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 43rd PIF International Accordion Prize for Accordion Soloists and Groups and Festival runs from September 9th to 16th. Event Artistic Director Renzo Ruggieri.Daily Reports with pictures, video and competition results is online at: 2018Concorso |
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| The 71st Coupe Mondiale Opening Concert will be in the Kaunas State Philharmonic, Grand hall (L. Sapiegos st. 5) starting 19:00. Featured will be Laimonas Salijus (accordion) and the VMU Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jonas Janulevicius Laimonas Salijus - well knowed Lithuanian performer. Laimonas gained recognition after a number of successful performances in national and international music competitions in Italy, Slovenia, Canada, Croatia,Ukraine, JAV, Estonia, Austria and Latvia. |
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| PIF Premio results after the second round are now online at Daily Reports: 2018Concorso The category was very competitive and the three through to the final round (alphabetical order) are: Augustinas Rakauskas (Lithuania), Ratoi Radu (Moldavia) Vladimir Stupnikov (Russia) Videos of the first round of the three finalists are in the news page. Video of the 2nd and 3rd rounds are at: 2018Concorso |
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| The results and prize giving happened last night for the Virtuoso Senior Category for soloists no age limit – 2 rounds. Video from Round 1 of the competition above. The results are: 1st Egle Bartkeviciute (Lithuania) 2nd Ratoi Radu (Moldavia) 3rd Jean Baptiste Baudin (France) 4th Evgenia Chirkova (Russia) |
CD Reviews |
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 Now in German and English, CD Reviews Index for the review of the Book titled "The Art of Arranging Classical Music for Accordion" written by Friedrich Lips, reviewed by Prof. Joan Sommers in both English and German. Read the review at CD Reviews Index. Books available online by Friedrich Lips: Catalog: kslips00 The Art of Bayan Playing and Playing the Accordion Artistically Catalog: kslips01 Die Kunst des Bajanspiels, Methodik und Didaktik des künstlerischen Akkordeonspiels Catalog: kslips02 Die Kunst der Bearbeitung klassischer Musik für Akkordeon Catalog: kslips03 The Art of Arranging Classical Music for Accordion |
New and Updated Sites |
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| The 19th Annual Las Vegas International Accordion Convention (LVAC) will be October 15-18, 2018 at the Gold Coast Hotel. This year we celebrate the return to fall with the theme “Oktoberfest Fun” including featuring German cuisine! Returning to the event by popular demand are Grayson Masefield (Zurich, Switzerland) and Cory Pesaturo (North Providence, Rhode Island) both World Champions and both of whom are totally amazing. Thursday evening will feature the 11th installment of the Las Vegas International Accordion Orchestra under the direction of the esteemed Joan Cochran Sommers. |
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 In pdf format sent to you by email.The Lilliput series by Ivano Battiston is not an accordion method but a collection of small musical forms, divided into five volumes, inspired by the Mikrokosmos by Béla Bartók and composed with the following didactic intents: - offer musical material - to the accordionist with a single note instrument - from the very first lessons up to the thresholds of a medium level preparation (fifth year of study); - bring the scholar closer to most musical forms and to a heterogeneous sound world; - lead the young accordionist towards a gradual exploration of the instrument, through an active participation in the problems of musical interpretation; - increase instrumental skills through learning based on the increase in the number of sounds; - introduce the scholar to the orchestral dimension of the accordion, also creating compositions inspired by the characteristics of the other musical instruments. The pieces can be played with any type of instrument provided with single notes. Volumes II and III of Lilliput are required for the accordion admission exam in Italian music high schools (Licei musicali). Catalog: battiston107 - Lilliput I Index of 27 titles: view sample music pages. Book of 41 pages. Catalog: battiston108 - Lilliput II Index of 23 titles: view sample music pages Book of 45 pages. Catalog: battiston109 - Lilliput III Index of 16 titles: view sample music pages Book of 37 pages. |
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 Stas Venglevski has released two new compositions in eSheet format (pdf Acrobat files) able to be sent to the client by email. Catalog: vstas053 A Song (solo) Catalog: vstas054 Stas' Tune (solo) View samples pages of the music. |
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 The Jackson Medley arranged by Renzo Ruggieri for Virtuoso Entertainment is now available online for public sales. View sample page and performance video above. Catalog: rrenzo519 The Jackson Medley |
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