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Antonio Spaccarotella, Emocionante estreno, AAA’s Composers Commissioning Committee - EE.UU.
26ª Semana Internacional del Acordeón "Alcobaça 2023" - Portugal
Éxito de los conciertos de los jóvenes acordeonistas de Trossingen - Alemania
Trio Fratres 30th Anniversary Concerts, Helsinki, Kokkola - FinlandGator by the Bay Festival - EE.UU.
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2023 BCA 3rd International Online Festival - UKATG President Mary Ann Covone Performed for SAI National Convention - USASalvatore Cauteruccio Releases New Single “Love Theme” - Italy2023 Valentine’s Day Online Celebration – USA
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Accordionists Entertain at Illinois Polka Fest – USAChildren’s Puppet Concert with Trio con Abbandono - GermanyJosef Purits & Ekaterina Mochalova "Folk Times" Concert – RussiaHugo Anriquez Entertains at Birthday Celebration – ArgentinaAndy Cutting Performs in Cardiff - WalesTacoma Accordion Gathering – USAFrevo Trio Concert - FinlandAccordionist Chiharu Terada Performs in Osaka - JapanAccordion Lovers Evening - France“Nuvo Zydeco” Entertains at Zydeco Mardi Gras - Canada
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Gracias a los lectores por el tráfico récord de 2022 - Internacionalby Christine Johnstone |
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 ¡Accordions Worldwide (AWW) ha medido los récords de tráfico desde 2015 y 2022 fue un nuevo RÉCORD! Queremos agradecer a nuestros televidentes y anunciantes por este año calendario 2022 récord de 11,2 millones de páginas vistas o un increíble promedio de 941,231 páginas vistas por mes. Nuestros anunciantes con banners son vistos por la mayoría de los acordeonistas en los sitios AWW. Son nuestros anunciantes los que hacen posible todos los servicios gratuitos de noticias e información que proporciona AWW. Agradecemos a nuestros anunciantes que sigan haciendo posible que AWW sea un servicio gratuito en todo el mundo y pedimos a nuestros visitantes que apoyen a estos anunciantes siempre que busquen productos relacionados con el acordeón. Se merecen su apoyo. Por último, gracias a todas las personas que contribuyen con noticias, al equipo voluntario de AWW que hace tanto por amor al acordeón y, finalmente, gracias a nuestros fieles lectores entusiastas del acordeón de todo el mundo. Es un placer servirles. |
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Antonio Spaccarotella, Emocionante estreno, AAA’s Composers Commissioning Committee - EE.UU.by Dr. Robert Young McMahan Chair of AAA Composers Commissioning Committee |
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 Vídeo 1: Tango Revenga compuesto por Antonio Spaccarotella e interpretado por la Orquesta Filarmónica de Calabria de la OFC, Italia, dirigida por Volodymyr Runchak, solista: Grayson MasefieldVídeo 2: Antonio Spaccarotella (acordeón), Alberto La Neve (saxo), BHU - Pista 5 Álbum "Non c'è tempo" Es para mí un gran placer anunciar que Antonio Spaccarotella ha aceptado el primer encargo internacional del AAA Composers Commissioning Committee (CCC). Esta será la obra número sesenta y tres desde la fundación del CCC en 1954. Antonio Spaccarotella es un acordeonista aclamado internacionalmente, también conocido por sus composiciones e improvisaciones únicas que a menudo experimentan con elementos jazzísticos. Además, y en una capacidad bastante diferente, ejerce de Director Artístico del prestigioso Festival de Castelfidardo. La nueva obra, un solo, será estrenada por otro artista de renombre, Grayson Masefield, en el marco del Festival AAA 2023, que tendrá lugar del 12 al 16 de julio de 2023 en Conshohocken, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos. Antonio Spaccarotella estará presente en este estreno mundial y también presentará un taller sobre sus composiciones y sus citas musicales. Su personalidad dinámica y sus interesantes posiciones musicales serán una incorporación muy popular al Festival AAA de 2023. Grayson Masefield también presentará uno de sus entusiastas talleres en el Festival AAA. |
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26ª Semana Internacional del Acordeón "Alcobaça 2023" - Portugalby Rob Howard |
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 La Asociación Portuguesa de Acordeón celebrará la 26ª Semana Internacional de Acordeón "Alcobaça 2023" del 20 al 28 de mayo de 2023 en Alcobaça, Portugal, organizada por Aníbal Freire.El evento incluirá el 26º Trofeo Nacional y el 7º Concurso Internacional de Acordeón "Alcobaça 2023" para solistas y grupos de acordeón, así como diversos conciertos y clases magistrales. Este año se ha añadido una nueva categoría al programa: Categoría Contemporánea XXI, que incluye un Premio Contemporáneo Junior y un Premio Contemporáneo Senior, ambos para la presentación de una pieza original para acordeón. Descargue las bases del concurso en inglés y portugués aquí: 2023AlcobacaRules.pdf |
Éxito de los conciertos de los jóvenes acordeonistas de Trossingen - Alemaniaby Andreas Nebl |
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 El conservatorio de Trossingen, en Baden-Wurtemberg (Alemania), está muy activo en estos momentos. - En primer lugar, Theresa Monsees, de 17 años, de la clase juvenil del conservatorio (profesor Andreas Nebl), ha conseguido algo con lo que muchos sueñan: el pasado fin de semana tocó el "Concierto en sol menor" de Bernhard Molique con la Orquesta Sinfónica de Biberach dirigida por Andreas Winter (véase la foto de arriba). Foto de izquierda a derecha: Andreas Winter (director), Theresa Monsees y Andreas Nebl. - En segundo lugar, Patrick Meier (foto de abajo), también de la clase juvenil de Andreas Nebl, que ya había ganado el primer premio en el Día Estatal de la Música en Filderstadt, fue invitado recientemente a tocar música en la recepción del Primer Ministro Kretschmann el 7 de marzo de 2023 en la Casa de la Economía de Stuttgart. Para más detalles, llame al teléfono 07425 326512 |
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by Harley Jones
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 There will be a live video broadcast of the Helsinki concert at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZSqAFJUGpY Trio Fratres 30th anniversary is a celebration of their many years of music, with one concert in Helsinki and the second concert in Kokkola. Download festival program: 2023KokkolaFest.pdf Trio Fratres, an accordion trio of Raimo Vertainen, Heikki Jokiaho and Toni Hämäläinen will commemorate a number of Finnish Premieres 1996-2003. Their program also includes Finnish folk music, Baroque music, Russian romance as well as techno. Trio Fratres has performed in 14 countries in Europe as well as Lebanon, Mexico and Japan. The anniversary concerts will include original works interpreted by four different accordion trios in collaboration with music academies in Denmark, Lithuania and Finland. Pictures below. |
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Gator by the Bay Festival - EE.UU.by Christine Johnstone |
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  El Festival Gator by the Bay se celebrará en San Diego, California, EE.UU., del 11 al 14 de mayo de 2023.Entre los artistas figuran el ganador de dos Grammy Terrance Simien (foto de la izquierda), que tocará Zydeco en el concierto inaugural, The Revelers, que tocará Cajun, Zydeco, Country y Blues con el acordeonista Larry Miller, y Cedric Watson (foto de la derecha), que tocará Cajun, Creole & Zydeco. Para más información, envíe un correo electrónico a: gator@gatorbythebay.com |
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Concierto de "El nuevo mañana" compuesto por Bete Ilin - Moldaviaby Anica Karakutovska |
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 Vídeo: El concierto de "El nuevo mañana" para acordeón y orquesta compuesto por Bete Ilin fue televisado por TV Tera en Moldavia este mes.El 8 de diciembre de 2022 se celebró en la Gran Sala del Centro Cultural Estatal "Palacio de la República" de Tiraspol (Moldavia) un concierto sinfónico titulado "Páginas famosas de la música europea". En el concierto, el acordeonista Vadim Poroshin interpretó la composición "El nuevo mañana" de Bete Ilin con la Orquesta Sinfónica Estatal de la PMR bajo la batuta del director Grigory Moseiko. Durante la interpretación (en la gran pantalla situada detrás de la orquesta) se proyectó un vídeo que incluía un saludo del compositor y bellos paisajes de Macedonia. Bete Ilin escribió la composición "The New Tomorrow" para el gran acordeonista Grayson Masefield (Nueva Zelanda). En 2017, Grayson Masefield interpretó el estreno mundial "The New Tomorrow" de Bete Ilin en Lausana (Suiza). Artículo de prensa y vídeo en: http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=31-Mar-2017&lang=es&s=12904 Es un honor que esta obra compuesta por Bete Ilin y dedicada a Grayson, haya sido interpretada por muchos acordeonistas de todo el mundo incluyendo la Filarmónica de Berlín y otras actuaciones de Grayson en diferentes continentes. Esperamos con impaciencia las próximas actuaciones anunciadas. |
by Rob Howard
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| The 2023 British College of Accordionists (BCA) will hold their 3rd International and National Festival online in March this year. The competition will include categories for soloists (of all ages) and ensembles. Closing date for entries is 15th February, 2023. See poster for details. |
by Christine Johnstone
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 Picture above, link to large photo: 2022SAI.jpg Audience attending the performance.On July 29th, 2022, immediately following the 2022 ATG Festival, ATG President Mary Ann Covone, was off to Greensboro, North Carolina to perform for the Sigma Alpha Iota (SAI) Triennial National Convention. Sigma Alpha Iota is a professional sorority for women in the field of music. Most members are initiated in college by invitation only; however, there is a membership category for patronesses who did not study music in college. In addition to being ATG president, Mary Ann Covone is an active alumnae member of the Oak Park Alumnae Chapter of SAI. The audience of 650 fellow professional musicians, professors and college students was most enthusiastic about the performance, and for many of the younger students in the audience, this was their first exposure to a classical/concert accordion performance. |
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 Salvatore Cauteruccio has released his new single “Love Theme”, which was recorded as an accordion tribute “to the great Maestro Ennio Morricone, one of the most important composers of the twentieth century.”The single, recorded in Spoleto (PG), Italy and mastered at the Roberto Guarino studio (Rome) was released by the prestigious Spanish record label "Hit Record". Salvatore says “During the recording I played this song with my heart and with all the love I have for music. I am very happy , because it is the first time that one of my songs has been produced by a Spanish record company!” For details email: salvatorecauteruccio77@gmail.com |
by Rita Davidson Barnea, Editor USA Accordion News
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 San Antonio Accordion Association President Laura Niland invites everyone to attend a Valentine’s Day ZOOM online meeting with the San Antonio Accordion Association on February 14th, 2023 at 7pm Central Time. 1. Rules for Group Play on Zoom: Only one person leads. The rest of us follow the Leader and play along silently. We will need volunteers to lead us with play along. 2. Enable Original Sound is important. Do this under the Audio portion of zoom, otherwise your sound will be terrible. Having an audio interface and condenser microphone is best for music. 3. Have your solo song(s) Two at most, ready to perform. If you are playing a solo, let Laura know at the beginning of the meeting so she won’t miss you! Group songs will be selected from the list below in the box. Have a third song ready in case we have time! 4. Keep your video on and your ZOOM sound feature on mute. Please stay on mute during the performances. 5. The zoom meeting will begin at 6:45pm with everyone being checked in by Laura. We start promptly! President Laura shares, “Please put your music in a notebook in order so that we can all be together when the time comes for our ZOOM meeting. I am counting on you to do your best and Practice, Practice, Practice! Let’s have fun! Music for Group Play is listed below! Get your two solos ready! For information on how to get the music email: laurajniland@outlook.com or call 210-651-4359 1. All My Loving 2. Auf Wiedersehen, Sweetheart 3. Hey Good Lookin 4. Let Me Call You Sweetheat 5. Bye Bye Love 6. Somewhere My Love 7. Those Were the Days |
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| The Illinois Polka Fest will be held at The Hyatt Regency in Schaumburg, Illinois, USA on February 3rd and 4th, 2023. The event will feature accordionists entertaining the crowd such as Alex Meixner (who will perform solo and with Klancnik & Friends), Joey Miskulin, Garrett Tatano Band, Eddie Rodick, and Steve Meisner. See poster for details. |
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| The Trio Con Abbandono will take part in a children’s puppet concert with the Bielefeld Puppet Shows - Dagmar Selje in Bielefeld, Germany on February 5th, 2023 organised by Kulturpunkt Skala e.V. Trio con Abbandono consists of three classically trained musicians (clarinet, accordion, cello) who will perform with “a charming hand doll named Astor for a lively, imaginative and age-appropriate children's concert. Together with Astor, children can discover instrumental diversity and experience unknown sounds.” Their program ranges from Beethoven, Piazzolla to Leroy Anderson, for children 6 years and above. For details email: info@bielefelder-puppenspiele.de |
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 Josef Purits (bayan) and Ekaterina Mochalova (domra) will perform in concert entitled "Folk Times" at the Moscow International House of Music (MMDM) in Moscow, Russia on February 5th, 2023.The duo, who will be accompanied by the Governor's Chamber Orchestra "Russian Camerata" conducted by Andrey Kruzhkov, will perform a program of music from different countries such as "Suite of Spanish Folk Songs" (Manuel de Falla), Three miniatures on Georgian folk themes (Sulkhan Tsintsadze), Six Romanian dances (Bartok), Dance of Joy (Feidman) and "Brazilian Bahian" No. 5. (Vila-Lobos). The concert will also include the world premiere of a double concerto “Jewish Dances” for domra, bayan and chamber orchestra by the Russian composer Mikhail Bronner. The concert will conclude with a new interpretation of the music from the ballet "Petrushka" by Igor Stravinsky. For the first time, the ballet, subtitled "Russian Funny Scenes in Four Pictures", was staged in 1911 in Paris, France as part of Diaghilev's "Russian Seasons". The musical language of the work is based on the stylization of Russian folk dances and songs. The composer also used the melodies of urban song folklore. Stravinsky's masterpiece, which conquered the whole world, will be performed for the first time by domra, accordion and chamber orchestra. The combination of traditional Russian folk instruments with the instruments of a symphony orchestra will allow you to discover unknown facets in ballet music. Josef Puritz is a laureate of more than thirty international competitions, including the Peace Trophy in Spokane (USA, 2012) and the Klingenthal Competition (Germany, 2013). He has performed in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Concert Hall. P.I. Tchaikovsky, at Carnegie Hall (New York, USA), Wigmore Hall (London, UK), Konzerthaus (Vienna, Austria) and other leading concert halls. For concert information phone: +7 (495) 730-10-11 |
by Christine Johnstone
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| Accordionist Hugo Anriquez will entertain at a birthday celebration for Maria Fernandez, Pedro del Valle and Monica del Valle on February 5th, 2023. The event will be held at the El Rancho de Don Pedro in Rafael Calzada, Buenos Aires, Argentina. For information phone: +54 11 3825-0232 |
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 Video: Andy Cutting playing “Old Light” and “The Abbess” at a concert in Bonn, Germany.Andy Cutting (melodeon) will perform a solo concert at the Norwegian Church Arts Centre in Cardiff, Wales, UK on February 7th, 2023 at 7.30pm GMT. Andy has won the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Best Musician in 2008, 2011 & 2016. Andy is described as “a warm and emotive performer, modestly engaging his audiences with his self-deprecating wit and then flooring them with downright staggering musicianship. There are few melodeon players who put so much feeling into their playing, whether it is a set of dance tunes or accompaniment to a slow English ballad.” |
by Christine Johnstone
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| The Tacoma Accordion Gathering will feature an afternoon of “accordion music, fun and friendship” be held at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Tacoma, Washington, USA on February 12th, 2023 from 1pm. All are welcome. See poster for details. |
by Christine Johnstone
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| The Heerman-Sandås-Rantala Trio (picture above) will perform at the Schauman Hall in Pietarsaari, Finland on February 16th, 2023 at 7pm. The Finnish trio features Antti Heerman (violin), Henrik Sandås (bandoneon) and Olli Rantala (double bass). Their program “takes its audience on a fast-paced journey through the world of Latin jazz in the footsteps of Egberto Gismont, Hermeto Pascoal and Chick Corea.” Bandoneonist Henrik Sandås is an arranger “whose repertoire includes Argentinean tango and tango nuevo, baroque music, contemporary art music, jazz and improvisation. His sensitive and emotional musicianship has appealed to audiences across Europe and South America.” For details email: infopoint@schaumanhall.fi |
by Christine Johnstone
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| Accordionist Chiharu Terada will perform in duo with Tomoyoshi Kusano (clarinet) at the b (Flat) Flamingo live venue in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan on February 17th, 2023 at 7pm. See poster for details. |
by Christine Johnstone
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| An Accordion Lovers Evening will be held at the Salle Rene Cassin in Verdun, Meuse, France on February 18th at 8.30pm. The evening will include entertainment by a variety of accordionists. See poster for details. |
by Christine Johnstone
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| “Nuvo Zydeco” (which includes accordionist Sue Baines) will entertain at the Zydeco Mardi Gras Dance Party at the Beer Shack in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada on February 18th, 2023 from 8pm to midnight. “Grab your beads and feathers and wear your dancing shoes.” For details email: nuvozydeco@gmail.com |
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| Video: Anna Yurkevich, winner of the audience vote at the 1st International Distance Competition "Naughty Harmonics" 2022, performing S. Gardeychik "Little Engine" and "Dance of the Cubs". Teacher - Grishuk Valentina Ivanovna State Educational Institution "Secondary School No. 8 of Slonim", Republic of Belarus. |
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Publicado el reglamento de la Coupe Mondiale 2023 - Bosnia y Herzegovinaby Kevin Friedrich, CIA Ambassador |
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  La 76ª Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) Coupe Mondiale se celebrará del 5 al 9 de septiembre de 2023 en Bijeljina, Bosnia y Herzegovina. El evento será acogido por el miembro de la CIA, Asociación de Artistas (Bijeljina), Organizador 2023 CIA Vicepresidente Honorario: Slaviša Peric.El Presidente de la CIA, Mirco Patarini, y el Secretario General de la CIA, Kimmo Mattila, invitan cordialmente a los competidores, profesores y simpatizantes del acordeón a asistir a la Coupe Mondiale 2023, que contará con conciertos y concursos de las siguientes categorías: - 76ª Coupe Mondiale • Masters Coupe Mondiale • Junior Coupe Mondiale • International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music • Junior International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music • Chamber Music - Classical • Chamber Music - World Music Reglamento 2023 en Coupe Mondiale Ver información sobre hoteles y fotos de las sedes de los conciertos en: Coupe Mondiale Descargar el cartel: 2023CM-poster.jpg El sistema de inscripción en línea se abrirá en primavera y la fecha límite de inscripción es el 15 de julio de 2023. Página de inicio del vídeo de la Coupe Mondiale 2022: 2022CM-Video 2022 Coupe Mondiale Informes diarios, fotos, resultados en: 2022CM-Report |
El Festival ATG 2023 contará con invitados internacionales - EE.UU.by Christine Johnstone |
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 El 2023 Accordionists & Teachers Guild, International (ATG) Festival se celebrará en el Lisle Hyatt en Lisle, Illinois, EE.UU. del 19 al 22 de julio de 2023. La presidenta del ATG, Mary Ann Covone, da la bienvenida a los entusiastas del acordeón de todo el mundo.Los conciertos del evento se celebrarán en el Armerding Center for Performing Arts del campus del Wheaton College y contarán con la presencia de Grayson Masefield (Nueva Zelanda), la Polyphonia Orchestra (Isla Reunión), Das Duo Kollektiv (dúo de flauta y acordeón de Austria), Stas Venglevski (EE.UU.) con el Dr. Brett Jones a la marimba y el (UMKC) Community Accordion Chamber Ensemble dirigido por Joan Cochran Sommers. Más información en: Accordionists & Teachers Guild, International (ATG) |
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Congreso de Invierno de la CIA 2023, 3-5 de marzo, Paks - Hungríaby Kimmo Mattila Secretary General, Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) |
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| Bienvenidos al Congreso de Invierno 2023 de la Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) y a la 149ª Asamblea General de Delegados de la CIA que se celebrarán en Paks, Hungría. El Congreso de Invierno será organizado por nuestro Miembro Votante de la CIA "Az Ifjú Harmonikásokért" Alapítvány - Fundación "Para los Jóvenes Acordeonistas", Presidenta Olga Papp, del 3 al 5 de marzo. Horario: 2023WinterCongress.pdf Para más información: http://www.accordions.com/cia/cia_winter_congress.php |
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