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Rundt om Harmonikaen Camp - Danemark
3ème Festival d'Accordéon de Houtkerque - France
Rapports quotidiens des championnats et des festivals de l'Association d'accordéon du Pacifique Sud et de la Nouvelle-Zélande 2023 - Nouvelle-Zélande
Séminaire international d'été - Croatie
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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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Les inscriptions en ligne pour la Coupe Mondiale 2023 sont ouvertes - Finlande / B&Hby Harley Jones |
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  Vidéo : Informations sur la Coupe Mondiale 2023, les salles et les tarifs des hôtels.Le secrétaire général de la CIA, Kimmo Mattila, annonce que les inscriptions en ligne pour la Coupe Mondiale 2023 sont ouvertes. Vous trouverez tout ce qui concerne la 76e Coupe Mondiale ici : 2023CM-Rules Le président de la CIA, Mirco Patarini, invite les quelques 50 membres de la CIA à inscrire des délégués au 150e Congrès international des délégués qui se réunira deux fois à Bijeljina, en Bosnie-Herzégovine. Le président Patarini invite également les concurrents de toutes les nations à bien vouloir s’inscrire bien avant la date de clôture afin d'aider les organisateurs à faire de cette coupe, une grande Coupe Mondiale. La 76e Coupe Mondiale se tiendra du 5 au 9 octobre 2023 à Bijeljina, B&H, et est organisée par l'Association des artistes membres de la CIA (Bijeljina), avec comme 1er référent, Slaviša Peric. Le vice-président honoraire de la CIA 2023, Slaviša Peric, souhaite la bienvenue à tous à Bijeljina qui met à disposition de belles salles pour compétitions et concerts. Le festival proposera des compétitions comme suit : • 76ème Coupe Mondiale • Masters Coupe Mondiale • Coupe mondiale junior • Concours international de musique de divertissement virtuose • Concours international junior de musique de divertissement virtuose • Musique de chambre - Classique • Musique de chambre - Musiques du monde La date de clôture des inscriptions est le 15 juillet 2023 et toutes les informations d'inscription sont en ligne sur : Coupe Mondiale Inscriptions en ligne sur : 2023CM-Règlements |
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Rundt om Harmonikaen Camp - Danemarkby Christine Johnstone |
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| Les réservations sont maintenant ouvertes pour le Rundt om Harmonikaen Camp (Accordion Camp), qui se tiendra au centre musical de Mariehaven à Ansager dans le West Jutland au Danemark du 27 au 29 juillet 2023, sous la direction de Kristian Rusbjerg. Des participants venant cette année, du Danemark, de la Norvège et de la Suède apprécieront une variété de musique allant de la musique folklorique au musette française, jazz entraînant et accordéon classique "dans un programme qui éveille tous les sens des interprètes et du public". Pour plus de détails, envoyez un e-mail à: mail@musikgalleriet.dk L'affiche ci-dessous comprend une liste d'interprètes. |
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3ème Festival d'Accordéon de Houtkerque - Franceby AWW |
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| Le 3ème Festival d'Accordéon Houtkerque se tiendra à la Salle Gérard Vandaele à Houtkerque en France le 16 juillet 2023 sous la direction du Comité du Festival Houtkerque. Quatre artistes, Yves Leynaert, Rudi Beauprez, Sylviane Mercier et Seppe Vande Walle, partageront la scène pour donner un spectacle de quatre heures de 15h à 19h. Voir l'affiche pour les détails. |
Rapports quotidiens des championnats et des festivals de l'Association d'accordéon du Pacifique Sud et de la Nouvelle-Zélande 2023 - Nouvelle-Zélandeby Harley Jones |
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 L'Association d'Accordéon de Nouvelle-Zélande organise ses Championnats et Festivals Internationaux d'Accordéon du Pacifique Sud le samedi 3 juin au Raye Freedman Arts Centre d’Epsom à Auckland.Le dimanche 4 juin, un concert final a eu lieu à l'église St Georges de Takapuna. Reportages quotidiens : vidéos et photos des concurrents, des concerts et des résultats seront mis en ligne au cours du week-end sur : 2023SouthPac Séminaire international d'été - Croatie Le séminaire 2023 de l’International Accordion School aura lieu à Pula, Croatie du 17 au 22 juillet 2023 organisé par Okud Istra. Les tuteurs sont Frederic Deschamps (France), Miran Voupotic (Croatie), Angelo Pignatelli (Italie) et Marko Sevartic (Allemagne). Voir l'affiche pour les détails. |
Séminaire international d'été - Croatieby Christine Johnstone |
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| Le séminaire 2023 de l’International Accordion School aura lieu à Pula, Croatie du 17 au 22 juillet 2023 organisé par Okud Istra. Les tuteurs sont Frederic Deschamps (France), Miran Voupotic (Croatie), Angelo Pignatelli (Italie) et Marko Sevartic (Allemagne). Voir l'affiche pour les détails. |
Cours d'été d'accordéon 2023 – Pays-Basby Christine Johnstone |
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| Les candidatures sont maintenant ouvertes pour le Cours d'été d'accordéon 2023 tenu à Beukenhof à Biezenmortel dans Brabant du Nord aux Pays-Bas, du 17 au 21 juillet 2023 sous la direction de l'accordéoniste Vincent van Amsterdam. L'événement mettra en vedette le professeur invité Bjarke Mogenson, professeur associé à l'Académie royale danoise de musique, ainsi que les tuteurs (et organisateurs), Vincent van Amsterdam et Jef de Haes (Belgique). Le cours s'adresse aux accordéonistes âgés de 14 ans et plus, qui recevront des cours privés et collectifs chaque jour, auront l'occasion de discuter de musique et d'accordéon avec des personnes partageant la même passion et de découvrir de nouvelles musiques. Voir l'affiche pour les détails. |
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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. |
by Lionel Reekie
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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). |
by Christine Johnstone
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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. |
by Christine Johnstone
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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”. |
by Christine Johnstone
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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. |
by Christine Johnstone
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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”. |
by Christine Johnstone
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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 |
by Christine Johnstone
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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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Concerts de l'ensemble d'accordéon de la communauté UMKC - États-Unisby Mary Ann Covone, ATG President |
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| Le (UMKC) Community Accordion Chamber Ensemble dirigé par Joan Cochran Sommers donnera des concerts en juin 2023 comme suit : • 24 juin à 15h – concert au Swan Dive Events Centre, restaurant Vivilore à Independence, Missouri. • 25 juin à 14h30 – concert au Kansas City United Church of Christ Social Hall à Kansas City, Missouri. L'entrée est gratuite. Voir l'affiche pour les détails. |
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