repairers of the accordion who will present displays. |
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2022 German Music Competition, Bonn - Germanyby Christine Johnstone |
 The 2022 German Music Competition will be held in Bonn from March 7th to 19th, 2022, organised by the German Music Council.The competition will be for a large variety of instruments including the accordion. The German Music Competition is a national competition for professional young musicians in Germany. Musicians can take part with a professional Education (started or completed music studies), who have German citizenship. Registrations open in September and must be received by 11th November 2021. Download competition rules here: 2022Bonn.pdf |
Kramfors Accordion Festival – Swedenby Jörgen Sundeqvist |
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 Sundeqvist Musik and Kramfors Dragspelsklubb arranged a large accordion festival in Kramfors on August 7th and 8th, 2021. During the festival Sundeqvist Musik presented an accordion exhibition together with Karlssons Musik, which included approximately 60 new and used accordions, bags, straps, microphones, sheet-music etc. Over 500 visitors attended the event and enjoyed a variety of accordion music in all forms as well as the exhibition. Many well known accordionists performed during the day, including Jörgen Sundeqvist, Päivi Mettälä, Lars Karlsson, Leo Florin, Bröderna Lindkvist and others. Special guest was the President of the CIA and President of Scandalli Accordions, Mirco Patarini from Castelfidardo, Italy. Mirco presented a special gift from Castelfidardo to the unique Accordion Archive here in Kramfors. The gift (picture above left) was a special little accordion made out of wood with a clock inside the bellows. The festival finished with a concert at the Gudmundrå Church in Kramfors on Sunday evening with performances by Mirco Patarini, Jörgen Sundeqvist, Päivi Mettälä, Lars Karlsson and Leo Florin. The festival was a huge success and organisers plan a repeat next year. |
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CNIMA 2022 Accordion Workshop in New Orleans - USAby Christine Johnstone |
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| Save the date! The CNIMA directed by Nathalie Boucheix will hold a special Accordion Workshop in New Orleans, USA from May 30th to June 3rd, 2022. This workshop is for all ages, levels and styles. For further details, fill in the request for information form at: https://www.cnima.com/en/workshops-usa |
2022 Fairbridge Festival Artist Applications Now Open - Australiaby Christine Johnstone |
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| Artist applications are now open for the annual Fairbridge Festival, held in Marmion, Perth from April 22nd to 24th, 2022, presented by Folkworld Inc. The festival includes a diverse selection of musical performances, art, dance, workshops and a youth program. Organisers also encourage talks, street performers, circus performers, wellness activities, dance displays etc. Applications close on September 27th, 2021. For details email: hello@fairbridgefestival.com.au |
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Alain Papineau's Windfall Donation to A World of Accordions Museum - USAby Harley Jones |
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| A World of Accordions Museum proudly announces receipt of Alain Papineau’s antique accordion collection consisting of 350 of the rarest and most beautiful instruments from the century after Cyril Demian’s first patent (1829). This donation, added to the 1,400 free-reed aerophones currently exhibited on the museum’s main floor and the 750 in reserve at Harrington ARTS Center, affirms the Superior, Wisconsin institution as the largest and most comprehensive in the world. About 70 of the new acquisitions are temporarily displayed in the “Special Exhibits” area of the concert hall, viewable by appointment. This spectacular windfall acquisition has a decades-long history. In a 1997 meeting, museum curator Helmi Strahl Harrington, Ph.D., met accordion enthusiast Alain Papineau (World Bank architect) and viewed his Washington D.C. collection. A quarter-century later, Papineau offered Harrington the gifts of his lifelong searches, most instruments of which are not described in organological references. Along with the accordions and concertinas were 90 boxes of music and supportive reference materials that will greatly supplement the museum’s books and recordings libraries. This is but the latest major contribution to the museum’s resources that also include numerous musicians’ estates. |
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Louise Jallu Quartet at Crest Jazz Festival – Franceby Christine Johnstone |
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| The Louise Jallu Quartet entertained at the Crest Jazz Festival in Crest, South Eastern France on August 7th, 2021. The quartet includes Louise Jallu (bandoneon), Mathias Lévy (violin), Grégoire Letouvet (piano) and Alexandre Perrot (double bass). The event included a monumental chandelier that emerges from behind the stage in the slowness of a sensitive tango. On its branches, musicians from “Trance Express” swayed above the audience (see picture above). Both groups performed an original program, between “Heaven and Earth” which included aerial prowess and the concert. |
Ladislav Horák Performs at Gala Tribute Concert - Czech Republicby Christine Johnstone |
 Accordionist Ladislav Horák performed in duo with Petr Nouzovský (cello) at a Gala concert dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Argentine composer, Astor Piazzolla on August 11th. The duo performed works from their CD "Vivat Tango", which features Libertango, Oblivion, Ave Maria, S.V.P. Finale and others. The event was held at the J.K. Tyla Theater in Trebon, Czech Republic and also featured Martina Kociánová (vocals and presentations). |
Video: Bruna Scopel Performs “Cobra Sucuri” – Cubaby Christine Johnstone |
| Video: Accordionist Bruna Scopel performing “Cobra Sucuri” by the late Teixeirinha with Augusto Camargo and his father, Antônio Augusto Camargo. |
Postponed: Festival Avsenik 2021 - Sloveniaby Christine Johnstone |
  Despite the fact that preparations for the 2021 Avsenik Festival (one of the biggest events of the year in Begunje na Gorenjskem, Slovenia), were in full swing, organisers have regrettably announced that the festival is postponed until next year: August 26th to 28th, 2022.This is due to the uncertain situation of the Covid-19 pandemic. For further details email: avsenik@avsenik.com |
Cancelled: International Trieste Tango Festival 2021 - Italyby Christine Johnstone |
  Organisers of the 2021 International Trieste Tango Festival regret to announce that once again they must cancel their event, due to be held in Trieste, Italy next month. The 2020 festival was also cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic and now it has happened again this year.The 2022 event is planned for September next year. For details email: info@triestetangofestival |
Video: Alex Meixner Performing Burgettstown Polka - USAby Christine Johnstone |
| Video: Alex Meixner performs Burgettstown Polka, a tune originally composed and performed by Stan Blout on his "Polka Sounds of the 70s" album on Delta International Records. It has been a popular Button Box polka amongst American Slovenian musicians, as it's included in the widely distributed "Playing the Button Box Accordion Slovenian Style Book 1 by Al Jevsevar". Alex’s version is influenced by the arrangement Steve Meisner recorded on his landmark "Jammin' Polkas" album in 1988. |
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Ksenija Sidorova to Perform in Kaposvar - Hungaryby Christine Johnstone |
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 Ksenija Sidorova will perform in Kaposvar, Hungary from August 14th to 16th, 2021, before travelling to perform in Italy, Netherlands and Romania in September.Ksenija performs a varied program “from Bach to Piazzolla, from Efrem Podgaits and Vaclav Trojan, to Erkki-Sven Tuur and George Bizet, as well as new accordion concertos composed especially for her.” See poster above for details of her live concert schedule for 2021. For further information email: jasper.parrott@harrisonparrott.co.uk |
“Teapot in the Tuba” Entertain in Vancouver - Canadaby Christine Johnstone |
 Video: “Teapot in the Tuba” 2021 performance at the Burnaby Village Museum in Burnaby, British Columbia. “Teapot in the Tuba” will entertain at MacLean Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on August 14th, 2021 from 3pm. This concert is part of the "Maclean Park Music" series The duo includes Katheryn Petersen (accordion) and Mike WT Allen (clarinet), who play jazzy Roma, pop, original, and seasonal tunes. For details email: teapotinthetuba2@gmail.com |
Daniele Falasca Septet Perform at Abruzzo Live Festival - Italyby Christine Johnstone |
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| The Daniele Falasca Septet will perform at the Abruzzo Live Festival on 16th August, 2021 at 6pm. This will be an outdoor concert at Cascata dei tre ponti (Three Bridges Waterfall) in Cagnano Amiterno, L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy, organised by the Comune di Cagnano Amiterno. The group includes Daniele Falasca (accordion), Arturo Valiante (piano), Gianluca Caporale (sax and clarinet), Martin Diaz (guitar), Marcello Manuli (bass), Glauco Di Sabatino (drums) and Bruno Marcozzi (percussion). Their musical program includes jazz, Latin jazz, be bop, modern tango, gypsy rhythms, samba and salsa flavors. It is recommended that attendees bring a mat or towel to sit on the lawn. Entry is by pre-purchased ticket only and masks must be worn. For details email: info@abruzzodalvivo.com |
Danças Ocultas Performs in Selters - Germanyby Christine Johnstone |
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| Danças Ocultas will perform in the Festhalle in Selters, Germany on August 22nd, 2021 at 5pm. The group includes four accordionists, Artur Fernandes, Francisco Miguel, Filipe Cal and Filipe Ricardo, all from Agueda, Portugal. For details email: sabina@cultureworks.at |
“Flogging Molly” Concert Tour - USAby Christine Johnstone |
 Video: Flogging Molly playing “Life Is Good”“Flogging Molly” have announced their upcoming tour of the USA with the “Violent Femmes” and special guests “Me First and The Gimme Gimmes” and “Thick”. The tour begins on September 3rd in Maryland and will finish on October 23rd in Minneapolis. “Flogging Molly” is a seven piece Celtic punk band, which includes Matt Hensley (accordion, concertina, vocals). See poster below for details. |
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Giorgio Dellarole Performs at Palazzo Chigi Ariccia - Italyby Christine Johnstone |
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| Giorgio Dellarole will perform a concert at the Palazzo Chigi Ariccia in Italy on August 22nd at 9pm. The concert is one of a 2 concert series entitled “La Tastiera Infinita” (The Infinate Keyboard). His program will include works by Couperin, Krebs, Bach and Mozart. See poster for details. |
Pavel Shamatur Performs "Where the Accordion Sounds" Concert, Petrozavodsk - Russiaby Ivan Dyma, SaxAkkord Duo |
 Pavel Shamatur will perform a concert entitled "Where the Accordion Sounds" on the stage of Kantele House in Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia on September 10th, 2021.Pavel Shamatur, is an Honored Artist of the Republic of Karelia, artist of the National Song and Dance Ensemble of Karelia "Kantele", leader and soloist of the orchestra, and laureate of all-Russian and international competitions. At this concert he will perform with the orchestra and with the ensemble soloist, Irina Popova. Their program will include waltzes, polkas, tangos, as well as works by Karelian, French and Argentine composers. For details phone: +7 (8142) 76-10-46 |
Online: 2021 Ian Lowthian Mixed Instrument Music Weekend - UKby Rob Howard |
 Ian Lowthian (picture right) will run an online Mixed Instruments Music Weekend on September 11th and 12th, 2021.Ian says “I think we all need some silliness just now, so I've put together some tunes to make you smile”. The focus will be on “Happy, Jolly, Cheery, Zany Tunes!” such as 'The Happy One-Step', 'The Entry of the Gladiators' as well as some old favourites. This is a mixed instruments weekend for mixed abilities, with no pressure to perform; just take what you want from the weekend and have some fun! For details email: ianlowthian@yahoo.co.uk |
2021 Cotati Accordion Festival, California - USAby Christine Johnstone |
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| Video: Maria & Sergei Teleshev performing "Firedance" by Bill Whelan. The 2021, 30th annual Cotati Accordion Festival will take place on September 25th and 26th this year in La Plaza Park, Cotati, California, USA. This year's theme was to celebrate the 30th Annual milestone by riding the wave of the new "Roaring 20's". However, because of the stress and suffering so many have had to endure the last two years, organisers have decided to focus on "bringing joy back to our lives". The festival will include 2 days of music, dancing, food, beer, wine and fun from 9.30am to 8pm on 7 stages, both days. Performers include Sergei Teleshev and his daughter Maria (see video above), Sourdough Slim, Junk Parlor, Hernandez Hideaway, Cory Pesaturo, Nathan & Jessie and many more. Tickets are now on sale. For details email: info@cotatifest.com |
"Accordions" Play in Moscow - Russiaby Ivan Dyma, SaxAkkord Duo |
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| A play entitled “Accordions” will take place on the stage of the Theater in the South-West, Moscow on October 3rd, 2021. Duration - 1 hour 40 minutes. The play features a mixture of all kinds of musical compositions, from waltz to quadrille (a dance that was fashionable in the late 18th and 19th century in Europe). Scenes of the play will feature all the colors of the rainbow, and a whole gallery of unique images connected by the plot of a pantomime. For tickets phone: 8 (495) 433-11-91 |
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Video: Makarova Varvara performs Waltz - Russiaby Christine Johnstone |
| Video: Makarova Varvara performs “Waltz” by M. Tovpeko in Suzdal, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. |
New and Updated Sites |
Article: Concept of Reed Construction, A new paradigm of acoustic quality by Lorenzo Antonelli.by Harley Jones |
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 Author of this very informative article about reed construction, Lorenzo Antonelli, President and CEO of Voci Armoniche has been recently honored with the "24th Premio Nazionale Gentile da Fabriano" and is part of the family business that has been producing fine quality reeds for harmonicas and accordions since 1935.Antonelli writes about reed manufacture and the 7 key points explaining the elements of quality: - Quality in all the reeds of the range - Raw materials - 100% made in Italy and in-house production - Skill and method - Reliability and Durability - Functional quality - Acoustic quality The article finishes with: - How to enhance the acoustic potential of reeds. Read the article in English: https://www.vociarmoniche.it/en/concept-of-construction/ Italian: https://www.vociarmoniche.it/concetto-costruttivo/ |
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2021 Coupe Mondiale, Travel to Munich - Germanyby Harley Jones |
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  2021 Coupe Mondiale host, Deutscher Harmonika-Verband e.V. (DHV) 1st Vice-President Georg Hettmann writes:Entry closing date is 25 August 2021, all entry and travel/hotel information is online at: Coupe Mondiale Online entries at: 2021CM-Rules Download printable event poster at: 2021CM-poster.pdf There are new regulations concerning traveling to Germany from August 1st. From August 1, 2021, risk areas will be classified in two categories: high risk areas and virus variant areas. The category of “simple” risk areas does not apply anymore. From August 1, 2021, all travelers - regardless of whether they have been in a high-risk area or virus variant area or not – are obliged to provide proof of the absence of an infection with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (vaccination, test -, proof of recovery). Note: The strict test obligation for people entering a virus variant area continues to exist. Children under the age of 12 are exempt from the obligation to provide evidence. Regarding the entry quarantine: The separation obligation now applies until September 30, 2021. Information for vaccinated and convalescent people: Vaccination and recovery certificates can replace a negative test certificate and release you from the entry quarantine. This does not currently apply to previous stays in a virus variant area. Therefore I have updated our templates for the CM Travel Guidelines (see attachments). Download: 2021Travel.pdf |
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Friedrich Lips 2021 Interview by Herbert Scheibenreif, Moscow - Russiaby Harley Jones |
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  The amazing stellar career of Prof. Friedrich Lips as a performer, professor, author, arranger is well known around the world. He was originally interviewed in 1999 and now 22 years later, on the occasion of the publication of Lips CD030 Double Mirror, Moderator: Dr Herbert Scheibenreif interviews him again. The co-operation between Prof. Friedrich Lips and Dr Herbert Scheibenreif has now produced an incredible 30 CD's for the accordion world. View the 2021 Interview at: Lips2021 Original 1999 Interview at: Lips1999 The 2021 first question was: Q. Prof. Lips! The 30th CD of your own CD series has just been released. What special meaning does this have for you in your life's work? Have you also received international awards for your CDs? Read the full interview at: Lips2021 |
Updated Site: Sofia Gubaidulina Compositions by Karthause Schmuelling - Germanyby Harley Jones |
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| Karthause-Schmülling publications updated the site for printed music by Sofia Gubaidulina of titles: 1124 De profundis 1265 Sonate Et exspecto View sample page and information about these two important compositions. Recordings of these two works by Friedrich Lips. |
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