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Renzo Ruggieri de gira con una exposición de Van Gogh y Gauguin (Italia)
Hohner AGM, Trossingen – Germany
XXVII FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE ACORDEÓN (SAN PETERSBURGO, RUSIA)
Navidades y Acordeón. Ideas para hacer regalos a los amigos y familiares
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Viennese Accordion Chamber Ensemble Annual Concert – AustriaDebora Sbarra CD ‘Indios’, Pavia - ItalyNew Composition for Accordion Sextet, Milan – Italy14 Years Ago’ – Dresden Orchestra’s Diamond Anniversary
Future events |
Una Sinistra Concert, Moscow - RussiaServais Haanen Leads Accordion Workshops, Burg Fürsteneck – GermanyDr William Schimmel's Concert Dates - USA, GermanyTony Kearney Gigs, London/Southern Area – UKMarco Lo Russo Concerts, Sermoneta, Rome – ItalyTOEAC Accordion Duo To Shanghai, Beijing - ChinaSeasonal Accordion Entertainment, Derbyshire – UKTrez Fez Jazz Night, Ormskirk – UKStockport AC Band/Orchestra Annual Charity Concert, Macclesfield – UKUakti Concert, Ghent – BelgiumAccordion Club Zelo Concert, Hoogwoud – NetherlandsCNIMA Christmas Accordion Course, Auvergne – FrancePascal Contet Concerts in December - France
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New DVD, ‘1,2,3 Musette’ Volume 2 Available from MusicForAccordion.comManny Corallo selling his new christmas CDKaren Fremar - accordionist, composer, releases 4 new compositionNew Book, ‘The Man The Accordion And The Legend’ Available from MusicForAccordion.comNew Book, ‘Vintage Accordions’ Available from MusicForAccordion.com
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‘1,2,3 Musette’ Volume 2 DVD coverby Harley Jones |
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 1,2,3 Musette! Volumen 2 consiste en los mejores momentos del programa de TV 1,2,3 Musette!, el cual es el único programa semanal emitido en Francia y Bélgica dedicado exclusivamente a la música musette para acordeón. Este DVD es la continuación del éxito de ventas que representó el primer volumen del mismo.La lista de acordeonistas que participan en el DVD representa una cuidada selección de los mayores representantes del estilo musette , desde las nuevas generaciones a artistas ya consolidados. El presentador en el DVD es Pierre Yves Lombard y Jérôme Richard, acompañado de estrellas como: Jérémie Buirette, Phil Bouvier, Benoit Chabod, Grayson Masefield, Mickäel Richard, Mickaël Vigneau y muchos más. El conjunto que acompaña a los acordeonistas es la Orquesta Jérôme Richard, y está formado por Vincent Lemaire (batería), Antonin Martineau (Bajo eléctrico), y Jérôme Bouteleux o Dany Dayn (piano / teclados). Jérôme Richard, quién fue alumno de Frédéric Deschamps, fue ganador del Trofeo y la Copa Mundial en la categoría clasica y varieté de ambas competiciones, y de hecho los participantes en el programa 1,2,3 Musette, son en casi todos los casos alumnos de Deschamps que han sido ganadores del Trofeo y la Copa Mundial. En el caso de Jérôme Richard es además uno de los tres compositores más interpretados en los concursos de acordeón varieté, los otros dos son Richard Galliano y Astor Piazzolla (!). El presente Volumen 2 dura cerca de dos horas e incluye 27 títulos de los mejores programas seleccionados del año 2011. No pierda de vista esta edición limitada en DVD. 21 € más gastos de envío para este DVD de alta calidad…conviértalo en su regalo de navidad… El tema musical de la serie de televisión realizada por el Jérôme Richard, Grayson Masefield and Mickaël Richard se puede ver en: http://www.accordion-space4u.com/user.aspx?user=14&item=6&id=248 TV Entrevista Grayson Masefield y Frédéric Deschamps en Inglés y Francés http://www.accordion-space4u.com/user.aspx?user=14&item=6&id=250 Una actuación no en el DVD: http://www.accordion-space4u.com/user.aspx?user=14&item=6&id=249 Foto de abajo: Jérôme Richard, Vincent Lemaire, Frédéric Deschamps, Grayson Masefield, Pierre-Yves Lombard, Dany Dayne, Mickaël Richard |
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Renzo Ruggieri de gira con una exposición de Van Gogh y Gauguin (Italia)by Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
 El acordeonista Renzo Ruggieri recientemente estuvo de gira por Italia viajando con una exposición de pinturas de Van Gogh y Gauguin, visitando Verona, Venecia, Turin, Milan, Bolonia y otros lugares. La gira finalizó en Genoa, donde la exposición permanecerá hasta abril del 2012.Entre las 150 pinturas que se exponen se encuentran cuadros tan famosos como El sembrador o Autorretrato de Van Gogh; y De dónde venimos, a dónde vamos, de Gauguin. Renzo toca con la Orquesta Dante Aligheri, de Ravenna, compuesta por Piero Salvatori (cello), Mauro Martello (flute), Angélica Leo (actriz), Gliberto Colla (actor), y Sandro Buzzatti (actor). Y gran parte de la música está compuesta o arreglada por el propio Renzo. Para más información: info@renzoruggieri.it |
Hohner AGM, Trossingen – Germanyby Harley Jones |
 La compañia Hohner (Trossingen, Alemania) ha dado a conocer el informe de la Junta General de Accionistas 2011. 2011Hohner_enEl informe financiero del Grupo Hohner para el año fiscal 2010/2011 afirma que las ventas se han incrementado en 10.2 %, de 58 millones a 63.9 millones de € y el beneficio a aumentado de 0.8 millones a 1.5 millones de €. Hohner fue fundada en 1857 por Mathias Hohner y de vender únicamente armónicas pasó a convertirse en una de las más importantes y prestigiosas fábricas de acordeones a nivel mundial. Para más información: CNiederwieser@hohner.de |
XXVII FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE ACORDEÓN (SAN PETERSBURGO, RUSIA)by Nadia Guseva |
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 El XXVII Festival Internacional de Acordeón se llevó a cabo en San Petersburgo del 4 al 6 de noviembre. El director artístico de este festival anual es Alexander Dmitriev, el cual escoge un tema especial en torno al cual gira todo el festival cada daño. Esta vez el tema fue los dúos de acordeón.El dúo “París-Moscú”, formado por Roman Jbanov y Dominique Emorine, ofrecieron un concierto el primer día del festival. Su supremacía técnica y gran teatralidad quedaron patentes en sus interpretaciones de piezas escritas por Franck Angelis, Viatcheslav Semionov, Novikiv y Shalaev. El segundo día actuaron dos dúos diferentes. En la primera parte del concierto la audiencia quedó muy impresionada con la música del dúo “Una Sinistra” (Moscú) formado por Yulia Amerikova y Alexander Selivanov. A la audiencia le gustó especialmente su transcripción del tema de Motion Trio “Libertin’ whit its”. La segunda parte del concierto corrió a cuenta de Alexander Dmitriev, quien recientemente ha cumplido 60 años. Desde las primeras notas Dmitriev supo capturar al público con su variado repertorio y gran ejecución. La interpretación continuó con la actuación del Vitali Dmitriev (hijo de Alexander) y la parte final del concierto no fue menos magnífica, ya que la actuación a dúo de Alexander y Vitali causó tanto agrado entre el público que apenas dejaron salir al dúo del escenario por causa de los continuados aplausos. El concierto de clausura incluyó no sólo a los artistas de los dos días anteriores si no también la actuación de varios jóvenes acordeonistas ganadores de diferentes premios internacionales en competiciones de acordeón. Entre ellos pudimos encontrar a Vitaly Pugachev, Alexander Kolomiytsev, Vladislav Ilyin y otros estudiantes del Conservatorio Rimsky-Korsakov así como de la escuela de música de San Petersburgo. Todos mostraron una gran capacidad musical y técnica. Al final del concierto cada artista subió nuevamente al escenario y recibieron así el aplauso final del entregado público. Foto de abajo de todos los participantes, la fila trasera, de izquierda a derecha: Thom Hardaker, Vitaly Pugachev, Roman Jbanov, Alexander Dmitriev, Alexander Selivanov, Artem Davydov, Ivan Lyagun, Alexander Kolomiicev. Primera fila, de izquierda a derecha: Domi Emorine, Manuela Glock, Alevtina Nikitina, Stepan Armasar, Egor Vasilev, Ekaterina Upalainen, Alexander Pavlov, Vladislav Ilin, Yulia Amerikova. |
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Navidades y Acordeón. Ideas para hacer regalos a los amigos y familiaresby Harley Jones |
 Ideas para hacer regalos a los amigos y familiares en: 2011 Xmas Gift Ideas.Estas ideas han sido compiladas con la esperanza de que te atraiga invertir tu dinero para regalos de navidad en artículos relacionados con el acordeón (artistas, compositores…) Por favor, respalda a los artistas relacionados con el acordeón. En este sitio podrás encontrar aproximadamente 350 CD/DVD’s, cerca de 1700 partituras y numerosos libros para escoger tu regalo de navidad. |
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
by Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions
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| The Viennese Accordion Ensemble, directed by Werner Weibert, celebrated its annual festival concert in the newly opened concert hall of Perchtoldsdorf Castle, near Vienna, on Friday, November 11th. Their program included works by Händel, Mozart, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Strauß and Piazzolla. The members of the well known group are: Ladies: Sylvia Zobek, Margarete Gebauer and Elisabeth Weibert Gentlemen: Werner Weibert, Guenther Zobek, Walter Dietz, Herbert Scheibenreif and Anton Barinka This year, percussionist Bernhard Winkler was the special attraction of the evening by performing Khatchaturian’s famous ‘Sabre Dance’ and ‘Circus Renz’ with the Viennese Accordion Ensemble. As usual, the concert was closed with some famous songs like ‘Lady Be Good’, ‘Drunken Sailor’, and ‘Java Jive’, which were well acclaimed by the public. For further information email: herbert@accordion-cd.co.at |
by Rob Howard
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 The accomplished Italian accordionist Debora Sbarra has released ‘Indios’, a new CD featuring ‘variety’ music. The title is probably derived from the first track, ‘Apache’, which was the first hit record for The Shadows back in 1960.The tracks include: Apache, Nabbini, Alabama, Czardas (Monti), Gio Mazurka, Cumbia Do Re, La Spizzicata, Pablito, Para Ti, Una Fisa per Vienna, Fascination, Libertango. For further information email: info@mwedizioni.it |
by Rob Howard
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 Yuval Avital, an Israeli composer living in Milan, has composed ‘Horror vacui’, for accordion septet, performed by an ensemble of Italian accordionists led by virtuoso Sergio Scappini. This recording took place at the RomaEuropa Festival, Teatro Palladium, Rome, on November 18th. ‘Horror vacui’ explores stillness and movement in sound throughout sonic textures combined rhythms and repeating fragments. The composition, dedicated to foremost North American composer and accordionist Pauline Oliveros, is a journey of listening to a continuous musical landscape, which (as in its title) never stops but always changes. For further information email: info@yuvalavital.com Video: http://www.accordion-space4u.com/user.aspx?user=6&item=6&id=253 |
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| The Hohner-Handharmonika-Club Dresden-Leuben, Germany, celebrated 60 years of music making in November 1997, as reported in the Accordions Worldwide news for December 5th 1997. The history of this long established accordion orchestra includes surviving the exceptionally severe allied bombing raids of February 1945 which destroyed all their instruments, music and equipment. ACCORDION ORCHESTRA DRESDEN CELEBRATES 60th ANNIVERSARY - GERMANY Contributed by Andrea Rautenberg 60 years ago on November 13th 1937, the Hohner-Handharmonika-Club Dresden-Leuben had its first performance. To mark this occasion the Dresdner Akkordeonorchester e.V. organised a gala concert in the Congress Hall of the Hygienemuseum Dresden, performing to nearly 600 guests. With a program of mainly classic original accordion compositions, the ensemble, under the artistic direction of Anita Heinze (President of the Deutscher Harmonikaverband Sachsen) showed their high technical level with an enthusiastic performance. The thrilled audience demanded three encores and rewarded the orchestra with long applause and many, many flowers. To further celebrate this occasion the orchestra has edited a commemorative publication and arranged an exhibition about the history of the ensemble. Among the more than thirty musicians are many young people. Next year the orchestra will participate in the International Accordion Festival Insbruck again, where they have already twice reached ‘Excellent’ (1992 and 1995). |
Future events |
by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
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| The duo Una Sinistra - Yulia Amerikova (piano accordion) and Alexander Selivanov (button accordion) - perform in the prestigious Green Hall, Yauza Palace, Moscow, on December 9th, 7.30pm. Their program includes compositions by Buxtehude, Couperin, Stravinsky, Schostakovich, Barber, and other classic composers from the 17th to the 20th Century, arranged for accordion duo by Yulia Amerikova. This concert follows very successful recent concerts at the Trophée Mondial in Pineto, the Castelfidardo Festival, the Coupe Mondiale in Shanghai and the 27th Festival of Music for Accordion, St Petersburg, Russia. For further information email: sasha.se@rambler.ru |
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 Accordion, harmonica and tarantella dance workshops take place on December 2nd to 4th at Fürsteneck Castle, situated in central Germany between Fulda and Bad Hersfled.Dutch diatonic button accordionist Servais Haanen leads the accordion workshops, which end with a concert. Servais Haanen, also a composer and the organiser of the festival, ‘Akkordeonale’, has been leading accordion workshops since 1988. For further information email: bildung@burg-fuersteneck.de |
by Rob Howard
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 Leading concert accordionist Dr William Schimmel performs ‘Kammermusik No 1’, by Paul Hindemith, with the Orpheus Chamber Ensemble on December 3rd, 7pm, at the Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York.On December 5th, 7.30pm, Dr Schimmel will perform in a concert version of ‘She Loves Me’ (Harnick and Bock) at The Stephen Sondheim Theater, Manhattan, sponsored by the Roundabout Theater Company. The concert will be conducted by Paul Gemignani. Dr William Schimmel will perform ‘Kammermusik No 1’ with the Orpheus Chamber Ensemble during their European tour of Germany, from December 6th to 12th, with concerts in Baden Baden, Cologne, Frankfurt and Dusseldorf. For further information email: billschimmel@billschimmel.com |
by Rob Howard
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 Irish 3-row diatonic accordionist Tony Kearney has a very busy December, with gigs as follows:December 3rd – St Joseph’s Hall, Balls Pond Rd, Islington, London December 4th – Holy Ghost Club, Luton December 8th – Noctors, Maidenhead December 9th – The Ship, Tottenham High Rd, London December 10th – Conways Burnt Oak, Edgeware Rd, London December 11th- Birmingham Irish Centre December 15th – Tea Dance, Harringay Irish Centre, London December 17th – Ceili, Holy Rule Hall, Watford December 18th – Ceili, Irish Centre, Camden Town, London December 19th – Peacock, Gravesend December 22nd - Noctors, Maidenhead December 24th – Irish Club, Corby, Northants December 26th – O’Shea’s, Luton December 31st – McGuire’s, Ilford, Essex For further information email: starr63@gmail.com |
by Rob Howard
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| Accordionist Marco Lo Russo performs in the church of St Thomas Aquinas, Sermoneta, on Sunday December 4th, 5.30pm. The next day, Monday December 5th, Marco Lo Russo performs with Fabrizio Mocata (piano) and Michele Staino (bass) at the ‘Tivoli Music Concerts 2011’ in Rome. The concert is part of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy. For further information email: dina.tomezzoli@alice.it |
by Rob Howard
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 TOEAC Accordion Duo, from the Netherlands, end the year with some performances in China:December 9th - Oriental Art Center, Shanghai December 11th - Dalian Development Area Grand Theatre December 15th - National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing December 16th, 6.40pm – concert, followed by Gala Dinner, Grace Hotel, Beijing The TOEAC accordion duo are Renée Bekkers and Pieternel Berkers. Both began accordion classes at the age of nine at the school of music in Gemert, Netherlands. Their accomplishments include many competition successes, including 1st prize at the 'Premio Internazionale di Fisarmonica' in Castelfidardo, Italy in 2007. They are currently studying at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. In the summer of 2012 they will make their debut in Germany, France and South Africa, and they will play at the Cheltenham Festival in England. For further information email: info@toeac.nl |
by Rob Howard
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 Accordionists Mike O’Regan (picture left) and Phil Croft are amongst the entertainers at Christmas special events held on December 4th, 11th, 18th, and 23rd at Rowsley South Station, off Harrison Way, Rowsley, near Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 2LF. For further information email: mikeoregan2000@yahoo.co.uk |
by Rob Howard
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 On Monday December 5th, 8pm, Trez Fez perform at ‘Beaufort Jazz at Briars’, the monthly jazz club at the Briars Hall Country House Hotel, Briars Lane, Lathom, near Ormskirk, Lancashire, L40 5TH.Trez Fez are a six-piece hot club jazz band, featuring accordionist Helen Maher, and whose music is a mixture of jazz standards from the 1930s and 40s and music inspired by Django Reinhardt. For further information email: trezfez@googlemail.com |
by Rob Howard
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| On Friday December 9th, 7.45pm, the Stockport Accordion Club Band (MD Derek Stubbs) and Orchestra (MD Brian Jenkins) perform their annual charity concert in aid of the East Cheshire Hospice at the Broken Cross Institute, Macclesfield, Cheshire. The organiser of this long running and well supported concert is the well-known fund raising accordionist John Jones, who has to date raised over £200,000 playing for various charities. For further Information email: robaccord5@hotmail.com |
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 The band Uakti, featuring accordionist accordionist Tuur Florizoone, perform at Kraankindersstraat 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium, on December 9th, 10pm. Tuur Florizoone is a popular Flanders accordionist. Jazz is only of the many types of music he performs. Tuur Florizoone is comfortable in pop as well as world music. In 2008, during the prestigious World Soundtrack Awards (Ghent) his passionate score of the Flemish movie Adnrijding in Moscow (directed by Christophe Van Rompdey) achieved international success. |
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| The two bands of the accordion club Zelo (MD Christa Groeneveld) perform their Winter Concert in the church at Hoogwoud on Saturday December 10th, 8pm. Also performing are the Dijk en Duin Consort recorder quartet. |
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| The last accordion course of 2011 takes place from December 19th to 24th at Les Ludines, 63950 Saint-Sauves d’Auvergne. For further information email: cnima@wanadoo.fr |
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 Pascal Contet concerts in December are:3 décembre PARIS 20H31 (Plein -Jeu de Philippe Hurel) - journée de Futurs Composés à l'Opéra Comique "la musique contemporaine , tout un programme" débats et concerts 4 décembre GIGNAC (près de Montpellier) 20H30 Centre Culturel de Gignac - le duo Maguelone Vidal en première partie de Phil Minton 9 décembre LE KREMLIN BICETRE 20H30 Centre Culturel "Buenos Aires, ville imaginaire" avec Isa Lagarde, Isabelle Veyrier et Catherine Jacquet 10 décembre GARDANNE (13) 20H30 Médiathèque en duo avec Maguelone Vidal, saxophones 11 décembre 17H00 PARIS Galerie HUS "OBLI" duo avec la contrebassiste Joëlle Léandre 11 décembre FRANCE MUSIQUE de 1h00 à 7h00 "La Nuit de l'Accordéon" proposée et animée par Pascal Contet , 6 heures non stop (aussi podcastable) 23 décembre FRANCE INTER Invité d' Oscar Strasnoy en compagnie de quelques solistes de l'Ensemble 2E2M (Ecos) For further information: pascalcontet@numericable.fr |
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 Cat No: 123musette02 is for the 1,2,3 Musette DVD Volume 2. This DVD follows the sold-out Volume 1 DVD. Cat No: 123musette02 Volume 2 consists of the best of the TV program ‘1,2,3 Musette’, which is the only weekly TV show broadcast in France and Belgium, devoted to 100% musette accordion. |
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 Manny Corallo selling his CD titled 'It's An Accordion Christmas', catalog: mcorallo201 with sound samples. Music performed by Manny Corallo and his Orchestra. Purchase online. |
by Karen Fremar
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 Karen Fremar - accordionist, composer, releases 4 new composition for accordion available for purchase online. ''57 Chevy', catalog:kfremar301, 'Double Dip Tango', catalog:kfremar302, 'Early Morning Ballon Ride', catalog:kfremar303 and 'Fantasy Op. 67', catalog:kfremar304. The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
by Yehuda Oppenheimer
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 Available online with secure server credit card purchase in Euro or US$ Catalog No: oybook ‘The Man The Accordion And The Legend’ |
by Rob Howard
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 Available online with secure server credit card purchase in Euro or US$ Catalog No: robaccord05 ‘Vintage Accordions’ The new book, ‘Vintage Accordions’ is an all-colour pictorial history of the accordion, in its various forms, from the early 19th Century onwards up to the present time. There are 300 pictures plus information and some interesting historical articles. This book is a limited edition, A4 sized, 60 pages, and in hardback. |
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 CD Reviews Index for the Review of Cocktail "Rio Rita" CD, reviewed by Joan Cochran Sommers. Artist is Friedrich Lips, Bayan. |
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