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Corrado Rojac at the Mozarteum and Museum of the Teatro alla Scala - Italyby Paolo Picchio, Bugari Armando |
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  On June 3rd, 2024, a meeting/concert was held in the Sala Esedra of the Museo Teatrale alla Scala in Milan with Corrado Rojac, concertist, composer and professor of accordion at the Giuseppe Tartini Conservatory in Trieste, and soprano Stelia Doz, an historic teacher of vocal chamber music at the Milan Conservatory. The meeting focused on the figure of Giuseppe Greggiati. |
2024 International Agora Festival - Switzerlandby Christine Johnstone |
| The 2024 International Agora Festival will be held in Adelboden, Switzerland from July 21st to 26th, 2024 organised by the Académie Internationale Agora team. Tutors for this 15th edition of the festival are: • Anne Maria Hölscher (Music Hochschule Luzern, CH) • Christine Kohler (Mulhouse Conservatoire, FR, Bern Conservatoire, CH) • Vincent Lhermet (Paris Conservatoire CNSMDP, Boulogne-Billancourt Conservatoire, FR) • Mikko Luoma (Turku Music Academy, FI) • Sylvain Tissot (Conservatoire de Fribourg, HEMU Lausanne, CH) |
Duo Croatico Performs at Croatian Embassy Opening - Algeriaby Christine Johnstone |
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| Duo Croatico, which features Martina Jembrišak (accordion) and Valentin Šeremet (clarinet and saxophone), will perform at the opening of the new Croatian Embassy building in Algiers. Algeria on July 11th, 2024. Their 45 minute program will feature chamber music by Croatian composers for clarinet, accordion including The Threepenny Opera (B. Brecht / K. Weill). |
Latest Expansion of AAA Commissioned Composers Series of Articles - USAby Dr. Robert Young McMahan Chair of AAA Composers Commissioning Committee |
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 Wallingford Riegger’s Cooper Square,Virgil Thomson’s Lamentations, and Paul Creston’s Second of Four AAA Commissions, Concerto for Accordion and Orchestra This is one of longest and most historical and analytical ventures of this series, owing to the great accomplishment of Elsie Bennett to have persuaded three of America’s most famous and celebrated composers of the early and mid-twentieth century to contribute to the accordion’s growing classical repertoire. The three works are as diverse and unique as were their disparate styles of composition. |
Accordionists Entertain at Rudolstadt Festival - Germanyby AWW |
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  Accordionists will give concerts and workshops at the Rudolstadt Festival held in Rudolstadt, Germany from July 4th to 7th, 2024.Concerts will be held as follows: • July 5th at 3pm: Songposium will perform at the Stadthaus Theatre with songs from the Beatles, Gerry and The Pacemakers, Kloppo and George Martin. • July 5th at 10pm: Deitsch & Thüringer Symphoniker (Germany – picture above left) concert at the Big Stage Heidecksburg - folk music and classical symphony orchestra. • July 6th at 5pm: Divanhana (Bosnia – picture above right) concert at City Park. They define their sound as an inventive fusion of jazz, folk, modern classical and pop. |
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49th Premio Internationale Fisarmonica (PIF) Castelfidardo 2024 – Italyby Harley Jones |
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  The PIF Castelfidardo Competitions and Festival is organised by the City Council of Castelfidardo led by Mayor Roberto Ascani, the Castelfidardo Pro Loco Tourist Association headed by Ruben Cittadini and 2024 PIF Artistic Director Antonio Spaccarotella.The 49th PIF (Premio Internationale Fisarmonica) Castelfidardo 2024 will be held from September 11th to 15th in Castelfidardo immediately following the 2024 Coupe Mondiale which is also being held in Castelfidardo, September 6th to 10th, 2024. These two major international accordion competitions and festivals mean that competitors, enthusiasts and supporters can with one airfare, attend both these exciting events at the home of Italian accordion manufacture. |
Renzo Ruggieri Releases New Virtuoso Arrangement, Donna Lee - Italyby Harley Jones |
  Video: Francesco Scarselli recording Donna Lee.Renzo Ruggieri has just released for sale to the public his special arrangement of cat. rrenzo529 Donna Lee composed by Charlie Parker. This virtuoso arrangement has been successfully used in international competitions by students of Renzo Ruggieri, only €10, the music sent emailed to you. Other recent releases by Renzo Ruggieri are: |
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