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Primera Edición del Concurso Online “Accordions on the Sea”-Italiaby Rob Howard |
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![]() Este certamen ha sido diseñado para solistas, grupos de cámara y orquestas de acordeones. La categoría de solo, esta dividida en dos dependiendo de la edad de sus participantes: por debajo de 17 años de edad y más de 18. Los participantes deben grabar sus actuaciones en video y descargarlas en la página web de Youtube y enviar el link a: redazione@accordionplanet.net Un jurado evaluará las actuaciones, informando posteriormente a los concursantes las calificaciones obtenidas. La ceremonia de los premiados dará lugar en el “Accordions Cruise Festival”, a bordo del crucero Costa Victoria de los días 17 al 24 de abril del próximo año. Los participantes ganadores, si lo desean, pueden recibir el premio en el mismo barco. El “Accordions Cruise Festival” zarpará en Venecia, visitando Ancona, Santorini (Grecia), Mykonos, Atene/Pireo, Corfu y Dubrovnik (Croacia), regresando otra vez a Venecia. El organizador del evento es Donato Di Tullio. Los artistas invitados al festival son Frank Marocco, Romano Viazzani, Giancarlo Caporilli, Heather Smith, Ricccardo Taddey, Gianni Mirizzi y Gennaro Ruffolo. Este festival flotante incluye conciertos todos los días, talleres, master clases, demostración de productos de la mano de MusicTech, Acordeones Vignoni , Acordeones Beltrami, etc. Esta competición para acordeones acústicos y MIDI dará lugar solamente si hay un mínimo de 50 candidatos. Las tasas de inscripción son 50 Euros siendo la fecha límite para los concursantes, el 31 de diciembre. Para más información: redazione@accordionplanet.net |
Richard Galliano en Concierto, St Petersburgo- Rusiaby Rob Howard |
![]() Richard Galliano (1950) es uno de los acordeonistas con más renombre en el panorama musical internacional, teniendo siempre sus conciertos una enorme acogida. Galliano es un músico que innovó la música tradicional francesa con el llamado desde hace unos años “Nuevo Musette”. La sala en la que Galliano actuará fue abierta en 1802, celebrándose en la misma actuaciones de famosos músicos como Franz Liszt, G. Berlioz, Richard Wagner, Gustave Mahler, Artur Rubinstein, P. Viardo y P. Sarasate entre otros. Para más información: redazione@accordionplanet.net |
Gira de Milos Milivojevic-Inglaterra, Australiaby Rob Howard |
![]() 18-9-09 Kosmos ensemble, “Muisc in Quiet” como parte del Oundel Festival, Northamptonshire 19-9-09 Paprika Balkanicus, dentro del WOMAD Festival, Torre de Londres, Londres 23-9-09 Concierto con Taro Hakase (Violin) y Maciej Janas (piano) en el Cadogan Hall, Londres 28,29-9-09 QUT Spiegeltent, Brisbane Festival (19:00pm) 1-10-09 QUTSpiegelteng, Brisbane Festival (19:00pm) 2-10-09 Coorabell Hall, Coorabell, NSW (18:00pm) 3-10-09 Global Carnival, Bellingen, NSW (20:00pm) 4-10-09 Global Carnival, Bellingen, NSW 6-10-09 The Clarendon Theatre, Katoomba, Blue Mountains, NSW 7,8-10-09 The Studio, Sydney Opera House (20:00pm) 9-10-09 Lizotte’s, Kings Theatre Newcastle, NSW (20:00pm) 10-10-09 Heritage Hotel, Bulli, NSW (20:00pm) 11-10-09 The Street Theatre, Canberra (18:00pm) 15-10-09 Forum Theatre, Melbourne Intenational Arts Festival (21:00pm) para más información: milosmusic@hotmail.com |
Concierto en Honor a Faithe Deffner-USAby Rob Howard |
![]() El comité del evento esta presidido por Dr. Salvotore Febbraio, Frank Busso, Joseph Ciccone, Kevin Friedrich, Joan Grauman, Marilyn O´Neil, Dr. William Schimmel y la actual presidenta de la AAA Linda Soley Reed. En el concierto actuará The Busso Trio, Beverly Roberts Curnow, Karen Fremar, Guy Klucevsek, Dee Langley, Alexander Poeluev, el campeón de la Coupe Mondiale 2004, Dr. William Schimmel, Mary Tokarski y Strolling Trio. Faithe Deffner fue presidente de la AAA desde 1085 hasta 1986 y desde 1995 hasta el 2000. Recientemente coordinó la 2007 Coupe Mondiale. En las próximas semanas más información sobre este histórico evento será expuesta en esta sección. Este año también marca el 75 aniversario de Ernest Deffner Inc, fabricante de Titano y Pancordion y el distribuidor norteamericano de Acordeones Pigini. Además, la firma mantiene un catálogo de piezas de acordeón, accesorios y música de acordeón. Habrá un informe completo de este evento, con fotos adjuntas a la noticia de la próxima semana. |
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![]() Included on the CD/booklet: 12 Dance Sets & 4 Bonus Tracks (CD of the music features ‘Alec & Hazel Barbour’, ‘Tinker's House’, ‘Nineteenth Century Set’, ‘American Set’, ‘Old Victoria’, ‘Dashing White Sergeant’, ‘Soor Milk Cairt’, ‘Wild Colonial Boy’, ‘Lake Louise’, ‘Soldier's Dance’, ‘John MacDonald & Old Favourites’; bonus tracks include ‘The Friendly Waltz’, ‘The Russian Ballet’, ‘The Full Set Polka’, and ‘The Orkney Eva Three Step’. The DVD includes demonstrated instructions for 12 of the dances Set plus a one hour documentary of The Occasionals on tour. For further information email: info@concordemusic.com |
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![]() Amongst the many guest artistes will be the virtuoso Armenian-Hungarian accordionist David Yengibarjan. David Yengibarjan (born 1976) moved from Armenia to Hungary in 1995, and is one of the most well-known and sought-after accordionists. He has participated in a great number of theatrical and film productions both as a performer (Bertold Brecht: ‘Jungle of the Cities’, Andor Lukáts: ‘Portugal’, Joye Sergent: ‘Crime and Punishment’) and as a composer (Ferenc Molnár: ‘Liliom, András Szoke’: ‘Three’, György Farkas: ‘Blood Line’, András Fésos: ‘Street Heart Beat’, Zoltán Egressy: ‘Blue, Blue, Blue’, Tamás Sas: ‘Struck by Love’, Kinga Rófusz: ‘Harlequin’, Andor Szilágyi: ‘Letters Unsent’). He has played in Paris, London, Amsterdam, Vienna, and Edinburgh. He founded his own group, the Trio Yengibarjan, in 1999, after recording the film music of ‘Holstein Lovers’ (which has a tango theme). His aspiration is to create a fusion of the Argentinean tango, the ‘New Tango’ of Astor Piazzolla, and various types of folk music. On his CD, ‘Tango Passion’, he plays with József Horváth Barcza (bass) and Gábor Juhász (guitar. |
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![]() Rafael, aged 22, from Wroclaw, Poland, began performing concerts when he was 10, and had given over 200 recitals by the time he was 13. He has since performed in recitals and with orchestras in Poland, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and England. The concert is to raise funds for the Elias Fawcett Trust. The trust was set up by the family of Elias Fawcett, a promising guitarist, after his death at the age of 18. The trust uses its funds to create concert opportunities for promising young musicians. |
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![]() The Master Class is in conjunction with the accordion program at the Conservatory under the direction of Adriano Ranieri. In recent months, Mika has conducted Master Class sessions in Spain, Serbia and France, in addition to his regular teaching position at the Sibelius Academy of Music in Helsinki. For more information, please visit the Mika Väyrynen website. |
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![]() September 30th - Rex-Theater, Wuppertal, Germany October 1st – Weberei, Gütersloh 2nd - KuZ Eichberg, Eltville (am Rhein) 3rd – Kaue, Gelsenkirchen 29th – Kammgarn, Kaiserslautern 30th – Museum, Helmbrechts For further information email: Scala.Weissenberger@t-online.de |
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The 14th Accordion Extravaganza Festival runs from September 25th to 27th in Edmonton, Alberta, organised jointly by Enes Upright and Gloria Grainger. The main venues are the Central Lions Seniors Recreation Centre and the South East Edmonton Seniors Centre (SEESA). The festival includes competitions, and musical styles range from polkas to classical. "Our youngest person competing is six years old," Upright says. "Our oldest is in their 80s." Aside from the competitions, the Accordion Extravaganza Festival also features a trade show, open stage, a workshop, Saturday dance with The Cimarrons and a concert by the acclaimed Ulster Accordion Band (which has played at the Disney World Christmas Parade, Branson Missouri Veterans Concert and Juno Beach ceremonies, France). For further information email: accordion@gerl.ca |
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The ‘Echoes of Erin’ tour of Canada takes place from the end of September, through October. Organised by the Irish based Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, the tour party includes players of the accordion, concertina, fiddle, banjo, flute and harp, plus singers and dancers. The accordionist is Darren Breslin, 2008 All Ireland Senior Button Accordion Champion. The concertina player, Aisling McMahon, is also one of the dancers. The tour dates are: September 30th, 7.30pm - Community Centre, Shannon, Quebec October 1st, 7.45pm - Centre for Performing Arts, Montreal 2nd, 8pm - National Library and Archives, Ottawa, Ontario 3rd, 7.30pm - Navy League Hall, Sudbury, Ontario 4th, 2pm - West Ferris High School, North Bay, Ontario 5th, 7.30pm - Bear Creek Sec. School, Barrie, Ontario 7th, 7.30pm - Holy Cross High School, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 8th, 7.30pm - Canadian Christian College, Regina, Saskatchewan 9th, 8pm - Manitou Opera House, Manitou, Manitoba 10th, 8pm - West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba For further information email: enquiries@comhaltas.com |
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The Coupe Mondiale website has been updated to include full reports and results of the 2009 Coupe Mondiale event. The reports include extensive photos and information. |
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The 2009 Coupe Mondiale site has all the results of the 2009 Coupe Mondiale online. The marks of every adjudicator for every candidate are listed online. |
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