A principios de la década de los 60’s el cantautor americano Bob Dylan sacó a la luz 'The Times They Are a-Changin', una canción que fue saludada por muchos como un comentario sobre cómo la cultura popular fue cambiando rápidamente. Este fue el período en el que el acordeón fue rápidamente superado en popularidad por la guitarra eléctrica, y la música instrumental en general - no sólo acordeones - se convirtió en algo mucho menos popular comercialmente.
Sin embargo, la capacidad camaleónica del acordeón de adaptarse a los diferentes géneros no sólo ha garantizado su supervivencia, pero invita a ser ‘descubierto’ como instrumento por las generaciones más jóvenes.
La historia de The New York Times demuestra que el acordeón tiene un nuevo llamamiento para aquellos que reconocen su potencial dentro de la música popular moderna. Existe también otro artículo de Los Angeles Times.
Estos artículos están escritos de manera muy positiva en relación con a una nueva moda: "el acordeón está de vuelta". Esta publicidad es realmente positiva para la futura popularidad del acordeón.
Julien Labro en el nuevo CD ‘Night Town ', Detroit - EE.UU
Desde la década de los 30’s el apogeo del Quintette du Hot Club de France, con el guitarrista virtuoso Django Reinhardt y el violinista Stephane Grappelli, mediante los llamados Hot Clubes llevaron el sonido del jazz gitano por todo el mundo. Uno de ellos es el Hot Club de Detroit, cuyos components son Evan Perri (guitarra), Julien Labro (acordeón), Carl Cafagna (saxo), Paul Brady (guitarra), y Shannon Wade (bajo).
El nuevo CD del Hot Club de Detroit se titula ‘Night Town', y es un seguimiento a los trabajos del grupo del CD debut ampliamente aclamado de 2006, ‘Hot Club de Detroit’.
Julien Labro, de Marsella, Francia, une el quinteto de Detroit para añadir el estilo del musette francés al jazz gitano que en parte surgió en la década de 1930, mientras que el trabajo del robust saxo de Cafagna introduce elementos del bop y post-bop en el jazz gitano.
Labro ha ganado numerosos concursos internacionales de acordeón, y ha actuado en numerosos lugares y festivales de jazz en los EE.UU. Sus actuaciones con el Hot Club de Detroit han producido críticas, como la del crítico musical Mark Stryker del Detroit Free Press tomando nota de la "jaw dropping virtuosity" de los solos de Labro, que tocó con "vibrante satisfacción y disciplinada musicalidad". En el año 2005, Labro fue premiado en el primer concurso Internacional de Acordeón Jazz Art Van Damme, la Vivian Stolaruk Intl. Entertainment Award (Detroit, MI), y el Heineken Jazz Starquest en el 2005.
La tutora de acordeón de la Auckland University Stephanie Poole fue invitada a realizar la parte de acordeón en una nueva obra sinfónica con la Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra a principios de este mes. La ‘Sinfonía N º III’, compuesta por el neozelandés Ross Harris, estrenada en el Ayuntamiento de Auckland el 14 de agosto con una agradecida audiencia.
La parte de acordeón estaba caracterizada por el sabor judío del compositor mediante su propia música klezmer, con el acordeón combinado a veces con violín y clarinete. Harris es un fan de acordeón, tocando el acordeón klezmer con La Café Klezmer Band, con sede en la ciudad de Wellington.
Stephanie dijo que con sólo hubieron cinco ensayos en cuatro días, es impresionante ver la rapidez con la orquesta hizo este trabajo sin escucharlo anteriormente, especialmente con la cantidad de desafíos rítmicos.
Cuota de la NZ Herald 18/8/08
Tras el intervalo de tiempo, con la nueva sinfonía de Ross Harris ha demostrado ser la orquesta de la comisión más ambiciosa hasta la fecha. Impulsados por el arte de Chagall y el compositor de la música klezmer, la sinfonía de 40 minutos…… .. Ojalá [la sinfonía] sea retransmitida en un futuro no muy lejano.
Al concluir el concierto, el director Marko Letonja de Eslovenia le dio su ramo a la acordeonista Stephanie Poole.
Hasta la fecha los competidores, los delegados e invitados de 26 países han formulado reservas y el segundo hotel, El Erskine Bridge, está casi completo para la Coupe Mondiale Internacional de Acordeón 2008 y el Festival de Competiciones.
El jueves por la noche, uno de los aspectos más destacados en el concierto será el Alphen Opus 2 Orchestra de los Países Bajos. Esta orquesta, especializada en música contemporánea, tiene el objetivo de promover el acordeón de alto nivel. El director es Sergé Latychev, un ruso de origen.
La orquesta se ha distinguido por su progresiva elección en cuanto a repertorio, el trabajo en equipo y la estrecha identificación musical, con una gran atención que se presta a la música contemporánea de compositores holandeses.
Una importante vía de cooperación en este sentido es con NOVAM, la organización nacional holandesa de acordeón y miembro de la CIA. Desde noviembre de 2007, Alphen Opus 2 se ha convertido en la orquesta de promoción para esta organización, con nueva música que también se guarda en la biblioteca de NOVAM, lo que permite a los directores ver los resultados y pedir una pieza registrada como material de referencia.
The picture shows Jon Hammond playing his beloved accordion in Topanga Canyon, California, at a wedding in 1971. The instrument, a rare model purchased from the late John Molinari, was stolen during a burglary in 1975 in Boston.
Jon recalls: “An old friend brought me these long lost photos yesterday from 1971! I can't believe it...these are the only photos of me during this period. I was the world's first psychedelic electronic accordion player! I played at the Berkeley Folk Festival with Country Joe and The Fish, Kaleidescope, with David Lindley, jammed with quicksilver Messenger Service (these were all big bands in SF Bay Area during the 1960s). I was 18 years old here! It is the same instrument I won the Jr. Jazz Championship with in 1966”.
A couple of weeks ago a fellow accordionist sent me a Link for an eBay listing that was apparently the instrument. These Giulietti Classic 127 instruments are extremely rare with factory pickups. It went for over 5 grand from a seller in a state of Connecticut. Mine was stolen from me in Boston, which is not far away so I'm pretty sure it was it.
Sadly, I couldn't prove it because I didn't have the serial number documented, sadly. That's the way it goes.
Editor: This is lesson to all accordionists how important it can be to have documented the serial number of their accordion and even better, some digital photographs of the instrument and case.
The 2nd International Accordion Contest took place in the city of Jaú, San Paolo, from August 21st to 23rd. Brazilian accordionist Waldonys carried out the opening ceremony, and the contest adjudicators were Mirco Patarini, Professor Roberto Bueno, Professor David Saidel, Oswaldinho of the Acordeon, Waldonys, Elizeu Vargas, and Bruno Moritz (winner of the 2007 contest).
The festival included the release of Bruno Moritz’s first CD, and a concert performance by Argentinean accordionist Alejandro Brittes.
A new accordion class by Professor Giuseppe Scigliano at the Conservatory of Nocera Terinese, Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of Southern Italy, is creating an interesting perspective for those who dedicate their studies to the concert accordion. Until now, the accordion schools in these regions were oriented only towards traditional or popular music music.
Giuseppe Scigliano graduated from Rome's Conservatory under Professor Massimiliano Pitocco, and attended for 3 years the Accordion Course (Italian Accordion Academy) held by Claudio Jacomucci and by many visiting teachers such as Matti Rantanen, Viatcheslav Semionov, Yuri Shishkin and Geir Draugsvoll.
From August 18th to 24th, the Conservatory "P. Ciaikovsky" in Nocera Terinese organized a Summer Campus of Music with their teacher Giuseppe Scigliano, and a Master Class given by Claudio Jacomucci. The organisers were amazed by the interest of the participatants, dedication and commitment of the young students.
Our best wishes to Giuseppe Scigliano and his new accordion class.
Chico Chagas playing with some top Jazz stars! , London – UK
Brazillian accordionist Chico Chagas performs with tenor saxophonist Dave O’Higgins at The 606 Club, 90 Lots Rd, London SW10 0QD, on Thursday September 4th. They will be supported by John Parricelli (guitar), Adriano Adewale (percussion), Enzo Zirilli (drums) and David Chamberlain (double bass).
Chico Chagas is generally recognised as one of the finest Jazz/Brazilian accordionists in World music. His fluent style and remarkable technique have made him something of a star in his native Brazil, and he now divides his time between London and Rio. A real character, his music is at once flowing and surprising, melodic and rich in Brazilian melody.
On Friday September 19th, 8pm, accordionist Jeancristophe performs at l’Espace Culturel Avionnais (Avion - 62).
Future performances include:
October 10th - Prix du Marais, Lomme
December 18th – Centre Arc, Ciel de Liévin
March 21st – Espace François Mitterrand de Bully les Mines
On September 19th Guildford Accordion Club presents ‘A Musical Variety Night’, featuring accordionist Romano Viazzani, The Tillingbourne Accordion Orchestra, Andrew Lukins (vibraphone), George Bennett (keyboard), and the Diana Mitchell Irish School of Dancing. All proceeds to benefit ‘The New Ripley Village Hall’.
The venue is The Ripley Village Hall, near Guildford, Surrey GU23 6AJ; M25 J10. Doors open at 7pm.
Accordion tuition courses led by Ian Lowthian take place on September 20th and 21st November 8th and 9th in the beautiful village of Ettrickbridge in the Scottish Borders.
The courses involve teaching on both Saturday and Sunday from approximately 10am to 5pm, after which there is a lovely pub in the village that the course participants and tutor invade on the Saturday night for a session.
Accommodation is available at the local pub and in hotels and B&B’s in Selkirk, 7 miles away. Camping and caravan facilities are locally available.
On Friday, October 3rd, 8pm, at the Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami, singer Jorge Celedón and accordionist Jimmy Zambrano, two of the most highly acclaimed Colombian Vallenato artistes today, perform an energetic mix of up-tempo dance music and romantic ballads.
Individually, they are top musicians, but it's their partnership for the past decade with six hit albums and countless live appearances that have made them favorite performers of Colombians (their hit ‘Esta Vida’ was Number One for 45 weeks!) throughout the Americas and Europe.
At the Knight Concert Hall, they'll combine the emblematic instruments of Vallenato, such as the caja, guacharaca, and accordion - with the big instrumental sounds of a symphonic orchestra for the first time in the US, playing hits such as ‘Ay Hombre’, ‘Cuatro Rosas’, and ‘Esta Vida’.
Accordionist Maria Kalaniemi is acclaimed in Finland and beyond as both a technically skilled player and an accomplished composer. See the Celebrity Interview Maria Kalaniemi
Maria Kalaniemi performs as follows:
September 28th - Sibelius Academy Concert Hall, Helsinki, Finland
October 11th – Muziekpublique, Brussels, Belgium
Joseph Petric Premiere Performance, New Brunswick - Canada
The 2008/2009 J.E.A. Crake Concert season presents the Symphony Nova Scotia on Friday March 13th 2009, 7.30pm, at the Convocation Hall, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick.
Their program includes a brand new work for accordion and orchestra by Canadian composer Brian Current, featuring the Canadian accordionist Joseph Petric.
From the 29 to 31 August will be held the third edition of Buonvicino Art Festival in Buonvicino (Italy, CS). Conceived by Calabrian accordionist Salvatore Cauteruccio and coordinated by Salvatore Vergara, the event features three days of music in the beautiful scenery of this historic centre of Italy.
The first evening features the duo TIZIANO CILLIS with a tribute to composers and the festival will close with the Calabrian group NAGRU that presents arrangements of Calabrian folk music, and the ANTONELLA BLOND trio with acoustic songs in Italian and Neapolitan jazz styles.
Accordionist Johanna Juhola will represent Finland in ‘Folkelarm’, a festival of Scandinavian folk music, in Oslo, September 25th to 28th. In showcases you will hear Johanna Juhola will perform music from her solo CD ‘Miette’, released by Texicalli Records, Finland, in 2006. Johanna Juhola will perform together with Roope Aarnio, guitar and Hannu Oskala, voice engineer.
Johanna Juhola studied the accordion at the Sibelius Academy’s Department of Folk Music. In 2000, she won the International Astor Piazzolla competition with the Novjaro Quintet, and in 2002 Johanna Juhola and the pianist Milla Viljamaa were awarded the International Citta di Castelfidaro prize. Johanna, also an acclaimed composer, performed her commissioned composition ‘Fantasiatango’ as one of the opening numbers of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest.
Within the sphere of orchestral music, Johanna has appeared as a guest performer with various ensembles in performances of Timo Alakotila’s composition ‘Concerto for Free Bass Accordion and Chamber Orchestra’, and as one of the soloists in the Tapiola Sinfonietta’s ‘Symphonic Fantasies’ project.
Gary Dahl - accordionist as well as a composer, arranger, recording artist and music educator, update 1 new work for accordion available for purchase online, 'Twilight Time'. Samples of this music are available on the site. The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card.
Peter Piccini - accordionist, composer, arranger, performer, update 1 new work for accordion available for purchase online. 'Cara Maria'. Samples of theses music are available on the site. The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card.
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A principios de la década de los 60’s el cantautor americano Bob Dylan sacó a la luz 'The Times They Are a-Changin', una canción que fue saludada por muchos como un comentario sobre cómo la cultura popular fue cambiando rápidamente. Este fue el período en el que el acordeón fue rápidamente superado en popularidad por la guitarra eléctrica, y la música instrumental en general - no sólo acordeones - se convirtió en algo mucho menos popular comercialmente.
Sin embargo, la capacidad camaleónica del acordeón de adaptarse a los diferentes géneros no sólo ha garantizado su supervivencia, pero invita a ser ‘descubierto’ como instrumento por las generaciones más jóvenes.
Desde la década de los 30’s el apogeo del Quintette du Hot Club de France, con el guitarrista virtuoso Django Reinhardt y el violinista Stephane Grappelli, mediante los llamados Hot Clubes llevaron el sonido del jazz gitano por todo el mundo. Uno de ellos es el Hot Club de Detroit, cuyos components son Evan Perri (guitarra), Julien Labro (acordeón), Carl Cafagna (saxo), Paul Brady (guitarra), y Shannon Wade (bajo).
Julien Labro, de Marsella, Francia, une el quinteto de Detroit para añadir el estilo del musette francés al jazz gitano que en parte surgió en la década de 1930, mientras que el trabajo del robust saxo de Cafagna introduce elementos del bop y post-bop en el jazz gitano.
La tutora de acordeón de la Auckland University Stephanie Poole fue invitada a realizar la parte de acordeón en una nueva obra sinfónica con la Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra a principios de este mes. La ‘Sinfonía N º III’, compuesta por el neozelandés Ross Harris, estrenada en el Ayuntamiento de Auckland el 14 de agosto con una agradecida audiencia.
Hasta la fecha los competidores, los delegados e invitados de 26 países han formulado reservas y el segundo hotel, El Erskine Bridge, está casi completo para la 
The picture shows Jon Hammond playing his beloved accordion in Topanga Canyon, California, at a wedding in 1971. The instrument, a rare model purchased from the late John Molinari, was stolen during a burglary in 1975 in Boston.
2nd International Accordion Competition – Brazil
A new accordion class by Professor Giuseppe Scigliano at the Conservatory of Nocera Terinese, Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of Southern Italy, is creating an interesting perspective for those who dedicate their studies to the concert accordion. Until now, the accordion schools in these regions were oriented only towards traditional or popular music music.
Giuseppe Scigliano graduated from Rome's Conservatory under Professor Massimiliano Pitocco, and attended for 3 years the Accordion Course (Italian Accordion Academy) held by 
Brazillian accordionist Chico Chagas performs with tenor saxophonist Dave O’Higgins at The 606 Club, 90 Lots Rd, London SW10 0QD, on Thursday September 4th. They will be supported by John Parricelli (guitar), Adriano Adewale (percussion), Enzo Zirilli (drums) and David Chamberlain (double bass).
On Friday September 19th, 8pm, accordionist Jeancristophe performs at l’Espace Culturel Avionnais (Avion - 62).
On September 19th Guildford Accordion Club presents ‘A Musical Variety Night’, featuring accordionist 
Accordion tuition courses led by Ian Lowthian take place on September 20th and 21st November 8th and 9th in the beautiful village of Ettrickbridge in the Scottish Borders.
On Friday, October 3rd, 8pm, at the Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami, singer Jorge Celedón and accordionist Jimmy Zambrano, two of the most highly acclaimed Colombian Vallenato artistes today, perform an energetic mix of up-tempo dance music and romantic ballads.
Accordionist Maria Kalaniemi is acclaimed in Finland and beyond as both a technically skilled player and an accomplished composer. See the 
The 2008/2009 J.E.A. Crake Concert season presents the Symphony Nova Scotia on Friday March 13th 2009, 7.30pm, at the Convocation Hall, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick.
Accordionist Johanna Juhola will represent Finland in ‘Folkelarm’, a festival of Scandinavian folk music, in Oslo, September 25th to 28th. In showcases you will hear Johanna Juhola will perform music from her solo CD ‘Miette’, released by Texicalli Records, Finland, in 2006. Johanna Juhola will perform together with Roope Aarnio, guitar and Hannu Oskala, voice engineer.