Friedrich Lips ha tenido una exitosa semana recientemente. Después de interpretar el “Lips Concert” de E.Podgaits con la Orquesta Sinfónica Beethoven, dirigida por Roman Kofman, en Bonn viajó a Tilburg en los Paises Bajos donde fue invitado a dar un concierto y unas clases magistrales en el Conservatorio. La visita a Tilburg fue seguida de dos recitales a solo muy aclamados organizados por Gabriel y Michel Veit, cerca de Mulhouse y en la Iglesia protestante de Bischwiller, al norte de Strasburgo en Francia.
El programa del concierto de Friedrich Lips incluyó obras de L.Boellmann, S.Gubaidulina, A.Khatchaturian, E.Derbienko, F.Schubert, G.Gershwin, A.Piazzolla, J.Strauss, etc....
En Julio, Lips
visitará Austria para ofrecer unas clases magistrales en
Imst y un recital en Graz.
Nuevo CD de Jon Hammond, Nueva York, EEUU
Información por Rob Howard
El
nuevo CD del músico y presentador Jon Hammond, “NDR Sessions
Projekt” presenta el particular sonido de su instrumento Excelsior
modelo AC/R . El repertorio es jazz más algunas obras originales
escritas por Jon, y la grabación fue realizada durante su reciente
viaje a Alemania. Los tracks incluidos son ‘My One and Only
Love’, ‘Satin Doll, ‘Theme from Black Orpheus’,
‘Blues in the Night’, ‘Skylark’, ‘Polka
Dots and Moonbeams’, ‘Besame Mucho’, ‘Easy
Living’, ‘No X-Cess Baggage Blues’, ‘Our Day
Will Come’, ‘The More I See You’ y ‘ Payphone
Johnny’.
Jon
Hammond actuará con su trío en un evento el 15 de julio
para la CHRS (California Historical Radio Society) entre las 10,00
horas y las 14,00 horas en el parque de los estudios originales de
la Radio KRE en Berkeley California. El conocido presentador de radio
Wolfman Jack fue grabado en ese mismo lugar en la película
de 1973 “American Graffiti” con Richard Dreyfuss y Ron
Howard y se ha continuado transmitiendo desde los años 30.
Además de la actuación musical en directo habrá
una exposición de colección de radios antiguas.
El Circo del Sol busca acordeonista, Montreal – Canadá Información porRob Howard
El Circo del Sol, compañía internacional de circo fundada en Montreal en 1984, está buscando un acordeonista para trabajar como acompañante.
El Circo del Sol ofrece empleo a mucha gente y realiza giras por todo el mundo. Fundado por el acordeonista Guy Laliberté y un pequeño grupo de otros intérpretes (prestidigitadores, acróbatas y artistas de mimo). El Circo del Sol fue un nuevo concepto del espectáculo del circo, sin animales pero con un gran espectáculo de coreografía que incorpora actuaciones de tipo gimnástico, de baile y payasos, con un fondo musical en directo interpretando música original.
Johnny Grande (1930-2006) Tennessee- EEUU Información por Rob Howard
El acordeonista Johnny Grande fue miembro fundador del grupo Bill Haley y los Cometas, tocando el acordeón y el piano en sus canciones como “Shake, Rattle and Roll”, “See you later, Alligátor” y la más famosa de todas “Rock around the clock” que cambió el estilo de la música popular de los años 50.
Johnny Grande era hijo de italianos en el Sur de Philadelfia y en un principio prosiguió con su carrera no musical en una agencia de detectives. En su tiempo libre, tocaba el acordeón con grupos de country o polka en el Rancho Pennsylvania´s Sleepy Hollow.
En los años 40 conoció a la antigua banda de Bill Haley “The four Aces of Western Swing”, llamados luego los Saddlemen. Hasta ese momento Haley era un cantante de Country y Western pero a principios de los 50 el cantante y su banda introdujeron un estilo swing que se convirtió en el Rock ´n Roll. En 1954 Bill Haley y los Comentas (como eran conocidos) comenzaron a tener un gran éxito y a ser uno de los grupos con mayores ventas. En 1956 Bill Haley y los Cometas aparecen en la película “Rock around the clock” en la cual Grande aparece tocando el acordeón con el grupo.
La llegada de Elvis Presley en 1956 fue eclipsando poco a poco a Bill Haley en la escena de la música pop y en 1962 Grande dejó el grupo para dedicarse a la enseñanza y posteriormente dedicarse a la restauración. En los 80 , tras la muerte de Haley, Grande reune de nuevo a la banda como “Los cometas de Haley” y comienzan a realizar nuevas actuaciones y grabaciones.
Zoran Kirjakovski Concert, Skopje - Macedonia Contributed by Anica Karakutovska
On May 23rd, at Salon 19.19 in Skopje, as part of a series of concerts named Search for New Stars, the Culture and Information Centre presented accordionist Zoran Kirjakovski and his guests.
Zoran Kirjakovski, a student at the Faculty of Music-Skopje, in the accordion class of Professor Zorica Karakutovska, is the winner of a several international and national prizes. Zoran's solo program included works by Scarlatti, Weber, Zubitski, Derbenko and Malih. His special quests on the concert were his friends the accordion trio Kirjakovski-Stamevski-Todorovski, winners of the national competition for chamber music in 2005. The chamber ensemble performed Clowns, by Elizabeta Ilievska, as the last work at the concert and this was extremely well received by the audience.
The chamber ensemble, directed by Professor Zorica Karakutovska, consisted of Zoran Kirjakovski - accordion, Vanco Arevski - flute, Sasko Temelkov - clarinet, Kliment Todorovski - violin, Ljupco Milevski - cello, Atanas Aleksov - xylophone, and Blagoja Antovski - vibraphone. For this work Elizabeta Ilievska had received an award in the second Pre-art competition for young composers 2006, held in Zurich, Switzerland. Clowns will be performed by pre-art soloists and by the ensemble Sonemus during September and October in Zurich, Basel, Geneva, Sarajevo, Belgrade, Pristina and Skopje.
Gary
Dahl has released 5 new arrangements this week - 'Can't
Help Falling In Love', 'La
Vie En Rose', 'Lille
Marlene', 'Silent
Night', 'Tulips
from Amsterdam'. This eSheet music is available for purchase by
credit card on MusicForAccordion.com and is emailed to your computer.
These new pieces join over 150 other eSheet works previously released
by Gary Dahl that have been very popular with accordionists.
Additionally this week, Gary
Dahl has updated three arrangements - Les Bicyclettes De Belsize,
Pigalle, Under Paris Skies. Gary is offering free of charge, these
updated arrangements to anyone who has purchased the earlier version.
To get an updated arrangement, email harleyaccordion@yahoo.com
and put in the subject MusicForAccordion.com updated arrangement and
you will receive the arrangement free of charge.
Castelfidardo - Thunder and lightning, but also...
showers and beautiful music. The second Springtime international
competition ‘Citta di Castelfidardo’
for accordion orchestras took place recently. The accordion
orchestra ‘Citta di Verona’ consisting of 20 players
and directed by Maestro Luciano Brutti, won Category B (orchestras
of medium level composed of young people or adults) with 18 marks
out of 20, having made a strong impression on the judges.
In Category A, for advanced level orchestras, who had to perform
a longer program (total 40 minutes), the Accordion Orquestra de
Sabadell, directed by Miguel Angel, (winner of the special AWW-Award)
was placed first with 18 marks, with against 17 marks
awarded to the 32 German players of the Harmonica-Orchester
of Uhingen. All placed orchestras have been awarded with trophies,
money scholarships and diplomas.
Paolo
Picchio - the artistic director comments: "The fact that
the jury has decided to assign two first prizes and a second was
not due to generosity, but was based on the artistic
qualities”. The jury: President Maestro Riccardo Serenelli,
originally from Castelfidardo, very active on an international
level as accordion orchestra director, particularly in classical
music; Maestro Ernesto Bellus, director of orchestras and founder
of the Rossini Academy of Belluno; Maestro Rinaldo Strappati, teacher
of brass at the conservatory Pergolesi di Fermo and teacher of advanced
level courses, and director of ensembles and orchestras; Maestro
Mirjana Petercol, Croatian by birth, concert artiste and accordion
teacher in Germany, and Paolo
Picchio, musicologist, publicist and composer. The next
event in Castelfidardo is planned for July 7th and 8th when the
international diatonic accordion festival will take place.
Mazaika
Concerts, London, Edinburgh UK Contributed
by Rob
Howard
The
duo Mazaika Russian-born accordionist and violinist Sarah
Harrison, augmented by Simon Moore guitar and Bernard ONeill
double bass, perform at the Purcell Room, South Bank, London
on July 6th at 7.45pm.
Mazaika perform a dazzling mix of Russian folk songs, gypsy fiddle
music, Tangos from Russia and Argentina, Neapolitan songs, Hot Club
jazz and evocative original material.
Mazaika will perform as a duo in cabaret at the Edinburgh Festival
Fringe on August 28th at 3.45pm.
Davide Bonetti Peformances, Brescia Italy Contributed by Holda Paoletti-Kampl Accordionist Davide Bonetti and Daniela Savoldi cello, will perform together in Brescia on July 26th at 9pm.
Renato Borghetti Quartets European Tour, Porto Alegre - Brazil
Contributed by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
Accordionist Renato Borghetti is from Rio Grande do Sul in Southern Brazil. Borghetti has revised, adapted and modernized many of the native sounds of his home country. His fast and playful tunes combine the sounds of the Argentinian pampas with central European, Italian and French elements into a sparkling, contemporary mixture of Tango, Polka, Tex Mex and Musette. He also adapts elements of Brazilian and global pop, samba and jazz into his unique style of accordion playing. And in spite of all experiments he remains 100% gaucho with hat, long hair and wide trousers.
Borghettinho, as his fans like to call him, has been recording for 20 years. He has shared the stage with Stephane Grapelli, Ron Carter and Hermeto Pascoal, and is the first Brazilian musician to achieve a golden record with purely instrumental music. Gauchos, his first European CD, was released in 2005, nominated for the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik. In 2006 Borghetti will be back in Europe for the first time with renowned Brazilian pianist Vitor Peixoto in the line up of the band.
Tour Dates:-
June 18th to 19th United Islands Festival Prague, Czech Republic
23rd - Gallneukirchen (A), Gallnsteine, Austria
24th - Donauinselfest, Vienna
27th - Verona Jazz Festival, Italy
July 21st Muziekpublique, Brussels, Belgium
22nd Sehwirt, Pressbaum, Austria
25th - Xong Festival, Sent, Switzerland
26th - Seelax Festival, Bregenz, Austria
28th - Folkest Festival, Spilimbergo, Italy
29th - Schlossalm Bergstation, Bad Gastein, Austria
30th - Festival del Mondo, Reggio Emilia, Italy
31st - Mundus Festival, Italy
August 1st - Festival Trento Estate, Trento, Italy 3rd - Itinerari Musicali, Serravalle, Italy
4th - Festival Val Tidone, Val Tidone, Italy
Tango
Festival New Zealand
Contributed by Rob Howard
The 5th New Zealand Tango Festival takes place from June 29th to July 2nd, involving a range of dance tuition classes. The Funyi Tango Tro, from Argentina, featuring Norberto Vogel on bandoneon, will be performing throughout the festival. The trio have recently released a CD titled Tangos paros Beunos Aires, and are making their second visit to this festival.
KlezMORE Festival, Vienna - Austria
Contributed by Friedl Preisl
The annual KlezMORE Festival, an international klezmer music, song and dance event, takes place at various venues in Vienna from July 2nd to 16th. Most of the bands involved feature accordion, including the Klezmatics (USA), Duo Lerner Y Moguilevsky (Argentina), Pressburger Klezmer Band (Slovakia), Ensemble Klesmer Wien unplugged (Austria), Konsonans Retro (Moldova), Khupe Trio (Netherlands/Germany/UK), Budowitz (USA/Hungary), the Amsterdam Klezmer Band (Netherlands), and the Kohelet 3 (Germany/Austria).
Masterclass
for Accordion and Bandoneon in Sauris, Friuli Venezia Giulia - Italy
Contributed by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
The
city Hall of Sauris in collaboration with Zaharmonte and the association
Lillium organize a masterclass from July 19th to the 23rd for accordion
and bandoneon in Sauris, Friuli Venezia Giulia, with Peter
Soave (USA) and his wife Mady Soave (France). The master classes
are offered on both instruments to enthusiasts as well as for professionals
in a most beautiful setting where you can combine studies with meditation. For further information email: info@biasin.com
Stefano Bizzari International Accordion Competition, Morro D'Oro Italy
Contributed by Holda Paoletti-Kampl The 15th annual S. Bizzari International Accordion Competition takes place in Morro D'Oro from July 27th to 29th. The competition includes classical, variety and jazz sections, with numerous cash prizes including a 10,000 Euros top prize. The organiser is Danilo D'Eugenio. The closing date for entries is June 30th.
A new site selling a CD titled "My Favourite Song Volume 1" with sound samples. Music performed by Enzo Giribaldi of Italy. Purchase online.
Gary Dahl - accordionist as well as a composer, arranger, recording artist and music educator, releases 5 new works for accordion available for purchase online. 'Can't Help Falling In Love', 'La Vie En Rose', 'Lille Marlene', 'Silent Night', 'Tulips from Amsterdam'. 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.
A new site selling a CD titled "Koncertino "Live"" with sound samples. Music from Karthause Schmuelling of Germany. Purchase online.
A new site selling a CD titled "Concertino 25"" with sound samples. Music from Karthause Schmuelling of Germany. Purchase online.
A new site selling a CD titled "Baikal Duo "Souffle Et Souffle"" with sound samples. Music from Karthause Schmuelling of Germany. Purchase online.
A new site selling a CD titled "Baikal Duo "Baikal Duo "Eclectismes"" with sound samples. Music from Karthause Schmuelling of Germany. Purchase online.