El periódico local Corriere Adriático/Ancona ofrece un reportaje en el que el Domingo, Massimo Ballone Burini, de 58 años, propietario de la fábrica de acordeones Ballone Burini, fue secuestrado cuando aparcaba su vehículo en su garaje tras asistir a una velada en una pizzería local.
Tres hombres le redujeron cubriendo su boca y su cabeza con una bolsa de plástico. Massimo dijo “sinceramente estaba muy asustado, no creía que fuera a durar mucho e incluso pensé que podía morir”.
Salvó su vida cuando fue capaz de soltarse las manos y quitarse la bolsa de plástico de la cabeza. Pidió ayuda a sus vecinos quienes le liberaron.
Los secuestradores robaron algo de dinero y un caro reloj de oro. Por suerte no fue agredido y no se llevaron su Range Rover ni su Porsche.
La CNIMA anuncia sus cursos para el 2006 – Francia
La escuela de música CNIMA J.Mornet (Centro Nacional e Internacional de Música y de Acordeón) anuncia sus cursos que comenzarán en Septiembre de 2006 durante un periodo de 34 semanas hasta Junio de 2007 para todos los estudiantes.
Los estudiantes pueden cursar los grados oficiales como el CFEM (Certificado de Fin de Estudios Musicales) ofrecido por la Confederación Francesa de Música, el DEM (Diploma de Estudios Musicales), el DE (Certificado de Estudios) y el CA (Certificado de aprendizaje).
La escuela también ofrece 3 programas cortos diferentes:
El programa de 12 semanas (se eligen las semanas de acuerdo con las posibilidades de cada alumno)
Programa corto de vacaciones que será anunciado en su momento.
Los profesores de la foto (de izquierda a derecha): Sebastien Farge, Roman Ibanov, CNIMA Directores Natalie Boucheix y Jacques Mornet, Domi Emorine, Claude Sauvege, Pascal Meurge y Stephanie Methot. Roman y Domi son conocidos como el Duo París-Moscú.
LA CNIMA especializada en enseñanzas de acordeón y teclado, está abierta a cualquiera (sin edad establecida), cualquier estilo y nivel sin examen de entrada. La escuela proporciona alojamiento con manutención incluida y ofrece tutores “en casa” todo el tiempo. El amplio número de alumnos estudiantes de la CNIMA ganadores de concursos avala la calidad de la escuela.
El alcalde Lucchin inauguró una exposición dedicada al acordeón, pasado y presente, el 22 de Julio en el Museo Etnográfico de Sauris. Miembros del ayuntamiento y el acordeonista Denis Biasin, quien colaboró en la organización, fueron algunos de los presentes. Los famosos acordeonistas internacionales Peter Soave de Estados Unidos y Mady Soave de Francia fueron los artistas invitados.
La exposición, conocida como “La historia del acordeón”, que incluye cerca de 50 instrumentos, incluye diferentes tipos de acordeón, bandoneones y concertinas, algunas de ellos son verdaderas rarezas. La exposición también incluye fotos que ilustran la fascinante historia de los instrumentos de lengüeta libre.
La exposición es parte de la promoción turística de la ciudad, que ofrece también diferentes y bellas visitas turísticas, deportes e interesante gastronomía. La exposición de acordeón estará abierta a los visitantes hasta el 1 de octubre cada día de 10,00 horas a 12,30 horas y de 16,00 horas a 19,00 horas (desde el 11 de septiembre de 10,00 horas a 12,30 horas).
On August 13th, Queensland Accordion Club hosted their 19th annual concert at the Sharks Football Club Function Centre in Southport, Queensland. Performers at the largest accordion concert held in Australia included the Ladies Ensemble, the German Band, Latin Mafia and soloists Leo Mazzei and Julie Castorina.
They were joined by guest artistes from New Zealand, the North Shore Ensemble and Lionel Reekie. At the conclusion, all performers combined under the baton of 93 year old Ozzie Mazzei.
Organiser Ashley Ebsworth (right) followed the afternoon concert with a dinner followed by an evening function for 250 people with dance music provided by Lionel Reekie & the Latin Mafia.
The IMAC masterclass in Montreux, with Peter and Mady Soave and Jean-Louis Noton, was as in previous years a very successful event - with plenty of lectures, dancing, excellent Swiss background panorama and, as we can see, also excellent food prepared by the grand Maestro Soave.
When John MacDonald, Australian-based Scots accordionist-entertainer, returned to his native Scotland recently, he met up with old friend John Carmichael in Glasgow. The meeting led out to one of Scotland's best jam sessions for a long time…
On a beautiful sunny summer's day in the suburb of Giffnock, accordionist John Carmichael's home and garden were turned into a perfect setting for the best in Scottish Music.
Among the musicians were John Carmichael and John MacDonald on piano accordions, Ivor Britton and Charlie Kirkpatrick on button accordions, plus the great talents of Marie Fielding on fiddle, Walter Sinton - well known Scottish keyboard player - also visiting from Australia, and his brother John Sinton on double bass. The music flowed on into the early evening, much to the delight of the residents of the Glasgow suburb.
John Carmichael and John MacDonald also took the opportunity of recording some Station IDs for Ontario's Radio Station Bluewater Radio 91.3 FM and Andy Mack's(left) ‘Sounds of Scotland’ Show, which is heard live on the Worldwide Internet every week. Andy is a great supporter of Scottish music, and is a great ambassador for Scottish accordion music overseas.
John MacDonald’s latest CD ‘Years Apart’ is available online.
The French qualification competition for the CMA Trophee Mondiale 2006 to be held in October was held in La Selle sur le Bied on the 21st August 2006. The qualification event was organised by CMA President Frederic Deschamps and he, Ray Bodell and Jacques Mornet formed the jury.
The classical competition was held in the church of “La Selle sur le Bied” and the Variety Virtuoso Entertainment classes were held in the local “Salle des Fetes”. Large numbers of the public supported the event.
In the Senior Classical category, from the four entries, Julien Gonzales (picture) qualified in first place and was awarded 19/20 by the international jury. He is a former CMA Variety Junior and CMA Variety Senior champion and is still only 19 years of age!
A total of 9 candidates qualified in Junior Variety Class which included a very creditable performance from 11 year old Benoit Nortier who was placed 2nd in the class, while in the Senior Variety class Dimitri Saussard and Mickael Vigneau excelled – gaining equal first place with Jean Ribeiro, Estelle Sauvain, Olivier Selac, Cyril Blanchard, Benoit Chabod, Jérémy Buirette, Benjamin Durafour and Solène Normand all giving very creditable performances.
From August 27th to 28th, in Buonvicino, will be the first Buonvicino Art Festival, organized by the city council. This new festival will offer 3 days of music within the walls of this ancient city.
Sunday 27th, at 10 pm, in the Piazza S. Ciriaco Abate Renzo Ruggieri (left) solo accordion
Monday 28th, at 10 pm, in the ancient city- Il Belvedere Riccardo Galimi and Alberto La Neve duo r.galimi (piano), a. la neve (sax)
Tuesday 29th, at 10 pm, Piazza del Popolo Acoustic Music Ensemble S. Cauteruccio - accordion, P. Perrone - violino, E. Campagna - guitar
Des Rives D’Accordeon is a two-day event taking place in Le parc de la Villette, Paris on August 26th and 27th. There will be a wide range of continuous accordion music, including jazz, musette, contemporary électro, Balkan, etc. Accordionists booked to appear include Daniel Mille, David Venitucci, Lionel Suarez, Didier Dullieux, Jean-Luc Amestoy, Pascal Contet, Jean-François Baëz, Man Xin, Yves Weyh and Zakarya, sheng player Wu Wei, Jean-Luc Bouffard, Ophélie Gaillard, Marianne Piketty, Bijan Chemirani, Serge Adam, Philippe Botta, Carol Robinson and Tom Mays.
Accordionists Ian Watson, Mark Boussie, Karen Street and Edward Hession perform all day at the Royal Albert Hall on August 31st, as part of the annual BBC Henry Wood Promenade series.
Accordion Courses are now going to be offered, starting in September and October for short and long periods at the University of Music, Rome. The accordion tutor at this prestigious music institution will be Maestro Marco Lo Russo (left) and the courses will be at Via G. Libetta, 1 - 00154 Roma Italy.
The CD "Tarabuk" by Marco Lo Russo is available online.
The second bi-annual Blas Festival takes place at various venues in the Highlands of Scotland from September 1st to 9th. The many artistes include such accordion-based performers as Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham, Roya Maclean, Fergie Macdonald, Capercaille, Gary Innes, Melanie Simpson, Iain ‘Tonkan’ MacDonald, Donald Black and Malcolm Jones, Skipinnish, Seamus Begley, The Occasionals and the Black Rose Cèilidh Band.
"Piazolla-studio" Tango by Friedrich Lips (accordion), Sviatoslav Lips (piano), Vladislav Igolinsky (violin), Kirill Rodin (cello) and Mark Pekarsky (percussion).
The famous music school CNIMA J. Mornet (Centre National et International de Musique et d'Accordéon) which specializes in accordion and keyboard tuition.
MusicForAccordion.com has made a major update of the site to improve navigation and make it easier to find accordion music and accordion recordings you are looking for.
The latest CD by Akkordeonorchester Hof 'Bellow Madness' is available online. Purchase with credit card.
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El periódico local Corriere Adriático/Ancona ofrece un reportaje en el que el Domingo, Massimo Ballone Burini, de 58 años, propietario de la fábrica de acordeones Ballone Burini, fue secuestrado cuando aparcaba su vehículo en su garaje tras asistir a una velada en una pizzería local.
Los profesores de la foto (de izquierda a derecha): Sebastien Farge, Roman Ibanov, CNIMA Directores Natalie Boucheix y Jacques Mornet, Domi Emorine, Claude Sauvege, Pascal Meurge y Stephanie Methot. Roman y Domi son conocidos como el 
El alcalde Lucchin inauguró una exposición dedicada al acordeón, pasado y presente, el 22 de Julio en el Museo Etnográfico de Sauris. Miembros del ayuntamiento y el acordeonista Denis Biasin, quien colaboró en la organización, fueron algunos de los presentes. Los famosos acordeonistas internacionales 
Queensland Accordion Club Annual Concert, Southport - Australia
Performers at the largest accordion concert held in Australia included the Ladies Ensemble, the German Band, Latin Mafia and soloists Leo Mazzei and Julie Castorina.
IMAC Masterclass, Montreux - Switzerland
This year the 60 participants were divided into 2 groups, with players coming from USA, Croatia, Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy.
On a beautiful sunny summer's day in the suburb of Giffnock, accordionist John Carmichael's home and garden were turned into a perfect setting for the best in Scottish Music.
The music flowed on into the early evening, much to the delight of the residents of the Glasgow suburb.
From August 27th to 28th, in Buonvicino, will be the first Buonvicino Art Festival, organized by the city council. This new festival will offer 3 days of music within the walls of this ancient city.
Sunday 27th, at 10 pm, in the Piazza S. Ciriaco Abate 
Des Rives D’Accordeon is a two-day event taking place in Le parc de la Villette, Paris on August 26th and 27th. There will be a wide range of continuous accordion music, including jazz, musette, contemporary électro, Balkan, etc. Accordionists booked to appear include Daniel Mille, David Venitucci, Lionel Suarez, Didier Dullieux, Jean-Luc Amestoy, 
‘Accordion Courses Begin at the University of Music, Rome – Italy
Viktor Romanko Concerts – Central Europe
September 15th, 8.15pm - Stadtkirche Unterseen bei Interlaken, Switzerland
