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Nuovo punto vendita per fisarmoniche a Bordeaux - Francia
Di
Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
 Il
15 Aprile un nuovo punto vendita per fisarmonica ha aperto le sue
porte: PRIMA MUSICA con un'ampia esposizione dedicata agli strumenti
ad ancia libera. Il direttore è Michel Brochard ed il suo
collaboratore Michel Gonda si occuperà di tutta la clientela
per l'assistenza tecnica essendo esperto ed accordatore di fisarmoniche.
 Bruno
Tairura (dimostratore ufficiale delle fisarmoniche SEM)
è riuscito ad attirare un numeroso pubblico all'apertura
del negozio Prima Musica in Hangar 19, Quai Bacalan, 33300 Bordeaux.
Tel : 05.56.43.22.17
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Chango Spasiuk's tour in Europa - Argentina
Di
Rob
Howard
 Il
musicista, fisarmonicista e compositore Chango Spasiuk è
sicuramente il più conosciuto interprete nel mondo per la
musica Chamamé del suo paese, un ritmo tradizionale folc-danza
adattato in prestazioni artistiche sui palcoscenici concertistici.
Le sue prestazioni vengono spesso misurate con quelle del suo compatriota
Astor Piazzola che ha integrato spesso elementi jazz e note classiche
nei suoi tanghi. Recentemente Chango Spasiuk è stato premiato
con il 2005 BBC Radio 3 World WSIC Premio per il suo contributo
alla musica Chamamé.
In
Luglio Change sarà insieme al suo Ensemble in tour in Europa
che lo porterà nelle città:
1. Juli - Palacio de Cristal, Porto, Portogallo
3. Juli - MusicMeeting Festival, Amsterdam, Olanda
4. Juli - Bremen, Germania
7. Juli - Festival Pirineos Sur, Spagna
12. Juli - Festival de Arles, Francia
21. Juli - Brüssel, Belgio
31. Juli - Womad Festival, Inghiltherra
Ulteriori dettagli saranno pubblicati nelle prossime edizioni -
per informazioni potete rivolgervi via e-mail a: mely@ciudad.com.ar
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4. John
Moceo in Ellen Degeneres Show - USA
Di
Kevin Friedrich
 John
Moceco, di soli12 anni, studente di fisarmonica da Frank Busso di
Staten Island New York, è stato recentemente ospite d'onore
durante il più popolare talkshow televisivo dei Stati Uniti
d'America, la "Ellen Degeneres Show".
La TV ha contattato la American
Accordionists'Association per questo evento e John è stato
scelto dai responsabili del programma tramite un Video per la sua
partecipazione. Ellen dice che è rimasta impressionata per
la sua grande passione verso lo strumento e la sua esibizione durante
lo show. Sulla domanda del comico dello show…"perché
ha scelto la fisarmonica come strumento…forse perché il
piano era troppo pesante per portarselo dietro"…rispose
con sorriso che unicamente grazie al suo insegnante Frank Busso ha
potuto avvicinarsi alla fisarmonica, sentendolo suonare durante una
dimostrazione nella scuola.
Durante la sua breve carriera John ha già partecipato con molto
successo in tanti concorsi negli Stati d'America.
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UK Championships Celebrate 70th Anniversary, Scarborough - UK
Contributed by Kevin
Friedrich
 The
National
Accordion Organization of the United Kingdom celebrated the
70th Anniversary of their National annual competition and festival
from April 22nd to 24th in the lovely northern seaside Spa resort
in Scarborough, UK. The weekend featured an official reception to
celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the UK Championships, which began
as the All-Britain Championships, known affectionately as 'Accordion
Day', in London in November 1935.
The festival began with a welcoming concert, hosted by NAO Chairperson
Gina Brannelli (pictured with student William Langton), followed
by a weekend of competitions for all levels including solo, duo,
ensemble and orchestra, as well as trade shows with music and instruments.
A highlight of the weekend is the annual Ceilidh dance with accordionist
Gary Blair and his Ceilidh Dance band. Among the jury were international
Jury members Mirco Patarini - Italy, Joan
Cochran Sommers - USA, Kevin
Friedrich - USA (President of the CIA),
Ulrich Schmuelling - Germany (Intermusik-Schmuelling)
and Sergei Tikanov - Belarus. Also on the Jury were Raymond Bodell
(CIA
Vice President), Karolyn Broadhead, Neil Copland, Sarah Diggens,
Colin Hardy, Graham O'Connor and Margaret Venables.
 With
over 400 entries in the various classes, the competition has established
itself as the premier competitive accordion festival in the United
Kingdom. It was particularly encouraging to see the numbers of beginning
accordionists, such as those pictured here with the Colchester Tiny
Tots conducted by Elaine Beecham, where the average age of the 10
accordionists is only 5 years old!
 Pictured
here are several of the winners all from Morran family from Paisley,
Scotland: Neil-Joseph Morran (1st in Higher Prepatory Solo), Erin
Morran (1st in Introductory Solo) teacher Lyndsey Ann Allen, Liam
Morran (1st in elementary Solo). During the prize presentation,
Gary Blair was honored with the CIA Honored
Friend of the Accordion Award for his outstanding work for the
accordion both nationally and internationally, particularly in the
field of promoting traditional Scottish Music. At the Annual General
Meeting at the conclusion of the festival, Raymond Bodell was elected
as the new Chairperson of the NAO,
with Graham
Laurie as Deputy Chairperson.
For a complete list of results in all categories, please visit www.accordions.com/nao
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Tango
Porteño, Frauenfeld - Switzerland
Contributed
by Lisa Goetz and Martin
Frey of Pigini
Schweiz
A memorable
concert took place at the Eisenwerk in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. The
second in a series of three with music by the famous Argentine composer
and musician Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992), it was a concert in a class
of its own. Pieces like 'Tres Tango Sensations', 'Oblivión',
'Piazzolleana Nr.3', 'Tango Nr.6', 'Adiós Nonino', 'Verano
Porteño', 'Todo Corazón', etc, were presented. Two instruments
and their soloists were at the centre of attention: the bandoneon,
excellently played by the young and very talented bandoneoist, composer
and arranger Michael Zisman (born in Buenes Aires, living in Berne)
and the violin, outstandingly well played by his famous father Daniel
Zisman (Buenes Aires).
Besides solos played by the pair and the orchestra the programme also
included duets: bandoneon - violin, bandoneon - orchestra, violin
- orchestra. The chamber orchestra of the county of Thurgau, excellently
guided by its conductor Claude Villaret (he used to live in Argentina
himself), rose to a peak and presented the typical characteristics
of Piazzolla's music most accurately and to the point. The audience
was captured by the concert and paid the artistes tribute with ongoing
applause, which in return was rewarded with three encores, - a combination
with the orchestra, a bandoneon solo and a piece with bandoneon and
violin. Next
and last in the concert in the series: April 30th, ZKO-Haus Zurich.
For further information email akkdino@yetnet.ch
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43rd
National Music Competition, Bitola - Macedonia
Contributed
by Anica Karakutovska
 The
43rd National Music Competition was held from April 15th to 16th
in Bitola, organized by the Association of Music and Ballet pedagogues
from the Republic of Macedonia (member of EMCY - European Union
of Music Competitions for Youth).
The competition
included classes for chamber music, choir and orchestra, and more
then 500 participants in all categories. The chamber ensembles from
the class of accordion Professor Zorica Karakutovska were the clear
winners in their categories and received the highest marks (special
prizes) from the juries, consisting of eminent professors of different
instruments.
The closing
concert, held on April 16th at the concert hall of the Music High
School in Bitola, included performances of 13 ensembles - winners
of special and first prizes in all competition categories. A special
jury declared an accordion trio consisting of Zoran Kirjakovski,
Filip Stamevski and Kosto Todorovski, class Professor Zorica Karakutovska
from the Faculty of Music-Skopje, the LAUREATE of the whole competition.
They will represent the Republic of Macedonia at the upcoming European
Music Competition for Youth.
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Successful
Charity Concert, Paisley - UK
Contributed
by Graham
Laurie
 A
Charity Concert starring the two Graham
Laurie Accordion Orchestras, along with folk singer Alastair
McDonald and the Tartan Lads, featuring Ray Carse on accordion,
was recently held in Paisley Town Hall. All 650 seats were sold,
and all the proceeds - £4,500 - were donated to CHAS, a children's
hospice.
The two
orchestras played two 40 minute spots (one each), and their programs
included City Express (Bui), Urchige Polka Bui), Festliche Overture,
Intercity (Gotz), Washington Post, My Way, Go West, Italian Suite,
Old Comrades, Trans Atlantic Medley, along with various Scottish
arrangements.
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Accordionists
Celebrate Composer's Birthday, London - UK
Contributed by Rob
Howard
 Accordionists
Milos Milivojevic (picture) and Borut Zagoranski will perform in a
concert on May 6th at the David Josefowitz Recital Hall, Royal Academy
of Music. The concert, which begins at 7.45pm, is a celebration for
the 50th birthday of Timothy Bowers, composer and undergraduate tutor
at the Royal Academy of Music. Other performers involved in the concert
include Nicholas Walker - piano, Yura Chubarenko, Aya Sanada and Gabriel
Painter - violins, and Colin Huehns - erhu.
The concert program includes Timothy Bowers' 'Piano Sonata no 2' (2003);
'Triplum for Classical Accordion (Prelude and Fugue no 3)' (1994);
'Metamorphosis of a Sigh: Sonata in one movement for Classical Accordion';
'Calmo for Erhu' (2002); 'Two Paganini Fantasies for Violin and Classical
Accordion' (2004, UK première); 'Sonata for Violin and Piano'
(1999). Admission is free, and no tickets are required.
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New
Accordion Club, Worthing - UK
Contributed
by Rob
Howard
 A
new accordion club - The Worthing Accordion Club - has been formed
by accordionist/teacher Gennaro Fiondella in West Sussex, to provide
a regular monthly social and informal meeting place for the many
accordionists in the Sussex and Surrey areas. Meetings will be held
on the 3rd Saturday of each month.
The first meeting will be held on Saturday 21st May at 12.00 midday.
The monthly club will be held at 24, Gannon Road, Worthing.All accordion
players will be welcome at this friendly, informal & relaxed
monthly gathering. Players will be encouraged to bring along their
accordions for an 'Accordionistic Social'. There will also be a
welcoming cup of tea or coffee for everyone!
For further
information email gennaro@fiondella3573.fsbusiness.co.uk
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Cologne
Accordion Orchestra's 70th Anniversary Concert, Cologne - Germany
 The
year 2005 marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Cologne
Accordion Orchestra, and one of the events in celebration is a concert
at the Cologne Philharmonic Hall on July 2nd, at 8pm. The Cologne
Accordion Orchestra was founded in 1935 by Heinz Gengler (picture),
but was forced to dissolve during the latter stages of World War Two.
Re-formed in 1955, the Orchestra has maintained a playing membership
of about 50 players ever since. Heinz Gengler is still active as the
Cologne AO's MD - a remarkable feat of service within the accordion
movement.
Peformances
in Belgium, Denmark, France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, Italy,
Australia, the Netherlands, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Germany
have received critical acclaim, contributing to the popularity of
the Orchestra both at home and abroad. Visits to the United States
of America in 1967, and to South Africa and Namibia in 1969 were among
the greatest artistic challenges. Other musical highlights were concert
tours to Prague, Warsaw, Vilnius and Kaunas (Lithuania), Daugavpils
(Latvia), and St. Petersburg in 1991.
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International
Accordion Seminar, Warsaw - Poland
Contributed
by Harley
Jones
An International
Accordion Seminar will take place from 4th to 16th July in Mietne,
approximately 70 kilometres from Warsaw, an event organised by the
Chopin Academy of Music. There will be individual, chamber music and
jazz classes, and all participants are expected to perform in concerts.
The teachers include Professors Lech Puchnowski, Klaudiusz Baran,
Wladimir Mursa, Jerzy Jurek, Jerzy Lukasiewicz, Elwira Sliwkiewicz
- Cisak, and Marcin Janiszewski (improvisation and jazz). The closing
date for applications is June 15th.
For further
information email accpuch@chopin.edu.pl
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Wurzburger
- New information/volumes of sheet music by the German publishers
Wurzburger.
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La
Damigiana - Italian
Folklore Group with tradional songs, dances, music from the region
Marche/Italy.
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Vassily
Glubochenko - composer, arranger, performer and scientist, release
1
new work for accordion available for purchase online. 'From military
lyric' (original). Sample of this music is available on the site.
The music is in Esheet format, able to be emailed to your computer.
Purchase with credit card.
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Sebastiano
Cali - accordionist,
composer, piano tuner, harpsichord and other early instruments maker.
A new site selling his accordion compositions and arrangements, esheet
format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit
card. Samples of the music are on the site.
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James
O' Brien
- composer, arranger and performer, releases another 6
new works for accordion available for purchase online. 'Tiritomba'
(traditional), 'Erinaki' (traditional), 'Karapiet' (traditional),
'The Wabash Cannonball' (traditional), 'Dance' (traditional), 'The
Lover's Knot' (traditional). Samples of this music are available on
the site. The music is in Esheet format, able to be emailed to your
computer. Purchase with credit card.
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La
fisarmonicista Lisa-Lee Leslie parteciperà fra breve, insieme
ad altri musicisti, nello spettacolo "Young Vic Produktion"
di William Shakespear "As you Like it" al Wyndham Theater
di Londra. Una nuova produzione dello show con origini nel 1940
in Francia con musiche e canzoni sullo stile di Yves Montand ed
Edith Piaf. Lo
spettacolo avrà inizio il 4 giugno e durerà fino al
25 settembre. 