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Rundt om Harmonikaen Camp - Dinamarca
3er Festival de Acordeón de Houtkerque - Francia
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Seminario Internacional de Verano - Croacia
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‘Dargaville Impressions’ makes Impression on Dargaville - New ZealandActivities of the Carinthian Accordion Club KAV - AustriaSuccessful AATA Competitions and Festival – AustraliaSuccessful DHV 2023 Congress – GermanyVideo: Morander Brothers Perform “The Trooper” - FinlandPantonale Friedens (Peace) Festival in Berlin – GermanyVideo: Shanoli Sen Performing “Where are You?” - India
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June is National Accordion Awareness Month - USABachtopus Performs at “River Arts Tour” – USAFrench Music & Dance Week at Halsway Manor, England - UKSpiers & Boden 2023 Midsummer Tour – EnglandFive Accordionists Perform at "Accordion-O-Rama" - USAVille Hiltula Performs Three Concerts in Toyko – JapanGregorio Uribe Performs at 50th Anniversary Season of Carnegie Hall Citywide – USAGemini Duo Performs at Royal Danish Academy of Music – DenmarkBruno Maurice Entertains at Gâcogne Festival - France
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Ya está abierto el sistema de inscripción en línea para la Coupe Mondiale 2023 - Finlandia / B&Hby Harley Jones |
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  Vídeo: Información sobre la Coupe Mondiale 2023, descripciones de las sedes de la competición e información y precios de los hoteles. El Secretario General de la CIA, Kimmo Mattila, anuncia que el sistema de inscripción en línea de la Coupe Mondiale 2023 ya está abierto para las inscripciones a la 76ª Coupe Mondiale desde la página de las Reglas Generales de Competición 2023: 2023CM-Rules El Presidente de la CIA, Mirco Patarini, invita a los casi 50 miembros de la CIA a inscribir delegados en el 150º Congreso Internacional de Delegados que se reúne en dos ocasiones en Bijeljina, Bosnia y Herzegovina. El Presidente Patarini también invita a los competidores de todas las naciones a que presenten sus inscripciones mucho antes de la fecha límite para ayudar a los organizadores en lo que sin duda será una gran Coupe Mondiale. La 76ª edición de la Coupe Mondiale se celebrará del 5 al 9 de octubre de 2023 en Bijeljina (Bosnia y Herzegovina) y será organizada por la Asociación de Artistas (Bijeljina), miembro de la CIA, a través de Slaviša Peric. El Vicepresidente Honorario de la CIA 2023, Slaviša Peric, da la bienvenida a todos a Bijeljina y a las excelentes instalaciones y salas para concursos y conciertos. El festival contará con las siguientes competiciones - 76ª Coupe Mondiale - Coupe Mondiale Masters - Junior Coupe Mondiale - Concurso Internacional de Música Virtuosa de Entretenimiento - Concurso Internacional Junior de Música de Entretenimiento Virtuosa - Música de Cámara - Clásica - Música de Cámara - World Music La fecha límite de inscripción es el 15 de julio de 2023 y toda la información sobre las inscripciones está disponible en línea en Coupe Mondiale Inscripciones en línea en: 2023CM-Rules |
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Rundt om Harmonikaen Camp - Dinamarcaby Christine Johnstone |
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| Ya están abiertas las reservas para el Rundt om Harmonikaen Camp (Campamento de Acordeón), que se celebrará en el recinto musical Mariehaven de Ansager, Jutlandia Occidental, Dinamarca, del 27 al 29 de julio de 2023, bajo la dirección de Kristian Rusbjerg. Este año se esperan asistentes de Dinamarca, Noruega y Suecia, que disfrutarán de una variedad de música folk, musette francesa, jazz animado y acordeón clásico "en un programa que despierta todos los sentidos tanto de los intérpretes como del público". Para más detalles, envíe un correo electrónico a: mail@musikgalleriet.dk El cartel que figura a continuación incluye la lista de intérpretes. |
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3er Festival de Acordeón de Houtkerque - Franciaby AWW |
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| El 3er Festival de Acordeón de Houtkerque se celebrará en la Sala Gérard Vandaele de Houtkerque, Francia, el 16 de julio de 2023, organizado por el Comité del Festival de Houtkerque. Cuatro artistas, Yves Leynaert, Rudi Beauprez, Sylviane Mercier y Seppe Vande Walle, compartirán escenario para ofrecer un espectáculo de cuatro horas, de 15:00 a 19:00 horas. Consulte el cartel para más detalles. |
2023 Campeonato y Festival de Acordeón del Pacífico Sur Informes diarios - Nueva Zelandaby Harley Jones |
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 La Asociación de Acordeón de Nueva Zelanda (New Zealand Accordion Association) celebró el Campeonato y Festival de Acordeón del Pacífico (South Pacific Accordion Championships) Sur el sábado 3 de junio en el Raye Freedman Arts Centre, Epsom, Auckland.El domingo 4 de junio se celebró el concierto final en la iglesia de St Georges, Takapuna. Intérpretes del concierto final: Kevin Friedrich y el organista Michael Bell interpretando la nueva obra de Ian Watson, "Dargaville Impressions". La Massed Orchestra y la NSAO también interpretaron obras con órgano. También actuaron Grayson Masefield, el FunKordeon de Australia y los ganadores del concurso 2023. La cena de despedida del domingo en el restaurante Aubergine, Takapuna, contó con música en directo y mucho baile divertido. Fotos de los informes diarios y resultados en: 2023SouthPac |
Seminario Internacional de Verano - Croaciaby Christine Johnstone |
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| El evento de la Escuela Internacional de Acordeón 2023 tendrá lugar en Pula, Croacia, del 17 al 22 de julio de 2023 organizado por Okud Istra. Entre los profesores figuran Frederic Deschamps (Francia), Miran Voupotic (Croacia), Angelo Pignatelli (Italia) y Marko Sevartic (Alemania). Véase el cartel para más detalles. |
Curso de verano de acordeón 2023 - Países Bajosby Christine Johnstone |
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| Ya están abiertas las inscripciones para el Curso de Verano de Acordeón 2023 que se celebrará en Beukenhof en Biezenmortel, Brabante Septentrional, Países Bajos, del 17 al 21 de julio de 2023 y organizado por el acordeonista Vincent van Amsterdam. El evento contará con el profesor invitado Bjarke Mogenson, Profesor Asociado de la Real Academia Danesa de Música junto con los tutores (y organizadores), Vincent van Amsterdam y Jef de Haes (Bélgica). El curso está dirigido a acordeonistas a partir de 14 años, que recibirán clases particulares y en grupo cada día, tendrán la oportunidad de hablar de música y acordeón con personas de ideas afines y descubrirán nueva música. Consulte el cartel para más detalles. |
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 Picture above from left to right: Michael Bell (organ), Lionel Reekie, Kevin Friedrich, Linda Emmett Litt and Joan Emmett Brown.The Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Dargaville, New Zealand was filled to capacity on 28th May 2023 for the much anticipated concert featuring organist Michael Bell from Auckland and New Zealand born accordionist Kevin Friedrich who resides in New York. The concert celebrated the recent refurbishment of the historic George Croft organ commissioned by the founding family of the town, the Dargaville family. The upgraded organ contains many modern features, but still allows the use of the original organ pipes from 1925, as was demonstrated during the concert. Picture left: Michael Bell and Kevin Friedrich beside the 1925 Croft organ. The concert featured solos by each artist as well as items bringing the accordion and organ together including the World Premiere of the beautiful new work ‘Dargaville Impressions’ by well-known English composer Ian Watson, a moving tribute to Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1926 - 2022) and the premiere of renowned New Zealand composer Gary Daverne’s organ and accordion adaptation of his work ‘Song of the Far North’. The audience were treated to other works by Mozart, Schubert, Boyce, Brahms, John Williams, Bach, Hine, Zolotaryov, Venglevski, Macky, Daverne, Piazzolla, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Handel, Lithgow and Sousa. Michael and Kevin were assisted by local musicians Joan Emmett Brown and Linda Emmett Litt as well as Lionel Reekie and the North Shore Accordion Orchestra from Auckland and a guest appearance by composer and conductor Gary Daverne, who delighted the audience by accepting an invitation to guest conduct the North Shore Accordion Orchestra on one of his arrangements (See picture below). All proceeds from the concert go towards the upkeep and maintenance of the organ. |
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by Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions
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 The Carinthian Accordion Association (KAV) was founded in October 2002 to promote the accordion in Carinthia with all its facets and especially to support accordion students. The diverse activities of the KAV include not only summer accordion camps, seminars and workshops, competitions and festivals, but also projects by the Carinthian Accordion Orchestra KAO (picture above), to whose concerts international accordion soloists are often invited. Picture left: Maciej Frackiewicz together with Roman Pechmann (Professor at the Privat University in Klagenfurt). After a concert in Ferlach and a successful participation in the "Day of the Harmonica" of the Austrian Harmonica Association HVÖ (grade "Excellent" in the accordion orchestra main level), the KAO and the Kiddys performed in a joint concert with Polish soloist and accordion teacher Maciej Frackiewicz in the music school of Villach. KAO and Kiddys provided good entertainment with a varied program. Maciej impressed with his mature interpretations of J.S. Bach's "Goldberg Variations", M. Bronner's "Insomnia" and P. Tabakiernik's "WAM-iations. MOZART”, where well-known works by Mozart for organ and flute clocks are quoted. |
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 Picture above: AATA competition winners.The Australian Accordion Teachers Association (AATA) held its annual championship at the Five Dock RSL Club in Five Dock, Sydney, NSW, on May 28th, 2023. This years’ event marked the return of face to face competition following the pandemic, so for many of the younger contestants, it was their first opportunity to compete in a major contest. Each year this competition places special importance on giving young accordionists valuable competition experience. The youngest contestants were only 6 years of age, but there were a total of 21 different categories providing a variety of musical genres for all ages, from classical to ethnic, jazz to entertainment music and even duet classes. The Jury featured some of Australia’s most respected accordionists and their positive encouragement towards all of the participants created a really supportive atmosphere. The AATA joined forces with the Accordion Society of Australia (ASA) in a combined gala concert (see picture left) showcasing the tremendous versatility of our instrument with wonderful solo and ensemble performances to a large and very supportive audience. International performers and competitors are warmly invited to attend next year’s 2024 Australian International Accordion Championships and any enquiries can be forwarded to AATA president, Tatjana Marx at: tats64@gmail.com |
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 The DHV Congress 2023 "Shaping the Future Together" took place in Schmitten im Taunus, Germany in April 2023. Current issues and challenges regarding the future of amateur music were discussed. The event was aimed at members of all club and association levels in the German Harmonica Association and the Hessian Harmonica Association. In various phases of work, participants developed important solutions and approaches to secure the future of accordion and harmonica orchestras as well as amateur music as a whole. In addition, outstanding examples from the association's work were presented and practical knowledge was imparted in seminars. A multitude of competing leisure activities, an increase in bureaucratic hurdles, a decreasing interest in making music and involvement in society, a decreasing attachment to the place of residence as well as a shortage of teachers and conductors - these are some of the current challenges in the amateur music scene mentioned by the congress participants. The aim of the DHV Congress 2023 was therefore to develop solutions together with experts from different fields and to formulate wishes and needs for the association in order to strengthen the amateur music landscape as important places of social coexistence and musical education, especially in rural areas. "Recruiting and retaining members", "volunteer work" and "attracting teachers and conductors to amateur music" – these were among the central topics on which exchanges took place in various formats. Based on reports from the field on Friday evening, Saturday was all about the congress title "Shaping the future together". With the help of the "Future Workshop" method, which enables larger groups to condense complex interrelationships in different phases of work, solutions to the above-mentioned topics were developed in a total of eight working groups. Numerous approaches to overcoming the challenges were developed by the participants. For example, the basic idea for a platform for the placement of musicians, teachers and conductors with orchestras was developed. In addition, the need for templates and handouts for the central topics of amateur music was strengthened. In addition, the need for tailor-made training and qualification formats was mentioned. The results will now be discussed promptly by the DHV and led into further work. On Sunday morning, the participants received concrete advice on how to organize their club life in one-hour impulse seminars. Lecturers included Dominik Eichhorn, head of the "Cooperation and Education" department at the Federal Association for Cultural Child and Youth Education, and Jutta Mettig, an expert in organizational consulting and development. After the past difficult years, in which the effects of the Corona pandemic have severely restricted cultural life in particular, it was a motivating and enriching experience for all participants to meet with association members at all levels in one place and discuss key issues. In this way, the DHV Congress 2023 was able to make an important contribution to securing amateur music and club structures and provide impetus for the future. The knowledge gained will help the association members in their voluntary work, but will also be made available to the entire amateur music and club scene in order to provide assistance in dealing with the challenges. |
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| Video: Morander Brothers (Viljami Morander and Herman Morander) from Finland perform the Iron Maiden accordion cover of “The Trooper”. Arranged by the Morander Brothers. |
by Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions
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 Video: 2023 Pantonale Peace Festival finale concert in Berlin, GermanyThe 2023 Pantonale Peace Festival was held in Berlin, Germany from May 14th to 20th, 2023. The event, which celebrates the versatility and sound of the accordion, concluded with an open-air concert at the Brandenburg Gate on May 20th. This concert included a performance by Gorka Hermosa, of his latest work “Peace Dream” which was dedicated to the festival. Accompanied by the New Chamber Orchestra Potsdam ensemble, Hermosa performed the work with accordionists Anna Kolovska (Russia) and Dmytro Zharikov (Ukraine). |
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| Video: Shanoli Sen (India) performing one of her favourite pieces “Where are You?” composed by Pandit V Balsara. |
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by Rita Davidson Barnea, Editor USA Accordion News
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| Celebrate National Accordion Awareness Day this June to give the accordion its well deserved appreciation. This celebration has a specific purpose — to educate people about the accordion and acknowledge its contribution to music. The accordion entered into popular music in the 19th century, with many accordionists including five players: Pietro Frosini, brothers Count Guido Deiro and Pietro Deiro, Slovenian brothers Vilko Ovsenik and Slavko Avsenik, and Charles Magnante, becoming major influences during this period. Did you know that the accordion is the official instrument of San Francisco (USA) since 1990? Accordionist Tom Torriglia is responsible for making June “National Accordion Awareness Month,” and campaigned to make the accordion San Francisco’s official instrument. How to celebrate National Accordion Awareness Month? Consider attending a live or Zoom concert or festival, purchase an accordion album on streaming platforms, watch an accordion event on social media, treat yourself to an accordion and lessons, visit the New England Accordion Museum in Connecticut, A World of Accordions Museum in Wisconsin or other accordion museums in your area, read the AWW accordion news publications each week/month to learn about what is happening with accordionists around the world, join an accordion organization/club such as ATG or AAA or one of many groups around the country where you will meet interesting people who share a common love for the accordion. |
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 Bachtopus will perform at the 2023 “River Arts Tour”, held in Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA on June 3rd, 2023.The event will include over 350 musicians performing throughout the Rivertown villages of Yonkers, Hastings on Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley, Irvington, Tarrytown & Sleepy Hollow. The Bachtopus quartet, which includes accordionists Robert Duncan, Peter Flint, Mayumi Miyaoka and Jeanne Velonis will entertain with contemporary, classical and folk-influenced music at the Dobbs Ferry Lutheran Church at 3pm. |
by Christine Johnstone
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| A French Music & Dance Week will be held at Halsway Manor National Centre for Folk Arts in Crowcombe, Somerset, England, UK, from June 5th to 9th, 2023. Tutor Emmanuel Pariselle will work with DG melodeon players, exploring the use of chords and rhythms in accompanying traditional French dance tunes and songs. The evenings “present opportunities to relax, play and dance informally together, and we’ll have a public Bal on the Thursday evening, with music from Emmanuel and others”. |
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| Video: Spiers & Boden tour details followed by the duo performing their version of the Devil's Interval - traditional song The Midsummer Carol. Spiers & Boden (John Spiers & Jon Boden) will begin their 2023 Midsummer Tour this month on June 7th, 2023 with a concert at The Crescent in York, England. See poster above for tour dates and venues. |
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 Five accordionists will perform at an Accordion-O-Rama held to celebrate National Accordion Awareness Month on June 8th, 2023 at The Belvedere at Crooners in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.The five accordionists are Dan "Daddy Squeeze" Newton, Patrick Harison, Dan Chouinard, Elizabeth Rowan and Calvaliegh Rasmussen, who will all perform a “round-robin squeeze-in”. |
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 Ville Hiltula (bandoneon) will give three concerts in Tokyo this month, beginning with a “Classic Cinema Tango” concert at the El Choclo Tango Bar in Kagoshima-ku, Tokyo on June 9th, 2023. Ville will be accompanied by Janne Tateno (violin).Their program will include tango, movie music and classic masterpieces by Bach, Kreisler, Mosalini, Morricone and J. Williams. See poster above for details. The following day (June 10th), Ville will perform with pianist Ikumi Nakayama at a concert entitled “Milonga Caminito”. This will be held at the Studio Caminito Rene y Junko in Tokyo. See poster left. On June 11th, Ville will perform the third concert, an Argentine Tango concert with the Ville Hiltula Tango Cuarteto at the Mamehico Ginza in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, which will feature works “from classical tango to Astor Piazzolla and beyond”. The quartet also includes Atsushi Yoshida (violin), Naoko Aoki (piano) and Shinji Tanaka (contrabass). See poster below. |
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by Rita Davidson Barnea, Editor USA Accordion News
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 Gregorio Uribe will perform a free concert at the 50th Anniversary Season of Carnegie Hall Citywide in Times Square, Broadway Pedestrian Plaza between 43rd and 44th Streets in Manhattan, New York City, USA on June 9th, 2023 at 5pm.“Gregorio Uribe can get any crowd dancing with an ‘intoxicating variety’ of musical ingredients”. Carnegie Hall is honored to partner with local community organizations to present free concerts that are sensational celebrations of sounds from across the country and around the globe. At a Carnegie Hall Citywide concert, you can revisit your favorite music or try something new, stay in your home borough or journey farther afield. Whatever you choose, you’ll experience everything that makes New York City so vibrant. For details phone: 929-277-2330 |
by Christine Johnstone
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 Video: The Gemini Duo performing at the 2022 PIF Castelfidardo prize giving concert after winning the Classic Chamber category.The Gemini Duo will perform at Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium (The Royal Danish Academy of Music) Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark on June 11th, 2023. The concert will include DKDM’s woodwind ensemble performing Mozart's Gran Partita and the accordion duo performing Stravinsky's iconic ballet Petrushka. The Gemini Duo won 1st place in their ensemble category of the 2023 Okud Istra 46th international Accordion Competition held in Pula, Croatia recently. They were also awarded the title of best chamber music group with the highest score overall. For concert details email: dkdm@dkdm.dk |
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| Bruno Maurice will entertain at the Gâcogne Festival held at the Église de Gâcogne (Parish Church of Gâcogne) in Nièvre, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France on June 10th, 2023 organised by the Gâcogne Festival Committee. His program will include works by Bach, Piazzolla, de Falla, Semionov, Berio and Bedrossian. See poster for details. |
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Conciertos del Conjunto Comunitario de Acordeones de la UMKC - EE.UU.by Mary Ann Covone, ATG President |
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| El (UMKC) Community Accordion Chamber Ensemble dirigido por Joan Cochran Sommers realizará conciertos en junio de 2023 de la siguiente manera: - 24 de junio a las 3pm - concierto en el Swan Dive Events Centre, restaurante Vivilore en Independence, Missouri. - 25 de junio a las 14.30 - concierto en el Kansas City United Church of Christ Social Hall en Kansas City, Missouri. La entrada es gratuita. Consulte el cartel para más detalles. |
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