Concurso Internacional de Acordeón piano Coupe Mondiale – EEUU
Información por la organizadora de la Coupe Mondiale 2007 Faithe Deffner
El ganador del Concurso Coupe Mondiale Internacional para acordeón piano recibirá 5000 dólares en premio como resultado de una beca de la Fundación Carmen Carrozza de la Asociación de Acordeonistas Americana.
Además de una gira de cocniertos por Neuva Zelanda y Australia patrocianada por el miembro de la CIA, la NZAA. El ganador actuará como artista invitado en los Campeonatos del Pacífico Sur del 2008 y en el 14º Concurso y Festival de acordeón australianos en Sydney.Australian International Accordion Championships and Festival in Sydney.
El ganador del Concurso Internacional de Piano y los primeros clasificados de las otras categorías de la Coupe Mondiale están invitados a actuar en un concierto en el Centro Kennedy en Washington DC, el sábado 18 de agosto de 2007. Esta actuación será retransmitida en directo.
La Coupe Mondiale 2007 tendrá lugar en Holiday Inn en Alexandria, Virginia, del 13 al 18 de agosto. Las reservas en el hotel están agotadas. Se pueden conseguir habitaciones por el mismo precio de 99 dólares en el hotel Radisson, muy cercano al anterior.
Las normas, premios y demás información general para las categorías de la Coupe Mondiale ya están disponibles en www.coupemondiale.org Para más información, contactar con la Coordinadora de la Faithe Deffner: FDeffner@aol.com
Celebraciones del 20 aniversario de la orquesta de Acordeón Zero Sette, lasarte-Oria – España
La Orquesta Zero Sette de Acordeón, de Lasarte-Oria en el País Vasco, celebra su 20 aniversario con una serie de eventos que incluyen:
Enero
Del 8 al 28 exposición en la Casa de Cultura Manuel Lekuona de fotografías, carteles y trofeos obtenidos por Zero Sette Akordeoi Orkestra a lo largo de estos veinte años.
Inauguración día 8 a las 19,30 horas. Horas de visita de los demás días de 18,00 a 21 horas.
Día 10 (Miércoles)
A las 19,00 horas presentación en la Casa de Cultura Manuel Lekuona de Lasarte-Oria del libro “XX Urteurrena Zero Sette Akordeoi Orkestra” Autor. Javier Zatarain Abad. En el mismo acto será presentado un CD con una recopilación de 1.270 fotografías en formato JPG y un DVD. Ambos documentos son una recopilación de actuaciones de estos veinte años. Autores: José Antonio Rey, Iban Arzadun, Gisela
Pélaz, Amaia Sukia, Maite Janeiro, Arantxa Barandiaran y Javier Zatarain.
April
Día 21 (Sábado)
A las 19,30 horas, en la Casa de Cultura Manuel Lekuona de Lasarte-Oria, “Festival XX Aniversario Zero Sette Akordeoi Orkestra”
Actuarán:
Alboka Abesbatza
Erketz Dantza Taldea
Semblante Andaluz
Zero Sette Akordeoi Orkestra
Día 4 (Viernes)
A las 20,00 horas en la Casa de Cultura Manuel Lekuona de Lasarte-Oria, concierto a cargo del acordeonista guipuzcoano, Gorka Hermosa
Septiembre
Día 29 (Sábado)
A las 19,30 horas en la Casa de Cultura Manuel Lekuona de Lasarte-Oria:
IV FESTIVAL DE ACORDEON
Actuarán:
ENRIKE ZELAIA
NATHALIE BOUCHEIX (Francia)
ORQUESTA DE ACORDEONES ELSENE (Holanda)
ZERO SETTE AKORDEOI ORKESTRA
Noviembre
Día 24 (Sábado)
Cena XX Aniversario con componentes, excomponentes, socios y exsocios de Zero Sette Akordeoi Orkestra.
El equipo directivo de Matth Hohner AG ha elegido a Arthur Chuang de 40 años, y a Klaus Stetter de 44 años, como directores adjuntos de su departamento de música de Hohner GmbH & Co.KG el 1 de febrero de 2007.
El nuevo equipo dirigido por Braunin, toma los pasos hacia un futuro de desarrollo internacional de la compañía que esperan se vayan ampliando progresivamente.
La amplia experiencia en ventas de Stetter y la larga experiencia en la industria internacional de la música de Chuang, incluyendo seis años con la compañía Hohner, además del director Bräuning, la compañía Hohner musikinstrumente GMBH & co.KG se asegura un equipo de trabajo a largo plazo que favorecerá el desarrollo de la compañía.
Recently Friedrich Lips had two major performances in Moscow. The first one was dedicated to famous Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina, to celebrate her 75th birthday. The Great Hall of Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Conservatory saw performances of the composer’s ‘De Profundis’ and in ‘In Croce’ (together with cellist Vladimir Toncha).
On February, 10th Lips had the pleasure to perform a Piazzolla-program - ‘Aconcagua’, ‘Four Seasons’, and other tangos) together with the Russian Philharmonic at the full-packed House of Music to an overwhelmed Moscovite audience.
The 2007 National Accordion Convention will be held from March 7th to 11th at the Richardson Hotel in Richardson, Texas. This popular annual festival will this year feature 'Accordion Diversity' and offer fun, workshops, jam sessions, accordion orchestras, the Swap Shop, Polka Festival and concerts. Billed as a ‘hands-on convention’, all participants are invited to bring their accordions.
The Convention Coordinators for this year include: Dick Albreski - Orchestra Librarian, Sharon Seaton - Traditional Workshops, and Ron Pivovar - Buttons and Polka Dance. There will be piano accordion workshops led by Dee Langley, Dale Wise and Jessica Faltot; Tex-Mex accordion taught by Joel Guzman, and accordion orchestras directed by Alice Aman and Daniel Orza. Dr. Daniel Kott will lead folk dance and polka dance sessions.
The 2007 Convention celebrates the 20th year of the National Accordion Association. Performers include Dee Langley and Trio Bez Ime, Marge Ford, Patti Gersich, Fred Ziwich, Don Lipovac, and the Pivovar Trio. The trade show includes Accordion-O-Rama, Ballarini/Petosa, Castle Accordions, Kohl Music Company, Monarch Accordions, and Mr. E's Music Company Swap Shop.
The 9th Kokkola Winter Accordion Festival takes place from February 18th to 25th, and includes a wide variety of music - classic to folk music, harmonicas to Tex-Mex, from today's modern pieces to evergreens and from church music to hard rock. Concerts, dances and open-air events form a part of the festival.
This year’s festival includes Fratres - hard rock and heavy rock concert, Osthrobothnian Chamber Orchestra with Mikko Luoma - live broadcast on Finnish Radio1, Maria Kalaniemi, Best Wishes, Sväng - a harmonica quartet, the Guardia Nueva orchestra, and the Gotan Project.
The NAO North Central Area Festival takes place at the Victoria Hall, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, on February 24th. This event is a qualifier for the NAO UK Championships in Scarborough (4th - 6th May) and also incorporates the Yorkshire Accordion & Music Festival, which includes additional sections for accordion, guitar, keyboard and piano.
The festival also features a trade show and an evening ceilidh, from 8pm, with music by accordionist Gary Blair. The adjudicators are Raymond Bodell (NAO Chairperson), Gary Blair and Karolyn Broiadhead and in attendance as the NAO Executive representative is Gina Brannelli (past NAO Chairperson). The event organiser is NAO Executive officer Harry Hinchcliffe.
Marco Lo Russo has been involved as actor, accordionist and composer in some tango scenes of the popular Italian television soap ‘Centovetrine’ that will be shown between March and April 2007.
On December 31st was contacted by the great film composer Ennio Morricone with compliments for his last CD ‘Mediterranean Accordion’, published and produced by Rai Trade.
He will take in the premiere of the first Italian performance of the opera ‘Maria Gallant’, by Kurt Weill, from February 20th to 25th at the National Theatre in Rome. For performing in this special production the Bugari Armando company of Castelfidardo has supplied a special instrument.
The Improvisation Ensemble is a non-profit making ensemble – duo, trio or quartet – that performs classical music by popular composers such as Mozart, JS Bach, Strauss, Brahms, Rossini and Bizet. The members include: Eric Blin – accordion and piano, Maryse Richard - clarinet, Damien Loiseau – clarinet, Yannick Orain - saxophone, Olga Hunzinger-Popova – violin, Nathalie Jouenne – flute, and Natalia Ermakova-Blin – cello. They have recorded two CDs, and will soon be releasing a third.
The Improvisation Ensemble’s concert dates include:
February 18th, 8.30pm – Church of Pre en Pail
24th, 8.30pm – Church of Chambray-les-Tours
25th, 4pm – Church of St Nicolas de Chateaubriant
March 4th, 4pm - Church of St Patrice de Bayeax
9th, 8.30pm - Church of Notre Dame de Vitre
10th, 8.30pm - Church of St Sulpice de Fougeres
11th, 4pm - Church of St Front de Domfront
17th, 8.30pm - Church of St -Denis d’Amboise
18th, 4pm - Church of Notre Dame de La Coutere du Mans
25th, 4pm - Church of Tremont
31st, 8.30pm - Church of Chateauneuf
April 14th, 8.30pm - Church of St Lazard de Leves
15th, 4pm - Church of St Pierre de St Georges des Sept Vaux
20th, 8.30pm - Church of d’Evrecy
21st, 8.30pm - Church of Pontlevoy
22nd, 4pm – Chapelle de L’Oratoire, Passais
28th, 8.30pm - Church of St Martin d’Argentan
29th, 4pm - Church of St Anne de Buais
Accordionist Julie Best is in concert at the Audley Theatre, near Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, on February 23rd, at 7.30pm. The North Staffs Accordion Band will also be performing.
Accordionist James Crabb and cellist Arto Noras, with the English Chamber Orchestra, perform ‘Seven Words', by Sofia Gubaidulina, on March 28th at the Cadogan Hall, London, UK. The concert begins at 7.30pm.
The second Printemps Tout Tango, a competitive music festival, takes place on April 7th and 8th. The closing date for entries is February 25th.
This year 2 entire days are dedicated to the world of Tango: Saturday 7th of April at the Grand Palais des Sport and Culture and Sunday 8th of April at the Casino ‘Flamingo’, featuring orchestras, dancers and music until early morning.
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La Coupe Mondiale 2007 tendrá lugar en Holiday Inn en Alexandria, Virginia, del 13 al 18 de agosto. Las reservas en el hotel están agotadas. Se pueden conseguir habitaciones por el mismo precio de 99 dólares en el hotel Radisson, muy cercano al anterior.
La Orquesta Zero Sette de Acordeón, de Lasarte-Oria en el País Vasco, celebra su 20 aniversario con una serie de eventos que incluyen:
El equipo directivo de Matth 
Recently 
The 9th Kokkola Winter Accordion Festival takes place from February 18th to 25th, and includes a wide variety of music - classic to folk music, harmonicas to Tex-Mex, from today's modern pieces to evergreens and from church music to hard rock. Concerts, dances and open-air events form a part of the festival.
The NAO North Central Area Festival takes place at the Victoria Hall, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, on February 24th. This event is a qualifier for the 
The festival also features a trade show and an evening ceilidh, from 8pm, with music by accordionist Gary Blair. The adjudicators are 
Marco Lo Russo
The Improvisation Ensemble is a non-profit making ensemble – duo, trio or quartet – that performs classical music by popular composers such as Mozart, JS Bach, Strauss, Brahms, Rossini and Bizet. The members include: Eric Blin – accordion and piano, Maryse Richard - clarinet, Damien Loiseau – clarinet, Yannick Orain - saxophone, Olga Hunzinger-Popova – violin, Nathalie Jouenne – flute, and Natalia Ermakova-Blin – cello. They have recorded two CDs, and will soon be releasing a third.
Accordionist Julie Best is in concert at the Audley Theatre, near Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, on February 23rd, at 7.30pm. The North Staffs Accordion Band will also be performing.
Accordionist James Crabb and cellist Arto Noras, with the English Chamber Orchestra, perform ‘Seven Words', by Sofia Gubaidulina, on March 28th at the Cadogan Hall, London, UK. The concert begins at 7.30pm.
The second Printemps Tout Tango, a competitive music festival, takes place on April 7th and 8th. The closing date for entries is February 25th.
