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40º PIF INTERNACIONAL “CIUDAD DE CASTELFIDARDO”, ANCONA – ITALIAby Harley Jones |
![]() ![]() Este año es completamente gratuita la tasa de inscripción, esto es un regalo para celebrar el 40 aniversario de uno de los festivales y competiciones internacionales más famosos y prestigiosos. Su nuevo Director Artístico Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, en la imagen de la izquierda con el alcalde de Castelfidardo Mirco Soprani, diseñó el nuevo logo para la 40ª edición del PIF, el cual puedes descargar junto a las normas de participación y bases en Italiano, Inglés y Chino en: 2015PIF Solo, agrupación, jazz, folk, música de cámara, música ligera, música latina...etc, son sólo algunos ejemplos de las categorías en las que te podrás inscribir si deseas participar en el concurso, del mismo modo, existe un espacio para el bandoneón, el acordeón diatónico o el acordeón digital. El programa del 2014 y reportajes desde el 2004 disponibles online en: 2014Concorso |
COMPETICIÓN INTERNACIONAL DE ACORDEÓN DE VILNIUS 2015 – LITHUANIAby Harley Jones |
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![]() ![]() Puedes ver todas las categorías y las normas de participación en: 2015Vilnius.pdf Fecha límite de inscripción: 24 de febrero de 2015. El Director Artístico y Presidente de la LAA Raimondas Sviackevicius (imagen derecha) escribe: “Lithuania ha adoptado el Euro como moneda oficial y Vilnius contiene una de las barriadas medievales más antiguas de Europa con más de 2000 edificios históricos. Recibiremos con los brazos abiertos a todos los visitantes y participantes de nuestro concurso en la capital de Lithuania, ¡BIENVENIDOS!” |
ESTUDIOS DE GRADO EN ACORDEÓN – ESTRASBURGO – FRANCIAby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
![]() Las audiciones de entrada para el 2015/16 se celebrarán del 13 al 19 de abril, el 14 de febrero finaliza el plazo de inscripción. Información completa en formato pdf en inglés y francés: 2015Strasbourg.pdf Para más información puedes contactar: pascalcontet@wanadoo.fr |
Todos los tipos de cursos de acordeón, Jazz y Roland @ CNIMA J. MORNET, AUVERGNE – FRANCIAby Rob Howard |
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CNIMA J.Mornet anuncia los cursos que se impartirán para acordeonistas en los primeros meses del 2015: Alexandre Laborde dirige cursos para todos los niveles de experiencia en Roland Acordeones Digitales: Lunes 16 de febrero, 14:00, hasta el miércoles 18 a las 12:00- FR-1X y FR-3X Miércoles 18, 14:00, hasta el viernes 20 a las 18:00- FR-7X y FR-8X Del 16 al 18 y del 23 al 28 de febrero– aula 1: clases de acordeón, para todas las edades y niveles Del 16 al 18 y del 23 al 25 de febrero– aula 2: clases de acordeón, todos las edades y niveles Del 16 al 20 de febrero– escritura musical, orquestación, improvisación, etc, con Pascal Meurge Del 23 al 27 de febrero– dance rhythms with Yves Busato Del 23 al 27 de marzo y del 2 al 4 de junio- gypsy jazz swing con Ludovic Beier CNIMA J.Mornet se encuentra en Les Ludines, 63950 Saint-Sauves d’Auvergne, Francia. Para toda la información necesaria: cnima@wanadoo.fr |
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Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
by Harley Jones
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Vince Abbracciante performing at the 1st memorial concert for Gervasio Marcosignori - March 23, 2014, Auditorium Fondazione Carisap, Ascoli Piceno. Published on Nov 25, 2014 by the Associazione Gervasiana |
by Rob Howard
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![]() 78-year-old Peter McQuade, who also performs comedy, says he’s just happy to have been able to entertain people for such a long period of time. |
by Harley Jones
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Published on Jan 10, 2015. Accordion Rock quartet from Saint Petersburg plays the famous Deep Purple composition Highway Star. |
by Harley Jones
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For over two hours, more than 30 police, fire and rescue workers investigated a suspicious package that turned out to be ... an accordion. At 9 am on Friday morning, Howard County authorities were alerted to what appeared to be an abandoned suitcase in front of the Owen Brown Interfaith Center in Columbia, Maryland, according to local fire officials. The area around the building was cordoned off with yellow police tape. Just outside the perimeter were police cars, an emergency services command truck, and fire and rescue trucks. "We send out equipment based on a worst-case scenario," said Assistant Fire Chief Joe Dixon. The day care center temporarily relocated to a room in Giant Foods nearby. The experts went to work gingerly opening the package. After lightly, carefully and very slowly removing the lid, the team peeked inside and spied a musical instrument – an accordion. Panic over. “The owner was unknown”, said police spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn. "I'm sure the police took it into custody," she said. The children, who watched ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked’ during what turned out to be a false alarm, were paraded back into the Interfaith Center shortly before 11.30 am, as the swarm of equipment and emergency personnel left. |
by Harley Jones
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Published: January 15, Extracts of Ensemble Pasarela at Festival les Musicaves 2014. Bruno Maurice, accordéon Jérôme Voisin, clarinette Maud Lovett, violon Frédéric Lagarde, piano Program: Ginastera, Variations concertantes Piazzola, Maria de Buenos Aires Piazzola, Oblivion Villa-Lobos, Choros n°7 Jobim, Suite Maurice, Suite Lumières |
by Harley Jones
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Published on Jan 7, 2015, Loreley Performs Back Home, recording session. Tanja Lehmann - Vocal Roger Blanchat - Bass/Vocal Adrian Leuenberger - Accordion Markus Dollack - Guitar/Vocal Serenellini Accordions |
by Harley Jones
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Published on Dec 19, 2014 Scho¨ner Steward and the KLM Amé Toki & das Orchester - Germany Juri Tarasenok - accordion |
by Rob Howard
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The Accordions Worldwide news for the week ending January 26th 2001 included an announcement that Florencia Herrera had just been appointed as a representative of Asociacion Friulana, an Argentinean music association. Florencia Herrera is still very much an active accordionist in Argentina, ably representing our favourite instrument to the public. Accordionist Appointed Representative of the Friulana Association – Argentina Accordionist Florencia Herrera was recently appointed a representative of the Asociacion Friulana, located in Paraná, Entre Rios, Argentina. As part of this position, Florencia performs solo concerts regularly playing a repertoire of Italian tunes such as ‘O Sole Mio’, ‘La Traviata’, as well as mazurkas and polkas. On January 1st 2001 Florencia performed at the Paraná Amphitheater. Prior to this she played on a TV cultural program, which was aired on Christmas Eve. |
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by Rob Howard
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![]() January 12th to 18th – with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Ballet ‘La Strada’ (composed by Nino Rota), Opéra du Rhin, Strasbourg January 19th to 23rd – new Latin project ‘Infleunces’, with the Travelling Quartet (Anne Gravoin, Mathilde Sternat, David Braccini, Vincent Pasquier) and lighting design by Xavier Lazarini; works by Fernando Fiszbein, Tomas Bordalego, Graciela Pueyo, Christophe Julien, Ignacio Anido, Carlos Gardel, Horacio Salgan, at La Villette, Paris; performance on Friday January 23rd at 6.30pm January 24th, 25th and 27th - with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Ballet ‘La Strada’ (Nino Rota), La Filature Scène Nationale, Mulhouse January 28th and 29th – recording for a CD of ‘l'Agité du bocal’, music by Bernard Cavanna, Scène nationale d'Orléans January 29th, 8.30pm – performance of ‘l'Agité du bocal’, Scène nationale d'Orléans February 5th, 8pm – concert with bass player Joëlle Léandre at Arsenal, Metz; their 2014 album ‘3’, published by Ayler Records in April won the Coup de Coeur of the Académie Charles Cros on December 9th. February 17th, 8pm – concert and recording of ‘Cantata No 4’ by Bruno Mantovani with Accentus (Laurence Equilbey) and cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Opera, Rouen For further information email: pascalcontet@wanadoo.fr |
by Rob Howard
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![]() On Saturday January 25th, 6pm, Ksenija performs at the Chelsea Arts Club, London, and on Friday January 30th, 8.30pm, she is in concert at St George's Church, Bristol. Both concerts are with the violinist Thomas Gould, and the programs include music by J S Bach, Bartok, Galliano, and Piazzolla. Video above published on Jan 18, 2015. This video is Nine Million Bicycles performed by Katie Melua and featuring Ksenija Sidorova filmed by KRO at the 2014 Night of the Proms in The Netherlands. |
by Rob Howard
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![]() January 25th, 12 until 4pm - Hendrick's Gin Sunday Club at Stagger Lee's Cocktail Bar, Berlin January 29th, 11pm - Chantal's House of Shame at Bassy Club, Berlin Berlin-based Natasha Enquist, originally from Victoria, British Colombia, Canada, is an accordionist, singer, actress and model. She is best known for her cabaret act featuring new and old love songs, but lately has focused on the style she calls "electro-accordion". Mixing electronic music with the accordion and her voice, she draws from her influences within electronic music, and other amazing artists that have inspired her and her love affair with the accordion. Using the accordion in both traditional and non-traditional ways, Natasha implements the accordions bellows, using the sensitivity of the internal pick-ups (microphones) by capturing the sound of the air release, distorting and filtering melody and bass lines to sound like everything from a synthesizer to an electric guitar. This may not be your typical 'accordion' album, but it is using the instrument in many different ways. Her versatile career has included performance contracts with Walt Disney World, Heineken, numerous Canadian theatre companies and music festivals. Now residing in Berlin, Germany, she has recently completed her debut album titled “MNE”, which features 9 original tracks, 8 of which are of the ‘electro-accordion’ compositions. For further information email: info@natashaenquist.com |
by Rob Howard
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Albanian accordionist Gjovalin Nonaj performs concerts at the Centre Européen de Médiation (CEM), 119 rue de l’Hôtel des Monnaies, Brussels. Sunday January 25th, 3pm until 4pm Sunday March 1st, 3pm until 4pm Tuesday April 21st, 5.30pm until 6.30pm Video above: Gjovalin Nonaj - Rini E Qeshur (A. Krajka) Published on Oct 15, 2013. video by FILMALEXPROD.be Gjovalin Nonaj, a graduate of the Tirana Conservatory in Albania, is now based in Brussels, where he works as a musician, arranger, composer and teacher of accordion. For further information email: Gjovalin_nonaj@hotmail.com |
by Rob Howard
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![]() The greatly-traveled Martynas Levickis, graduate of London’s Royal Academy of Music and winner of the ‘Lithiania’s Got Talent’ TV show, has performed with distinction in many countries. His second CD, ‘Martynas’, reached number one in the UK classical charts last year. |
by Rob Howard
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![]() Amanda Robinson is one of Northern Ireland’s most promising accordionists, with numerous NAO competition successes, several CDs and a DVD to her credit. |
by Rob Howard
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![]() Spanish-born accordionist Victor Prieto is well known for his jazz performances in New York, where he now lives. He has been described by the New York Times as “a fiendishly skilled accordionist and composer”. For further information email: brooklynaccordionclub@gmail.com |
by Rob Howard
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Accordionists or other musicians, from any genre, who wish to participate in the 19th OuTonalidades event, a live music circuit which will take place in the autumn of 2015 in Portugal, are welcome to apply. The closing date for applications is February 16th. OuTonalidades is organized by the d'Orfeu Associação Cultural. For further information email: outonalidades@dorfeu.pt |
by Rob Howard
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![]() Ken Nicol has over 40 years of music experience, playing the diatonic button accordion and also the tenor banjo, guitar, mandolin, and mandola. He was even bestowed the title ‘Baron of the Banjo’ by Frankie Yankovic. Ken had his own rag/jazz band for many years, playing in and around Ohio as well as performing in the German Pavillon at Disney’s Epcot Center and at the Altstadt Fest in Goslar/Harz, Germany. Mary’s music career has spanned over 30 years, playing both the organ and the piano accordion. She has performed at numerous festivals, banquets, and for parties. For further information email: kenandmarymusik@yahoo.com |
by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
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![]() ![]() Venue is the Grand Hotel, Rinascimento, Campobasso, from Friday March 20th to Sunday March 22nd. Full details are now available on request. Ivano Battiston will perform a concert on Saturday March 21st at 8pm. For further information email: info@francescopalazzo.it |
by Francesca Pigini, Pigini Accordion Factory
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Upcoming Performances: 13th February at Jaworki, Poland 6th of May at the JW3, London, UK. Bester Quartet is enjoying strong popularity and is made up of four highly skilled instrumentalists, classically trained musicians - Jaroslaw Bester (accordion), Jaroslaw Tyrala (violin), Oleg Dyyak (accordion, clarinet, duduk, percussion), Mikolaj Pospieszalski (double bass). Through the development of original , bold artistic repertoire , based mainly on their own compositions or prepared specifically for this instrumental composition , the team continues to win recognition from music critics and audiences around the world. The ensemble is a new edition of the legendary The Cracow Klezmer Band that was formed back in 1997 in Krakow, Poland as an initiative of Jaroslaw Bester – a young musician, composer and accordionist. |
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The Eastbourne Accordion Festival, organized by John and Jackie Romero, takes place from February 13th to 16th at The Queens Hotel, Eastbourne, West Sussex BN21 3DY. The guests include Gary Blair, the Kennet Accordion Orchestra, Richard Holmes, Alexa Sage, Alan Young, John Romero, and Harry Hussey. The workshop leaders include Harry Hussey, Sue Bennett, and Angie Lukins. The festival trade show includes The Accordion Shop, Birmingham Accordion Centre, Harry Kipling’s ‘Accordion Treasures’, and Carillon Studios. For further information email: jr@carillonstudios.co.uk |
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