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2003 Val Tidone International Music Competition
- Italy
 Contributed
by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
The 2003 Val
Tidone International Music Competition will be held in the Val
Tidone Castles from June 23rd to 29th and from August 25th to 31st.
This year's event will include the Val Tidone International Music
Competitions and the International Master Classes (I.M.C. Project)
and is organized by the Comune di Pianello Val Tidone, Comune di
Agazzano, Comune di Borgonovo Val Tidone, Comune di Calendasco,
Comune di Castel San Giovanni, Comune di Gragnano Trebbiense, Comune
di Nibbiano, Comune di Rottofreno, Comune di Sarmato, Fondazione
di Piacenza e Vigevano and Associazione Culturale Tetracordo with
Artistic Director Livio Bollani.
The I.M.C. Project 2003 will organize two Master
Classes on the solo and chamber music repertoires. Each Master Class
will be divided into two sections: lessons and thematic seminars
and a student's concert will take place at the end of the course.
All the musicians will receive a participation diploma.
For further details email: info@valtidone-competitions.com
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36th International Competition - France
  The
36th International Competition for accordion, electronic organ,
piano, synthesizer and guitar will be held at the Ecole Nationale
de Musique in Argenteuil from May 29th to June 1st. The event for
duos, trios, quartets, quintets, sextets and orchestras will include
accordion trophies and the special "Guy Vivier" prize
for competitors playing a work by Guy Vivier. Accordion prizes will
be awarded for the following categories: Polka, Mazurka, Tango,
Jazz, Ethnic, Frosini and Orchestra.
Entries close on May 8th, 2003. For further
details email: guy.vivier42@libertysurf.fr
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XI "Arrasate Hiria" International Accordion
Competition - Spain
The XI "Arrasate Hiria" International
Accordion Competition will be held in Arrasate-Mondragón
(Basque Country) from December 3rd to 8th, 2003, organized by "Hauspoz"
Euskal Herriko Akordoei Elkartea, the Town Hall of Arrasate and
The County Council of Gipuzkoa. The competition is open to soloists
of any age and nationality and will be held in two stages: Qualifying
Round and Final Round. Certificates, trophies and prize money totaling
6.100 € will be awarded.
The winner of the competition will be invited
to give a series of concerts at the XII "Arrasate Hiria"
International Accordion Competition in 2004. In addition the winner
will be invited to take part in the Kragujevac International Festival
of Accordion Yugoslavia in July 2004.
Entries close September 30th, 2003. For competition
details email: arrasate@hauspoz.org
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Accordion Afternoon at Ethnographic Museum - Italy
A successful "Accordion afternoon"
was held on February 16th at the Ethnographic Museum in Alessandria,
organized by a network of local museums and supported by the Department
of Culture of the Alessandria City Council. In his engaging introduction,
Carlo Fortunato presented several types of aeolian instruments in
order to clarify how improper it is to stick the accordion label
to every instrument with two chambers separated by bellows.
This family includes in fact such disparate
instruments as accordions, bayans, concertinas, bandoneons, melodeons,
semitoneds, piacentinas, chromatic accordions, and so on.
Carlo's lively lecture on the evolution of the
aeolian family was illustrated through actual instruments ranging
from the early stages up to modern times, and culminated in the
performance of well-known accordionist Debora Sbarra, who presented
a selection of classical pieces as well as some of her own compositions.
The event was closed by a duet performance by Carlo and Debora,
who encouraged the audience to join in the music.
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New Film by Micki Goodman - USA
Director, choreographer and filmmaker, Micki
Goodman has completed the third segment of her film "The Unforgivable
Sin" which is based on the theatre works of Micki and her accordionist
husband, Dr. William Schimmel. The third segment "Parousia"
uses Dr. Schimmel's 1971 masterpiece, Parousia, as the soundtrack
for this fifteen-minute film which is more reflective, more mystical
in nature.
Parousia, derived from the Greek, pertains to
the second coming, but in a broader sense, it represents the past,
present and future as an existing presence - as if every moment
contains a past, present and a future. Parousia is the third segment
in what will be a five section movie and will be shown this summer
at the AAA
master class and concert series (Schimmel seminars) on August 30th.
It will then be shown in various film and music festivals throughout
the world. For details email: GWILLIAMANDMICKI@aol.com
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New Appointment by Menghini srl in UK
 Contributed
by Menghini
srl
Menghini
srl are delighted to announce the appointment of Noelle McCarthy
as a Menghini artiste in Eire and N. Ireland (UK). She will use
Scandalli,
SEM and
Paolo Soprani
instruments exclusively.
Noelle was born into a musical family - her
father Paddy Kavanagh is a renowned accordion teacher and conductor.
While studying the accordion, she also studied piano under Dame
Ruth Railton King, completing her grade examinations by the age
of 10.
Noelle won the All-Ireland solo accordion competition
3 times in a row and in 1990 was offered a place at the Moscow Conservatoire.
She is now a teacher, conductor and accomplished performer in her
own right. She has performed across Europe as a solo musician and
sits on the Board
of Examiners for the Irish Accordion Association (I.A.A.) and the
Dublin Institute of Technology (D.I.T.)
In recent years, while continuing her solo career,
Noelle has been performing with her husband Maurice (violin &
guitar) as part of the jazz/gypsy group 'Tzigani'. They have performed
for some notable events including the official start of the Tour
de France and a birthday party for golfer Tiger Woods. They have
currently released a CD entitled 'Tzigani Live'.
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"Carpineti in Musica" Competition
- Italy
Contributed by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
The second edition of the "Carpineti in
Musica" national competition will be held from July 4th to
6th in Carpineti (province of Reggio Emilia) and will include classical,
folk and variety accordion sections. For further information email:
fisa.armonica@libero.it
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Accordion Movement Loses Two Supporters - Australia
Contributed by Ross Maio
The accordion movement in Australia has recently
lost two important supporters. Antoine Andrios who was one of the
founding members of the Accordion
Society of Australia and a strong advocate in the decision of
the Australian Music Examination Board to accept the accordion into
their syllabus, passed away on December 17th 2002.
 His
academic and professional achievements are multiple. In 1954 he
earned his Licentiate Diploma of Music at the Barbaresso College
in Cairo, attained his Diploma of Associateship with the London
College of music in 1969 and was awarded a Master of Arts from Jackson
State University in 1975. In 1980 he was an adjudicator at the Coupe
Mondiale and was conferred the status of Fellow of the Accordion
Society of Australia in 1986.
 Ross
Lombardo passed away on January 21st, 2003. He commenced his accordion
studies with Else Brandman in 1966 at the Brandman Music Studios,
and concentrated on free bass accordion studies from 1970. Between
1972 and 1976 Ross was the national accordion champion for the Accordion
Society of Australia. In 1974 he gained a silver medal for the Coupe
Mondiale Junior Tape Competition held in Stockholm, Sweden and in
1976 represented Australia at the Coupe
Mondiale held in Washington D.C., America. During 1976 and 1977
he spent ten months studying abroad including three months at the
Conservatory of Music, Toronto; and three months at the Hohner Conservatory,
Germany. He also achieved his ASA
Diplomas in stradella and free bass accordion and a Diploma in Performance
from the ASA.
Ross was an accomplished keyboard performer
who toured regularly with many international acts on both synthesizer
and accordion. Artists included: Shirley Bassey (four separate tours),
Rolf Harris, Cilla Black, Max Bygraves, Tom Jones, Englebert Humperdink,
Michael Crawford, Grace Knight, Tommy Emmanuel, Julie Anthony, Kamahl
and Thelma Houston. Shows included: Fiddler on the Roof, the Edith
Piaf Show, and Hot Show Shuffle.
Ross was NSW State President of the Accordion
Society of Australia and Music Director of the Accordion Orchestra
on both a state and federal level for many years. He participated
in their annual competitions as a performer, adjudicator and conductor.
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Lips Masterclass at Royal Academy of Music - England
Contributed by Dr Herbert
Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich
Lips Productions
Friedrich
Lips had an interesting masterclass last week at the Royal Academy
of Music in London. He was invited by Professor Owen
Murray to teach his class not only in modern accordion techniques
but also concerning new literature for accordion and chamber music. As
Lips is constantly working with different instrumentalists he has experience
in many aspects of contemporary music. This information was very useful
to the accordion students.
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"Spring Fling" Traditional Music Weekend
- Scotland
 Contributed
by Rod Johnston
A traditional music weekend entitled "Spring
Fling" was held from February 21st to 23rd in Sabhal Mòr
Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye organized by An Drochaid, in association
with the Gaelic College in Skye, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig.
The event incorporated a Cèilidh and
accordion workshops with tutors Sandy
Brechin (piano accordion) and Malcolm Munro (button accordion).
Sandy taught a variety of tunes, mostly by ear, concentrating in
particular on fancy finger work, grace notes, triplets for the right
hand as well as interesting chord sequences and syncopation for
the left hand. Malcolm taught his well known West Coast style of
playing for players of the single and double row button accordions
in BC tuning.
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Silvia Pagni Works on a New Film - Italy
 Contributed
by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
Accordionist Silvia
Pagni will play a small part in a new film on the life of Italian
poet Gabriele D'Annunzio for which she has written the musical score.
Shooting will begin in April.
Silvia will also take part once again in the
Frankfurt Music Fair (March 5th to 9th), during which she will play
at the Cemex
stand.
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Contributed
by Dr 
The
next day (23rd) Argentinean accordionist Raul Barboza and Spanish
guitarist Pedro Soler introduced the "chamamé"
(which means "improvisation" in the language of the Indian
tribe of the "guarani") to a really overwhelmed Viennese
crowd.
On
February 10th a further concert was held as part of the International
Festival "Vivat, Bayan! Sergei Voitenko and Friends" in
Samara. The festival began in December 2002 and will run until April
2003.
A
large number of guests attended the 40th anniversary celebrations
of television in Wroclaw. To celebrate this event accordionist Olexiy
Suslov played to many stage-managers, famous artists and popular
TV reporters with his group "S-ART (includes V. Suslov - violin,
M. Ozug - double bass & G. Szomanski - percussion). Part of
the event and concert was broadcast on local television as was so
successful, the main producer Jan Fraczak has proposed further cooperation
with the artists.
Contributed
by Angel Russo 
Accordionist
Contributed
by 
New
Tango CD by Amadeo - Argentina
Antique
Accordion Information