El primer CD a solo del acordeonista Eddie Hession “Under Duress” presenta una mezcla de música clásica y jazz con arreglos de dos éxitos del jazz de Chick Corea y Bill Evans, obras escritas para él por los compositores contemporáneos ingleses David Gordon “Eddi-Fis Suite” y Adam Summerhayes “Under Duress Suite” y el “Invierno Porteño”, una obra del maestro del tango Astor Piazzolla. Una revista ha publicado: “ El CD permite al oyente descubrir realmente y explotar plenamente el talento de este maravilloso intérprete”.
Eddie Hession, 2º puesto en la Coupe Mondiale 1981, es uno de los acordeonistas principales del Reino Unido, interpretando habitualmente con el quinteto ZUM donde no actúa como solista o en sesiones de grabación en estudios. Ha tocado en muchas bandas sonoras de músicas importantes de Hollywood, incluyendo “La mandolina del capitán Coreli”, “Evita”, “Shrek” y “El señor de los anillos” y ha acompañado a estrellas de un amplio espectro musical como son Lesley Garret, The Cors y ronan Keating.
El acordeonista escocés afincado en Sydney John Macdonald va a finalizar su apretado año de trabajo con la aparición en el cabaret del Crucero “Love Boats”, Princesa del Pacífico. John viajará al sur de las islas de Nueva Zelanda en Diciembre, entreteniendo al pasaje durante dos semanas de crucero y regresando a Sydney el 22 de Diciembre para las actuaciones navideñas.
2006 ha sido un año con muchas apariciones de John Macdonald, así como interpretaciones por Australia en cabaret y presentando su amplio espectáculo en el concierto de Nueva Gales del Sur y en los circuitos de clubs.
El afinador, técnico y reparador de acordeones Alfonso Baldoni ha fallecido a la edad de 82 años. Original de Castelfidardo, Italia, Alfonso vivió en Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin desde 1956, donde su especial habilidad con el trabajo interno de los acordeones le permitió ganarse bien la vida. Los acordeones arreglados por Baldoni han pertenecido a Frankie Yankovi, Joey Miskulin, Dan Newton, Alison Krauss, CJ Chenier, Betty Jo Simon, Joe Derrane, Steve Meister y Sheryl Crow.
El recuerdo de Baldoni pervive en su mujer Nancy, su hijo Ivo, su hija Annette Pigini y cuatro nietos. En Menomonee Falls tuvo lugar una ceremonia privada y Alfonso Baldoni fue posteriormente enterrado en Castelfidardo.
Calendario “Aficionados del acordeón”, Escocia- Reino Unido
El calendario “Aficionados del Acordeón” para el 2007, una producción a color con fotografías de acordeones antiguos, ha sido producida y presentada por Caroline Hunt, de Inverness, Escocia.
El 4º Concurso Internacional para jóvenes acordeonistas tendrá lugar en Kragujevac, Serbia, del 26 al 31 de Marzo de 2007. Las normas y el resto de detalles del concurso ya están disponibles.
Maria Merkelo, known as the accordion's ‘Champagne Lady’ at the University of Illinois, performed in two concerts within an hour in two theaters in the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana, on November 16th.
First, there was the 10th Annual Salvatore Martirano Award Concert in the Tryon Festival Theatre. Maria performed her part with the UI New Music Ensemble, conducted by Stephen Taylor, in a demanding piece scored for ten instruments titled ‘Dolmen for a New Albion’, by Nicholas Paul Vines.
Immediately following the performance of the Vines' work, Maria made her way to the Follinger Great Hall next door for a costume change and to prepare for her performance as the only instrumental soloist on that evening's program by the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Steven Larsen. The work was Dominick Argento's ‘Valentino Dances’, a popular Suite from his 1994 opera, ‘The Dream of Valentino’. Maria Merkelo brought to this performance the evocative sensuality that characterizes the tango.
On December 16th, Friedrich Lips performs E. Podgaits ‘Ex-Animo’ for bayan and string quartet with the famous Glinka Quartet: Julia Igonina, Helen Kharitonova, Aleksander Galkovsky and Oleg Smirnov. The concert takes place in the Concert Hall of the Russian Gnessin Music Academy, Moscow, and begins at 7pm.
On the 12th and 14th, Lips performed solo concerts in Moscow, with performances involving with premieres of compositions by A. Cholminov, R. Ledenjov, E. Podgaits and works by V. Zolotariev, Schuman, Schubert, Boccherini, Piazzolla, Chatchaturjan, Gershwin and Strauss.
Accordionist Salvatore Caueruccio performs as follows:-
December 17th at 7 pm: Accademia Musicale ‘F. Cilea’, Castrovillari, with the trio Acoustic Music Ensemble
December 22nd, at 8.30 pm: solo concert at the Accademia Musicale del Vallo di Diano, Teggiano
December 26th, at 7pm: Palazzo del Capo, Cittadella del Capo, with the trio Acoustic Music Ensemble
December 28th, 6.30 pm: Accademia del Vallo di Diano, Teggiano, in a duo with flautist Bernardo Tramontano, and with the Acoustic Music Ensemble
December 30th, 9 pm: Ex-Cinema, Castelluccio Inferiore, with the trio Acoustic Music Ensemble
The duo Accordeon Melancolique - Jean-Pierre Guiran and Cherie de Boer – have announced their concert program to date. At most of these concerts, they will be performing numbers from their new CD, ‘Le Nid Aimé’, which means “the beloved nest”.
December 22nd, at 8.15pm – Christmas show at Santpoort-Noord, near Haarlem
December 26th, at 3pm – Christmas concert at De Vertelschuur, Curl Avenue 3
February 18th, 3pm – concert at De Agnietenkapel
February 25th, 3pm - Rosenstock-Huessy Huis, Hagestraat 10, Haarlem
April 6th, 8pm – concert, with special guest Tjeerd Buwe, at 45 Koedijk, Alkmaar
April 17th, 9pm – concert at the Parool Theater, Amsterdam
May 27th, 1pm to 2.30pm – lunchtime concert at Nicolaas Beetsstraat 48, Enschede
October 14th, 3pm – concert at Waalse kerk (Walloon church), Catharina Straat 83, Breda
October 28th, 3pm to 5pm – concert at the Hippolytus kapel (chapel), Oude Delft 118, Delft
The quintet Los Mareados, featuring and Ian Hill – accordion and bandoneon, and Frances Knight – bandoneon and piano, perform at the National Theatre, London, on December 29th, at 1pm. Los Mareados, founded in 1993, specialise in tangos, milongas and waltzes.
As part of the Xmas spirit, each accordionist may email MusicForAccordion@yahoo.com the piece name and catalog number to receive one eSheet Yehuda Oppenheimer composition free of charge by email. If you appreciate this kind offer and like more than one Yehuda Oppenheimer composition, then place an order too.
Yehuda Oppenheimer updated 2 arrangements of 'Prayer', and ‘Aria’. Samples of the music are available online. The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card.
Christmas Music Releases by Yehuda Oppenheimer - Israel. For the Christmas season, Yehuda Oppenheimer is releasing an impressive arrangement of an Aria by J. S. Bach. When this is performed, the music creates an organ-like atmosphere and the arrangement is designed to have the accordion sound with the distinctive style of Bach's choral music. Also for the New Year, Oppenheimer publishs the world famous New Year Hymn, "Auld Lang Syne", a famous hymn sung all over the world at the time of the new year.