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4º Festival Europeo de Orquestas de Acordeón 2006, Praga
- República Checa
Información
por Rob
Howard
La Asociación checa del Acordeón y la agencia de conciertos
y viajes Club Tours Agentur de Praga están organizando conjuntamente
el 4º Festival Europeo de orquestas de acordeón en Praga.
Este evento internacional tendrá lugar del 20 al 23 de Abril,
comenzando el concurso el 22 de Abril.
El festival tiene lugar en la impresionante sala de la Vinohrady
National House y en otros lugares de la ciudad de Praga. El festival
incluye orquestas de la República Checa, Estonia, Alemania,
Irlanda, Italia, Letonia, Noruega, Rusia, Serbia y Montenegro, Eslovaquia,
Suiza y el Reino Unido.
Las categorías son:
1-Orquestas de Acordeón junior (hasta 16 años)
2-Música clásica, sin límite de edad, mínimo
10 acordeones
3-Música ligera, sin límite de edad, 12 o más
intérpretes.
Campeonatos Ingleses de Acordeón 2006 de la NAO, Scarborough
- Reino Unido Información por Raymond
Bodell - Charnwood
Music
Los
Campeonatos anuales ingleses de Acordeón (NAO)
tendrán lugar del 5 al 7 de Mayo en Scarborough. El concierto
de Inauguración el viernes por la noche presenta los Classic
Buskers, Julian González (Francia), el vigente Campeón
de la Categoría Junior de la CIA y de la Senior de la CMA
modalidad varieté y Romany Rye.
Las diferentes fases del concurso tendrán lugar durante el
sábado y el domingo, con una participación de más
de 350 inscripciones en una completa y variada lista de categorías
desde sólo, dúo, grupo y orquestas. Tras la presentación
de los premios el Sábado por la noche, la tradicional velada
escocesa será amenizada por Gary Blair y su orquesta.
Tendrán lugar también demostraciones en el Green Lounge,
incluyendo acordeones, música, CDs... durante los 3 días.
El
teatro Miller y la Universidad de Columbia en Nueva York, han presentado
un nuevo proyecto de 3 años que consiste en el encargo a
doce compositores de renombre para escribir doce Conciertos de Bolsillo
(obras para solista y sinfonieta) y presentar los estrenos de cuatro
de estas obras en cada concierto organizado en 3 sesiones.
Interpretarán las obras músicos internacionales. El
acordeonista Guy Klucevsek intepretará el primero, Concierto
para acordeón de Julia Wolfe, el 22 de Abril a las 20,00
horas. Está escrito para acordeón y orquesta de cámara.
El proyecto Concierto de Bolsillo es una iniciativa del teatro Miller.
El teatro quiere realizar su contribución al repertorio incluyendo
una obra para acordeón.
Pearl
Adriano reanuda su carrera, Bamsley - Reino Unido Información
por Rob
Howard
La
acordeonista internacional Pearl Adriano, anteriormente conocida como
Pearl Fawcett, ha reanudado su carrera de intérprete tras un
largo descanso por motivos personales. Pearl, quien estuvo casada
con el fallecido Adrian
Dante, fue una de los mayores
innovadoras del Reino Unido: La primera en enseñar y dar recitales
de acordeón en un Conservatorio de Gran Bretaña, y la
primera en ofrecer recitales en la televisión. También
fue la primera acordeonista femenina en dar una gira de concierto
por Rusia y la primera intérprete en el Reino Unido que promovió
el acordeón electrónico.
Pearl fue campeona del Mundo Junior y Senior de la CMA y sus otros
éxitos en concursos incluyen numerosos títulos ingleses
y de la Commonwealth en todos los niveles. Ha realizado muchas grabaciones
de música clásica, continental y música de baile,
además de componer diversas obras.
Las fechas de conciertos de Pearl Adriano para el 2006 son:
29 Septiembre - 1 Octubre- Recoaro Terme, Italia
7 Octubre- Soar Valley Accordion Club, Leicester
13-16 octubre- Eastbourne Accordion Festival
2-6 noviembre - Accordions International 2006, Caister
21 noviembre - Stockport Accordion Club
Performing
En Route to the Fair, Hamburg - Germany
Contributed by Rob
Howard
Accordionist,
organist and Excelsior
demonstrator Jon Hammond has travelled to Germany, performing in
Hamburg prior to moving on to the Musikmesse Fair, Frankfurt, which
takes places from March 29th to April 1st. Jon writes as follows:-
"Two of our three Hamburg gigs
are done before we head out to Frankfurt. Last night was excellent
and fun, the club was directly in the Harburg train station in Harburg-Hamburg
so we heard the train going by every 2 minutes (music to my ears!).
Tomorrow night we make our 'Multimedia Party' in INDRA located in
St. Pauli Hamburg. INDRA is the original club where the Beatles
played here before they moved over to the Star Club (which later
burnt down). I know some old-timer Star Club characters here so
we are hoping they will join us tomorrow night."
Viktor
Romanko Appearances, Frankfurt - Germany
Russian
accordionist Viktor Romanko will be demonstrating for the Hohner
accordion company at the Musikmesse Fair in Frankfurt, March 29th
to April 1st. He will be demonstrating at the following times:-
March 29th - 12 noon and 2.30pm
March 30th - 12noon, 2.30pm and 6pm
March 31st - 11am, 12 noon and 2.30pm
April 1st - 12 noon and 3pm
On
April 2nd - Viktor Romano performs in concert at the Klosterkirche
(cloister church), Kassel, at 5pm.
Viktor Romanko is Professor of Accordion at the Urals Conservatory
at Jekaterininburg, Russia. He has many recordings and international
concert tours to his credit, and tours regularly in Germany.
Easter
Accordion Break, Somerset - UK Contributed
by Rob
Howard
London-based
accordion teacher John Leslie is to provide tuition to all levels
at the Easter Accordion Break, held at St Audrie's Bay Holiday Club
in Somerset.
The event, which runs from April 10th to 14th, includes accommodation,
breakfast, evening meal, workshops, and practical and theory lessons.
La
Bottine Souriante, Quebec - Canada La
Bottine Souriante, a nine-piece ensemble from Quebec featuring Pierre
Belisle on piano accordion and Pierre-Luc Dupois on 3-row button accordion,
have performed traditional French Canadian music since 1976. They
perform at music festivals and concerts around the world, and have
a loyal following in many countries.
La Bottine Souriante (whose name literally means 'The Smiling Boot')
are to appear at the Festival International de Lafayette, Louisiana,
USA, on April 28th and 30th. On April 29th, they appear at the Houston
International Festival in Texas.
Isle
of Skye Accordion & Fiddle Festival, Scotland - UK Contributed by Rob
Howard
The second Isle of Skye Accordion & Fiddle Festival takes place
from May 25th to 27th, at the Royal Hotel, Portree, and at other venues
on this Scottish island. There are concerts and ceilidhs, and also
the launch of a new CD by accordionist Ross MacPherson.
The festival involves many accordionists, including Ross MacPherson,
Ian Cameron, the Marian Anderson Scottish Dance Band, and the Ballochmyle
Ceilidh Band.
Bruno
Maurice Summer Master Classes and Concerts - France
Contributed by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
Accordionist
Bruno Maurice is to conduct master classes and also to perform in
concert at the International Festival of Les Arcs, held from July
15th to 28th, and at also the International Festival of Guérande,
from August 12th to 26th.
Bruno Maurice is Professor of Accordion at the National Conservatory
of Bordeaux, and an international accordion soloist. He studied at
the Tchaikovsky Academy in Kiev, Ukraine, and has won accordion competitions
in France, Italy and Sweden.
Free of Charge
- Advertising Theme of the Eurovision Song Contest, Athens 2006. Israeli
arranger, composer and performer Yehuda
Oppenheimer has just released in cooperation with MusicForAccordion.com
an arrangement of the Te
Deum Prelude, which was written by M.A.Charpentier (1643-1704).
This melody is the advertising theme of the Eurovision Song Contests,
which is next being held in Athens.
This year the Eurovision Semi Final is being run on 18 May and the
Final on 20 May. As a promotional gift, the new arrangement is being
sent free of charge to all MusicForAccordion.com February and March
2006 clients. So buy any music, book or CD from MusicForAccordion.com
in March 2006 and you will receive free of charge, this new arrangement
by Yehuda Oppenheimer. Listen to the sample
tracks of the beautiful Oppenheimer CD now online as well as view
samples of his fine compositions
and arrangements.
A new site
selling a book titled 'L'Accordéon
& SA Diversité Sonore'. Book in French language about
the accordion reeds and the sound and how to tune and repair the reeds
of the accordions. Author is Thierry Benetoux of France.
James O'
Brien - compositor, arreglista e intérprete, presenta otras
5 nuevas obras para acordeón en la red: 'As
I Went Out' (traditional), 'Bagpiper's
Carol' (traditional), 'Carnival
of Venice' (traditional), 'Cicirinella'
(traditional), 'Hopak'
(traditional). Ejemplos de música en la red. Pago con tarjeta
de crédito.
The American
Accordionists' Association (AAA) site has been updated to show
current competition information for 2006 including the national festival
comeptitions and the $10,000 first prize 'Vivian Vivio Stolaruk International
Entertainment Competition for Accordionists' which will be held from
July 12-14, 2006 at the Adams Mark Hotel, Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY.
James O' Brien
- composer, arranger and performer, releases another 6 new works for
accordion available for purchase online. 'Talk
To Me' (traditional), 'Tarantella-Napolitana'
(traditional), 'Tiritomba'
(traditional), 'Vieni
Sul Mar' (traditional), 'Wild
Mountain Thyme' (traditional), 'Windmiller
Polka' (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.
GSB
srl, Manager: Markus Rumpf. GSB srl specialise in:- Keyboards
of accordion and electronic keyboards assemblage. Mechanical assemblage
of all kind of accordions. Constituent elements of accordion assemblage.
Accordion repairing. Revisione generale per fisarmonica. Accordion
general reconditioning.
Vassily
Glubochenko releases a new composition of 'Walk
With the “Mops”'. Sample of the music is available online.
The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer.
Purchase with credit card.
Los
Campeonatos anuales ingleses de Acordeón 
El
teatro Miller y la Universidad de Columbia en Nueva York, han presentado
un nuevo proyecto de 3 años que consiste en el encargo a
doce compositores de renombre para escribir doce Conciertos de Bolsillo
(obras para solista y sinfonieta) y presentar los estrenos de cuatro
de estas obras en cada concierto organizado en 3 sesiones.
La
acordeonista internacional Pearl Adriano, anteriormente conocida como
Pearl Fawcett, ha reanudado su carrera de intérprete tras un
largo descanso por motivos personales. Pearl, quien estuvo casada
con el fallecido 
Accordionist,
organist and 
On
April 2nd - Viktor Romano performs in concert at the Klosterkirche
(cloister church), Kassel, at 5pm.
London-based
accordion teacher John Leslie is to provide tuition to all levels
at the Easter Accordion Break, held at St Audrie's Bay Holiday Club
in Somerset. 
Accordionist
Bruno Maurice is to conduct master classes and also to perform in
concert at the International Festival of Les Arcs, held from July
15th to 28th, and at also the International Festival of Guérande,
from August 12th to 26th.
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