Después
de cuatro días de plena actividad (del 12 al 15 de Marzo),
la feria internacional de la música , y de la iluminación
y sonido professional ha cerrado sus puertas habiendo contabilizado
112.000 visitantes provenientes de 126 paises.
Estas
son las cifras presentadas por la organización en las que después
de Alemania, los paises que más visitantes han aportado son:
Belgca, Holanda, Suecia, Francia, Italia, Gran Bretaña, Suiza,
España, Austria y Grecia. Otros paises más lejanos tambien
han estado presentes en la feria, como EEUU, COrea de Sur, Japón,
Israel, China, Australia, Brasil y Canada.
Los amantes de la música pudieron ver y oir más de 250
eventos de carácter internacional en esta excepcional edición
del Musikmesse 2008.
Expositores,
Musicos, visitantes, aficionados... el mundo del acordeón y
de la música en general se dió cita en Frankfurt para
ver y oir las novedades del mercado e igualmente para escuchar a acordeonistas
y entusiastas de todo el mundo!
La edición del año que viene sera del 1 al 4 de Abril.
Amplio reportaje fotográfico en la siguiente sección
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Información sobre el Trofeo
Mundial 2008 - Bosnia Herzegovina
El
Trofeo Mundial
2008 se organizará en Bosnia Herzegovina (Republica de Srpska)
en Sarajevo en las fechas del 1 al 5 a través de la Academia
universitaria de música con Zoran Rakic y la Confédération
Mondiale de l'Accordéon.
Se puede encontrar ya una completa información sobre las bases
y los requirimientos en la web del Trofeo
Mundial.
Para
esta edición del 2008 se han previsto unos cambios similares
a los de la Copa
mundial - CIA,
eliminando las obras obligadas y los límites de participantes
para conseguir una mayor participación internacional.
Se espera que otras competiciones internacionales adopten estas mismas
medidas teniendo en cuenta el trabajo excesivo que supone para los
participantes responder a estos requerimientos sobre obras obligadas
cuando las competiciones están tan cercanas en el tiempo unas
de otras.
Una de las noticias sobre este Trofeo Mundial 2008 de Sarajevo es
que el hotel que albergará a las delegaciones está a
tan solo 2 kms del aeropuerto y a 300 metros del emplazamiento donde
se celebrará el concurso. Existirá un transporte que
una el hotel y el concurso.
Las categorías de la competición serán:
Senior y Junior Variete
Senior y Junior Classical
Los distintos críticos han cubierto un amplio expectro de géneros
musicales que han cultivado algunos de los más famosos acordeonistas
mundiales desde el clasico pasando por el pop el folk, los grupos
o la música de cámara.
Este hito del reportaje número 250 lo ha realizado la renombrada
acordeonista, profesora, arreglista y directora Joan
C. Sommers, retirada actualmente de la Universidad de Missouri
- Kansas City (UMKC) que nos presenta el CD 'Accordion Chamber' del
acordeonista noruego Jon Faukstadt que toca junto a un elenco de músicos.
Este archivo permanente de reportajes sobre CDs sirve como herramienta
de búsqueda de grabaciones de acordeón y como una importante
base de datos que se actualiza continuamente.
El
próximo jueves 27 de Marzo a las 8.00 pm de la hora de Centro
Europa (CET), el acordeonista ruso Alexander
Shirunov ofrecerá un concierto en Trossingen, Alemania
que se podrá ver en directo a través de internet en
la página web: www.hohner-konservatorium.de
Alexander
Shirunov actúa dentro del festival de acordeón 'Akkordeon
grenzenlos 2008', organizado anualmente por el Conservatorio Hohner
de Trossingen. Este festival incluye varios conciertos, seminarios
y está esponsorizado por la compañia
Hohner.
Marie
Jones Now abandona el Hospital - Nueva Zelanda
Marie
Jones, Secretaria de la Asociación
de acordeonistas de Nueva Zelanda (NZAA) desde 1971 y la primera
persona en recibir el galaradón de miembro honorífico
de la CIA en 2003 sufrió una dura caida hace 6 semanas que
la dejó paralizada hasta que la encontraron al día siguiente,18
horas más tarde.
Marie
Jones ingresó en el hospital y estuvo en estado crítico
y con pocas esperanzas de vida durante varios días. Milagrosamente
y después de varios días mejoró ante la sorpresa
de los medicos que la cuidaban. Ahora ha abandonado el hospital y
se encuentra en casa de Heather
Masefield donde ha recuperado el habla y ha comenzado a caminar
y a mejorar.
Marie
Jones y su familia quieren agradecer a todos los acordeonistas que
han enviado mensajes de apoyo deseando su recuperación. Estamos
verdaderamente felices de ver su rápida evolución.
About 10 teachers, from around the UK, attended
this terrific workshop by Lars Holm, held at the Royal Academy
of Music on March 9th.
There were students from 4 years old right up to university
age. There were also a handful of mature adult students at varying
stages of their musical development as well as other people
just taking a keen interest.
The aim of the workshop was to help teachers in the UK with
keeping their student's interest so that they don't get bored
and hopefully become the next generation of professional UK-reared
accordionists……...
On
the 15th March after a short illness of only a few hours at the hospital
in Aarau, Eduard Frey-Wernli passed peacefully away.
He is survived by his wife Rosmarie Frey-Wernli who took long term
care of him. Eduard Frey-Wernli is the father of Martin Frey, well
known accordionist and Pigini
and Excelsior importer for Switzerland. The funeral was held on Thursday
20th March.
Our condolensces to Martin Frey and the family at this sad time.
Rock
singer, composer and accordionist Jason Webley, from Seattle, Washington,
performs as follows:
March 21st, 8pm - Skinless Productions Gallery, 504 East 18th St,
Kansas City
22nd, 7.30pm - Pops Blue Moon, 5249 Pattison Ave, St Louis, Missouri
April 4th, 12.30pm - Teatro Carlos Lazo, University, Mexico City
4th, 10pm - Pasagüero, Motolinía 33 Col, Centro Histórico,
Mexico City
5th - San Diablo Av., Revolucion 1331, Tlacopac San Angel, Mexico
City
6th, 12.30pm - performance with ballet company, Teatro Miguel Coverrubias,
Centro Cultural Universitario, Mexico City
11th, 6pm - Downhill House, Central District, Seattle, Washington
18th, 7.30pm - Fremont Abbey Arts Center, Seattle
19th - details to be announced - Portland, Oregon
20th, 8.30pm - WOW Hall, 291 West 8th Ave, Portland, Oregon
Jason
Webley has achieved international fame, especially in Russia where
he has played to large audiences and great acclaim in both Moscow
and St Petersburg. He has also performed at the Glastonbury Festival
in the UK, alongside the cream of British rock stars in high profile
concerts. Webley has demonstrated that it is possible in this day
and age for a rock singer to use an accordion on stage to entertain
young audiences.
The
Polish quintet Dikanda was founded in 1997 in Szczecin, Poland. Passion
for the traditional music and hard work let them create their own
style and original sound. Their acoustic songs have been inspired
by Oriental culture, Balkan folklore - Macedonian and Romanian.
To date they have won prizes at festivals, performed in Germany, Austria,
Switzerland, Italy, India, Greece, and Russia and at the Montreux
Jazz Festival. They have also released three CDs. The Polish quintet
Dikanda, featuring accordionist Ania Witczak, perform as follows:
April 12th, 11am - live interview on RBB Radio Multkulti, Berlin
12th, 9pm - concert in Lindenpark, Potsdam
May 14th, 9pm - Gerhard Hauptmann Theater, Zittau, Germany
16th, 8pm - Kulturgasthaus Bierstindl, Innsbruck, Austria
18th, 12 noon - Erdbeerhof Funk, Eisenberg, Germany
30th, 8pm - 'Wilde Töne' Festival, Braunschweig
Romano
Viazzani is to play the accordion part in another stage production
revival of 'Pennies From Heaven', a musical that celebrates the life
and songs of Arthur Tracy. Steve Ross and Greg Moore repeat their
starring roles, with support from Romano
Viazzani - the team that performed together last year in London.
The performances takes place on April 18th - 7.30pm, and 19th - 2.30pm
and 7.30pm, at the St. Albans Organ Theatre, 320 Camp Road, St Albans
AL1 5PE.
Arthur Tracy (1899-1997), known as 'The Street Singer', was a hugely
popular singer and accordionist in the 1930s and 40s. His tenor voice
and clear diction was perfect for radio and recordings, and 'Here
Lies Love', 'When I Grow Too Old to Dream', 'I'll See You Again',
'Red Sails in the Sunset', and his theme song, 'Marta', were all big
hits.
Tracy
also appeared in several Hollywood films, co-starring with Bing Crosby.
Although Tracy used the accordion in his stage performances, it is
believed that Charles Magnante played most of the accordion backings
on his recordings. After Tracy left show business in the late 1940s,
he was largely forgotten, until the 1981 film 'Pennies From Heaven'
was released. Arthur Tracy's 1937 recording of the title song was
used on the soundtrack, bringing him back to the public spotlight,
and inspiring a brief stage comeback.
Gorka
Hermosa, from the Basque region of northern Spain, is Professor of
Accordion at the Jesús de Monasterio Conservatory in Santander.
His upcoming engagements include:
April 24th and 25th - Madrid, 'Tangosophy': with clarinet player Josep
Sancho May
14th - classical accordion concert, Sabadell Conservatory, Barcelona
15th - Master Class, Sabadell Conservatory, Barcelona
18th - classical accordion concert, Figueres, Girona
Jean-Louis
Noton, Mady and Peter
Soave will present their annual International Music Accordion
Camp in Sauris, Italy, from July 27th to August 3rd, and from August
3rd to 10th.
IMAC welcomes accordionists and music lovers of all levels and all
ages, and encourages all styles of music. IMAC offers 7 days of master-classes,
seminars, lectures, group playing and private instruction in a professional
setting that harmonizes nature and learning. Participants can anticipate
a healthy musical environment full of friendship and learning in a
3 star hotel and will enjoy the breathtaking panorama of Italian Dolomites!
On
Thursday March 27th, 8pm, accordionist Pearl
Fawcett-Adriano is the guest at Stockport Organ & Keyboard
Club, based at The Guildhall (Stockport Masonic Hall), Wellington
Rd South (A6), near the centre of Stockport, Cheshire.
by Jon Faukstadt (accordion) with assisting artists
The Celebrity
Interview page of Accordions Worldwide has been updated to include
an extremely interesting interview with the President of the Accordion
Association of Chinese Musicians Association (CAA). The interview
covers a lot of accordion history in China and the developments
of the accordion in China over recent decades.
CD
Reviews and DVD Reviews index page updated. See over 250
reviews of recordings since 1997 to 2008 by Renato Belardinelli, Tania
Lukic-Marx, Alessandro Mugnoz, Paolo Picchio and Joan C. Sommers -
a huge resource of information for those interested in accordion recordings.
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Después
de cuatro días de plena actividad (del 12 al 15 de Marzo),
la feria internacional de la música , y de la iluminación
y sonido professional ha cerrado sus puertas habiendo contabilizado
112.000 visitantes provenientes de 126 paises.
Estas
son las cifras presentadas por la organización en las que después
de Alemania, los paises que más visitantes han aportado son:
Belgca, Holanda, Suecia, Francia, Italia, Gran Bretaña, Suiza,
España, Austria y Grecia. Otros paises más lejanos tambien
han estado presentes en la feria, como EEUU, COrea de Sur, Japón,
Israel, China, Australia, Brasil y Canada.
Expositores,
Musicos, visitantes, aficionados... el mundo del acordeón y
de la música en general se dió cita en Frankfurt para
ver y oir las novedades del mercado e igualmente para escuchar a acordeonistas
y entusiastas de todo el mundo!
El
Para
esta edición del 2008 se han previsto unos cambios similares
a los de la 
El
próximo jueves 27 de Marzo a las 8.00 pm de la hora de Centro
Europa (CET), el acordeonista ruso 
On
the 15th March after a short illness of only a few hours at the hospital
in Aarau, Eduard Frey-Wernli passed peacefully away.
Rock
singer, composer and accordionist Jason Webley, from Seattle, Washington,
performs as follows:
The
Polish quintet Dikanda was founded in 1997 in Szczecin, Poland. Passion
for the traditional music and hard work let them create their own
style and original sound. Their acoustic songs have been inspired
by Oriental culture, Balkan folklore - Macedonian and Romanian.
Romano
Viazzani
Gorka
Hermosa, from the Basque region of northern Spain, is Professor of
Accordion at the Jesús de Monasterio Conservatory in Santander.
His upcoming engagements include:
May
14th - classical accordion concert, Sabadell Conservatory, Barcelona
Jean-Louis
Noton
On
Thursday March 27th, 8pm, accordionist 