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National Association of Accordion & Fiddle
Clubs Concert - Scotland
Contributed by Karin Ingram, Box
and Fiddle Magazine
Exciting Scottish band "Session A9"
are headlining the National Association of Accordion & Fiddle
Clubs concert at the Hawick Town Hall on March 30th. The band, which
includes Charlie McKerron, Duncan Chisholm, Gordon Gunn, Adam Sutherland,
Brian McAlpine and Marc Clement plan to release their debut CD in
the near future.
The concert is the finale of the Reivers Festival
in Hawick - a weekend of fun and music for all ages. Local Accordion
and Fiddle Clubs have been invited to perform at the concert which
will be compeered by Chairman of the NAAFC, Nicol McLaren.
Other performers include Stuart Anderson Band,
Lynne Kemp Band, John Fairbairn Band, Wattie Beattie Band, Gordon
Brown Band and David Scott Band. For further details email: karin@northbeat.co.uk
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29th Annual Kimberley International Old Time Accordion
Championships - Canada
The 29th Annual Kimberley International Old
Time Accordion Championships will be held from July 7th to 13th
in Kimberley, BC. The festival will include a variety of entertainment
by performers Graham Laurie Paisley Accordion Orchestra (Scotland),
The Cottonpickers (Canada), LynnMarie (USA) and The Smilin' Scandinavians
(USA). Popular dance band "The Gordanairs" will entertain
for the first time this year on July 11th. The band features Gordon
Groening (accordion), Danny Groening (drums), Rob Goddard (trumpet
and keyboards), Kenny Ogilvie (bass guitar) and Mike Hambrook (clarinet
and tenor saxophone).
A "Bellow Shakes and Open Forum" workshop
will be held by Bill Sturgeon, who will also conduct the Kiotac
Massed Band.
This year the event once again offers ten, CAN$200
bursaries to assist and encourage players, 18 years and younger
to enter and compete in the Kimberley International Old Time Accordion
Championships. Last year 23 applicants for the bursaries were awarded.
Letters of application must be received by the Selection Committee,
The Kimberley International Old Time Accordion Championships, Box
473, Kimberley, BC Canada V1A 3B3 prior to April 30th. Entries for
the competition close on May 31st.
For further details email: kiotac@monarch.net
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25th Anniversary Celebrations - Russia
Contributed by Boris Plotnikov
 On
February 20th, Siberian bayanist Sergey Naiko held a recital at
the local Philharmonic concert hall to celebrate the 25th anniversary
of his performing career and the 20th anniversary of employment
at the Krasnoyarsk Academy of Music and Theater (Russia).
Professor and Honored Artist of Russian Federation,
Sergey Naiko is well known for his accomplishments, having completed
90 concert tours in Siberia, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk,
Kiev, Harbin and Beijing (China), Germany, Slovakia and elsewhere.
 The
jubilee recital was an important event in the cultural activities
of Krasnoyarsk. Naiko's merits were described publicly as "lightning
fast fingers", "fantastically fine control of bellows
is a real wonder", "timbres palette is marvelous - even
with only one register utilized at one time". Naiko performed
many contemporary music pieces composed specially for the bayan,
by Chaikin, Repnikov, Zubitsky,
Banshchikov, Nagayev, Meremnkulov, Gubaidulina and others.
During the recital Naiko paid tribute to I.
Panitsky, one of Russia's prominent arrangers of bayan folk songs
from the middle of the 20th century. Then, with profound emotion,
he played Partita and Spaniada (Zolotaryov). This was followed by
a number of works by Couperin, Rameau, Scarlatti, Mozart and Borodin.
Many pieces from Naiko's repertoire (including
Bach's Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, Chromatische Fantasie,
Seven Preludes and Fugues from WTC, Piano Concerto in D minor, and
many others) have been arranged or edited by him for multi-timbral
bayan. These are also available in the form of printed professional
Finale scores. For details email: boriplot@vsptus.ru
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Jean-Louis Noton Records Video and DVD - Senegal
 Contributed
by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
French accordionist Jean-Louis
Noton has been in Casamance, Senegal for the last two months
to record 4 clips for DVD and video, due for release in May. Pictured
is Noton with students from the Cabrouse School in Senegal.
Noton is currently performing at the Cavagnolo
stand at the Frankfurt Music fair in Germany.
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New Composition for Accordion and Clarinet
Contributed by Sergej
Tchirkov, East
European News Coordinator
Clarinetist and composer Matthias Mueller (Switzerland)
has composed a new work for accordion and clarinet, entitled "Schischka"
(which means "cone" in English). Mueller studied composition,
clarinet and piano under D. Mueller-Siemens, J. Wittenbach and A.
Pey in Switzerland, Great Britain and Germany and has collaborated
with such composers as Karlheinz Stockhausen, Luciano Berio and
Rudolf Kelterborn. In 2002 he was awarded the Zollikon Prize.
The new work will be premiered and recorded
in mid 2003 by Matthias Mueller (clarinet) and Sergej
Tchirkov (accordion).
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Massimiliano Pitocco in 230 Theatre Performances
- Italy
 Contributed
by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
Accordionist and bandoneonist Massimiliano
Pitocco recently took part in 230 performances of Luigi Pirandello's
Henry IV with live music by Piazzolla and actor Sebastiano Lo Monaco.
The long tour was hosted by some of the most important Italian theatres.
During February, Massimiliano and the Abruzzi
Symphony Orchestra played traditional tangos and a selection of
pieces by Piazzolla (Astoreando, Caminiti, El Choclo, La Cumparsita,
El dia che me queras, Milonga de l'Annunciaciòn and the Concerto
for bandoneòn and orchestra) in the V. Basso theatre in Ascoli
Piceno and in Rome, Pescara, Foligno and Naples.
From March 11th to 13th Massimiliano will feature
as a soloist with the Magna Grecia orchestra (directed by Luis Bacalov)
in a series of concerts in Taranto, Matera and Bari, performing
music by Piazzolla and Bacalov. For further details email: massimiliano.pitocco@dimmidove.com
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"La Boîte à Frissons" Accordion
Festival - France
Contributed by Juliette Ajoux
The 2nd "La Boîte à Frissons"
Accordion Festival will be held in Cavaillon, Vaucluse from March
14th to 23rd. The festival is held to celebrate Spring by the National
Scene of Cavaillon and includes concerts, balls, songs, theatre,
dance, circus, movies, a training course, a conference and electronic
music. Most performances will be held in the "Magic Mirror"
marquee on the place du Clos, in Cavaillon.
Performers include a duo of Pascal
Contet & DJ Rom, Guylaine Léori, Charlotte, Femmouzes
T, Garage Rigaud, Matthieu Ha, Trio Fattoumi/Lamoureux/Contet, Jacques
Dor, Marc Perrone, Lio chante Prévert, Kimmo, René
Lacaille, Collectif Djal, Pusse, le Trio Kinkin, Java and le cirque
Balagan.
For further details email: contact@theatredecavaillon.com
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Accordionist Performs with Cellist - Spain
Spanish accordionist Angel Luis Castaño
and cellist David Apellaniz gave a series of 5 concerts last week
in auditoriums in Madrid. Over 150 people attended each of these
concerts, which were very successful. Their program included works
by Cassado, Granados, Zubitsky,
Precz and Piazzolla.
Castaño is a Professor at the Professional
Conservatorium in Segovia and Apellaniz is a Professor at the Valencia
and Zaragoza conservatoriums.
This month Castaño will play in the premiere
of composer Cesar Camarero's new opera "Horizonte Cuadrado"
in Granada, Sevilla and Madrid. He will also play two solo concerts
and give master classes in Valence and Lyon at the beginning of
April. For details email: angellui@teleline.es
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Lips Performs "Seven Words" - Russia
 Contributed
by Dr Herbert
Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich
Lips Productions
In the final concert of a festival dedicated
to Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina, Friedrich
Lips (bayan) performed the composer's "Seven Words"
in Moscow recently together with Vladimir Toncha (violoncello) and
a chamber orchestra.
There was also a world premiere of a piece for
7 cellos and 2 aquaphones played by the composer himself and Viktor
Suslin in another concert.
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History of Accordion on Radio - Canary Islands
On March 2nd, "Radio Isla" in Tenerife
broadcast an interview with Francisco José Dávila Dorta,
in which he spoke about the history of accordion in Europe, Spain and
Canary Islands and demonstrated the very old Chinese "Sheng".
During the program four songs by German accordionist and vocalist Inge
Regina were played such as pieces by Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich.
The program was so successful that listeners called
the radio station with their congratulations!
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Contributed
by Dr 
Local
hero Karl Hodina teamed up with Alegre Correa and Bertl Mayer Jr
for some unforgettable moments of "Brazilian Schrammeln".
A musical journey combined typical Viennese songs with the carnival
of Rio!
The
Contributed
by Angel Russo