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La journée de l’accordéon sur une plateforme facebook en streaming.by Harley Jones |
Le CIA est heureux de vous inviter à la Journée mondiale de l’accordéon (World Accordion Day - WAD) sur la page officiel facebook de la coupe mondiale. Depuis 2009, chaque 6 mai, le CIA fait la promotion de la Journée mondiale de l’accordéon. Notre première WAD s’est tenu le 6 mai 2009, marquant ainsi le 180ième anniversaire de la naissance de l’accordéon. Le 6 mai 1829, est en effet la date où fut créé le premier accordéon, à Vienne, en Autriche, par Cyrillius Demien. Pour 2020, avec une grande partie du monde en confinement et astreinte à la maison, le CIA fait un spectacle WAD de 12 heures, sur la plateforme facebook de la coupe mondiale en streaming. Tous les enregistrements, entretiens et concerts, seront aussi publiés sur le site de la World Accordion Day et sur le serveur chinois de la World Accordion Day et plateformes locales chinoises. Les présentateurs seront l’ancien président de la CIA et actuel ambassadeur de la CIA Kevin Friedrich (USA) et le directeur en chef du comité musical de la CIA Grayson Masefield avec l’assistance technique du responsable des relations publiques du CIA, Harley Jones et l’équipe de Accordions. Les heures de retransmission seront publiées ici et sur le site de la WAD, dans les jours prochains. |
Iñaki Alberdi jouera son nouveau concerto à Buenos Aires - Argentineby Christine Johnstone |
Iñaki Alberdi (photo ci-dessous) jouera la première de son nouveau concerto intitulé “Bidaia” avec l’Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires sous la direction Pablo González au Colón Theatre de Buenos Aires en Argentine, le 13 août 2020. Le concerto pour accordéon et orchestre a été composé par Federico Jusid (photo à droite) et a été commissioné par le Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires. Pour les détails, email : accordion@ialberdi.com |
La 1ière compétition internationale de Bayan et d’accordéon, La « coupe Alexander Skliarov", Kazan - Russiaby Ivan Dyma, SaxAkkord Duo |
La 1ière compétition internationale de joueurs de bayan et d’accordéon, « la coupe Alexander Skliarov », se tiendra du 27 au 30 avril 2020, à Kazan, en Russie, sous l’égide de l’institution municipale d’éducation de Kazan, l’école de musique et de choeur pour enfants. Les fondateurs de la compétition sont : le ministre de la culture de la république du Tatarstan, l’institut culturel d’état, le " Centre méthodique républicain pour les institutions éducatives de culture et d’art et le bureau ICU de la culture du comité exécutif du département municipal de l’éducation de Kazan, le conservatoire d’état de Kazan (Académie) N.G. Jiganova, Le "Kazan Music College. I.V.Aukadeeva". Le règlement pour la coupe est disponible en russe à : https://edu.tatar.ru/arsk/org5853/page2785948.htm (No. 57) Le but de cette compétition : Conservation et développement de l’école de joueurs de bayan et d’accordéon. |
Le nouveau site web Scandalli en ligne - Italieby Elisa Lanari, Scandalli Accordions |
Tandis que nous sommes à la maison pour lutter contre l’épidémie du coronavirus, nous avons travaillé dur pour finir le nouveau site Scandalli. www.scandalli.com C’est avec grand plaisir que j’aimerais vous informer qu’à partir d’aujourd’hui, Scandalli est heureux d’annoncer que son nouveau site est en ligne!!! Nous avons décidé de nous concentrer sur un site simple et intuitif, en même temps que plaisant esthétiquement. Le nouveau site web, disponible en italien et en anglais, est aussi accessible sur tous les portables. La plus grande nouveauté est la section “INFO”, où vous trouverez ceci : De l’information utile – Des tuyaux, des choses à faire ou ne pas faire de façon à garder votre instrument dans une parfaite condition à travers le temps. Entretien – Les parties principales qui constituent un accordéon, les instructions et solutions pour les petits problèmes. L’extension de la garantie – Le formulaire à remplir pour demander une extension de garantie. Pour rester informés au sujet des foires, nouveaux produits, évènements, visiter la section « News », que nous mettrons régulièrement à jour. Bon surfing sur le web |
Concert Pop-Up pour levée de fond, pendant le confinement pour le Covid-19 - USAby Christine Johnstone |
Shirley et James P. O'Brien (photo à gauche) vivent dans une résidence pour retraités au nord de Tucson en Arizona. Bien qu’il y’ait 5000 maisons dans leur résidence avec golf, du fait du confinement, tout est à l’arrêt. Les O’Brien’s ont décidé qu’il était temps d’organiser un évènement où les membres de leur communauté puissent interagir et sortir de leur isolement, tout en maintenant une distanciation sociale de 2 mètres. Les O’Brien’s se sont installés devant la maison d’un voisin, à un endroit où ils pouvaient être vus de tous, à l’intersection de quatre routes. Leur amplification était assez puissante pour qu’ils puissent être entendus. Les gens se sont rassemblés bien avant l’heure annoncée, pour avoir le meilleur endroit pour leurs voitures de golf. Il y’avait une atmosphère très festive dans l’air dès le début. Les gens ont dansé dans la rue et fait marcher leurs klaxons, en guise d’applaudissements. Le temps était très beau, avec un grand soleil et du ciel bleu et $1000 ont été récoltés pour une banque alimentaire. James P. O'Brien a été professeur de musique à l’Université d’Arizona depuis 1975 et a plus de 190 arrangements en ligne, dont de nombreuses mélodies très connues. Il a aussi 3 CD’s à son actif. Photo ci-dessous : Le public est arrivé en voiture de golf, en laissant assez d’espace, pour profiter du concert en toute sécurité. |
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Martin Sulc Receives Gold Award For Quality Video, Prague - Czech Republicby Gary Daverne |
Martin Sulc received a Gold Award for the quality of his performance in the 2020 International Video Competition & Promotion of Accordion Music by Gary Daverne. Martin Sulc performed Song of the Far North by Gary Daverne accompanied by Slovak pianist, Aneta Majerová, a graduate of the Žilina Conservatory of Music, Slovakia. 19 year old Martin Sulc is from Trebon, Czech Republic, and has been the winner of various Czech competitions. In 2017, he began studies at the Prague Conservatory with Mgr. Ladislav Horák. In 2018 he won the international accordion competition in Ostrava and the 2018 and 2019 international competitions in Prague. Video of the Gary Daverne composition competition winner, Vladimir Stupnikov can be viewed at: http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=07-Feb-2020&#art16147 |
Major Changes to the 2020 South Pacific and New Zealand Accordion Championships - New Zealandby Heather Masefield Secretary, New Zealand Accordion Association |
The NZAA has announced major changes to the 2020 South Pacific and New Zealand Accordion Championships for Saturday 30 May 2020. The event will not be a public event due to the Covid-19 situation and the number of categories has been reduced to the major South Pacific Accordion Championship categories. The NZ World Accordion Day Concert has also been changed and will now be a video concert without audience. For the South Pacific Championships, the NZAA has booked a small hall, Rose Centre, Devonport, where contestants only will perform without audience, to a small jury. Additionally, the NZAA has also made provision to run these classes digitally by contestants using their phone to video from home if use of the hall is prevented by New Zealand Government Covid-19 regulation. With these plans in place, the competitions will definitely be taking place for these categories and the message by the NZAA to potential entrants is "Keep Practising" as there is definitely going to be a competition. This might be a template for other accordion associations to follow at this difficult time. |
Ricardo Llanos Prepares Accordion Quarantine Teaching Videos - Spainby Christine Johnstone |
As Covid-19 has prevented face to face teaching, accordionist Ricardo Llanos has prepared a set of sixty videos for teachers and students. Thank you to Eider for the drawing above. There are four lists of fifteen videos (fifteen because of a quarantine for each list) about basic elements of technique on the accordion: simple accompaniments on standard bass manual, chords and scales in free bass manual, modern harmony chords on standard basses, bellows and articulations. They videos are in Spanish, but explanations in English are given in the comments underneath each video. Download Video information here: QuarantineVideo.pdf In 2017 Ricardo Llanos obtained his PhD with research on acoustics of the accordion in the University of the Basque Country (Spain). The acoustic study of the free reed of the accordion information at: http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=31-Mar-2017&lang=en&s=12889 Ricardo Llanos & Iñaki Alberdi books: in English catalog: comp-en Accordion for Composers in Spanish catalog: comp-sp Acordeon Para Compositores For further details email: ricardollanosvazquez@gmail.com |
Video: Martynas Levickis plays Vivaldi in the Vilnius Railway Station - Lithuaniaby Christine Johnstone |
Reminder of the past. With many of the world's accordionists in isolation and lockdown because of Covid-19, this video is a nice reminder of what accordionists around the world are looking forward to when Covid-19 is no longer a danger. Video: Martynas in 2016 performs a flashmob concert with the SinChronic string quartet performing Vivaldi at the Vilnius Railway Station, to a delighted audience. Enjoy. |
Accordionist Mario Tacca Entertainmentby Christine Johnstone |
During the isolation of so many in the USA, international performers Mario Tacca and Mary Mancini Tacca (soprano) have been releasing daily, videos of lovely hymns. Today's hymn, is one of the most well known and loved melodies, "How Great Thou Art", performed by Mario Tacca. Thank you to Mario Tacca and Mary Mancini Tacca for their daily music videos. You can purchase online compositions for acccordion by Mario at: Mario Tacca Enjoy! |
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Corona Cancellations, Country Alphabetical Orderby Christine Johnstone |
Email cancelled events to: cjmusic@outlook.co.nz for immediate listing Australia: Vardos Trio Performance at Yackandandah Folk Festival in Victoria – event cancelled Chaika Band March and April concerts in Victoria, NSW and the ACT, including 3 festivals (River Folk Festival, Yackandandah and the National) - all cancelled Canada: Vancouver Squeezebox Circle live events at Spartacus Books in Vancouver, BC including regular get-togethers, have been suspended indefinitely Croatia: London Accordion Orchestra concert in April - cancelled France: Roman Jbanov has announced that all his Masterclasses for April have been cancelled CNIMA - closed until further notice - news update coming soon Germany: Musikmesse, Musikmesse Plaza 2020 and all Musikmesse Festival events - cancelled 57th Klingenthal International Accordion Competition - cancelled Italy: Accademia del Ridotto Stradella International Music Competition - April - cancelled Malta: 3rd Accordion Festival of Malta - April - cancelled Netherlands: Black Pencil Concert in AT Mook, Limburg - cancelled All April concerts by Black Pencil are also cancelled New Zealand: Music Education Centre Performance Afternoon in Takapuna, Auckland in April - cancelled Milonga de Cuatro concert in Mt Eden Village, Auckland on April 8th - cancelled World Accordion Day concert featuring Coupe Mondiale contestants in Auckland has been cancelled. However, they are planning a live streaming project. Further information to come. Portugal: 24th International Accordion Week organised by Portuguese Accordion Association from May 23rd to 31st, 2020 – cancelled UK: Swaledale Squeeze Concertina Weekend – May 2020 – cancelled Leyland Accordion Club, Lancashire, England - all meetings are suspended until further notice Sinfonia Cymru, Wales - all events cancelled up until April 1st, when further announcements will be made Guildford Accordion Club April meetings cancelled NAO UK Championships 2020 to be held in Liverpool in April - cancelled USA: 2020 National Accordion Convention in Texas - cancelled - they advise that hotel reservations can be cancelled using your confirmation number Milwaukee Accordion Club - all March events cancelled - Future events will be dealt with as the conditions change. AWAM World Accordion Day celebration (May 2nd) and Eighth Annual Dr. Willard A. Palmer Festival (May 3rd) - both cancelled 2020 AAA (American Accordionists Association) July 8th to 12th Festival in Alexandria - cancelled Alex Meixner Band - all concerts cancelled for the next 2 months San Francisco Accordion Club April meeting - cancelled |
Postponed Events, Country Alphabetical Orderby Christine Johnstone |
Austria: 37th Donauinselfest (Danube Island Festival originally scheduled to take place in June) is postponed until September 18th to 20th, 2020 in Vienna. Australia: Fairbridge Festival 2020 in WA, Australia - April - postponed until 9th - 11th April 2021. All 2020 tickets will be valid for the 2021 event Italy: 2020 Val Tidone Music Competitions - postponed indefinitely Russia: All-Russian Day of Bayan, Accordion and Harmonica at RAM Concert Hall Gnesin, Moscow – postponed until May 15th South Africa: World Café Trio Christ Church Concert in Constantia – postponed until August 2nd, 2020 Switzerland: Sharon Shannon & Band concert on April 4th - postponed USA: 2020 Annual ATAM New England Music Festival in Massachusetts - postponed until July 24th to 26th, 2020 San Diego Accordion Camp - postponed until July |
New Date for 58th New England Music Festival – USAby Peggy Falcetti |
The 58th New England Music Festival, 3 day event has been rescheduled at the Newton Marriott Hotel in Newton, Massachusetts from July 24 to July 26th, 2020. The 2020 annual festival includes a musical competition sponsored by the Accordion Teachers Association of Massachusetts, Inc, (ATAM) and festival averages over 1,000 entries and 600 contestants from all across New England. Competition classes include accordion, guitar, bass guitar, drum, percussion, piano, violin and voice in a range of age groups for solo, duet and group categories. Depending on the attendance remaining the same the committee plans to accept new entries from those who were not able to compete in the March event that was postponed. This will include adults not presently enrolled. A final decision will be made and appear in the June 1st issue of the USA News and the AAA Newsletter. The Accordion Teacher’s Association of Massachusetts ATAM is proud to bestow Honorary Membership upon Rita Davidson Barnea (picture left) at the festival. Rita has been the National Editor of the Accordion USA News for the past eleven years. This online monthly publication covering North American continent accordion events, artists, concerts, including video etc. has a huge readership. A new link for hotel reservations will be posted on the website soon. For details phone: 413-204-10 22 |
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Updated: AAA Cancels 2020, Updates Site Festival 2021 - USAby Harley Jones |
American Accordionists' Association (AAA) has moved on quickly from the 19 March announcement by President Dr. Joseph A. Ciccone "to cancel the AAA Festival 2020 in Alexandria, Virginia." Within the week, the AAA is already advertising the AAA Festival 2021 that will be held July 14-18, 2021 at the Marriott Philadelphia West, PA 19428. 2021 will feature the Festival Orchestra conducted by Mary Tokarski, Competitions, Workshops, Vendors, Youth Involvement, Jazz Ensemble Junior & Senior, Fun Band and "The Divas" being the well known ladies of the AAA - Linda Soley Reed, Mary Tokarski, Beverly Roberts Curnow, Rita Barnea, Joan Grauman, Joanna Darrow, Jeanne Velonis, Marilyn O’Neil and Rachel Quirbach. Further performers will be announced in the coming months. |
Updated Site: Stasby Dan Grauman |
Video added Summer Sunshine composed by Stas Venglevski. Sheet music available online, catalog: vstas056 http://www.musicforaccordion.com/inform/vstas/vstas056.htm |
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