21 Marzo 2008
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Musikmesse, Francoforte - Germania
Trophée Mondial 2008, Informazioni - Bosnia Herzegovina
AWW Annuncia con Orgoglio la Pietra Miliare della 250a Recensione di CD
Alexander Shirunov dal Vivo su Internet
Marie Jones è Uscita dall'Ospedale. - Nuova Zelanda
Informazion su Concerti, Masterclasse, Festival, Concorsi etc
Lars Holm Teachers/Students Workshop, London - UK
Father of Martin Frey Passes Away - Switzerland
Prossimi Appuntamenti
Jason Webley Concerts - USA and Mexico
Marc Berthoumieux Concert, Bullion - France
Dikanda Performances - Germany, Austria
'Pennies from Heaven' Revival, St Albans - UK
Gorka Hermosa Concerts and Master Classes - Spain
IMAC, Sauris - Italy
Concerto di Pearl Fawcett-Adriano, Stockport - UK
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AWW wish a HAPPY EASTER to all their readers!

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Musikmesse, Francoforte - Germania
Contributed by Holda Paoletti-Kampl

Durata quattro giorni, dal 12 al 15 Marzo, la Fiera Internazionale della Musica di Francoforte "Musikmesse e Prolight + Sound" ha chiuso i battenti contando 112,000 visitatori provenienti da 126 Paesi! Questi sono gli eccellenti risultati diffusi dagli organizzatori.

I Paesi Europei meglio rappresentati dopo la Germania sono stati Belgio, Paesi Bassi, Svezia, Francia, Italia, Gran Bretagna, Svizzera, Spagna, Austria e Grecia. I visitatori d'oltre oceano provenivano sopratutto da USA, Corea del Sud, Giappone, Israele, Cina, Australia, Brasile e Canada.

Orientamenti per gli operatori, internazionalizzazione e oltre 250 eventi musicali per appassionati alla Musikmesse 2008 hanno fatto di questi giorni uno straordinario evento. Esibitori, Musicisti, Vsitatori, Amici… dalla A alla Z la fisarmonica e il mondo della musica si sono incontrati a Francoforte per la presentazione di tutte le novità sul mercato e per incontrare appassionati e musicisti di tutto il mondo!

Il prossimo anno la Musikmesse si terrà dal 1 al 4 Aprile.

Per il nostro report dettagliato - click here
 
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Trophée Mondial 2008, Informazioni - Bosnia Herzegovina
Contributed by Frederic Deschamps

Il Trophée Mondial 2008 sarà organizzato in Bosnia Herzegovina (Repubblica di Srpska) a Sarajevo (Sarajevo Est) dal 1° al 5 Ottobre dalla 'Academy of Music - University' e da Zoran Raki, insieme alla Confédération Mondiale de l'Accordéon.

Tutte le informazioni, incluso il regolamento e la traccia del programma musicale per il Trophée Mondial sono ora online. Dal 2008 il Trophée Mondial non richiede più nessun brano obbligatorio, seguendo il cambiamento simile operato dalla Coupe Mondiale CIA per incoraggiare una più numerosa partecipazione dei candidati che desiderino iscriversi a diverse competizioni internazionali.

Incoraggiamo e proponiamo anche agli altri concorsi internazionali a seguire la stessa via in futuro, perché il grande lavoro di peparazione dei brani obbligatori esclude spesso la partecipazione dei concorrenti a più manifestazioni le cui date sono spesso molto vicine.

Una ottima notizia sul Trophée Mondial 2008 di Sarajevo è che l'hotel per i delegati e i dirigenti si trova a soli 2 km dall'aeroporto e a 300 m dal luogo che ospita il concorso. Il trasporto dei concorrenti dai propri hotel al luogo della manifestazione sarà a cura dell'organizzazione.

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AWW Annuncia con Orgoglio la Pietra Miliare della 250a Recensione di CD
Contributed by Kevin Friedrich

Ormai nel suo dodicesimo anno, Accordions Worldwide inaugurò la sua popolare sezione di recensioni di CD il 4 Luglio 1997, quando Tania Lukic-Marx dette il via ad una impressionante serie producendo 163 recensioni in sette anni. Poi il suo ruolo di esclusiva recensionista cambiò, e si unirono a lei Paolo Picchio nel 2003, Joan Cochran Sommers nel 2004, e più recentemente Alessandro Mugnoz e Renato Belardinelli nel 2006.
I recensionisti hanno coperto diversi generi musicali rappresentati da molti dei più conosciuti fisarmonicisti del mondo, dal classico all'originale, al pop, folk, ensemble, orchestrale e musica da camera.
Questa Pietra Miliare, 250a recensione scritta dalla nota fisarmonicista, insegnante, arrangiatrice e direttrice Joan C. Sommers, ex professore di fisarmonica all'Università del Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC), tratta del nuovo CD 'Accordion Chamber' del fisarmonicista norvegese Jon Faukstadt che suona insieme ad altri musicisti.

Questo archivio permanente di recensioni di CD vuole servire da risorsa di qualità per fisarmonicisti alla ricerca di registrazioni e album, ed è aggiornato costantemente con novità di tutti i generi.
 
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Alexander Shirunov dal Vivo su Internet
Contributed by Holda Paoletti-Kampl

Il 27 Marzo alle ore 20:00 (Fuso Centrale Europeo), il fisarmonicista russo Alexander Shirunov darà un concerto a Trossingen, Germania. Sarà possibile seguirne l'esibizione su internet su: www.hohner-konservatorium.de

Alexander Shirunov suona al festival della fisarmonica 'Akkordeon grenzenlos 2008', organizzato ogni anno a Trossingen da Hohner-Conservatory. Questo festival include molti concerti e workshops ed è supportato e sponsorizzato dalla società Hohner.
 
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Marie Jones è Uscita dall'Ospedale. - Nuova Zelanda
Contributed by Harley Jones

Marie Jones, Segretaria della New Zealand Accordion Association (NZAA) dal 1971 e prima gratificata del premio CIA Honored Friend of the Accordion nel 2003 ha sofferto di un serio problema di salute circa sei settimane fa, restando per diciotto ore priva di conoscenza all'aperto prima di essere soccorsa.

Marie Jones è stata in ospedale in condizioni critiche per alcuni giorni e i dottori avevano dato poche speranze di sopravvivenza. Ma miracolosamente, dopo diversi giorni in terapia intensiva, ha sopreso il personale medico cominciando a migliorare rapidamente. Ora è fuori dall'opedale, e, trasferitasi a casa di Heather Masefield, ha recuperato completamente le capacità di comunicazione e di deambulazione, continuando a migliorare.

Marie Jones è la madre dei fisarmonicisti Maurice Jones, Harley Jones e Heather Masefield, e nonna del fisarmonicista recentemente impegnato in vari festival internazionali Grayson Masefield.

Marie Jones e la sua famiglia desiderano ringraziare tutti i fisarmonicisti che, da tutto il mondo, hanno inviato messaggi di conforto e di auguri e che hanno pregato per la sua guarigone. Siamo molto grati a tutti e pieni di gioia per aver potuto seguire Marie nel suo veloce pieno recupero.
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Lars Holm Teachers/Students Workshop, London - UK
Contributed by Romano Viazzani


About 10 teachers, from around the UK, attended this terrific workshop by Lars Holm, held at the Royal Academy of Music on March 9th.

There were students from 4 years old right up to university age. There were also a handful of mature adult students at varying stages of their musical development as well as other people just taking a keen interest.

The aim of the workshop was to help teachers in the UK with keeping their student's interest so that they don't get bored and hopefully become the next generation of professional UK-reared accordionists……...

Editor: A very interesting complete article about this very interesting workshop, written by Romano Viazzani. Recommended reading for every accordion teacher.
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Father of Martin Frey Passes Away - Switzerland
Contributed by Harley Jones

On the 15th March after a short illness of only a few hours at the hospital in Aarau, Eduard Frey-Wernli passed peacefully away.

He is survived by his wife Rosmarie Frey-Wernli who took long term care of him. Eduard Frey-Wernli is the father of Martin Frey, well known accordionist and Pigini and Excelsior importer for Switzerland. The funeral was held on Thursday 20th March.

Our condolensces to Martin Frey and the family at this sad time.
 
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Jason Webley Concerts - USA and Mexico
Contributed by Rob Howard

Rock singer, composer and accordionist Jason Webley, from Seattle, Washington, performs as follows:

March 21st, 8pm - Skinless Productions Gallery, 504 East 18th St, Kansas City
22nd, 7.30pm - Pops Blue Moon, 5249 Pattison Ave, St Louis, Missouri
April 4th, 12.30pm - Teatro Carlos Lazo, University, Mexico City
4th, 10pm - Pasagüero, Motolinía 33 Col, Centro Histórico, Mexico City
5th - San Diablo Av., Revolucion 1331, Tlacopac San Angel, Mexico City
6th, 12.30pm - performance with ballet company, Teatro Miguel Coverrubias, Centro Cultural Universitario, Mexico City
11th, 6pm - Downhill House, Central District, Seattle, Washington
18th, 7.30pm - Fremont Abbey Arts Center, Seattle
19th - details to be announced - Portland, Oregon
20th, 8.30pm - WOW Hall, 291 West 8th Ave, Portland, Oregon

Jason Webley has achieved international fame, especially in Russia where he has played to large audiences and great acclaim in both Moscow and St Petersburg. He has also performed at the Glastonbury Festival in the UK, alongside the cream of British rock stars in high profile concerts. Webley has demonstrated that it is possible in this day and age for a rock singer to use an accordion on stage to entertain young audiences.

For further information email: jason@jasonwebley.com
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Marc Berthoumieux Concert, Bullion - France
Contributed by Rob Howard

French accordionist Marc Berthoumieux, with his jazz quartet, is in concert at the Salle Robert Paragot, Bullion on April 4th, 8.30pm.

Marc Berthoumieux accompanies the singer Mélanie Dahan on April 10th in Mureaux, and on April 13th in Ducs des Lombards, Paris.

For further information email: muriel@muvdb.com
 
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Dikanda Performances - Germany, Austria
Contributed by Rob Howard

The Polish quintet Dikanda was founded in 1997 in Szczecin, Poland. Passion for the traditional music and hard work let them create their own style and original sound. Their acoustic songs have been inspired by Oriental culture, Balkan folklore - Macedonian and Romanian.

To date they have won prizes at festivals, performed in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, India, Greece, and Russia and at the Montreux Jazz Festival. They have also released three CDs. The Polish quintet Dikanda, featuring accordionist Ania Witczak, perform as follows:

April 12th, 11am - live interview on RBB Radio Multkulti, Berlin
12th, 9pm - concert in Lindenpark, Potsdam
May 14th, 9pm - Gerhard Hauptmann Theater, Zittau, Germany
16th, 8pm - Kulturgasthaus Bierstindl, Innsbruck, Austria
18th, 12 noon - Erdbeerhof Funk, Eisenberg, Germany
30th, 8pm - 'Wilde Töne' Festival, Braunschweig

For further information email: dikanda1@poczta.onet.pl
 
The Ins and Outs of the Accordion - Thierry Benetoux
'Pennies from Heaven' Revival, St Albans - UK
Contributed by Rob Howard

Romano Viazzani is to play the accordion part in another stage production revival of 'Pennies From Heaven', a musical that celebrates the life and songs of Arthur Tracy. Steve Ross and Greg Moore repeat their starring roles, with support from Romano Viazzani - the team that performed together last year in London.

The performances takes place on April 18th - 7.30pm, and 19th - 2.30pm and 7.30pm, at the St. Albans Organ Theatre, 320 Camp Road, St Albans AL1 5PE.

Arthur Tracy (1899-1997), known as 'The Street Singer', was a hugely popular singer and accordionist in the 1930s and 40s. His tenor voice and clear diction was perfect for radio and recordings, and 'Here Lies Love', 'When I Grow Too Old to Dream', 'I'll See You Again', 'Red Sails in the Sunset', and his theme song, 'Marta', were all big hits.

Tracy also appeared in several Hollywood films, co-starring with Bing Crosby. Although Tracy used the accordion in his stage performances, it is believed that Charles Magnante played most of the accordion backings on his recordings. After Tracy left show business in the late 1940s, he was largely forgotten, until the 1981 film 'Pennies From Heaven' was released. Arthur Tracy's 1937 recording of the title song was used on the soundtrack, bringing him back to the public spotlight, and inspiring a brief stage comeback.

For further information email: romanoviazzani@btconnect.com
 
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Gorka Hermosa Concerts and Master Classes - Spain
Contributed by Harley Jones

Gorka Hermosa, from the Basque region of northern Spain, is Professor of Accordion at the Jesús de Monasterio Conservatory in Santander. His upcoming engagements include:

April 24th and 25th - Madrid, 'Tangosophy': with clarinet player Josep Sancho
May 14th - classical accordion concert, Sabadell Conservatory, Barcelona
15th - Master Class, Sabadell Conservatory, Barcelona
18th - classical accordion concert, Figueres, Girona

For further information email: gorka@gorkahermosa.com
 
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IMAC, Sauris - Italy
Contributed by Holda Paoletti-Kampl

Jean-Louis Noton, Mady and Peter Soave will present their annual International Music Accordion Camp in Sauris, Italy, from July 27th to August 3rd, and from August 3rd to 10th.

IMAC welcomes accordionists and music lovers of all levels and all ages, and encourages all styles of music. IMAC offers 7 days of master-classes, seminars, lectures, group playing and private instruction in a professional setting that harmonizes nature and learning. Participants can anticipate a healthy musical environment full of friendship and learning in a 3 star hotel and will enjoy the breathtaking panorama of Italian Dolomites!
 
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Concerto di Pearl Fawcett-Adriano, Stockport - UK
Contributed by Rob Howard

Giovedì 27 Marzo, alle 20.00, la fisarmonicista Pearl Fawcett-Adriano sarà ospite al Stockport Organ & Keyboard Club, che si trova a The Guildhall (Stockport Masonic Hall), Wellington Rd South (A6), vicino al centro di Stockport, Cheshire.

Per maggiori informazioni, inviare una email a: robaccord5@hotmail.com
 
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Accordion Chamber


by Jon Faukstadt (accordion) with assisting artists
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Yehuda Oppenheimer

The Celebrity Interview page of Accordions Worldwide has been updated to include an extremely interesting interview with the President of the Accordion Association of Chinese Musicians Association (CAA). The interview covers a lot of accordion history in China and the developments of the accordion in China over recent decades.
 

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CD Reviews and DVD Reviews index page updated. See over 250 reviews of recordings since 1997 to 2008 by Renato Belardinelli, Tania Lukic-Marx, Alessandro Mugnoz, Paolo Picchio and Joan C. Sommers - a huge resource of information for those interested in accordion recordings.
 
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