Cada semana las noticias de Accordions Worldwide ofrecen reportajes sobre todo tipo de eventos relacionados con el acordeón y los acordeonistas, y esta semana no es una excepción. Sólo hace falta mirar a nuestro alrededor y ver que hay muchos e importantes eventos de acordeón sucediendo por todo el mundo. Por favor déjanos ofrecer a todo el mundo los detalles de los acontecimientos relacionados con el acordeón, de cualquier parte del mundo, hacemos publicidad gratis. Recuerda esta vieja frase “Si no lo saben, no van!! Rob
Howard
Premio a la trayectoria para Frank Marocco, New Jersey – EEUU
Información por Rob
Howard
El American
Accordionists' Association Premio a la trayectoria será entregado a Frank Marocco el 4 de Junio. La cena de entrega se realizará en el Restaurante La Fiesta en Wood-Ridge, New Jersey e incluye un cocktail a las 12, 00 horas, una presentación a las 12,45 horas y una comida a las 13,15 horas.
Los artistas que actuarán son Nick Ballarini, Tony
Dannon y Joe Cerrito, US Army Strings con Manny Bobenrieth al acordeón. Habrá una actuación especial con Frank Marocco y Eddie Monteiro a dúo.
Frank Marocco es sin ninguna duda el acordeonista activo más respetado del momento. Su carrera le ha llevado por todo el mundo, además ha participado en bandas sonoras de cerca de 450 películas de Hollywood y en varios anuncios y programas de televisión.
Campeonato Internacional de Acordeón, Sydney- Australia Información por Tania
Lukic-Marx
El 13º Festival y Campeonato Internacional de Acordeón Australiano organizado por la AATA tendrá lugar en Sydney el 27 y 28 de Mayo.
LA sección de concurso tendrá lugar el 27 de mayo con participantes de N8ueva Zelanda, Australia y Croacia. Los miembros del jurado son Elizabeth Jones (Australia), Sarah
Langley (Nueva Zelanda), Cathy Day (Australia), Alexander
Shirunov (Rusia) y Marjan Krajna (Croacia).
Habrá clases magistrales de Alexander
Shirunov, Marjan Krajna y Tania
Lukic-Marx como novedad en el evento y cualquier acordeonista podrá participar.
Uno de los actos más populares es el Concierto de Gala que tendrá lugar el 28 de Mayo a las 14,00 horas.
Los artistas invitados serán Alexander
Shirunov (actual ganador de la Coupe Mondiale Piano Accordion), El Australian Concert Ensemble, la Orquesta ASA y el acordeonista Enzo Giribaldi.
Clases magistrales y concerto organizado por la AAA de William Shimmel, Nueva York – EEUU
Información por Rob
Howard
La Asociación Americana de Acordeonistas organiza por 12º año la Serie de Clases Magistrales y Concierto. Organizado por la AAA contará con William
Schimmel, quien recibió el premio al mérito de la CIA junto celebrando conjuntamente el 10º aniversario de “Los seminarios” (término usado por los participantes y la comunidad artística de Nueva York para el evento). Los tres días de la Serie serán el 28, 29 y 30 de Julio en el Instituto Cultural Tenri de Nueva York, y el título de este año es HA HA! WA WA! EL ACORDEÓN PUEDE MATARTE!!
Mexico's
Trio Zur in Concert tour of Guatemala
Contributed by Rob
Howard
The
Trio Zur, a Mexican group whose members are accordionist Antonio
Barberena accordion, Javier Nandayapa on marimba and percussionist
Mirna Yam, carried out a concert tour of Guatemala. The tour included
concerts in the cities of San Pedro Sucatepéquez, Quetzaltenango
and in the National Theater Miguel Angel Asturias in the capital
Guatemala City before an audience of 1300 people. The Trio Zur's
repertoire included music by the composers Astor Piazzolla, Richard
Galliano, Kepa Junkera, Jovan Zivkovic, Rodolfo Mederos, as well
as of Mexican and Irish composers. Their first titled CD 'Firedance'
will be released in the autumn of 2006.
Renzo
Ruggieri's Seminars and Concerts, Castelfranco Veneto - Italy
Contributed by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
Accordionist Renzo
Ruggieri recently led two seminars on the topic of jazz accordion,
concentrating on non-academic aspects of playing.
These took place at the Agostino Steffani Conservatory in Castelfranco
Veneto, and were followed by performance of 'Solo Accordion Project'
by Renzo
Rugieri.
First
Ukrainian International Accordion Festival 'Accoholiday', Kiev - Ukraine
Contributed by Tania
Lukic-Marx
From
the April 28th to May 3rd the first Ukrainian International Accordion
Festival and Championships 'Accoholiday' took place in the beautiful
city of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The organizer of the event is
a famous Ukrainian accordion artiste and entertainer, Professor Jan
Tabachnik.
The event was superbly organized with the generous funds for the competitors,
guests and adjudicators. There was no competition entry fee and all
the competitors were provided with the free accommodation and meals
for the duration of the whole event.
The
Competition was divided into the two categories: Classical and Entertainment.
The winner of the Classical Category was Evegenij Kochetov (pictured)
and the winner of the Entertainment Category was Bojan Jovanovic.
The event had a high number of competitors, with the jury divided
into the two categories: classical and entertainment. Jury members
included: Jab Tabachnik(Ukraine), Vladimir
Besfamilnov (Ukraine) - the Chairman of the Jury , Radomir Tomich
(Serbia), Jurij Sidorov (Russia), Anatolij Semeshko (Ukraine), Eduardus
Gabnys (Lithuania), Richard Galliano(France), Mirco
Patarini (Italy) , Tania
Lukic-Marx (Australia), Viktor Vlasov (Ukraine), Jurij Jastrebov
(Russia), Valerij Kovtun (Russia), Vladimir Rozhok (Ukraine).
The Festival part of the event included two concerts with performers
such as Richard Galliano, Jurij Sidorov, Eugenie Kochetov, Valerij
Kovtun, Quartet 'Rizol', and Duet 'Moscow', etc. The concerts were
well received with the standing ovations.
During
the event, an 'International Higher League of Accordion Artistes'
was formed and registered in Kiev, the President of which is Jan Tabachnik
and the members include the accordion artistes from Russia (Jurij
Sidorov, Jurij Jatrebov, Valerij Kovtun), Australia (Tania
Lukic-Marx), Ukraine (Jan Tabachnik, Vladimir
Besfamilnov, Viktor Vlasov, Anatolij Semeshko, Vladimir Rozhok),
Italy (Mirco
Patarini), France (Richard Galliano), Serbia (Radomir Tomich),
and Lithuania (Eduardus Gabnys). Each member was presented with the
Certificate to testify that he/she is the owner of the STAR denomination
from the constellation 'LIRA' (Catalogue of the 'Space-Earth', Moscow,
Russia, President of J.S.C. pilot-cosmonaut German Titov).
Salvatore
Cauteruccio's Musical Activities Around Italy Contributed
by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl Salvatore
Cauteruccio has recently been performing in several Italian regions
with his two ensembles: 'Acoustic Music Ensemble', with Peter Perrone
- violin, Enzo Campaign - guitar, and the 'Aperitif Jazz Quartet'
with Salvatore Barbuscio - bass, Sirufo Angel - drums, Enzo Campaign
- guitar.
The concert of May 1st in Lungomare di Diamante (CS) with the A.J.Q
where the group had also been a great success with their concert
there on the April 26th at the Auditorium I.T.C. 'A.Sacco' in Sant'
Arsenio, where the accordionist in the trio A.M.E. exhibited himself
in front of four hundred young people in order to promote the culture
of the accordion.
Heinrich
Biegenzahn Concert, Vienna - Austria Contributed by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
A concert featuring Heinrich Biegenzahn - free bass accordion,
clarinet and saxophone - takes place on May 17th, at 7pm, at the Urania
Club, 1011 Vienna, Uraniastrasse 1. Also involved are Zsuzsa Varga
- piano, and accordionists Nenad Gajic, Valentin Sützl and Sebastian
Novak.
Guy
Klucevsek Concert, Bordeaux - France
Contributed by Rob
Howard
American
composer and accordionist Guy
Klucevsek will be in residence in Bordeaux,
May 17th to 19th, sponsored by Musique de Nuits. Klucevsek will perform
a solo concert, featuring selections from his Winter & Winter
CD, 'The Well-Tampered Accordion'; perform his composition, 'Four
Portraits', inspired by Michael Cunningham's novel, 'The Hours', accompanied
by a reading of selections from the novel; and present a duo concert
with Alan Bern (accordion, piano).
Following the residency, Guy Klucevsek and Alan Bern will record their
second CD for Winter & Winter (following their highly-regarded
2000 release, 'Accordance') in a vineyard outbuilding in the St. Emilion
region.
Mauro
Carra and ZUM in World Music Festival Concert, London - UK
Contributed by Rob
Howard
St
Martin's-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London, presents its first
acoustic World Music Festival in the last week of May. The first concert,
on May 20th, presents the virtuosic talents of Zum, featuring Edward
Hession on accordion, and Italy's award-winning accordion virtuoso
Mauro Carra. St Martin's-in-the-Fields is an Anglican church with
a long established reputation for music - both Handel and Mozart performed
there!
Zum,
a highly acclaimed gypsy tango band, combine the fire and brilliance
of Eastern European gypsy fiddle music with the hot-blooded passion
of Argentinean Tango. ZUM's new show includes 'Nuevo Tango' masterpieces
by Astor Piazzolla and music from the golden era of tango, alongside
addictive traditional gypsy melodies and dazzling virtuoso fiddling.
The band adds its own compelling original material, inspired by both
gypsy and tango, sophisticated threads of jazz connected with gypsy,
celtic, salsa, bluegrass, klezmer, Arabic, calypso and tango to create
a stunning new sound. Zum's performance begins at 7.30pm.
Virtuoso accordionist Mauro Carra, from Italy, performs at 10pm. Mauro
Carra is currently one of Italy's hottest young talents, has recently
toured the UK, has released a new CD titled 'I need You', performed
for films, and won competitions in various countries.
A
musical show titled 'Paris Est Un Escargot' takes place at the Theatre
Michel Galabru, 2 rue de l'Armée, 75018 Paris, on May 24th,
27th and 31st, and June 3rd, at 2.30pm. The performers are Béatrice
Fontaine - vocals, Daniel Denecheau - guitar, and Alexandre Leitao
- accordion.
MUSICFEST
2006 Cancelled, Luzniki - Russia
Contributed by Rob
Howard
The
event set to take place in Luzniki, Russia, May 26th to 28th, known
as MUSICFEST 2006, has been cancelled due to financial problems. American
accordionist Jon Hammond was one of the scheduled guest performers.
Leith
Community Concert Band, a military band, conducted by Frederick Frayling-Kelly,
feature accordionist Shane Brogan as guest soloist. The band's repertoire
will feature Shane performing with them, as well as him performing
solo.
The concert takes place on June 8th at St Thomas'-Junction Road Church,
Great Junction Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, starting at 7.30pm.
The
Dolci Romori Jazz Festival takes place from June 7th to 10th, directed
by Renzo
Ruggieri. On June 7th, at the Teatro Comunale in Atri, at 9.30pm,
Renzo Ruggieri will perform his 'Solo Accordion Project' show.
A new site selling a CD titled "Zhang
Guoping" with sound samples. Supplied by Karthause-Schmuelling
of Germany. Purchase online.
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selling a CD titled "Les
Virtuoses Du Baiane Moskva" with sound samples. Supplied
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with sound samples. Supplied by Karthause-Schmuelling of Germany.
Purchase online.
A new site for
Yuri Medianik selling a CD titled "Recollections
Of Piazzolla" with sound samples. Music performed by Yuri
medianik. Purchase online.
A new Celebrity
Interview of Peppini Principe is now online, detailing some of
the important moments of this famous acordionist and composers life
and his tremendous popular successes. It makes a most interesting
historical record, published in English
and Italian.