Gracias
a la iniciativa del Profesor Cao
Xiao Qing, tendrá lugar una master
class y un concierto con obras de Sofia Gubaidulina en la Universidad
Central de Música de Pekín y en el conservatorio de
Tianjin (China) del 11 al 14 de octubre. Herbert Scheibenreif ha comentado:
"Es un hecho remarcable que uno de los mejores compositores de
nuestros días haya sido invitado a China por primera vez gracias
a un acordeonista. Además, Cao
Xiao Qing es el único músico
chino que ha estudiado y tocado la música de Gubaidulina y
que está cooperando con ella en al actualidad. Por ello, es
un gran paso no sólo para el desarrollo de la vanguardia china
sino también para la aceptación de la música
de Gubaidulina en China".
Durante
los tres días de seminario Gubaidulina presentará sus
obras y demostrará su técnica de composición.
Por una afortunada coincidencia, dos de los colegas chinos (los Profesores
Du Mingxin y Wu Zugiang) enseñan en Tianjin. Juntos recordarán
sus momentos pasados en el conservatorio de Moscú en la década
de los 50 e intentarán debatir sobre el desarrollo de la composición
en el futuro. Para finalizar el encuentro, Gubaidulina responderá
a las preguntas de estudiantes y profesores el último día.
El día
principal de todo este evento es el del concierto que incluye no sólo
algunas de sus obras para acordeón, sino también obras
contemporáneas de jóvenes compositores chinos. Hay que
remarcar que las obras de Jia Guo Ping (Auf der Stille para acordeón,
violín y chelo), y Qin whom Chen (Five songs on the horizon
para acordeón, chelo y cuerdas) tienen contenidos y orquestaciones
similares si se comparan con las obras Silenzio para acordeón,
violín y chelo así como Seven Words para chelo, acordeón
y cuerdas de Gubaidulina.
El
acordeonista Orosz
Zoltán está de gira con la cantante más famosa
de Hungría, Zoran.
Las fechas de conciertos son: Octubre 9 - Szolnok
10-Kecskemet
11-Gyor
16-Debrecen
18-Tököl
19-Pecs
26- Tata Noviembre 7-Nyiregyhaza
8-Miskolc
Además
Zoltan y su orquesta aparecerán como invitados el 23 de octubre
en el concierto de la tarde en el Festival de Acordeón south
Slavonic en Pecsudvard
Roland
presenta Acordeón de botones Virtual, Osaka - Japón
Información por Rob
Howard
Roland
ha creado el FR-7b, una nueva versión de cinco filas de botones
cromáticos del exitoso acordeón piano Virtual. Este
modelo está programado para incluir los sistemas de teclados
B y C y además es el primer acordeón que incorpora los
dos sistemas. El FR-7b incluye todas las variantes de los modelos
de acordeón piano, incluyendo la utilización de bajos
libres.
Los
instrumentos hechos por el productor de bandoneones alemán
Uwe Hartenhauer se distribuyen ahora en Francia por Laurent Jarry,
Director de La
boite d´accordéon
.
Estos instrumentos tienen una larga tradición y están
fabricados en Alemania, inspirados en los famosos bandoneones de Alfred
Arnold. Los modelos producidos son ; Bandoneón diatónico
bisonoro, sistema argentino y bandoneón cromático unisonoro,
sistema Péguri
Accordion
Times Internacional, Blackpool- Reino Unido Información
por Rob
Howard
LA
revista de acordeón establecida desde hace tiempo en el Reino
Unido, la edición mensual Accordion
Times and News han realizado recientemente algunos cambios internos
y ahora se denomina Accordion Times Internacional. La acordeonista
y profesora Gina Brannelli es ahora co-editora junto a Loretta
Rolsto y la revista además tiene un formato mejor. Los
editores dan la bienvenida a contribuciones, información, comentarios
u otras cuestiones que se pueden enviar.
Accordion
Times fue publicada por primera vez en 1935, y aparte de los años
de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y un periodo en 1970, ha tenido una continuidad
y cubierto la mayor parte de la historia del acordeón en el
Reino Unido.
Éxito
de Alejandro Paredes en Concurso, Buenos Aires- Argentina Información por Rob
Howard
El
13 de agosto Alejandro Paredes ganó el trofeo principal en
el 5º Festival de Acordeón San Jorge, que tiene lugar
en la provincia de Santa Fe. Este premio incluye un viaje a Italia
para participar en el Premio y Concurso Internacional de Acordeón,
Castelfidardo del 11 al 16 de octubre. Su amiga Florencia Herrera
le desea la mejor de las suertes en este viaje a Castelfidardo.
The
annual summer music festival at Nieder-Mooser features concerts on
the pipe organ in the town church, and this year's event included
a performance by Prof. Viktor Romanko, on bayan accordion, with organist
Herbert Manfred Hoffmann. Viktor Romanko, from Jekaterinburg in Russia,
and Herbert Hoffman, from Frankfurt, performed a program of solo and
duet pieces. In the first half of the concert, the organ was predominantly
featured, and the second half, Viktor Romanko was the lead player.
The players
were highly sensitive toward each other, and their playing together
brought the best out of both instruments. The dynamics of the bayan
and organ were heard to very good effect on a range of classical transcriptions.
Highlights included JS Bach's 'Toccatta and Fugue in D Minor', in
which the organ took the lead part, and Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons',
brought fully to life by Viktor
Romanko's ability to bring out the tonal colors of the composition.
The program also included Schumann's 'Sonata for Organ in A-Minor',
and music composed by Tschernikov, Pizzigoni and Astor Piazzolla.
The Piazzolla pieces were 'Adios Nonino', 'Oblivion' and 'Libertango'.
The concert ended with some improvised traditional German and Russian
folk tunes, featuring both players.
The
25th Memorial
Concert was held at the Rose Centre in Auckland New Zealand on 18th
September, and this event included the presentation of awards and
scholarships. Silvio
de Pra, the Chairman of the Accordion
Examination Board of New Zealand Inc presented the Merit Award
in recognition of 'Outstanding Services to the Accordion Movement'
to Heather Gladstone from Christchurch.
Scholarships were awarded to Campbell Thwaites of Hawera, Jacob Wills
and Jessica Chen, of Auckland. The Rosebowl, awarded to the highest
mark received in an examination, was presented to Calum Anderson.
The Marie
Efford-Masefield Travel Assistance Grant was awarded to Campbell Hill
and Grayson Masefield to help them attend the CIACoupe Mondiale
World Accordion Championships in Castelo Branco, Portugal.
Murl
Allen Sanders at the 13 Coins, Washington State - USA
Contributed
by Rob
Howard
Murl
Allen Sanders will be playing at the 13 Coins SeaTac Restaurant from
September 27th to October 1st, 7:30 pm until midnight. The 13 Coins
is located directly across from SeaTac airport, Washington. Every
Wednesday, Murl plays at the noon Jazz service at Plymouth Congregational
Church, near Seattle.
From November 10th to 14th, Murl Sanders will be performing and teaching
at the Caister Accordion Festival, England. On December 30th Murl
will be performing with the Everett Symphony Orchestra. Murl now has
a DVD, featuring solo performances and as a trio with fellow accordionists
Frank Marocco and Ken Olendorf
'Piazzolla's
Greatest Hits' Concert, Kent - UK
Contributed by Rob
Howard
Russian
accordionist Nikolai Ryskov, now living in London, performs a concert
on October 1st at St James' Church, Beckenham, Kent. Ryskov's program
includes a selection of Astor Piazzolla's compositions, called 'Piazzolla's
Greatest Hits'. The concert begins at 7.30pm.
Martin
Lubenov Orchestra Concerts, Vienna - Austria
Contributed by Rob
Howard
Martin
Lubenov is one of the top Balkan accordionists. He has developed a
style of Balkan traditional music that incorporates swing, modern
jazz, tango nuevo, salsa and musette. His influence on Balkan music
has been compared to the contributions of Astor Piazzolla to tango
and Richard Galliano to musette. Originally from Bulgaria, Martin
Lubenov was trained in both classical music and jazz before moving
to Vienna in 2000. In Vienna he founded the Martin Lubenov Orkestar,
which includes many of the best traditional musicians from Bulgaria.
The Martin
Lubenov Orkestar is in concert as follows:-
September 30th - Technisches Museum, Festival Wean Hean, Vienna
October 1st - Foyer des Stadtsaals, Vöcklabruck
4th - Jazzta Prasta Neumarkt am Wallersee, Gasthof Gerbl
23rd - Black Box Balkan Festival, Pfefferberg, Berlin
10th
Anniversary of Accordion Club, Wiltshire - UK Contributed
by Rob
Howard
The White Horse Accordion Club, based in the West of England,
celebrates its 10th Anniversary on October 8th with a concert starring
Harry Hussey, and featuring the North Somerset Accordion Band. The
concert takes place at Westbury Leigh Hall, Wiltshire, and the celebrations
begin at 11am until 5pm, including a Ploughman's Lunch and a busking
session with Harry Hussey.
Accordionist
Marco Ambrosio, with Davide Cassina (vocals, guitar), Davide Bosa
(vocals, guitar, keyboard), Silvia Poglio (vocals) and Annalisa Bianco
(vocals) perform concerts at the Teatro Italia in Poirino on October
21st and 22nd. The concerts, which begin at 9pm, are a tribute evening
to the late singer and composer Fabrizio de Andrè (1940 - 1999).
7th
Festival Namurois de l'Accordéon, Floreffe - Belgium
Contributed by Christine
Adams
The
7th Festival Namurois de l'Accordéon takes place at the l'abbaye
de Floreffe on October 16th, beginning with a dinner at 11am, followed
by the festival itself at 12 noon. Guest accordionists include musette
stars Jo Sony, Guy Denis, Laurent Pire, Denys Gigot, Erika (known
as 'The Princess of the Accordion') and Patrick Sengers.
'The
Accordion in the World' Concerts, San Giovanni - Italy Contributed
by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
The concerts take place at the San Giovanni Theater, at 9.30pm,
with free entrance:-
15 October 15th - Ermes Pirlo Quartet (Brescia, Italy) - featuring
a program of jazz and tango music
22 October 22nd - Etnikòs (Italy) - presenting the music of
Greece, Armenia, Turkey and the Balkans
October 29th - Toporowski Duo (Warsaw, Poland) - accordionists Grzergorz
Toporowski and Radoskav Toporowski perform music from Poland and other
countries
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.
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.
English
Gracias
a la iniciativa del Profesor 
El
acordeonista 
Los
instrumentos hechos por el productor de bandoneones alemán
Uwe Hartenhauer se distribuyen ahora en Francia por Laurent Jarry,
Director de 
The
annual summer music festival at Nieder-Mooser features concerts on
the pipe organ in the town church, and this year's event included
a performance by Prof. Viktor Romanko, on bayan accordion, with organist
Herbert Manfred Hoffmann. Viktor Romanko, from Jekaterinburg in Russia,
and Herbert Hoffman, from Frankfurt, performed a program of solo and
duet pieces. In the first half of the concert, the organ was predominantly
featured, and the second half, Viktor Romanko was the lead player.
The
25th 
Murl
Allen Sanders will be playing at the 13 Coins SeaTac Restaurant from
September 27th to October 1st, 7:30 pm until midnight. The 13 Coins
is located directly across from SeaTac airport, Washington. Every
Wednesday, Murl plays at the noon Jazz service at Plymouth Congregational
Church, near Seattle.
'Piazzolla's
Greatest Hits' Concert, Kent - UK
Martin
Lubenov is one of the top Balkan accordionists. He has developed a
style of Balkan traditional music that incorporates swing, modern
jazz, tango nuevo, salsa and musette. His influence on Balkan music
has been compared to the contributions of Astor Piazzolla to tango
and Richard Galliano to musette. Originally from Bulgaria, Martin
Lubenov was trained in both classical music and jazz before moving
to Vienna in 2000. In Vienna he founded the Martin Lubenov Orkestar,
which includes many of the best traditional musicians from Bulgaria.
