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Translation
Arriving Soon
Accordions
International 2005, Caister - UK
Contributed
by Rob
Howard
'Accordions
International 2005' is takes place at Caister Holiday Center,
near Great Yarmouth, England from November 10th to 14th. The international
guest artistes are Giancarlo Caporilli (Italy) (right), Oivind
Farmen (Norway) (left) and Murl Allen Sanders (USA) (far right).
Also involved are Accordeon Club des Flanders de Lambersart (Belgium),
Crawley Accordion Orchestra, Norvic Concordia, Gary Blair, Charlie
Watkins, Johnny Coleclough and Bert Santilly. A unique and very
interesting feature of this festival is the display of antique
accordions and memorabila, presented by Caroline Hunt, including
instruments dating back to the time the accordion was invented
in 1829.
The
festival includes celebrity concerts, master classes, orchestral
workshops, 'Free and Easy' sessions, and Scottish and ballroom
dancing. The festival will also feature an 'Auction of Accordions
& Accessories'. There will be a trade show, featuring Trevani,
Electronic
Accordions Ltd, WEM, and Geoff Holter Accordions.
For
further information email: heather@accordions.karoo.co.uk
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CIA
President to Participate in World Music Forum, LosAngeles - USA
Contributed by Harley
Jones
The
Confédération
International des Accordéonistes (CIA) President Kevin
Friedrich will attend the International Music Council (IMC-UNESCO)
General Assembly meetings in Los Angeles in conjunction with the
World Music Forum. The series of lectures, concerts, meetings
and exhibits will take place at The Hotel Renaissance - Hollywood
Boulevard, from October 1st to 5th.
The IMC World Music Forum is staged to be a highly influential
global knowledge-building platform and will address diverse topics
such as music and social change; music and media; technology and
public access; copyright and music education. In order to explore
and integrate different perspectives, it will bring together voices
from different stakeholders in the field of music such as government
officials, private sector executives and professionals from the
civil society, scholars, artistes, and students. Themes of the
forum include: 'The Power of Music in a Fast Changing World, Music
and Technology: What Lies Ahead and Globalisation and the Future
of Music'.
The IMC was founded in 1949 at the request of UNESCO as a non-governmental
advisory body on musical matters. It currently comprises national
music committees in 74 countries on all continents as well as
34 International organizations representing most fields of musical
activity and some Members of Honor.
In
1975 the Confédération
International des Accordéonistes (CIA) became the first
instrument specific organization to be accepted into the International
Music Council and has maintained an active membership ever since.
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Dr
William
Schimmel Featured in New Opera Recording, New York - USA
Contributed by Rob
Howard
New
World Records has recently released a two CD, one hour and forty
minute chamber opera: 'The Floating Box', by Jason Kao Hwang. It
traces the history of Chinese immigrants and their settling in New
York's Chinatown. The libretto is by Catherine Filloux. The opera
features an elaborate accordion part performed by Dr. William
Schimmel.
A recent
review in the International Record Review states: "most
inspired of all is his (Hwang's) use of the accordion to provide
the harmonic filling: and in this he is served by the admirable
William Schimmel, whose subtlety is in itself one of the highlights
of the recording."
Jason Kao Huang worked closely with Dr.Schimmel in developing this
intricate part and Mr. Huang uses it as a bridge between his scoring
for western instruments as well as traditional Chinese instruments
such as the erhu and the pipa. The International Record Review lists
Dr. Schimmel as a character in the opera along with the singers.
'The Floating Box' had its world premiere in 2001 at Asia Society
in New York. Juan Carlos Rivas conducted both the premiere and the
recording.
For more information on this recording: www.newworldrecords.org
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Accordion
and Piano Store's New Promotions, Paris - France
Contributed by Rob
Howard
The
long established accordion and piano retail business Hista, founded
in 1930, has upgraded its premises and established a website. Hista
sells Victoria,
Pigini,
Borsini
and Maugein button and piano accordions and also carries out repairs.
Hista is situated at Denis and Armelle Salmon 1 rue Louis Ganne,
75020, Paris.
For further information email: hista@wanadoo.fr
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Accordionist
Dazzles in Historic Memorial, Melbourne - Australia
Contributed
by Rob
Howard
Melbourne
witnessed one of its rare concerts to feature the accordion in a
classical setting. Visually impaired accordionist, Bernadette
Conlon, performed two concertos with the Melbourne based string
orchestra, The Melbourne Musicians at the prestigious St. John's
Lutheran church at Southgate, one of Melbourne's most coveted performance
venues.
Bernadette performed New Zealand composer, Gary
Daverne's 'Concert
Waltz' for strings and accordion, which delighted the audience
with its sweeping Parisian style, as one newspaper critic put it.
She also performed Australia's first concerto for accordion and
orchestra, 'Concerto for Bernadette', which she commissioned nine
years ago, from Melbourne composer, Michael Easton, which work Bernadette
had previously recorded for the Naxos label. This performance was
a memorial to Michael, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in
London who died, aged 54, last year.
Bernadette was critically acclaimed in Melbourne's daily newspaper,
The Age, as an accordionist, who played with "agility and relish
in her work", and that the concerto "brought home again
Conlon's
enthusiasm and talent".
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Nihad
Hrustanbegovic at the Enschede Music Festival 2005, Enschede - The
Netherlands
Contributed
by Rob
Howard
Accordionist
Nihad Hrustanbegovic was born in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he received
a musical education at the Tuzla Music School, under Professor Midhat
Zulic. During music studies in Bosnia he became 3 times National
Accordion Champion of Bosniacom, from 1988 to 1991. In 1996 he become
a student of Professor Miny Dekkers at the Hogeschool v/d kunsten,
in Arnhem in The Netherlands, and later in 1999, a student of Gerie
Daanen at the Messiaen academie, also in Arnhem. During these studies
he took part in many accordion projects for classical and modern
music.
Nihad Hrustanbegovic has performed as a soloist in major Dutch concert
halls such as Concert Gebouw, in Amsterdam, the Hall of Knights
in The Hague, and recently on September 16th, at the Enschede Music
Festival 2005 together with one of the most promising Dutch talents
of the year - the Moses Rosenberg Trio. Some Dutch musical experts
during the concert become very enthusiastic about Nihad's accordion
playing, especially combination of classical and modern techniques,
together with his powerful creation of the improvisations where
he makes a cross-over between the orient, jazz and Hot club de France.
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Mario
Bruneau on TV5, Montreal - Canada
Contributed by Rob
Howard
Accordionist
Mario Bruneau has composed and recorded original background music
for the Quebec-based television channel, TV5. TV5 is the world's
largest French language television station, and its broadcasts are
received around the world via Sky and cable networks.
Mario Bruneau has many recordings to his credit, some of which are
in French musette style. He plays piano accordion, piano and organ,
and often accompanies his wife, the singer Hélèn Cardinal.
Their performances include an appearance at the Chartres Accordion
Festival in France in 2000.
For further
information email: mariobruneau@abcde.net
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Mika
Vayrynen to Perform and Lecture in Lappeenranta - Finland
Contributed
by Kevin
Friedrich
Concert
accordionist and recording artist Mika
Vayrynen will perform on September 29th in the City of Lappeenranta,
with the Lappeenranta City Orhestra under the direction of Jan Söderblom.
Mika will peform Aulis Sallinen's 'Chamber Music V - Barabbas Variations'.
This concert is part of the ongoing celebration of Professor Sallinen's
70th birthday. While in Lappeenranta, Mika will also give a lecture
at the Lappeenranta Music Institute.
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Micheline
Van Hautem and Frederik Caelen's 'Brel & Piaf', New York - USA
Contributed by Rob
Howard
Micheline
Van Hautem sings the songs of Jacques Brel and Edith Piaf, with
accompaniment by Frederik Caelen on accordion and piano. Micheline
Van Hautem and Frederik Caelen are both from Belgium, and have performed
their shows in many parts of the world. They have produced two CDs,
and have a website.
Frederik Caelen obtained a Master's Degree in classical accordion
at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp, and a Laureate in piano at
the Stedelijk Conservatorium Hasselt. The duo's concert dates for
October and November are as follows:-
26th, at 7.30pm - The Red Hat, Irvington, New York
27th, at 6.15th - Le Dôme at The Manor, New Jersey
28th, at 7pm - Dannys' Skylight Room, Manhattan
29th, at 9.30pm
30th, at 8.45pm
2nd, at 7.30pm - The Red Hat, Irvington, New York
3rd, at 9.30pm - Dannys' Skylight Room, Manhattan
4th, at 9.30pm
5th, at 9.30pm
For further
information email: zmusic@bart.nl
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Alain
Ray Tango Shows, Geneva - Switzerland
Contributed by Rob
Howard
Swiss
bandoneonist Alain Ray has several concert performances of his shows
"...du Gainsbourg à la barre" and 'Libertango'
in the next few weeks, details of which are given below. Tango is
currently very popular throughout Switzerland, and there are many
concert venues, dance clubs, musicians and dance teachers.
September 30th, 8.30pm - "...du Gainsbourg à la barre",
Thèâtre Three P'tit Turns, Morges
October 8th, 8.30pm - 'Libertango', Les Temps Modernes, Vevey
October 14th, 8.30pm - 'Libertango', AMR, Geneva
October 15th, 8.30pm - "...du Gainsbourg to the bar",
Domaine Les Marchandes
October 21st, 9pm - accompanying singer Dominique Scheder at the
Caf-Conc le bout du monde, Vevey
October 22nd, 8pm - "...du Gainsbourg to the bar", Grande
sale, Lussy
October 23rd, 6pm - accompanying singer Dominique Scheder at
A l'Espace de Je, Lutry
November 4th - Grand Tango Show, Onex.
For further
information email: rayalain@bluewin.ch
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Joe
Burke is among the greatest exponents of traditional Irish music.
His sheer musical brilliance, his knowledge and love of his land,
its music and culture had earned him an immortal place in the history
of Irish music and Folklore. Resident in the USA for many years,
Joe Burke has now returned to Ireland, and now lives in Galway,
where he performs, records and teaches.
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Musicforaccordion
is publishing a new music mfa1107 Grizzly
Riders March composed by Tom J Colins. A 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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Vassily
Glubochenko - composer, arranger, performer and scientist, releases
1 new work titled 'Grandfather's
Krutch' composed by Glubochenko, available for purchase online.
A 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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Gary
Dahl's site is updated to include full length .mp3 sound files
of music from 3 of his popular books. Please visit www.accordions.com/garydahl
to enjoy these varied samples of music.
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Alexander
Selivanov, first prizewinner of international competitions and
teacher at the Gnesin's Academy of Music in Russia.
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