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60th Klingenthal International Accordion Competition 2023 – Germany
Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-Cha's Nominated for Best Regional Roots Album of the Year Grammy - USA
Rino Galassi (1928 to 2022), Castelfidardo - Italy
CNIMA Final 2022 Workshop – France
2023 Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration – USA
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Video: Accordion Class Recital of Professor Friedrich Lips, Moscow – Russia
Online: Confédération Mondiale de l'Accordéon Competition - France
HotScotch Ceilidh Band Performs at Edinburgh Christmas Festival – Scotland
AAA Commissioned Works Update on the AAA Website
2022 Lilburn Lecture: Ross Harris – New Zealand
“Scythian” Release Christmas Album “Christmas out at Sea”
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Sam Reider Quartet Performs Final 2022 Concert in Oakland – USA
RSC Accordions Recital in Glasgow - Scotland
Ditte Lykke Hansen Performs Masters Concert – Denmark
Cafe Accordion Orchestra Present: Cafe Christmas – USA
“The Band Who Knew Too Much” Christmas Party Concert - Australia
Aydar Gaynullin Performs at “Rhapsody in Sand” Concert Series – Germany
“Zamar” Entertains at Christmas in the Park – South Africa
Good Habits December Concerts, England - UK
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Beltango & Friends Festival Celebrating 25th Anniversary - Bosnia & Herzegovinaby Christine Johnstone |
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| Video: Beltango & Friends 2023 Festival. The Beltango Quintet will celebrate their 25th anniversary with a “Beltango & Friends Festival” at the Ethno Village Stanisici in Bijeljina, Bosnia & Herzegovina from June 29th to July 3rd, 2023. The hugely successful Beltango group have made over 1,200 concerts and been to more than 30 countries in their 25 years of touring. The festival will be a “Big Balkan Tango Party” of workshops, concerts, exhibitions and grand milongas, with international artists enjoying 5 days “full of music, dance, love, warm hospitality, delicious food, relaxation and joy”. Band members are: Leader Aleksandar Nikolic (bandoneon), Ivana Nikolic (piano & vocals), Antonija Barna (violin), Bogdan Pejic (guitar) and Petar Holik (double bass). Registration and tickets at: 2023Balkan |
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60th Klingenthal International Accordion Competition 2023 – Germanyby AWW |
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| The 60th Klingenthal International Accordion Competition will be held in Klingenthal, Germany from May 7th to 13th, 2023. The competition includes age group categories for soloists, accordion duos, accordion trios and groups. Musicians of all nationalities and citizenships may participate in the competition. Entries close on January 31st, 2023. Download competition rules here in German, English, French, Russian and Spanish languages: 2023KlingenthalRules.pdf |
Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-Cha's Nominated for Best Regional Roots Album of the Year Grammy - USAby Christine Johnstone |
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| Video: Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas at the Louisiana Cajun Zydeco Festival in 2021. Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-Cha's have been nominated for a Grammy at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards due to be held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 5th, 2023. The event will recognise the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, running from October 1st, 2021, to September 30th, 2022. The category is: Best Regional Roots Album of the Year “Nathan formed The Cha-Chas back in 1985. He was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and was honored last year with the Zydeco Music Association’s Life time Achievement Award. The Cha-Chas have been voted the top Festival Band in the country, and have won the coveted Big Easy award for Best Zydeco Band for several years running.” |
Rino Galassi (1928 to 2022), Castelfidardo - Italyby AWW |
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 Picture above: Taken in 2018 when Rino Galassi and wife Vanda were still working daily at the factory. Pictured here with son Renzo.Rino Galassi (September 28, 1928 - November 09, 2022) has passed away at the age of 94. He began bellows production shortly after the end of World War II in 1948 when he was 20 years of age. He wanted to open his own business working as an artisan in accordion construction. At that time, things were much easier to start your own business. So, he began learning the production of accordion bellows. As he lived in Osimo Stazione where two bellows producing factories were close by, he had easy access. These producers were like most of the producers then, working in the lower floor of the home, with the family living upstairs. The home was the working production place, which meant "always ready for work, when needed". Rino setting up a working area and after six months, he was daring enough to challenge the world with his own bellows production. Rino passed all his knowledge on to his wife Vanda and his two sons Renzo and Reno. Condolences to all the Galassi Family from Accordions Worldwide. "Know the People" Interview at: 2017Galassi with: Renzo Galassi (Owner) |
CNIMA Final 2022 Workshop – Franceby Christine Johnstone |
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 CNIMA directed by Nathalie Boucheix will hold their final 2022 accordion workshop from December 19th to 23rd tutored by Jacques Mornet and Nathalie Boucheix (pictured left).The workshop is for all ages, levels and styles. This workshop will give attendees the opportunity to develop their instrumental technique with the Jacques Mornet Method. The course will cover holding the instrument, control of the bellows, musical touch, musicality etc and work on 1 or 2 pieces of your choice and styles such as variety, classical, musette, jazz, Balkans etc. Further details on the CNIMA site or email: cnima@orange.fr |
2023 Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration – USAby Christine Johnstone |
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| The 2023 Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration, sponsored by the Northwest Accordion Society will be held in Leavenworth, Washington, USA from June 22nd to 25th, 2023. The event will include a variety of performances, competitions, workshops, lessons, jam sessions and a parade. Festhalle 2023 performers include Joey Miskulin, Alicia Jo Straka, Andy Mirkovich, Andy Gonzalez & Juan Barco, Max Kyllonen and the Toby & Lyle Duo (Frank Yankovic Tribute). See poster for details. |
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Accordion Christmas Gift Ideas for Friends and Familyby Harley Jones |
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 Christmas Gift ideas for friends and family at: 2022 Xmas Gift IdeasThese ideas have been compiled to hopefully attract your Xmas gift money to be spent with accordion artists, composers, arrangers and publishers. Please support accordion artistry and choose from over 2,400 eSheet pieces, 310 CD/DVD’s, 2,000 eTracks, 1,000 plus printed works and numerous books (text) to choose from: 2022 Xmas Gift Ideas |
Video: Accordion Class Recital of Professor Friedrich Lips, Moscow – Russiaby Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions |
 Video: Starts: 8:15 mins. Bayan and Accordion class concert of Prof. Friedrich Lips (People's Artist of Russia and Prof at Russian Gnesin Academy of Music), Small Hall, Gnesin Academy, November 29th, 2022.The following laureats of all-Russian and international competitions took part in the concert: Arslan Aliev, Robert Alevetdinov, Sergey Berdnikov, Timur Galinurov, Ruslan Kochkin, Lin Jinghan, Leonid-Florin Muravyov, Olzhas Nurlanov, Alexei Pankratov, Gleb Sablev, Rafael Sapukov. The concert program included works by D. Scarlatti, C. Saint-Saëns, M. Dupré, E. Grieg, S. Rachmaninov, N. Rimsky-Korsakov, E. Méhul, M. Moshkovsky, V. Troyan, A. Kholminov, Vl . Solotaryov, T. Lundquist and B. Lorentzen. |
Online: Confédération Mondiale de l'Accordéon Competition - Franceby Christine Johnstone |
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| The Confédération Mondiale de l'Accordéon (CMA) Competition organised by President Frederic Deschamps will be held online from December 7th to 23rd, 2022. Yaroslav Oleksiv (Ukraine) will be President of the Jury. See the above Online Schedule for dates / performances. |
HotScotch Ceilidh Band Performs at Edinburgh Christmas Festival – Scotlandby Christine Johnstone |
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 On November 26th, the HotScotch Ceilidh Band (pictured above) led by accordionist Paul Chamberlain (picture left) performed at the Ross Bandstand in Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gardens for an outdoor family ceilidh as part of the launch of Edinburgh’s Christmas Festival. Paul has just recently been able to return to performing after a successful heart transplant at the end of January 2022 following several years on the organ transplant waiting list and now is looking forward to resuming his varied performance schedule both as a soloist and in a number of ensembles. On January 12th, 2023, Paul will play with The Scottish Tango Ensemble (picture below) at the Kings Pavilion in Aberdeen for a concert organised by the Aberdeen University Music Department. The Scottish Tango Ensemble, which features Paul Chamberlain (accordion), Gemma O’Keefe (violin), Gregor Blamey (piano) and Tom Berry (double bass), will perform a programme featuring a mixture of traditional salon tangos, the music of Astor Piazzolla, as well as the group’s own arrangements of more modern artists. |
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AAA Commissioned Works Update on the AAA Websiteby Dr. Robert Young McMahan Chair of AAA Composers Commissioning Committee |
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 The latest updated and expanded article was originally published in 2004 as part of my annual series discussing AAA music commissions carried out by Elsie Bennet, beginning in 1957 with Paul Creston’s Prelude and Dance. It examines the fifteenth and sixteenth commissions, Aria, Scherzo, and Finale, for accordion and orchestra (1961), by Louis B. Gordon, and Night Music, for accordion and string quartet (1964), by David Diamond. (Direct link: http://www.ameraccord.com/aaacommissions9.php )On the AAA website at http://www.ameraccord.com/aaacommissions2.php you may view both a pdf of the original print version (click on “pdf”) and its updated, expanded webpage version. The updated webpage article provides deeper analytical information than the original print version, greatly aided by the new addition of musical examples. Since no recording has yet been found of the Gordon composition, electronically produced sound samples of the musical excerpts are offered instead. This aural feature will continue to be employed in future updated articles where no recording is available. |
2022 Lilburn Lecture: Ross Harris – New Zealandby Christine Johnstone |
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| The Lilburn Lecture 2022 was recorded by Radio New Zealand (RNZ) on November 2nd, 2022 (the anniversary of Douglas Lilburn’s birth) at the Tiakiwai Conference Centre, National Library of New Zealand in Wellington, New Zealand. The event was hosted by the Lilburn Trust and the Alexander Turnbull Library. RNZ featured the following report on the event: For the ninth annual Lilburn Lecture, composer and Arts Laureate Ross Harris dove deep into his own musical past, sharing colourful snapshots from his life and career. He called his lecture The Endless Search for the Next Note: An Outline of a Composing Life from an Unlikely Beginning to an Unlikely Present. From a 'salt of the earth' family with little interest in arts or culture, Ross emerged as a largely self-taught composer. He talks about his early childhood obsession with sound, learning by example from Lilburn in the 1970s as he listened to him wrestle sounds out of the primitive equipment in the Victoria University Electronic Music Studio, collaborating with writers Witi Ihimaera and Vincent O’Sullivan (who gives the Vote of Thanks at the end of Ross's lecture), tackling symphonies - seven so far, the freedom of composing and performing Klezmer music, and much more. Ross illustrates his stories with a generous selection of musical excerpts from all throughout his career. Ross Harris (pictured above) is a member of the popular group The Kugels, who performed at the event. |
“Scythian” Release Christmas Album “Christmas out at Sea”by Christine Johnstone |
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 “Scythian” which includes accordionist Dan Fedoryka (picture right) have just released their first Christmas album entitled “Christmas out at Sea”.The album is a “seafarer’s take of celebrating Christmas at sea in the days of shanties, whaling, sea monsters and squalls. You’ll be taken on a journey from port town pubs to the open seas, with special guests like Boxing Banjo, HoneyDay, Catie Parker Fedoryka, Nolan Ladewski, Stevie Rees and more climbing aboard to join the lads in their musical journey through the Yuletide songs of yore. You’re invited to join them in a venture that is this Christmas album, to sing along as they weave and nest layers of treasured carols within songs that are meant to play out like a musical story from beginning to end.” For details email: scythianmail@gmail.com |
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Stiletto Sisters Entertain at “The Moldy Fig” – Australiaby Christine Johnstone |
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| The Stiletto Sisters (picture above) will entertain at The Moldy Fig in Brunswick East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on December 7th, 2022 at 6.30pm presented by the Boite. The event is organised by “Resonate”, which is part of On the Road Again, a Victorian Government initiative to bring live music back across the state. The group, which features accordionist Judy Gunson, will “bring the sound of Eastern Europe….and woo their audiences with their seductive blend of Hungarian gypsy, tango and love songs from around the world.” Entry is free of charge. For details email: admin@boite.com.au |
Sam Reider Quartet Performs Final 2022 Concert in Oakland – USAby Christine Johnstone |
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| Sam Reider has announced his final 2022 concert will be held at The Sound Room in Oakland, California, USA on December 8th, 2022, from 7pm to 9pm. For this concert, Sam will be joined by Ben Flocks (saxophone), Shawn Meyers (drums) and Giulio Xavier Cetto (bass). The quartet will play a variety of pieces such as jazzy versions of "Human Hands" tunes as well as songs by Django, Piazzolla, and Duke Ellington. For details email: sam@samreidermusic.com |
RSC Accordions Recital in Glasgow - Scotlandby Christine Johnstone |
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| RSC Accordions will perform a concert in the Ledger Recital Room of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, Scotland on December 8th, 2022 at 1pm. Their program will include: J.S. Bach - Preludium BWV 552 V.Zubitsky - Karpathian Suite J.Tiensuu Mutta/Astor Piazzolla - La Muerte del Angel A.Lyadov - Music Box V.Semyonov - Don Rhapsody J.P. Rameau - Entrée de Polymnie from Les Boréades M.Majkusiak - Concerto Nevrotico For details email: boxoffice@rcs.ac.uk |
Ditte Lykke Hansen Performs Masters Concert – Denmarkby Christine Johnstone |
 Ditte Lykke Hansen (picture left) will perform her Master’s Exam concert at The Royal Danish Academy of Music (DKDM) in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark on December 8th, 2022 at 3.45pm.All are welcome to attend. For details email: dkdm@dkdm.dk |
Cafe Accordion Orchestra Present: Cafe Christmas – USAby Christine Johnstone |
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| The Cafe Accordion Orchestra will present a concert entitled Café Christmas at the Dunsmore Jazz Room in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA on December 8th, 2022, 6pm, where they will put “their own special spin on holiday classics from many lands.” The group includes Dan Newton (accordion & vocals), Brian Barnes (guitar & vocals), Eric Mohring (mandolin, fiddle & vocals), Erik Lillestol (bass & vocals), Joe Steinger, (percussion) and Elizabeth Rowan (percussion). For details email: daddysqueeze@yahoo.com |
“The Band Who Knew Too Much” Christmas Party Concert - Australiaby Heather Masefield |
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| “The Band Who Knew Too Much” will hold a celebration Christmas party concert at the Open Studio in Northcote, Victoria, Australia on December 10th, 2022, at 9pm. The group features Dave Evans (accordion), Matt Earl (drums), Craig Fermanis (guitar), Rory Boast (double b & vocals), Andy Reid (clarinet, washboard & vocals) and special guest Eugene Ball (trumpet). There will be singing and dancing and a joyous atmosphere! For details email: openstudio.enquiries@gmail.com |
Aydar Gaynullin Performs at “Rhapsody in Sand” Concert Series – Germanyby AWW |
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 Accordionist Aydar Gaynullin (picture right) will perform at the “Rhapsody in Sand – Artists Against War” five-concert series in Berlin, Germany this month, diected by Dimitri Sakharov.This “magical world of music” and the unique project "Sand Rhapsody" will also include Vladislav Lavrik (trumpet and conductor), Alexey Wagner (guitar), Ravi Srinivasan (Indian table), Gregor Schulenburg (flute), Euphoria Orchestra Berlin who will perform with sand painter Alla Denisova. Dates are: December 11th at 5pm: Passionskirche Kreuzberg, Berlin December 13th at 6pm: Auenkirche Wilmersdorf, Berlin December 14th at 6pm: St. Matthew's Church, Berlin December 15th at 6pm: Auenkirche Wilmersdorf, Berlin December 18th at 4pm: Luther Church, Berlin See poster for details. |
“Zamar” Entertains at Christmas in the Park – South Africaby Christine Johnstone |
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| “Zamar” will entertain at Christmas in the Park held at Lyndon Park in Sunset Beach, South Africa on December 14th, 2022 from 6pm. The event is sponsored by Sunset Beach Real Estate Re/max Living and Team Atlantic. The group features Monika Stuchlik Kahl (accordion & vocals), Veronica Bell (violin & vocals), Philip Vermeulen (guitar), Warren Joubert (bass) and Ronald Siegelaar (drums). For details email: Info@zamarmusic.co.za |
Good Habits December Concerts, England - UKby Christine Johnstone |
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| Video: Good Habits performing “She Bangs The Drums”. The video was filmed by Cadby Kong at the Devonport Folk Club in Auckland, New Zealand. “Good Habits”, which features Pete Shaw (accordion) and Bonnie Schwarz (cello & vocals) will perform December concerts in Shropshire, England, UK as part of the Arts Alive & Flicks in the Sticks series. The duo “mix vivid storytelling with eclectic sounds, drawing on their diverse musical tastes and weaving them into an action-packed narrative of folky goodness.” Concert details as follows: December 16th – Bitterley Village Hall in Ludlow, December 17th – Llanymynech Village Hall in Llanymynech December 18th – Cawley Hall in Luston For details email: hello@goodhabitsband.com |
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XXXIV International Festival "Bayan and Bayanists", Moscow - Russiaby Ivan Dyma, SaxAkkord Duo |
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  The 2022 XXXIV International Festival "Bayan and Bayanists" will be held at the Concert Hall of the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music (RAM) in Moscow, Russia, from December 14th to 18th, 2022. Download program poster: 2022MoscowPoster.pdfProf. Friedrich Lips is the Artistic Director of the festival and Alexander Gataullin is the Festival Director. Concerts: December 14th: Performers at the Opening Concert include the State Academic Russian Folk Ensemble "Russia", Directed by Dmitry Dmitrienko, Professor Alexander Kapitan (accordion), Stanislav Gerasimov (accordion) plus a group performance by Professor Alexander Tsygankov (domra), Vladislav Afanasiev (domra), Anastasia Zakharova (domra), Olzhas Nurlanov (accordion), Rafael Sapukov (accordion) and Mikhail Chernov (accordion). December 15th: Concert of “Bayan and Accordion: Classics and Modern” by the Governor's Chamber Orchestra "Russian Camera" (Artistic director and conductor - Andrey Kruzhkov), soloist Maria Vlasova, “Folk Music Orchestra” from the Lugansk State Academy of Culture and Art. M. Matusovsky, directed by Irina Zolotareva, soloist Alexander Selivanov. December 16th: Performance by Vladimir Stupnikov (accordion) and the “Sib-Duo” which includes accordionists Alexander Sirotkin and Andrey Bityutskikh. December 17th: Performance by Dmitry Khodanovich (accordion), celebration of the 80th anniversary of the composer Vladislav Zolotarev with Professor Yuri Sidorov (bayan), Olzhas Nurlanov (accordion) and the Bayan Ensemble consisting of: Semion Shmelkov, Timur Galinurov, Arslan Aliev, Lin Jing Han and Rafael Sapukov. December 18th: Closing concert will feature popular music and jazz with Eduard Akhanov (bayan) and friends, the Ivan Talanin Quartet (bandoneon) "Tango En Vivo" and Peter Dranga (accordion). At the closing ceremony of the festival, the "Silver Disc" will be awarded. Former recipients include Marcel Azzola, Viktor Vlasov, Alfred Ginzburg, Viktor Gridin, Yuri Kazakov, Alfred Mirek and many others. A full report of the event will be published in this news. See the 2021 event report at: 2021Moscow |
Updated Site: Accordion Russia Newsby Harley Jones |
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| The Accordion Russia News has been updated with new additional articles. |
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