Festival Nacional de Acorden de botones, Oklahoma EEUU
Informacin por Norman Seaton
El Festival Nacional de Acorden de botones, el primero de la Asociacin Nacional de Acorden, acogi a gente desde nios a 90 aos, cerca de 250 personas!!
Bajo la direccin de Ron Pivovar, Dick Albreski y Michele Young, la Sala Yukon Czech revivi con los sonidos de acordeones diatnicos, cromticos, concertinas y acordeones de piano de 16 estados diferentes.
Las actuaciones del sbado incluyeron a Alaska Polka Chips, Alaska Button Box Band, Fontana Button Accordion Band, de California y San Louis Button Box Club, de Missouri. Los participantes del festival que no tocaban o bailaban probaron la comida de Oklahoma (barbacoa) y el pescado con todas sus guarniciones.
La presentacin de este festival se hizo con la filosofa tu eres el animador. Se habilitaron dos grandes escenarios para que los participantes actuaran en intervalos de 30 minutos.
El domingo por la maana comenz con la Polka Mass, segida del concierto Honorfico del da. Norman Saetn actu como maestro de ceremonias en el concierto en el que actuaron Bohemian Knights, Bob Ohnoutka, Pancho y Eleanor Martnez, Sharon Saetn, Leonard Trinka, Alaska Polka Chips (Marge Ford y Patti Gersich), Nick Ballarini, Ed y Bev Neubaum, Jonathan Conner, Fontana Slovene Button Box Club, Josef Villager, Jim Loncar, Mike Stoops, Alaska button Box Gang, Bohumil Knittich, Micaiah Elliot, Tim Laine, Joshua Pelton, Jameson Pelton y el Tro Pivovar. A las 16,00 horas aproximadamente, finaliz el programa establecido y se dio paso a la pista de baile que continu con la fiesta hasta la madrugada.
La semifinal del Primer Campeonato Europero de acorden para intrpretes de Roland Virtual tendr lugar el 6 de octubre en el Casino en la ciudad francesa de Bourboule. La final de este nuevo concurso tendr lugar en Italia en Noviembre. Hay un premio de 5000 euros para el ganador.
Los concursantes necesitan rellenar la solicitud de inscripcin y enviar una grabacin en audio o video y el ltimo da
para enviarlo es el 15 de julio. Hay que enviarlo al Centro Europeo Roland, V accordion Festival, 4 rue Paul Henri St Thibault des Vignes, Lagny, Cedes, Francia.
Charnwood Music, la compaa ms Antigua de publicidad de acorden del Reino Unido (creada en 1958), anuncia que Ledgerline Publicaciones, creada en los aos 70 por el fallecido Cyril Pasby, ahora se incluye en Charnwood Music con el nombre de Charnwood Music Ledgerline Series.
Es una continuacin de Charnwood Music Romany Rye Series y de Charnwood Music Farran Series creadas en el 2006.
Charnwood Music ‘Ledgerline Series’ is immediately available from Charnwood Music direct, and will shortly be available online. The series includes some 48 accordion works for solo, duet and ensemble by eminent UK accordion composers including Graham Romani, Cyril Pasby, Jimmy Blair, Eddie Harris, George Barton, Albert Delroy and Gerald Crossman.
La historia del acorden jazz y swing, Londres Reino Unido
Abrzame- La historia del acorden jazz y swing es el ttulo de una caja con un cudruple CD de 101 temas que incluyen grabaciones raras e histricas de muchos de los mejores acorrdeonistas de jazz europeos y americanos del s.XX. Acordeonistas como Art Van Damme, Mat Mathews, Tito Burns, Gus Viseur, Tito Guidotti, Tony Murena, Michel Warlop, Rolf Syverson, Charles Verstraete, Cornell Smelser, Joe Mooney, Johnny Meier, Tommy Gumina y George Shearing.
El paquete incluye un libreto con 42 pginas con fotos y muchos detalles sobre la carrera musical de muchos de estos acordeonistas y supone una grabacin histrica de un subgnero que ha estado ignorado por el mundo del jazz.
Accordionist Mary Tokarski has released a new CD, which will be premiered at a concert on June 15th, 7.30pm, at the Blackstone Memorial Library, 758 Main Street, Branford, CT 06405. Admission is free.
Included on the CD are: ‘Musical Party’ (Daverne) recorded with the Moravian Symphony Orchestra, ‘Rondo, from Concerto in E’ (Deiro), ‘Remembering A Legend: Charles Magnante’ (Schimmel), ‘Gentilezza’ (Tacca), ‘Pioneer Concerto’ (Ettore), ‘Dance of the Demon’ (Holst), ‘Three Songs Without Words’ (Daverne) recorded with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, ‘Flat The Fifth’ (Mucedola), ‘Concerto in E flat Major, excerpts’ (Liszt), recorded in 1963!, ‘Mexican Carnival’ (Desiderio), and ‘The Fox & The Hound’ (Mucedola) recorded ‘live’ with the Auckland Symphony Orchestra.
A special event for those studying at the Hohner Conservatory in Trossingen was the arrival of Frédéric Deschamps and three of his students last week.
The Hohner Conservatory arranged master classes for all interested students including the Ensemble Art of Accordion, that won 1st prize at the World Music Festival in Innsbruck the previous week.
For the three students of Frederic Deschamps - Grayson Masefield (New Zealand), Cyril Blanchard and Julien "Speedy" Gonzales (France), all very successful artistes at international competitions, a special highlight was seeing the Hohner manufacturing works in Trossingen.
Here they could see, how the top model Hohner accordions are built. As thanks for the friendly visit, these three performers gave a spontaneous concert for the manufacturing workshop staff. Picture of Cyril and ‘Speedy’ performing to workers, and Grayson with Dr Braeuning performing.
The Hohner workers were inspired by the fine music and Dr. Braeuning, Manager of Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG, thanked them cordially. Picture below, left to right: Dr. Braeuning, Speedy Gonzales, Grayson Masefield, Cyril Blanchard, Frédéric Deschamps.
Frances Brougher Dies, Texas – USA
Contributed by Norman Seaton
Frances Brougher, long time friend of the National Accordion Association, died on Monday May 28th at the age of 89. She played accordion, organ, piano and sang for many years, and was instrumental in starting the Central Texas Accordion Association (NAA). She also sponsored touring groups such as the International Trio, Jason, Betty Jo Simon, Leo Aquino, Gary Daverne, and others.
‘Art of Accordion’ 9th World Music Festival, Innsbruck – Austria
Contributed by Erik Hörenberg, Manager of the Hohner Conservatory
The recent Innsbruck World Music Festival was another large-scale event, involving musicians from many different countries. The festival of over 10,000 bellows players included accordion and harmonica contests for solo, duet, group and orchestral entries.
The Hohner Conservatory Orchestra, under the direction of Andreas Nebl, gave outstanding concert performances, and there were competition successes for Michaela Hepp, Sarah Staiger, Ralf Brendle, Alexander Cargnelli and Clemens Tschallener. A report and photographs and results of the Innsbruck World Music Festival is online.
This is the thirteenth smash year for this prestigious series of master classes led by William Schimmel. The three day event will take place at: The Tenri Cultural Institute of New York - 43A West 13th St - between 5th and 6th Ave. The dates are: July 27th, 28th and 29th. Master Classes are at 3pm, Concerts are at 7pm.
Each Master Class will begin with about four or five performers who will receive advice, encouragement and tools for improvement from the audience, the participants and William Schimmel.
‘Mundharmonika, Tango und andere Kurzweil’ Graz – Austria
Contributed by Hermi Kaleta
A concert titled 'Harmonica, Tango and other Kurzweil' takes place in Graz on June 1st, organised for the Harmonikazentrum Graz, and sponsored by Kulturreferat der Stadt Voitsberg,  Harmonikazentrum Graz and the  Weststeirisch  Kammerorchester. Artistes performing include Josef Fürpass – bandoneon, Isabella Krapf – harmonica, Lothar Lässer – accordion (picture), and the Weststeirisches Kammerorchester, conducted by Selma Trefflinger.
A chamber music concert involving accordionist Owen Murray takes place at the prestigious Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP, on June 8th, at 7.30pm. The program includes Mozart - ‘Adagio and Rondo K617’, Arnold Schoenberg – ‘Second String Quartet’, and Poul Ruders – ‘On the Shores of the Cosmic Ocean’, the latter being a London premiere dedicated to Owen Murray.
The Pineto Jazz Accordion Festival, which takes place from July 20th to 22nd, seeks to encourage the spread of the jazz accordion. Performers include Renzo Ruggieri, Peppino Principe, Luciano Biondini, Renato Borghetti (Brazil), Sergio Caputo (USA), and the the Dixieland Brass Band, directed by Pine Mannello. Entrance to all concerts is entirely free.
The annual attendance has grown from 2,500 to 4,000, and accordionists featured in previous festivals include Peppino Principe, Art Van Damme, Frank Morocco, Germano Mazzocchetti and Renzo Ruggieri.
The French based Bandzydeco, featuring accordionist/vocalist Roger Morand, perform as follows:
June 9th, 9pm - Les berges, Laroque
22nd – Feu de la St Jean, Sauve
July 5th, 9pm – Avoine Zone Blues Festival
18th - Les berges, Laroque
29th – Gramat Country Festival
August 11th, 9pm – 31st ‘Ete à Goult’, Goult
18th - Rencontres de la vaire, Annot
21st - Festival Mondial Folk, Plozevet
Australian Accordion Teachers Association competition timetable is now online. From next weekend will be Daily Reports and Results from the Australian International Accordion Championships & Festival run by the AATA.
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El Festival Nacional de Acorden de botones, el primero de la Asociacin 
La presentacin de este festival se hizo con la filosofa tu eres el animador. Se habilitaron dos grandes escenarios para que los participantes actuaran en intervalos de 30 minutos.
1 Campeonato europeo de 
La semifinal del Primer Campeonato Europero de acorden para intrpretes de 
Abrzame- La historia del acorden jazz y swing es el ttulo de una caja con un cudruple CD de 101 temas que incluyen grabaciones raras e histricas de muchos de los mejores acorrdeonistas de jazz europeos y americanos del s.XX. Acordeonistas como 
Accordionist 
A special event for those studying at the 
For the three students of 
Frances Brougher Dies, Texas – USA
The recent 
This is the thirteenth smash year for this prestigious series of master classes led by 
‘Mundharmonika, Tango und andere Kurzweil’ Graz – Austria
A chamber music concert involving accordionist 
The Pineto Jazz Accordion Festival, which takes place from July 20th to 22nd, seeks to encourage the spread of the jazz accordion. Performers include 
The French based Bandzydeco, featuring accordionist/vocalist Roger Morand, perform as follows:
The Emilio Solla NY Tango Quintet, featuring accordionist Victor Prieto, performs at ‘Night and Day’ in New York on June 26th, at 8.30pm.
