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Daily Reports, Shanghai National Accordion Competition - ChinaFestival de Primavera, Castelfidardo-Italia
46 edición de Concurso Internacional de Klingenthal, Alemania.
`Accordion Cruise Festival´-Italia, Grecia, Croacia
Nuevo Cd de Dylan con Acordeón –USA
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
NAO 2009 UK Championships and Festival - UKFriedrich Lips and his Piazzolla-Studio, Salzburg - AustriaDr. William Schimmel’s Busy Month, New York – USA
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Tejano Conjunto Festival, Texas – USAGator By The Bay Festival, California – USAWorld Accordion Day Events, Stockport – UK‘2 Nights at the Casino’, Figueira da Foz - Portugal‘Seili Sounds’ Accordion Summer Course, Seili – FinlandMECA Accordion Band in Concert, Texas – USAStolen AccordionWorld Accordion Day Events in Salzburg - Austria
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Renzo Ruggieri new CDMario D'Amario new CDPeter Piccini releases 1 new work for accordionH S Production New Music ReleasesNew CD - Kondert Pa KleppeNew CD - InnervisionsH S Production New Music Releases
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Festival de Primavera, Castelfidardo-Italiaby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
 El Festival Internacional de Primavera de Castelfidardo se celebrará del 14 al 16 de Mayo en Pizza della República la cual será invadida por los ritmos del tango.El festival comenzará con el nominado a e los Grammy latinos Renato Borghetti, el cual lleva ofreciendo una gira desde Brasil. El espectáculo esta asegurado en la tarde del día 14 cuando Renato y su cuarteto sean acompañados por bailarines profesionales. Durante los días 15 y el 16, la plaza estará en ebullición con diversos cursos de baile de tango. Profesores internacionales de tango demostrarán sus capacidades como bailarines en el escenario de dicha plaza. Además de las actuaciones de tango los asistentes podrán disfrutar de alimentos típicos de la zona en los stands dispuestos en dicha plaza. Por otra parte esta planeada una conferencia de tango-terapia llevada acabo por importantes artistas internacionales en el antiguo cine y auditorio de la escuela de música Paolo Soprani. Para los más jóvenes se dispondrá de un área dedicada a los videojuegos con temática musical. Además, Christian Riganelli ofrecerá diversos Clinics para presentar el acordeón a los niños. Horario: 14 de Mayo, 9pm-10:30pm: Renato Borghetti Quartet; actuaciones de los bailarines profesionales Alessandro Esposto y Sara Porfiri con su equipo. 15 de Mayo, 5pm-6:30pm: Daniele di Bonaventura, bandoneón en concierto; actuaciones de profesionales Alessandro Esposto y Sara Porfiri con su equipo; 9pm-10:30: I Tangheri en concierto más demostraciones de baile. 16 de Mayo, 5pm-6:30pm: Luca Colantonio, acordeón y Mattia Menna, piano en concierto más demostraciones de tango; 9pm-10:30pm, Trío porteño en concierto más demostraciones de tango. |
46 edición de Concurso Internacional de Klingenthal, Alemania.by Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
 Estamos en Mayo y por lo tanto es el momento para el Concurso Intenacional de Acordeón de Klingnethal. El certamén se secelebrará del 8 al 14 de Mayo en Klingnthal en cual albergará concursantes llegados de todo el mundo. Hasta ahora, 98 participantes han sido inscritos, siendo 24 los países representados. La mayoría de los participantes son provenientes de Serbia, Rusia y Francia. Han sido recividas inscripciones en todas las categorías (excepto Bandoneón), incluyendo participantes Alemanes (cuatro participantes de la región de Sajonia). Incluso en la Categoría II hay un concursante local: Marie-Luise Kuhner, de Zwota. Este acordeonista estudia en el Conservatorio Robert Schumann en Zwickau. Los competidores y visitantes también tendrán la oportunidad de encontrar productores locales de acordeón en la zona comercial del concurso. Todas las actividades están abiertas al público. Por otro lado cada año se celebra la reunión general de amigos de concurso, el cual es lugar de encuentro de reconocidos solistas, educadores y compositores de todas las partes del mundo. |
`Accordion Cruise Festival´-Italia, Grecia, Croaciaby Rob Howard |
 El Festival de acordeón se celebrará a bordo del crucero Costa Victoria del 17 al 24 de Abril de 2010, partiendo desde Venecia y visitando Ancona, Santorini (Grecia), Mykonos, Atene/Piero, Corfu, Dubrovnik (Croacia), finalizando su trayecto en Venecia. El organizador es Donato Di Tullio.Los acordeonistas invitados son Giancarlo Caporilli (Italia), Romano Viazzani (Italia) y Gennaro Ruffolo (Italia) Este Festival `flotante´ incluye conciertos diarios, una competición de acordeón, una masterclass dirigida por Romano Viazzani, una feria de productos en la que se prentará MusicTech, Fisart & Vignoni Accordions, Beltrami, etc. Para más información: redazione@accordionplanet.net |
Nuevo Cd de Dylan con Acordeón –USAby Rob Howard |
 En el nuevo disco de Bob Dylan `Together Thorugh Life´ interviene David Hidalgo (miembro de la famosa banda Los Lobos) al acordeón.Este es el album número 33 de Dylan, siendo una colección de blues con música folk de Estados Unidos, caracterizada por la libertad de su swing y el uso prominente del acordeón. El acordéon diatónico de David Hidalgo, nos muestra el sabor de la música Tex Mex en este nuevo trabajo discográfico. Dylan afirma: “....este es uno de los más naturales y agradables albums que hemos podido escuchar en todos estos años“ |
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
by Anna Bodell of Charnwood Publications
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  For the second consecutive year the famous seaside town of Blackpool played host to the NAO UK Accordion Championships and Festival. The festival attracted over 400 entries ranging from aged sections as young as 7 years old to Art Level Orchestras. The weekend commenced with Roland UK V Competition held for the first time in conjunction with the NAO, attracting 7 entries in the Senior Category and 9 in the Juniors. The winner of the Senior Category was Archie Main from Scotland who will go on the International Roland V final to be held in Rome, Italy in November, and the Junior Category winner was Leah Langton, both of whom went on to win UK titles in the following 2 days of competition. Also for the first time the NAO held a Composers’ competition with the winning compositions from Matina Schwartz, Steve Hughes and Ian McColl. A wonderful array of talent was heard over the 3 days, highlights include 17 year old 3 time Solo winner Gary Blair (17 & Under, Senior Scottish and Senior Polka), Julie Langton (Virtuoso, Virtuoso Variety Senior and International), Alexander Bodell (Junior Virtuoso Variety, 11 & Under Solo and Musette 11 Under) and Senior Recital winner Samuel Davis. Winning orchestra came under the batons of Brian Laurie, Graham Laurie, Elaine Beecham and Clyde Johnston. The event organized, under the helm of Raymond Bodell and the NAO team also featured the traditional Trade display, this time in the Metropole hotel throughout the weekend. No UK championship would have been complete without the Celidh with Gary Blair and his band, a wonderful evening was had by all. Full competition results are available on the NAO website. |
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 Friedrich Lips - bayan, Vladislav Igolinsky - violin, Kirill Rodin – violoncello, and Svjatoslav Lips – piano, have had a very active concert season. In March they had a very successful tour in Austria including concerts at the Viennese accordion festival, Gleisdorf, Salzburg (photo in front of Mozart’s birth place), Bad Leonfelden and Lavamünd. Last week they have been performing in Lipezk, Russia. These are musicians of the very highest order. The technical proficiency in every piece is impeccable! Their dynamics are far-reaching; each instrument is heard regardless of the wealth of musical sound produced. After the Austrian tour with his Piazzolla-Studio Friedrich Lips gave master classes at the Private University in Vienna and Musikum Salzburg, solo concerts in Kapfenberg, Salzburg and Stift Rein (see photo). Friedrich Lips’ and the two Piazzolla-Studio CDs ‘Buenos Dias, Astor!’ and ‘La Cumparsita’ are especially fine recordings of tango music, including many pieces by Piazzolla. Purchase online, at MusicForAccordion.com |
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 Dr. William Schimmel is performing in two new operas as part of New York City’s Opera’s Vox Festival, a yearly festival that promotes the development of new innovative operas and presents them in the form of staged readings.Dr. Schimmel is performing in ‘Ratland’, by Gordon Beeferman – an opera about a dysfunctional family, and ‘Crescent City’, by Anne LeBaron – an opera about New Orleans, focusing in on Hurricane Katrina. Both parts were written especially for Dr. Schimmel. ‘Ratland’ is a brutal modernistic piece which requires much physical and psychological energy in performance, and ‘Crescent City’ was written in such a way that Dr. Schimmel could utilize his many eclectic skills through various style shifts as well as improvisations. The Operas are presented on May 1st and 2nd at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York University, NY. On April 25th, Dr. Schimmel performed in Gerard Grisey’s ‘Partiels’, with the Ensemble ACJW at Zankel Hall, at Carnegie Hall. The conductor was Mathais Pintscher. The work is scored for chamber ensemble with accordion and features the accordion in a highly textural manner. The late Gerard Grisey, whose early career in the 1960s included being a CIA Coupe Mondiale winner, was the forerunner of the Spectral School of Music composition, which is to create music based on the overtone series producing an end result which makes acoustic instruments almost sound electronic. On May 16th Dr. Schimmel will perform a series of songs by composer Eric Salzman to texts by Bertolt Brecht set in French. Eric Salzman was the producer of the Tango Project, a series of hit recordings that included Dr. Schimmel on accordion. The performances will take place at the Southampton Public Library in Southampton, New York. Dr. Schimmel also is featured in the upcoming film: ‘New York, I love you’, which should be in theatres sometime in May. The music is by Paul Cantelon, composer of such films as ‘W’ and ‘Everything is Illuminated’. The film is a series of short films by various directors. Shekhar Kapur directed the segment where Dr. Schimmel can be heard. The segment stars actress Julie Christie. Also this month is the release of a new book on Tom Waits titled ‘Lowside of the Road’ by Barney Hoskyns. It will contain some interviews with Dr. Schimmel and his time with Mr. Waits. For further information email: billschimmel@billschimmel.com |
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CONCIERTO DUO NUEVO MUNDO EN CORDOBA - COLOMBIAby Rob Howard |
 (Lácides Romero - Acordeonista y Francisco Rivera - Clarinetista).El próximo viernes 1 de Mayo a las 3:30 pm, en la Iglesia Prinicipal de la Ciudad de Lorica, el Dùo Nuevo Mundo ofrecerà un concierto con motivo de la Celebración de los 269 años de Fundacion de esta ciudad. Interpretaràn obras como "La Roxelane" (Haydn), "Czardas" (V. Monti), "La Danza" (G. Rossini), "Chorando Baixinho" (Abel Ferreira), "La Cumparsita" (Mattos Rodriguez) "Intermezo N. 1" (Luis a. Calvo), "Hora Stacatto", (Dinicu), and "El Bocachico Sinuano" (Tiburcio Romero Garcés)- Mayor información: lacidesromero@yahoo.com |
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| The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center presents the 28th annual Tejano Conjunto Festival in Rosedale Park, 303 Dartmouth, San Antonio, Texas, May 5th to 9th. The guest artistes include El Pavo Grande Salvador García, Eddie ‘Lalo’ Torres, Anita Paíz y su Conjunto, Los Hermanos De León, Los Badd Boyz del Valle, Sunny Sauceda, Joel Guzmán & Sarah Fox, Esteban Jordán y su Rio Jordán, Bene Medina y el Conjunto Águila, Los Monarcas de Pete and Mario Díaz, Cuatro Rosas, Los Dos Gilbertos, Johnny “El Brujo” Cruz and the Texas Chain Gang, and Mingo Saldívar y sus Tremendos Cuatro Espadas. There will be Button Accordion and Bajo Sexto Workshops with a special session: ‘Accordion Tuning, Maintenance & Repair’, will be offered at the Guadalupe Theatre. These workshops will be conducted by conjunto greats Oscar Hernández and Jesús ‘Chucho’ Perales. For further information email: info@guadalupeculturalarts.org |
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| On May 8th, 9th and 10th the Gator By The Bay festival takes place in Spanish Landing Park, San Diego, California – close to the Airport. This annual event is a huge Cajun Zydeco, Blues, Country, and Bluegrass Music Festival, featuring concerts, dances, music and dance workshops. Accordion-led acts appearing include Brian Jack & the Zydeco Gamblers, Billy Lee & the Swamp Critters, Tim Cook's Steel-Bone Temps Band, San Diego Cajun Playboys, Theo & Zydeco Patrol, Lisa Haley & the Zydekats, The Pine Leaf Boys, and Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble. |
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 On May 6th, World Accordion Day, Stockport Accordion Club will hold a concert titled ‘President’s Night’, in honour of SAC President, Johnny Coleclough. May 6th also happens to be Johnny Coleclough’s birthday. The concert features the SAC Band (MD Dennis Pepler) and Orchestra (MD Brian Jenkins), most of SAC's playing members performing in solo and various combinations, including Johnny Coleclough, Vice Presidents Pearl Fawcett-Adriano, John Nixon, and Walter Perrie.The evening also sees the first appearance of Rob Howard's new book 'An A to Z of the Accordion, Volume 4' The venue is Woodley Methodist Church, Chapel St, Woodley, Stockport, Cheshire. The concert begins at 8p, and admission is free. Just one mile away, at Banks Lane Junior School, Offerton, the Fosbrooks traditional music group (MD accordionist Michael Turner) will be performing ‘Intermezzo Sinfonico’, from Mascagni's ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ in another World Accordion Day concert. For further information email: robaccord5@hotmail.com |
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 Accordionist Joao Gentil performs at the Casino Figueira da Foz, Portugal, on successive evenings: Sunday May 31st, 9pm Monday June 1st, 11pm For further information email: joaogentil1@gmail.com |
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 An accordion course titled ‘Seili Sounds’ takes place in Seili, near Turku, Finland, from July 12th to 17th. The teachers are Mikko Luoma (Finland), Gerhard Scherer (Berlin, Germany), Marko Valtonen (Finland), Heidi Velamo(Finland), and Matti Rantanen (Finland).The organisers welcome students from music academies. There will be solo lessons daily, and Gerhard Scherer will give workshops on pedagogical themes. For further information email: mikko.luoma@turkuamk.fi |
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| The MECA Accordion Band will perform in concert on Saturday, May 2nd, 2.30pm as part of the Cinco de Mayo Festival, 3103 S. Ft Hood St, Killen, Texas. For further information email: dfkott@aol.com |
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 Accordions Worldwide has received the following message:My son, Samuel Davis (aged 20) was a competitor at the UK Accordion Championships in Blackpool on Sunday 26 April 2009. Sam won the ‘Senior Recital’ section becoming UK Champion again. Unfortunately during prize giving, his custom made Victoria accordion was stolen from the competition depository area. The police are investigating and actually have some CCTV footage, but no sign of the instrument yet. It’s a black Victoria piano free bass, cassotto accordion, with chin couplers, and its number is 478. The accordion was in a black 'backpack' style case with red stitching. The case also included some rare out-of-print music. I would be truly grateful if you could inform your members to be on the look-out. The instrument is quite rare, there really aren't many of these. And Sam's is unique because it has black mesh on the black grill. I am offering a £500 reward for any information that leads to be safe return of this instrument. Many thanks Tim Davis: tim@davis-solutions.co.uk |
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 On the 6th of May 1829, 180 years ago the Austrian Cyrill Demian in deposit in Vienna, a patent for an instrument with the name of "Accordion". The 6th May is therefore regarded as the “birthday” of the instrument "accordion". Throughout the world, various events will take place to celebrate this day including in Salzburg: Akkord - On - Stage does not want to miss such an important day and has organised for this date a concert in the Musikschule Bergheim (Dorfstrasse 26, 5101 Bergheim). During this "International Day of the Accordion" at 2pm, 3pm and 6 pm various musical events are happening. Soloist concerts by our young artists from Salzburg and Upper Austria, a contribution of the large accordion orchestra - Harmony Salzburg, a concert of the famous accordion ensemble "Klavitoniker" and also, the option of an “accordion trial” for all those interested, to start learning the accordion. Further information from: office@akkordeonstage.com |
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by Renzo Ruggieri
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| Renzo Ruggieri selling 1 new CD titled "Collection" with sound samples. Music performed by Renzo Ruggieri. Purchase online. |
by Mario D'Amario
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| A new site selling a CD titled "Carnevale" with sound samples. Music performed by Mario D'Amario. Purchase online. |
by Peter Piccini
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| Peter Piccini - accordionist, composer, arranger, performer, release 1 new work for accordion available for purchase online. 'French Song, catalog:pp282'. Samples of this music is 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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| H S Production releases 7 new pieces, 'The Wind Blows At The Gate, catalog:hs502', 'Waltz Arrangement, catalog:hs506', 'German Song Arrangement, catalog:hs507', 'Dance Arrangement, catalog:hs513', 'The Bee Arrangement, catalog:hs516', 'Aria Arrangement, catalog:hs517', and 'Bagpipes, catalog:hs522'. Samples of the music are available online. The music are in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
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| Jon Faukstad selling 1 new CD titled "Kondert Pa Kleppe" with sound samples. Music performed by Jon Faukstad and Per Saemund Bjorkum. Purchase online. |
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| Joxan Goikoetxea selling 1 new CD titled "Innervisions" with sound samples. Purchase online. |
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| H S Production releases 6 new pieces, 'In A Smithy, catalog:hs475', 'Dark – Browed, Black - Eyed, catalog:hs478', 'Behind The River, catalog:hs481', 'Joke Arrangement, catalog:hs490', 'Tyrolean Polka, catalog:hs499' and 'German Folk Song, catalog:hs500'. Samples of the music are available online. The music are in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
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 CD Reviews Index for the Review of “Accordeon Obsession” by Sergiu Popa |
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