El “Sata-Häme Soi Accordions Worldwide” hizo entrega de una placa a “Accordions Worldwide” como reconocimiento a la labor que realiza para promocionar, el acordeon de un modo global en todo el mundo y las actividades acordeonisticas finlandesas en concreto.
Todo esto unido a otras actividades y espacios que podemos encontrar por todo Finlandia tales como: la Academia Sibelius con sus dos departamentos, el de musica clasica y el de musica Folk, el trabajo realizado en todo el mundo y en distintos estilos por contrastados artistas finlandeses como Mika Väyrynen, Maria Kalaniemi, Kimmo Pohjonen o Matti Rantanen por nombrar a algunos, el comisionado encargado de las nuevas obras y composiciones formado por renombrados compositores finlandeses de musica contemporanea o la inclusión del acordeon en los principales festivales de musica que se realizan por todo Finlandia. El desarrollo que ha aportado Internet tambien ha sido determinante en esta tarea de promocion mundial.
Este galardon fue otorgado por el director artistico del festival, Kimmo Mattila, en la ceremonia de clausura del 35º Festival que se celebro en Ikaalinen, Finlandia. El premio lo recogio Heather Masefield, hermana del director de Accordions Worldwide, Harley Jones, que viajo desde Nueva Zelanda para tomar parte en dicho festival.
La editorial Mel Bay Publications, dedicada principalmente al acordeon ha editado el nuevo libro de partituras de Gary Dahl con el titulo de “Getting Into Accordion”. Este libro ha sido escrito teniendo en cuenta a los interpretes que habiendo estudiado el acordeon a temprana edad vuelven ahora a su instrumento con otras necesidades y a la búsqueda de consejos tecnicos que le orienten, motiven y le permitan disfrutar en la madurez de todo tipo de estilos musicales.
Esta publicación presenta arreglos de dificultad alta con temas de siempre, incluyendo ejercicios para mejorar la tecnica y una iniciación sobre la memorizacion de acordes. El metodo “Getting Into Accordion” viene a cubrir un vacio en este terreno con un programa estructurado que asegura un aprendizaje paso a paso.
El coste del mismo es de $17.95 mas gastos de envio.
100 paginas que incluyen un CD educativo.
Gary Dahl ofrece igualmente cursos por correspondencia que pueden complementar el aprendizaje y optimizar los resultados. Para obtener mas información sobre sus publicaiones, listado de arreglos e información sobre los cursos por correspondencia, contactar a: www.accordions.com/garydahl
“Noche del Acordeon” Festival en Limburg - Alemania
El proximo 14 de Julio – 8.00pm, se va a celebrar un evento muy especial con el nombre de “Night of the Accordion” en la casa consistorial de la ciudad alemana de Limburg. Este evento se celebrara en el marco del 30º Festival de verano de Limburg. Este concierto que sera gratutito aglutinara a estilos como el Tango, el Jazz o las Polkas de los paises balcanicos interpretados por: “Veronika Todorova Band”, “Tango Rova” y la figura del Acordeon Jazz, el italiano Renzo Ruggieri.
Veronika Todorova y su grupo nos deslumbraran con el embrujo de su calida, vitalista y original propuesta mientras que su profesor, el afamado Renzo Ruggieri nos ofrecera sus emocionantes improvisaciones. Tango Rova nos deleitara con sus apasionadas armonias a traves de la musica de Piazzolla.
El interprete de acordeon diatonico, concertina y cantante de folk londinense, John Kirkpatrick es uno de los mas distinguidos y reconocidos musicos de folk britanico en el mundo. Ademas de su trabajo en solitario ha sido miembro de varios grupos y proyectos como Steeleye Span, Brass Monkey, Umps & Dumps, Sultans of Squeeze y la “John Kirkpatrick Band”.
El proximo miércoles 8 de Agosto, John Kirkpatrick tomara parte en un concierto que se celebrara en el Ham Marquee en el marco de la Semana de Folk de Sidmouth. En el mismo tomaran parte miembros de distintos grupos en los que ha participado. Kirkpatrick comento recientemente lo siguiente: “ Es como si viera pasar toda mi carrera, toda mi vida por delante de mi”.
El evento anual “Frank Marocco Accordion Event” se celebrara entre los dias
24 y 28 de Enero de 2008 en Mesa, Arizona. El numero maximo de participantes esta limitado a 50 acordeonistas. Es posible inscribirse como alumno oyente (sin limite de participantes).
Se celebraran workshops o talleres diarios. Este año se incluye un taller del propio Frank Marocco sobre patrones de bajo y acompañamientos escritos ademas de otros cursillos a cargo de Dr.Ian Blair Fries y Lenny Feldmann (The CordeenMan).
Habra talleres orquestales diarios (MD Frank Marocco), que finalizaran con un concierto en la velada de clausura. Las partituras de los distintos arreglos y niveles seran enviadas a principios de Diciembre.
Frank Marocco es uno de los principales acordeonistas de Jazz en el mundo. Su dilatada carrera de casi 60 años le ha llevado a ser el acordeonista con mayor numero de grabaciones incluyendo mas de 300 colaboraciones en bandas sonoras, 200 series de TV series, shows y mas de 150 spots publicitarios.
Washington Metropolitan Accordion Society Update, Virginia – USA
Contributed by Mara Cherkasky
The WMAS celebrated Fathers’ Day with a members’ concert on June 17th. Players included Peter Di Giovanni, Phil Fox, Peter Fuehres, John Giunta on mandolin accompanied by Dale Wise (on ‘Oh, My Papa,’ the only father-specific piece), Robert Juszczyk, Joseph Kulick, Ken Kunec, Rick Nunno and Mara Cherkasky in duet, Joann Pankow, Mary Elizabeth Smith with her ‘Random Band’ (Karen, Phil, Peter and Mara), and four members of the Potomac Ensemble (Lou Silvia, Karen, Peter and Mara). Dale Wise was MC, and played a couple of numbers himself.
At next month’s meeting, on July 22nd, Ken Kunec will present a workshop on creative arrangements - ideas on improving your playing through the use of technique, style, improvisation and full use of the accordion's capabilities. If you’ve attended any recent meetings, you’ll know that Ken is a wonderful entertainer, so you’ll want to see what he has to show us.
We want to submit our new WMAS shirt order in time to get the shirts to wear at 2007 Coupe Mondiale, August 13th to 18th, so orders need to be placed by July 9th. One of the Coupe Mondiale highlights will be the massed band performance at the U.S. Capitol on Friday, August 17th; another will be WMAS’s ‘After-hours’ party on August 16th. And then, of course, there are concerts every night, a banquet, and loads of other activities. Also, in honor of the Coupe Mondiale, the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage will present free accordion concerts every evening at 6pm during that week. Don’t miss the fun! And let’s have a strong presence at the Coupe!
Klaus Paier performs at the Musikforum, held at Klagenfurt-Viktring from July 7th to 14th. Paier will be in a jazz quintet with Gerald Preinfalk – sax, Primus Sitter – guitar, Per Mathisen – bass, and Jojo Mayer – drums.
Virtuoso Serbian accordionist Milos Milivojevic performs at St Andrew’s Church, Deal, Kent CT14 6DY, on Wednesday July 11th, at 1pm. This event is part of the Deal Festival’s 25th Anniversary Year. Milivojevic’s program includes:
J.S.Bach - ‘Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, Book II: VII’
Domenico Scarlatti – ‘Sonatas in D minor K1, F-major K44 and F sharp minor K25’
Mendelssohn – ‘Choral from Organ Sonata No.6 in D minor’
Ben Fosket - new work (world premiere)
Magnus Lindberg – ‘Jeux D'anches’
Renato Borghetti is a Brazilian accordionist and composer of Italian descent. He works in many genres including traditional styles from his home state of Rio Grande do Sol, other styles of Brazilian music like samba, and international genres like jazz and European classical music. His main instrument is the 3-row diatonic button accordion. He won a Latin Grammy in 2005 for Best Brazilian Roots/Regional Album, for his album ‘Gaita Ponto Com’.
Renato Borghetti leads his quartet on a tour of Europe, as below:
July 16th - Infrasuoni 2007, Vergato, Bologna, Italy
17th – Suzzara, Mantua, Italy
19th - Kastav Summer Festival, Croatia
20th – Val Tidone Festival, Castel San Giovanni, Piacenza, Italy – with accordionist Raúl Barboza (Argentina)
22nd – Mundus Festival, Correggio, Italy
21st - Pineto Jazz Festival, Italy
23rd - Film Festival, Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic 25th – Bergamo, Italy
26th – Folk Festival, Spilimbergo, Italy
27th - Restaurant Mirli im Irenental, Pressbaum, Austria
28th – Folk in Schloss, Bad Wildungen, Germany
29th - Suoni della Murgia, Altamura, Italy
30th - Suoni della Murgia, Santeramo in Colle, Italy
August 2nd – Trento, Italy
French jazz accordionist Ludovic Beier has several concert dates coming along, and has recently released a new CD ’Chilltimes’. Ludovic won the Prix Gus Viseur in 2005, and has performed with many top jazz musicians including accordionist Ken Peplowski, guitarists Birelli Legrene and Martin Taylor, and clarinet legend Buddy de Franco.
July 14th, 8pm – Private Evening Function, Paris
15th, 8pm – Noyers Sur Cher, France
20th, 8pm – Domont Jazz Festival, France
28th, 8pm – Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
29th, 8pm - Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
August 1st, 8pm – Django Concert, Rose Hall, New York
2nd, 8pm – Regatta Bar, Boston
4th, 8pm – Mr Hood Festival, Portland, Oregon
22nd, 6pm – Hotel D’Albret, Paris, France
30th, 8pm – Festival de Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Accordionist Lorenzo Munari is in concert with vocalist Marina Coli and clarinettist Andrea Medici on July 19th, 9.30pm, at the piazza Falcone, Savignano. The concert is organised by the town council in collaboration with Art & Show Productions.
This concert will feature music from a wide spectrum – including classical, folk, jazz and tango.
From October 29th to 31st, Finnish accordionist Mika Väyrynen, tutor at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki will be the guest teacher at the 9th International Accordion Seminar and Concert in Plouay, Morbihan, France.
Accordionists of all ages, levels and styles of music who can demonstrate sufficient interest and teachers who wish to maintain effective teaching skills are invited to attend. Accommodation with host families will be provided free to those under the age of 20, and if space is still available, also to adults, however hotel accommodation is also available. The fee for attending the seminar is 170 Euro.
The new Article Historical Accordion Events is a compilation of several reports of interest that were sent to us by concert artist Alexander Poeluev. These show some of the interesting events, he is invited to, as one of the greatest young accordion artists, continuing his concert career after graduation.
As this article is being published, Poeluev has just performed a concert at the 2007 Sata-Häme Soi Accordion Festival in Ikaalinen, Finland where the review read, he "performed an outstanding concert" and "demonstrated his world class artistry and techincal ability during his concert."
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Este galardon fue otorgado por el director artistico del festival, Kimmo Mattila, en la ceremonia de clausura del 35º Festival que se celebro en Ikaalinen, Finlandia. El premio lo recogio 
La editorial Mel Bay Publications, dedicada principalmente al acordeon ha editado el nuevo libro de partituras de 
El proximo 14 de Julio – 8.00pm, se va a celebrar un evento muy especial con el nombre de “Night of the Accordion” en la casa consistorial de la ciudad alemana de Limburg. Este evento se celebrara en el marco del 30º Festival de verano de Limburg. Este concierto que sera gratutito aglutinara a estilos como el Tango, el Jazz o las Polkas de los paises balcanicos interpretados por: “Veronika Todorova Band”, “Tango Rova” y la figura del Acordeon Jazz, el italiano 
Celebracion por toda una trayectoria a cargo de John Kirkpatrick, Sidmouth – Reino Unido
El evento anual “Frank Marocco Accordion Event” se celebrara entre los dias
24 y 28 de Enero de 2008 en Mesa, Arizona. El numero maximo de participantes esta limitado a 50 acordeonistas. Es posible inscribirse como alumno oyente (sin limite de participantes).
The WMAS celebrated Fathers’ Day with a members’ concert on June 17th. Players included Peter Di Giovanni, Phil Fox, Peter Fuehres, John Giunta on mandolin accompanied by Dale Wise (on ‘Oh, My Papa,’ the only father-specific piece), Robert Juszczyk, Joseph Kulick, Ken Kunec, Rick Nunno and Mara Cherkasky in duet, Joann Pankow, Mary Elizabeth Smith with her ‘Random Band’ (Karen, Phil, Peter and Mara), and four members of the Potomac Ensemble (Lou Silvia, Karen, Peter and Mara). Dale Wise was MC, and played a couple of numbers himself.
Klaus Paier performs at the Musikforum, held at Klagenfurt-Viktring from July 7th to 14th. Paier will be in a jazz quintet with Gerald Preinfalk – sax, Primus Sitter – guitar, Per Mathisen – bass, and Jojo Mayer – drums.
Virtuoso Serbian accordionist Milos Milivojevic performs at St Andrew’s Church, Deal, Kent CT14 6DY, on Wednesday July 11th, at 1pm. This event is part of the Deal Festival’s 25th Anniversary Year. Milivojevic’s program includes:
Renato Borghetti is a Brazilian accordionist and composer of Italian descent. He works in many genres including traditional styles from his home state of Rio Grande do Sol, other styles of Brazilian music like samba, and international genres like jazz and European classical music. His main instrument is the 3-row diatonic button accordion. He won a Latin Grammy in 2005 for Best Brazilian Roots/Regional Album, for his album ‘Gaita Ponto Com’.
French jazz accordionist Ludovic Beier has several concert dates coming along, and has recently released a new CD ’Chilltimes’. Ludovic won the Prix Gus Viseur in 2005, and has performed with many top jazz musicians including accordionist Ken Peplowski, guitarists Birelli Legrene and Martin Taylor, and clarinet legend Buddy de Franco.
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Italian diatonic accordionist Riccardo Tesi and his band play as follows:
From October 29th to 31st, Finnish accordionist 
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