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Fallece Maddalena Belfiore-Greco
Página web de la Coupe Mondiale actualizada, inscripciones por internet – EEUU
Reportaje sobre el Festival de Músicas del Mundo de Innsbruck- Austria
Dermot O´Brien (1932-2007), Ardee- República de Irlanda
XV Festival Internacional de Acordeón de Cantabria- España
Reportajes sobre conciertos, cursillos,etc
Charity Concert in Paisley Scotland
Emir Bosnjak CD release - Denmark
Pearl Fawcett-Adriano Concert, Guildford – UK
‘Gypsy Djazz’ CD Review, Detroit – USA
Proximos enventos
Harry Hussey & Cafe Noir Jazz Group, Sussex – UK
Coastal Cajun Festival, South Carolina – USA
Accordion Art Festival, Mosciano – Italy
Lasarte-Oria Accordion Festival, Gipuzkoa - Spain
Program for NZAA and AATA online now - New Zealand/Australia
Recontre European de L’Accordeon, Chartres – France
Angel Luis Castano
Critica De CD
Sitios Nuevos Actualizados

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National Button Accordion Festival
Fallece Maddalena Belfiore-Greco
Información por Linda Solely-Reed, Presidenta de la AAA

El mundo del acordeón se lamenta por la pérdida de la famosa acordeonista y profesora Maddalena Belfiore. Los detalles del funeral son:

Armitage Funeral Home, 596 Belgrove Drive,
Kearny, NJ 07032.
Teléfono: 201-991-0657
Visitas: lunes 21 mayo, 6-9 PM
Visitas: martes 22 mayo, 4-9 PM

El funeral será el miércoles 23 de mayo a las 10,30 horas en la Iglesia St.Stephen, 676 Kearny Avenue, Kearny , NJ 07032

La familia ha sugerido que las donaciones de flores se realicen a la Asociación de Acordeonistas Americanos en memoria de Maddalena.

Ya está disponible en la red un completo obituario escrito por Faithe Deffner además de la Entrevista a Celebridad que cubren la fascinante y extensa actividad internacional y musical de esta famosa profesora y acordeonista.
  
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Página web de la Coupe Mondiale actualizada, inscripciones por internet – EEUU
Información por Kevin Friedrich

Los preparativos finales para el 60 Aniversario de la Confederación Internacional de Acordeonistas (CIA), la Coupe Mondiale de Washington DC, del 13 al 18 de agosto de 2007 ya están en marcha. Hay participantes inscritos de todo el mundo y el evento promete ser amplio y exitoso.

La página web www.coupemondiale.org acaba de ser actualizada. Se pueden realizar las inscripciones por internet mediante pago con tarjeta de crédito. Los delegados y jurados también están disponibles. Puede realizar su reserva de hotel por internet lo antes posible ya que los hoteles ya están bastante llenos. También está disponible la información sobre visados necesarios para visitar Estados Unidos.

Todos estos datos son necesarios para realizar la reserva de plazas, vuelos y visados y deben realizarse lo antes posible para evitar problemas.
  
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Reportaje sobre el Festival de Músicas del Mundo de Innsbruck- Austria
Información por Harley Jones

Desde el 17 al 20 de mayo se han preparado amplios reportajes sobre el evento de acordeón más grande del mundo, el Festival Innsbruck 2007 fue el hogar de cerca de 10000 acordeonistas de 15 países incluyendo 300 orquestas y grupos de acordeón.

El responsable del evento fue Arnold Kutzli, vicepresidente de Deutscher Harmonika-Verband e.V (foto de la izquierda) quien ha realizado los reportajes de este festival.

El reportaje ofrece fotos y resultados.
  
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Dermot O´Brien (1932-2007), Ardee- República de Irlanda
Información por Rob Howard

Dermot O´Brien falleció el pasado 22 de mayo en su ciudad natal de Ardee, County Louth, en la República de Irlanda, tras una larga batalla contra el cáncer. Durante muchos años vivió en Nueva York, pero regresó a Irlanda tras la muerte de su esposa Rosemari en enero de 2005.

Dermot O´Brien fue una leyenda de los negocios y espectáculos irlandeses además de ser muy conocido como cantante y acordeonista. Tras convertirse en el Campeón de toda Irlanda en 1954 y 1959, O´Brien comenzó su carrera profesional al frente del grupo Dermot O´Brien y el Clubmen, un grupo cuyo repertorio abarcaba desde la música pop al jazz y a la música tradicional. En 1966, el tema para voz y acordeón de O´Brien “The Merry Ploughboy” se convirtió en el número uno de las listas vocales irlandesas, sólo comparable a lo sucedido con Elvis Presley o los Beatles.

Dermot O´Brien fue uno de los acordeonistas irlandeses de más éxito comercial hasta la fecha y sus grabaciones se han vendido en grandes cantidades pro toda Irlanda, Bretaña, Estados Unidos y otros países de habla inglesa. Ha influido musical y personalmente en una amplia generación de acordeonistas de Irlanda y Reino Unido. Pocos acordeonistas en el mundo pueden tener la presencia de Dermot O´Brien en el escenario y su habilidad inmediata para entretener al público.
National Button Accordion Festival
XV Festival Internacional de Acordeón de Cantabria- España
Información por Gorka Hermosa

El evento se llevó a cabo del 11 al 13 de mayo de 2007 en el Teatro Municipal Concha Espina de Torrelavega y en el Conservatorio Jesús de Monasterio.

Consistió en: -Un concurso Internacional de acordeón varieté jazz-fusión con estos resultados: 1º- Amaia Iraola (España- 1000 euros), 2º- Grayson Masefield (Nueva Zelanda (500 euros) y 3º - Jonna Pirttijoki (Finlandia (200 eruos).

El jurado estaba compuesto por Frederic Deschamps, Emilio Otero (director de orquesta y compositor), Jose Manuel Fernández (compositor y director del Conservatorio Jesús de Monasterio de Santander), david Cubillas (chelista y director del Conservatorio de Torrelavega) y Gorka Hermosa.

-El II encuentro de acordeonistas de Cantabria , donde participaron 68 estudiantes de todo España (Alcañíz, Irún, Zaragoza, Salamanca, Basauri, Santander y Torrelavega). El jurado estaba compuesto por Frederic Deschamps, Arancha Gómez (profesora de acordeón) y Miren Elorza (Profesora de acordeón). Los premiados fueron Laura Herrero, Miker Salaberria y Mario Pasanisi en acordeón solo y “Ensemble Elemental” y “Quinteto de acordeones de Irún” en grupos de acordeón.

-Gala de entrega de premios finales con interpretaciones de la Orquesta de acordeones Zero Sette, Acordes Cántabros (quinteto de acordeón) y los mejores intérpretes del fin de semana.

-Una cena con más de 150 personas y con la interpretación de David Sainz y su Orquesta Bouquet.

-Clases magistrales con Frederic Deschamps a 15 estudiantes españoles.
   
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Reportajes sobre conciertos, cursillos, concursos, etc
An  A to Z of the Accordion - Rob Howard
Charity Concert in Paisley Scotland

Within the auspicious surroundings of the 19th Century Coats Memorial Church on the Friday 18th May, a charity concert was hosted by the Graham Laurie's Music Education Centre. This concert was held in aid of the NAO Coupe Mondiale 2008 Fund and The Children’s Hospice Association Scotland.

Some 400 people braved a cold and windy night to be entertained with spectacular and varied performances by both the Graham Laurie Paisley Elementary & Intermediate Accordion Orchestras (pictured) playing some traditional and favourite pieces followed by the St. Columbas Pipe Band and The Clydebank Male Voice Choir.

A sum of £1,400 (approx US$2,800) was raised in aid of these 2 charities. A truly memor memorable concert.
 
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Emir Bosnjak CD release - Denmark
Contributed by Rob Howard

Accordionist Emir Bosnjak, based in Denmark but originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina, has released a new CD ‘Orient à la Tino – with Emir Bosnjak’. On this recording, Emir performs with a Danish group Orient à la Tino (Karsten Berger on acoustic and electric guitars, Steen Lind on bass, and Michael Andersen on drums), and the music is inspired by both Western and Eastern cultures. Musical influences include the Middle East, Balkans, Bosnia, Spain, Brazil and Argentina. All titles on the album is composed by guitar player Karsten Berger and Emir Bosnjak.

The musicians explores the music from these different parts of the world, and Orient à la Tino has created its own sound that covers a wide field from simple and gentle tunes to complex works with a lot of nerve. Folk music from several cultures are carefully mixed and synthesized so that the Argentinian milonga gets a kind of hip-hop beat, and the modified rhythm of a samba makes it a little oriental. Orient à la Tino is acoustic/electric world-fusion-global-folk, slightly influenced by jazz.

For further information email: emir@emirbosnjak.dk
 
National Button Accordion Festival
Pearl Fawcett-Adriano Concert, Guildford – UK
Contributed by Ron Bennett

Pearl Fawcett-Adriano was the very special guest artiste at the Guildford Accordion Club's 17th birthday party night on April 20th 2007, which was held at the Ripley Village Hall, near Guildford in Surrey.

An audience in excess of 150 filled the Ripley Village Hall to enjoy a fantastic performance by this star accordionist performer, all enjoying the wonderful atmosphere created by Pearl and the Guildford Accordion Club, with compere John Cumiskey. The evenings' entertainment included performances by The Tillingbourne Accordion Orchestra, which included Mike Carrington, Doug Carpenter, Egidio Spadaccini and Gennaro Fiondella.

A free glass of wine & a slice of birthday cake plus the usual tea-coffee & biscuits made the party go with a swing, and was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
 
The Ins and Outs of the Accordion
‘Gypsy Djazz’ CD Review, Detroit – USA
Contributed by Holda Paoletti-Kampl

A glance at the title of the tunes on this album ‘Gypsy Djazz’ is enough to give one an idea of the scope of the Detroit Swingtet, a US based group under the direction of the French accordionist Julien Labro - we are in the Django Reinhardt / Stephane Grappelli zone, and also some Benny Goodman and Hoagy Carmicheal, from whom comes the wonderful ‘Stardust’ included in this album.

Having described the content we should mention the formation, as it is here that there is a difference. The young musicians interpret all the tunes in an excellent manner, with passion and gusto both as a group and when called for, as soloists: the result is that this CD can be played over and over without becoming tiresome. Certainly this is classic music, in some way transformed and yet this group has the effect of an open window in springtime, and it is very nice to listen to these musicians whose delicate manner still manages to add a swing to every note keeping the tunes fresh even though they are 100 years old.

Labro cuts himself some space on the CD with his own composition ‘Valse a Lafayette’, which holds up well in the company of the other famous songs.

Every soloist, Labro on accordion, Dave Bennet on clarinet, Jeremy Kittel on violin and Evan Perry on solo guitar is given a way of expressing himself against the rhythmic backing provided by Neil Mattson (rhythm guitar) and Gregory Cook (bass).

Of the ten tracks the one that stands out the most is the second ‘Air Mail Special’ in which Bennett works well, whereas interpretation of ‘Nuages’ remains somewhat stiff. This is just a personal observation and the overall positive nature of the project is not adversely affected.

For further information email: julien@detroitswingtet.com
 
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Proximos eventos
Raquel Ruiz - teacher
Harry Hussey & Cafe Noir Jazz Group, Sussex – UK
Contributed by Rob Howard

Accordionist Harry Hussey joins the excellent Brighton based jazz group ‘Cafe Noir’ on Bank Holiday Monday 28th May 28th, 4-7pm, for an afternoon of music at the beautiful ‘Real Ale’ pub – The Jolly Tanners, Handcross Road, Staplefield, West Sussex - RH17 6EF.
 
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Coastal Cajun Festival, South Carolina – USA
Contributed by Rob Howard

The Coastal Cajun Festival takes place on June 2nd at Shelter Cove Community Park, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, from 11am until 5pm, featuring Cajun, Zydeco and Blues artistes.
 
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Accordion Art Festival, Mosciano – Italy
Contributed by Holda Paoletti-Kampl

‘Accordion Art Festival’ is the title of a concert taking place on June 9th, 9.45pm, at the Theater Acquaviva, Mosciano. This event celebrates free reed instruments such as the accordion, bandoneon, diatonic accordion and harmonica. Claudio Azzaro, Federico Orlando, Mario D'Amario and Renzo Ruggieri will all be performing.

For further information email: info@associazionepromozionearte.com
 
Finland Recordings
Lasarte-Oria Accordion Festival, Gipuzkoa - Spain
Contributed by Rob Howard

The 2007 Lasarte-Oria Accordion Festival takes place on Saturday September 29th at the Casa de Cultura, Lasarte-Oria. Artistes performing include Enrike Zelaia (Spain), Nathalie Boucheix (France), the Elsene Accordion Orchestra (Holland), and the Zero Sette Akordeoi Orkestra (Spain).

For further information email: 07ao@zerosette.es
 
Raquel Ruiz - teacher
Program for NZAA and AATA online now - New Zealand/Australia
Contributed by Tania Lukic-Marx, AATA President

The Australian Accordion Teachers Association (AATA) and the New Zealand Accordion Association (NZAA) have put online their competition program timetable. You can download the programs as an Acrobat file.

The South Pacific Accordion Championships in New Zealand are being held from Friday June 1st to Sunday June 3rd and the Australian International Accordion Championships are the next weekend from Saturday 9th June and Sunday 10th June 2007.

International competitors from a number of countries are competing in what will be two most exciting competitions and festivals.
 
Las Vegas International Accordion Convention
Recontre European de L’Accordeon, Chartres – France
Contributed by Rob Howard

The annual Chartres Accordion Festival takes place on June 2nd and 3rd. This festival involves a large number of French and international accordionists.

For further information email: aucher.claudine@wanadoo.fr
 
National Button Accordion Festival
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Comprendre Votre Accordeon - Thierry Benetoux
A new site selling a CD titled "Noël en Chansons" with sound samples. Music recorded from the Marianne Melodie Recording Production in France. Purchase online.

A new site selling a CD titled "Tino Rossi vol.3" with sound samples. Music recorded from the Marianne Melodie Recording Production in France. Purchase online.
 
Sebastiano Cali
A new site selling a CD titled "Chansons de France - Chansons Patritiotiques" with sound samples. Music recorded from the Marianne Melodie Recording Production in France. Purchase online.

A new site selling a CD titled "André Claveau" with sound samples. Music recorded from the Marianne Melodie Recording Production in France. Purchase online.
 
la fisarmonica da concerto ed il suo repertorio - Paolo Picchio
Charnwood Music Publishing site releases 6 new original music of "Daisey", "The Dancing Bear", "Robins Return", "Minuet For Accordion", "String Of Pearls", "Sarah's Musette". Samples of the music are available online. Purchase with credit card online.
 
William Schimmel CD's
Julien "Speedy" Gonzales new site online.

Wurzburger Musikverlag has an updated site with information concerning the new musicsheet of “Peppino Principe in Germany – Special Edition”. 
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