Sponsors
Books (Text)
eSheet (pdf file)
eTracks sound files
Sponsors
Free Services
Books (Text)
Statistics
Sponsors
Highlights |
8th Pineto Acordion Jazz Festival 2012
RAM Accordion Department 25th Anniversary, London - UK
Daily Reports and Web TV: Sata-Häme Soi 40th Anniversary Finishes - Finland
2013 NAO UK Accordion Championships, Liverpool - UK
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
International Composition Competition by Jetelina and DHV - Germany
TV show 'Bonheur de Nacre' Presents Deschamps, Grama, Laxgang & Gourdy - France
Canterbury Accordion Association Celebrates 50 Years – New Zealand
Amazing 927 Accordion Players Record Attempt, Ransäter - Sweden
Massimo Andreotti Tango Composition 'Intesa de Amor' - Italy
Video of Tweed New Album, "Tweed, The First Weave" - UK
João Gentil Aguada de Cima Concert - Portugal
San Pedro Squeeze Accordion Festival, California - USA
Tornado Composed by Semir Sammy Hasic - Croatia
Future events |
Salvatore Cauteruccio in Mariella Nava Concert, Morano Calabro - Italy
Symphony Career Developing Program Offered for Accordion Soloists - Austria
New and Updated Sites |
Don Grzanna Promotional Videos of his eSheet Music - USA
CD Reviews |
Help Desk, Information needed, Readers CommentsSubmit Your Question, CommentSUBMIT NOW |
Random video 4UWatch the video |
Highlights |
65th Coupe Mondiale, Musical Excellence in Spoleto - Italyby Ilaria Bellini |
 |
 From 21st to 25th August 2012, the 65th Coupe Mondiale world accordion championships for classical and virtuoso entertainment accordionists will take place in Spoleto near Perugia, in the wonderful setting of the Teatro Nuovo "Giancarlo Menotti". The competition returns to Italy after a 60 years and will host the most successful musicians and ensembles. The event is organized by the Confédération Internationale des accordéonistes (CIA-IMC-UNESCO) and hosted by the IAC (Italian Accordion Culture) and Strumenti & Musica Festival, is full of excellent events and guests to complement the high artistic level of the competing international participants, who are representing their respective countries. Already confirmed are the famous "Kievskaya Kamerata”, the foremost string orchestra of Kiev, who will give three concerts, including one dedicated to the music of Ukrainian composer and accordionist Vladimir Zubitsky. In addition, will be the presentation the '"Astor Piazzolla Award " in Spoleto, (August 21st) during the opening concert and part of the concert will be dedicated to the works of this extraordinary composer. The Friday (24th August) concert will feature the WAO VI (World Accordion Orchestra), which brings together most of the competitors in the Coupe Mondiale and that has already enlisted the participation of the Brusque Accordion Orchestra (Brazil), the Hof Akkordeon Orchester (Germany) and the Town of Castelfidardo “Fisorchestra” neè the Fisorchestra Paolo Soprani, probably being the worlds oldest accordion orchestra. The Coupe Mondiale competitions will be held from August 22nd to 25th with the award presentation to the winners of the Coupe Mondiale on the 25th evening after which will be a concert by the "Kievskaya Kamerata" Orchestra of Kiev. The IAC warmly invites you to attend and hopes you will feel as if you belong, getting to know the places and traditions, the smells, sounds and colors of this beautiful land. Full information about the Coupe Mondiale event, accommodation, travel to Spoleto, is on the Coupe Mondiale website. |
Share
8th Pineto Acordion Jazz Festival 2012by Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
 |
| 8th Pineto Acordion Jazz Festival, 12, 13 and 14th July. |
RAM Accordion Department 25th Anniversary, London - UKby Roland Williams |
 The major theme of Owen Murray’s celebration of 25 years of the Accordion Department at the Royal Academy of Music on Sunday 10th June was accordion teaching. His special guest for the occasion was Lars Holm, accordion teacher from Sweden, well known throughout the world. Holms’ great talent lies in his infectious enthusiasm for teaching young children. He has developed several teaching books for beginners for young children which must above all, he says, be made fun. After lunch there was a splendid concert given by present students, together with immediate past student Ksenija Sidorova. A wonderful level of musical achievement was demonstrated with baroque and classical works by Scarlatti, Mozart and Grieg and with modern accordion works by Bent Lorentzen, Franck Angelis and Petr Londonov. The Academy students followed their concert with a demonstration performance class with more mature students attending. After a tea-break, students gave a further concert of mainly modern solo accordion and chamber works, finishing with a magnificent performance of Viktor Vlasov’s ‘Gulag’ by past student Milos Milivojevic. The final session of the day was entitled ‘Raising playing standards in the UK’. Owen Murray has successfully integrated the Accordion Department into the life of the Academy and out of 21 graduates, 10 have graduated with distinction and seven have gone on to achieve the prestigious Diploma of the Royal Academy. His pupils have achieved many prizes in the world of classical music and played with many front rank orchestras and in numerous festivals and events. Sincere congratulations to Owen Murray on his outstanding achievements over these 25 years. |
 |
Daily Reports and Web TV: Sata-Häme Soi 40th Anniversary Finishes - Finlandby Kevin Friedrich |
 |
| The last two days of the Sata-Häme Soi Festival, after our Weekly News was published last Friday is online. Those days featured the Grayson Masefield Concert, the 40th Anniversary Concert, Evening of Music and Dance in the Park and the Closing Ceremony. Day 5, 2012 Ikaalinen July 7th, Daily Report, photos and live web TV Day 6, 2012 Ikaalinen July 8th, Daily Report, photos and live web TV The Daily Reports by Kevin Friedrich also have a history of photos and information “Celebrating 40 Years” of the Sata-Häme Soi Festival. |
2013 NAO UK Accordion Championships, Liverpool - UKby Anna Bodell |
 |
| After the success of the 2012 NAO UK Accordion Championships, the 2013 event will again be held at the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool from 26th - 28th April 2013. The NAO has managed to get a two night deal as well as a three nights deal: 3 nights stay adults £135 children £67.50 under 2 free. 2 nights stay adults £99 children £49.50 under 2 free. Ideal for those who have to travel home for work and school on Monday morning. Please remember to use the NAO booking codes to get the NAO agreed pricing. Contact directly the hotel - Jackie Carter - do not use Central Reservations. Over the weekend, we will have the UK Competitions, the Composers Competition, the Roland V-Accordion UK Final as well as the Trade Exhibitions and Celidh. Book early to avoid disappointment. For further information, visit the NAO website. |
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
La Vie en Rose Introduction at Bruce Springsteen Concert, Paris - Franceby Grayson Masefield |
| Roy Bittan and Charlie Giordano play 'La Vie En Rose' as an accordion instrumental to introduce to the audience the enormously popular rock star Bruce Springsteen and his group at their concert at Bercy, Paris, on 4 July 2012. |
International Composition Competition by Jetelina and DHV - Germanyby Anita Brandtstäter |
 |
 The Jetelina International Composition Prize for new accordion music held its Award Ceremonies at the the DHV Deutscher Akkordeon-Musikpreis in Bruchsal in June.Picture above left: Stefan Hippe congratulates Frank-Udo Fräbel, above right Peter Helmut Lang, left Philipp Haag. In 2011, music publisher Jetelina announced the 3rd Inernational Composition Prize for new accordion music in cooperation with the DHV, asking for a solo work in the upper level of difficulty. All the award winning works were performed by students or graduates of the Hohner Conservatory Trossingen. Entries were received from Germany, Switzerland, Russia and the USA and the winners selected by a jury, the jury chairman being Stefan Hippe. The results were: - Frank-Udo Fräbel composition 'Sonata Chromatica' - Philipp Haag composition 'Szenen' (Scenes) - Peter Helmut Lang composition 'Mobile' Frank Udo Fräbel came all the way from Texas arrived for the premiere of his award-winning Sonata Chromatica, held at the opening concert of the Deutscher Akkordeon-Musikpreis. Szenen was also performed in the Opening Concert and Mobile performed in concert two days later. The concert performances in the Civic Center of Bruchsal were a worthy setting for the Jetelina International Composition Competition and the thunderous applause from the audience, a measure of the success of this excellent initiative. |
TV show 'Bonheur de Nacre' Presents Deschamps, Grama, Laxgang & Gourdy - Franceby Grayson Masefield |
| Le Mans TV show 'Bonheur de Nacre' presenter Pascal Savard, on the 29th June, interviewed Frederic Deschamps and performers Dorin Grama, Radu Laxgang, Elsa Gourdy, who are all students and Primus ikaalinen 2012 (Finland) contestants. |
Canterbury Accordion Association Celebrates 50 Years – New Zealandby Heather Masefield |
 |
| On 5th and 6th July, the Canterbury Accordion Association held a weekend long 50th Anniversary celebration. The CAA is the oldest existing accordion association in New Zealand. A major effort had been made by CAA committee members to contact past members which was hampered by the recent earthquakes that have devastated the city of Christchurch, with many people being killed, tragically including one CAA accordion member. Several CAA members had left permanently or moved house several times due to continuing earthquakes and house damages. On Friday the 6th July, as visitors were arriving for this event from around New Zealand, Christchurch experienced a large 4.9 earthquake. Before all events a safety plan was outlined and publicly announced in case a further earthquake took place. All events were held in the very pretty town of Lincoln, about 20 kms out of Christchurch. A page report of photos and information is online at: CAA50th Photo Below of 2012 CAA Committee: Front: Meg Fidler, Lynette Kelcher, Jeanette Perry. Back: John Arthur, Mark Perry, Heather McCausland, David Thorne, Rosalie Taylor, Denise Hammersley, Merle Kershaw |
 |
Amazing 927 Accordion Players Record Attempt, Ransäter - Swedenby Walter Eriksson |
| An amazing 927 Accordion players attempted to break the World Record last week in Ransäter, Sweden. The song "Finska Polka" on this video is one of several songs played on that day. The 3rd part of Finska Polka was composed by Walter Eriksson. Enjoy. |
Massimo Andreotti Tango Composition 'Intesa de Amor' - Italyby Harley Jones |
| Massimo Andreotti has released in June a video of a beautiful tango he composed, 'Intesa de Amor' which is featured on his CD titled 'Genius'. For further information email: info@massimoandreotti.it |
Video of Tweed New Album, "Tweed, The First Weave" - UKby Grayson Masefield |
| After we wrote an article two weeks ago about Tweed releasing their new album, the group have sent us a video performing one of the tracks on their new album. The band is a trio from the highlands of Scotland. All 3 members have different musical backrounds. Graeme Mackay is the 3rd generation of a Scottish dance band, Jim Mackay's dance band. He has a pedigree upbringing of old time & Scottish country dance music. The self taught button accordion player has been competing since the age of 13 and has won multiple button accordion trophies, 2 major traditional championships and recently came 2nd place in the national accordion masters championship. Duncan Farquhar has been playing the fiddle since he was 8. Playing in various bands through school and later studying acting in Edinburgh, he moved back to his hometown of Aviemore where he joined Graeme on the road. Sam Mcleod is originally from Grantown on Spey. He has a degree in music from Napier University and has learned his drumming trade from playing in various bands. So listen to them play. The new album "Tweed, The First Weave" was released on 5th July. The band are set for a Europe tour in November to take the album on the road and look ahead to next year where they aspire to head for Australia, New Zealand, America & Canada. |
João Gentil Aguada de Cima Concert - Portugalby Harley Jones |
| On the 12th July, João Gentil (accordion), Miguel Calhaz (double bass), Miguel Duarte (guitar), Luis Formiga (drums) with invited singer Rita Marques were performing for the anniversary of the town Aguada de Cima, Águeda Municipality in Portugal. |
San Pedro Squeeze Accordion Festival, California - USAby Grayson Masefield |
| Above is a video of Jelena Milojevic performing the ever popular Flight of the Bumble Bee at the California Plaza, San Pedro Squeeze Accordion Festival on the 6th July. Also featured at the event was Joel Guzman’s traditional Mexican music fused blues, rock, country, and salsa; digital accordion champion Cory Pesaturo and accordion diva Gee Rabe. |
Tornado Composed by Semir Sammy Hasic - Croatiaby Harley Jones |
| Well known accordionist Semir Sammy Hasic has released on June 29th the above video of his composition Tornado. The music depicts a Tornado warplane taking off and rushing through the clouds like a tornado. For further information email: semirsammyhasic@yahoo.com |
Future events |
Accordion Babes Calendar Calls for Sponsors - USAby Harley Jones |
 Renee de la Prade writes to us that "Accordion lovers from around the world buy this calendar, so it's a great place to advertise your accordion business, music lessons, festival/event, or just to give a shout-out to your favorite accordion organization. Please note that the early-bird ad and pre-sales deadline is July 23rd 2012." The Accordion Babes 2013 Calendar is due to be released in August at the Cotati Festival. For further information and full advertising rates, email: accordionpinupcalendar@gmail.com |
Salvatore Cauteruccio in Mariella Nava Concert, Morano Calabro - Italyby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
 Salvatore Cauteruccio (accordion) and Sasà Calabrese (bass) will be two prominent musicians performng with Italian Singer Mariella Nava on16th July in Morano Calabro, Cosenza Province. Mariella Nava will present her latest CD titled “Tempo Mosso” at this concert.Salvatore Cauteruccio, professional accordionist has made ??numerous tours (Russia, Germany, Holland, Italy), playing in festivals such as: Peperoncino Jazz Festival, Premio Peppino Principe, Festival di Castelfidardo, Accordion Art Festival, Lamezia Jazz and many others. Salvatore has made ??records as a player and leader, including "Tangout" which was nominated for Best Orpheus disc for jazz accordion in 2008. |
Symphony Career Developing Program Offered for Accordion Soloists - Austriaby Rob Howard |
 |
| The business Master Orchestra Production in Vienna are offering a career developing program with symphony orchestras. Soloists can choose a program of their own to perform with one selected professional symphony orchestra. The career developing program includes 3 rehearsals and the concert. The organization price ranges from € 2000 including transfer from the airport and back, excluding hotel and travel costs and that sponsorship needs to be secured by the soloist. HD video recording is included -- with a full right to be used by the soloist as professional promotional material. Orchestras are available in Eastern and Central Europe, as well as in the United States. For further information contact Master Orchestra Production management at:mop.vienna@gmail.com |
New and Updated Sites |
Gary Dahl New and Updated Music - USAby Gary Dahl |
 Gary Dahl - performer, composer, arranger, recording artist and music educator announces the following new music titles for purchase on-line. 'The Swan', catalog:DH0244. Samples for these music are now available at the MusicForAccordion web site. The music is in eSheet format e-mailed directly to your computer. Easy purchase with credit card. |
Don Grzanna Promotional Videos of his eSheet Music - USAby Donald E Grzanna |
 Don Grzanna just upgraded his eSheet music pages with promotional sample videos so you can hear the sound.Enjoy. |
CD Reviews |
Richness of the Tones CD by Esra Pehlivanli (Viola) and Marko Kassl (Accordion)by Joan C. Sommers |
 CD Reviews Index for the Review of Richness of the Tones CD by Esra Pehlivanli (Viola) and Marko Kassl (Accordion), in English language, reviewed by Joan Cochran Sommers. |
Help Desk, Information needed, Readers CommentsSubmit Your Question, CommentSUBMIT NOW |
Generated in 4.1880215 / 0.0010001 / 0