Accordions Wordwide resulta del tiempo y esfuerzo de mucha gente cada
semana, y más de quienes hacen las traducciones que suponen
un gran servicio para beneficio de todos. Claudia Bonacquisti-Lerch
y Monika Doler son dos recientes incorporaciones al equipo de Accordions
Worldwide y les damos la bienvenida a nuestro equipo (ver abajo).
La
obra obligada de la CIA 2006 "Fractals op. 142" de Wolfgang
Plagge en internet Información
por Kevin
Friedrich
LA
Confédération
International des Accordéonistes (CIA)
anuncia que la obra obligada 2006 para la 59 Edición de la
Coupe Mondiale titulada "Fractals,
op. 142" de Wolfgang Plagge está disponible en internet
en la página web de la Coupe Mondiale (www.coupemondiale.org
) en formato pdf. Organizada
por el miembro de la CIA, la Norske Trekkspilleres Landsforbund
(NTL), la El concurso 59 Coupe Mondiale Internacional para acordeonistas
tendrá lugar en Asker, Noruega, del 18 al 22 de octubre de
2006.
Wolfgang
Plagge nació en Oslo, y a muy temprana edad comenzó
con su interés por la música clásica. Comenzó
tocando el piano y componiendo a los 4 años. En 1972 realizó
un concierto sensacional en Oslo con el Rey Olav V presente en el
auditorio. Los años siguientes ganó varios concursos
nacionales e internacionales, incluidos el Forsberg Legate en 1979
y el Premio Levin en 1987. El prosigue su activa carrera internacional
como pianista así como músico de cámara.
Wolfgang
Plagge publicó su primera obra a los 12 años y desde
entónces su música ha sido interpretada por músicos,
conjuntos y orquestas por todo el mundo. En 1996 recibió
el premio "Compositor del año" con la orquesta
Sinfónicoa de Trondheim. Recibó en el 2001 el premio
americano ASCAP y en el 2003 el Vocal Nord para composiotres. Es
miembro de la Sociedad Noruega de compositores y varias de sus obras
han sido grabadas en CD. Sus partituras pueden adquirirse en "L
e-scores, Musikk-Husets Forlag AS Oslo, o en el Centro de Información
de la Música Noruega.
Además
de la obra obligada 2006, la página web de la Coupe
Mondiale
también contiene información y reglas de las 6 categorías
de concurso así como inforamción sobre Noruega y la
59 Coupe Mondiale en general.
El
Festival de acordeón de Shanghai se celebrará del
2 al 6 de Mayo. El festival incluye:
1-
Concurso con más de 400 participantes y cerca de 200 profesores.
Este evento será el mayor festival de acordeón celebrado
en China. Los jurados internacionales son: Viatcheslav
Semionov, Alexander
Dmitriev,
Vojin Vasovic, Vladimir Solovjve, Semenenko Viatcheslav, Nizovsky
Gennady (Rusia), Luu Quang Minh (Vietnam), Frederic
Deschamps
(Francia), Owen
Murray
(Escocia), Jon Faukstad (Noruega), Joan
Cochran Sommers
y Mady Soave (USA). Kevin Friedrich (Nueva Zelanda) estará
presente como invitado VIP y observador internacional.
2-
Durante el festival habrá 6 conciertos de diferentes estilos
ofrecidos por : Peter
Soave,
Pavel Feniuk, Jean-Louis
Noton,
JJerome
Richard,
Cyril Blanchard y Antonio Mancini (Antonio es el ganador de la 2005
Coupe Mondiale Junior Virtuoso Varieté).
3- Se celebrará un Forum de acordeón internacional,
centrado en el presente y el futuro desarrollo del acordeón
en todo el mundo. El Forum incluirá una conferencia de una
autoridad de renombre internacional.
Campeonatos
y Festival de Acordeón Internacional Australiano, Sydney
- Australia
Información por Tania
Lukic-Marx
El
Festival y Campeonatos anuales de Acordeón Internacionales
de Australia organizados por la Asociación
de Profesores de Acordeón Australianos (AATA) se celebrará
el 27 y 28 de Mayo en el Ninevah Sports and Community Club, Edensor
Park, Sydney.
Uno de
los actos tradicionalmente más populares es el Concierto
Gala de Acordeón que se celebrará en el Club Italiano
"Fogolar Furlan-Veneto" en Lansvale el 28 de Mayo a las
14,00 horas. En este Concierto de Gala actuarán algunos de
los mejores acordeonistas y grupos australianos así como
figuras internacionales invitadas. Incluido el Campeón del
Mundo de Acordeón Piano Alexander
Shirunov (Rusia) , la Joven Orquesta de Acordeón ASA,
el grupo Accordion Concert y Enzo Giribaldi.
Para
las bases y más información sobre el evento visitar:
www.accordions.com/aata
. EL plazo de inscripción para el concurso finaliza el 15
de Abril.
"Divertimento",
una nueva obra de Viatcheslav
Semionov
de Moscú ha sido presentada pro Ernest
Deffner Publications de Nueva York. Esta obra está escrita
en tres movimientos: Leyenda, Nostalgia y Viaje, es para instrumentos
con bajos sueltos y con acordes preparados. Está disponible
tanto para acordeón piano (41 teclas) o de botones. La obra
cuesta 29 dólares americanos.
Esta obra
es una música escrita con destreza que se adapta a los diferentes
sistemas. El conocimiento de ambos sistemas de Semionov está
patente en el hecho de que es profesro de acordeonistas ganadores
de primeros premios tanto con acordeón de botones como con
teclas. El compositor anima a los acordeonistas a interpretar esta
obra con los diferentes sistemas de acordeón. Stock
nº ED306.
Considerado
como unos de los mejores acordeonistas y compositor de Rusia, Viatcheslav
Semionov está considerado como "el fundador de la escuela
moderna de interpretación del acordeón". Fue premiado
con el Disco de Plata en el Festival Internacional de Acordeón
y Acordeonistas de 1994 y en 1995 recibió la mayor distinción
interpretativa de Rusia, "Artista del Pueblo de Rusia" de
manos del Presidente Boris Yeltsin.
El prefacio
de la nueva obra de Semionov es una dedicación que dice: "Escrita
para mi colega Faithe
Deffner en conmemoración a su servicio a la comunidad del
acordeón como Presidenta de la Asociación de Acordeonistas
Americanos 1985/6, 1995/6, 1997/8 y 1999/0"
Bienvenida
a dos nuevas traductoras, Castelfidardo - Italia
Información por Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
Accordions Worldwide
desea dar la bienvenida a dos nuevas traductoras:
Claudia
Bonacquisti-Lerch de Austria trabaja con su marido Günther
Lerch quien es distribuidor general de acordeones
FISMEN. Claudia tiene su propio negocio de traducción
y traducirá las noticias semanales al Italiano.
Monika
Hodler is la higa de Berthold Doler, dueño de Pro
Harmonika (http://www.totter-midi.de/ ) de Bavaria, quienes
son distribuidores en Alemania de Totter Miki, acordeones Lazinger
y Acordeones Puschtra.
Les agradecemos
muchos su valiosa ayuda.
American
Accordion Musicological Society Festival, Pennsylvania - USA
Contributed by Mike Dellapenna
My
wife and I attended the AAMS Festival this past weekend hosted by
Stan and Joanna Darrow,
at which we participated in -- my wife ran the registration desk and
I gave a workshop playing Italian and Europeon favorites, which seemed
to be greatly appreciated. I was asked for a lot of my playing arrangements,
and I also judged some of the competitions.
Lenny Feldman was the Master of Ceremonies throughout the weekend
and did a fantastic job! Also, his workshop on the music of Frank
Marocco was great. The Saturday night show was one of the best ever;
the memorable highlights being Henry Doktorski playing music of the
Diero brothers, Lydia Kaminskia from Europe, and especially Mary Tokarski
(of The K Trio)
who brought down the house.
The wrap-up on Sunday was also very enjoyable which included a massed
accordion band playing the Swan Lake Overture under the direction
of Stan Darrow (at least 50 accordionists of all different levels
and ages) done very, very well. Jim Vandelly also performed a few
numbers, which were fantastic. The highlight of Sunday was our very
own AFF'er, Bobby
Raye, who also did a superb job and brought the house down. Also
in attendance for the weekend were Carmen Carrozza and Danny Desidario.
Friedrich
Lips had an interesting masterclass last week at the Royal Academy
of Music in London. He was invited by Professor Owen
Murray to teach his class not only in modern accordion techniques
but also concerning new literature for accordion and chamber music.
As Lips is constantly working with different instrumentalists, he
has experience in many aspects of contemporary music.
Joe
Burke in 'A Tribute to Andy McGann', Chicago - USA
Contributed by Rob
Howard
Irish
music history will be made at the Irish American Heritage Center,
Chicago, on April 1st, at 8pm. New York fiddle player Brian Conway
joins accordionist Joe Burke
and pianist Felix Dolan in 'A Tribute to Andy McGann', and a new CD
will be recorded live at the Heritage Center that night. Galway-based
Joe Burke, All Ireland Accordion Champion in 1959 and 1960, lived
in the USA for many years, and makes a special return for this event.
Joe Burke and fiddle player
Andy McGann were both influenced musically by the legendary Sligo
fiddle player Michael Coleman (1891-1945). In 1961 - at the heart
of a golden era in Irish music in America - Andy McGann and Joe Burke
met and began a life-long friendship, lasting until Andy's death in
2004. Together, they showed their respect for the music of Coleman
in the acclaimed 1965 recording 'A Tribute to Michael Coleman', with
the inimitable piano accompaniment of New York-born Felix Dolan. That
album is one of the classics in Irish music today.
Just as Coleman inspired the young McGann, so did McGann inspire many
other musicians during his own lifetime, including Bronx-born Brian
Conway. Today, Brian is regarded as Andy's protégé,
although Andy was not his formal teacher. The Irish American Heritage
Center is proud to present this unique live recording concert, and
the event is described as being "History in the making. Don't
miss this night. Like all good moments in history, it will only happen
once!"
Donostiako
Akordeoi Orkestra Sinfonikoa, San Sebastien - Spain
Contributed by Rob
Howard
The
Donostiako Akordeoi Orkestra Sinfonikoa, from San Sebastien, are in
concert on March 11th, at Teatro de la Casa Cultura de Okend, San
Sebastien. The concert begins at 7pm. Currently directed by Mikel
Bikondoa Elizegi, the Donostiako Akordeoi Orkestra Sinfonikoa has
a long history of competition successes. In 1984 the orchestra won
1st place in the orchestra competition held concurrently with the
CIACoupe
Mondiale in Folkestone, England.
Rimini
Disma Music Fair, Rimini - Italy Contributed
by Harley
Jones
A large crowd attended the Rimini Music Fair on Sunday 12 March.
This music fair is primarily guitar, keyboard and drums with
some accordion companies displaying - Roland,
MusicTech,
Ketron, Brandoni and Cooperfisa.
Pictured
are:
1. Roland Italy
Marketing Manager Seiji Kameda (left), President Bruno Barbini (right)
Accordions Worldwide Europe Manager Holda
Paoletti-Kampl (center) in front of the Roland display and sound
proof booth behind them.
2. Also attending was Francesca
Pigini, pictured with Holda
and myself, photo by Pigini Switzerland
distributor Martin Frey.
3. Musictech
Manager Claudio Sabbatini (right) and Musictech demonstrator Guiliano
Cameli.
Last
weekend was the National
Accordion Association Convention in Dallas, Texas. This year the
emphasis was on button accordions. About 300 registered for the convention,
and another 50 or more came for the evening concerts. The opening
event on Friday night was a 4-hour long Polka Dance.
Artistes appearing on stage for performance were: Denis Novato, originally
from Slovenia, with a 3-row button accordion; Ron Pivovar, from Philadelphia,
with a 4-row; Joel Guzman (Tex-Mex Grammy award winner); Alex Meixner,
from Philadelphia, playing a custom built 4-row; Fred Ziwich, from
Cleveland, Ohio, playing both 3-row button box and piano accordion,
and several members of the Alaska Polka Chips, from Anchorage, Alaska.
There were about 20 to 25 other button accordion players in attendance
as well. Ron
Pivovar, Fred Ziwich, Joel Guzman, Denis Novato and Alex Meixner also
all gave workshops. The festival also included lots of jamming together,
too!
Styles of music were varied, covering everything from classical to
pop tunes to jazz and blues.
Piazzolla
Birthday Celebration, Michigan - USA Contributed
by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
Celebrating
Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla's birthday, The Phoenix Ensemble
returns to Kerrytown Concert House, 415 North Fourth Ave, Ann Arbor,
on March 17th and 18th for their annual Oblivion Project. The performances
begin at 7.30pm and 9.30pm each evening.
The Oblivion Project is named for one of Piazzolla's signature pieces.It
focuses on the 'Nuevo Tango' of Astor Piazzolla, the famous and controversial
Argentine composer, and spotlights Peter
Soave and Julien Labro on bandoneons. Soave's mastery of the music
of Piazzolla, along with his virtuosic skill, and Labro's creative
talent promise a powerful combination. Other Phoenix Ensemble members
are Gabriel Bolkosky(violin), Derek Snyder (cello), Tad Weed (piano),
John Holkeboer (bass),and Alex Trajano (percussion).
The
Phoenix Ensemble has been called "a tight band of musical adventurers"
and their Oblivion Project described as "a broad palette of moods
and styles: straight-to-Hell tangos of tremendous hypnotic force,
floating jazz-fusion-like space walks, and even tender major-key romance."
(Lawrence Cosentino in the Lansing City Pulse, Sept. 21st 2005).
Walter
Perrie in Concert, Stockport - UK
Contributed by Rob
Howard
Former
All-Scotland Champion Walter Perrie is the guest at Stockport Accordion
Club on March 28th. Stockport AC meets at the St John Ambulance Brigade
HQ, Edgeley Road, Cheadle Heath, Stockport, and the concert begins
at 8pm.
On
April 7th and 8th, Renzo
Ruggieri will give a seminar at the Conservatory of Castelfranco
Veneto. The artistic director of the event is Ivano Paterno. On April
8th, at 9pm Renzo Ruggieri will perform a recital involving solo accordion
+ electronics and video titled 'Storie di Fisarmonica Vissut.' Ruggieri
will repeat the concert in the Musical Academy of Vallo di Diano,
Teggiano on April 21st and the following day will hold a seminar on
jazz in the same center.
Wyre
International Accordion Festival, Lancashire - UK Contributed
by Gina Brannelli
The Wyre International
Accordion Festival takes place on April 16th, Easter Sunday, at The
Marine Hall, The Esplanade, Fleetwood. Competitions include 47 Sections
in total, from Beginner to Advanced, 10 sections included for the
Late Starter, Polka, Musette, Scottish, Duet and Group, and 5 Entertainment
categories. This Festival also includes the CMA Junior and Senior
Classical, and Junior and Senior Variety Qualifiers for the CMA
Trophée Mondial.
Fismen
- a new accordion company producing accordions and harmonicas in Castelfidardo/Italy
Musicforaccordion.com is publishing four new eSheet music, 'Jumping
Jack Polka', 'Jenny's
Waltz', 'Minuet'
'Granada'.
Samples of the music is available on the site. The music is in eSheet
format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit
card.
James O' Brien
- composer, arranger and performer, releases another 6 new works for
accordion available for purchase online. 'Die
Musica'(traditional), 'Muss
I Denn' (traditional), 'On
the Bridge of Avignon' (traditional), 'Samiotissa'
(traditional), 'Schwesterlein'
(traditional), 'Vive
la compagnie' (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.
LA
1-
Concurso con más de 400 participantes y cerca de 200 profesores.
Este evento será el mayor festival de acordeón celebrado
en China. Los jurados internacionales son: 
2-
Durante el festival habrá 6 conciertos de diferentes estilos
ofrecidos por : 
"
Considerado
como unos de los mejores acordeonistas y compositor de Rusia, Viatcheslav
Semionov está considerado como "el fundador de la escuela
moderna de interpretación del acordeón". Fue premiado
con el Disco de Plata en el Festival Internacional de Acordeón
y Acordeonistas de 1994 y en 1995 recibió la mayor distinción
interpretativa de Rusia, "Artista del Pueblo de Rusia" de
manos del Presidente Boris Yeltsin.
My
wife and I attended the AAMS Festival this past weekend hosted by
Stan and 
Irish
music history will be made at the Irish American Heritage Center,
Chicago, on April 1st, at 8pm. New York fiddle player Brian Conway
joins accordionist 
Rimini
Disma Music Fair, Rimini - Italy
Pictured
are: 
Celebrating
Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla's birthday, The Phoenix Ensemble
returns to Kerrytown Concert House, 415 North Fourth Ave, Ann Arbor,
on March 17th and 18th for their annual Oblivion Project. The performances
begin at 7.30pm and 9.30pm each evening.
The
Phoenix Ensemble has been called "a tight band of musical adventurers"
and their Oblivion Project described as "a broad palette of moods
and styles: straight-to-Hell tangos of tremendous hypnotic force,
floating jazz-fusion-like space walks, and even tender major-key romance."
(Lawrence Cosentino in the Lansing City Pulse, Sept. 21st 2005).
On
April 7th and 8th, 
A
new 
