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31-Jan-2014
Summer Sunshine featuring Joan Sommers & Stas Venglevski - USAby Kevin Friedrich |
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 In honor of Joan Cochran Sommers 80th birthday, well known accordionist Stas Venglevski has released a new CD of original works for accordion duo 'Summer Sunshine', recorded with Joan as duet partner.The CD features 14 original works including (1) The Carnival, (2) Invention, (3) Sommers Fantasy, (4) Three Waltzes - Bravo, (5) Three Waltzes - For Two, (6) Three Waltzes - Musika, (7) Agony Tango, (8) Rainy Day, (9) Polka Accelerando, (10) In The Forest (11) Drunken Tune, (12) In the Mood, (13) Promised Tune and (14) Summer Sunshine. Several of the tracks also feature Michael Britz (bass) and Andy Lo Duco (drums). Joan Sommers was awarded the title of Professor Emerita upon her retirement from the University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory of Music (USA), where she established and taught the accordion degree program for 40 years. During her lifetime of work in the accordion field, Joan Sommers has held positions in several music organisations, including the Accordionists & Teachers Guild, International (ATG) and the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA – IMC-UNESCO). Prof. Sommers continues to adjudicate, coach soloists, prepare accordion orchestra arrangements, and conduct accordion orchestras regularly, and now proudly serves as a CIA Vice President. At the CIA, she founded the spectacular World Accordion Orchestra which has presented concerts all over the world from Scotland to China to New Zealand, and this year will present its eighth edition in Salzburg, Austria, in early November. Artistry, dazzling technical command, and sensitivity have brought Stanislav ‘Stas’ Venglevski, a native of the Republic of Moldova, formerly part of the Soviet Union, increasing acclaim as a virtuoso of the Bayan. A two-time first prize winner of Bayan competition in the Republic of Moldova, Stas Venglevski is a graduate of the Russian Academy of Music in Moscow where he received his Masters Degree in Music under the tutelage of Friedrich Lips. In 1992 he immigrated to the USA. Stas' repertoire includes his original compositions, a broad range of classical, contemporary and ethnic music. He has toured extensively as a soloist throughout the former Soviet Union, Canada, Europe, and the USA, including performances with Doc Severinsen, Steve Allen and with Garrison Keillor on the Prairie Home Companion Show. He performed the world premiere of ‘Concerto No. 2’, by Anthony Galla-Rini, and also the world premiere of ‘Bayan and Beyond’, composed for Stas by Dan Lawitts. He is a regular participant at the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's Arts in Community Education Program (ACE); has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra; has done television commercials and performed in theater productions as well as produce numerous recordings. Together, these two diverse accordionists have combined their passion and expertise in the field of the accordion to bring a fresh and artistic take original works by Stas Venglevski which span a variety of styles from the humorous to melancholy to musette and more. For more information, please visit http://www.stasv.com/ |